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Happy Mind: Meditations from the Ancient World to Modernity

Ancient meditation techniques from wisdom teachers who are lost in the mists of time are made available to you in accessible, bite-sized or longer guided meditations. Each episode is largely inspired by the original teachings of Taoist, Buddhist and Hindu masters like Lao Tzu, Buddha and “Krishna”, Christian masters like Mary Magdalene, Jesus and Teresa of Avila, Greek masters like Plotinus, Plato and Pythagoras, Islamic masters like Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Attar, and Hafez, and pre-historic masters from Polynesia, Australia and the Americas. From Buddhism to Taoism, from Astrology to Platonism, from Medieval Alchemists to Central Asian poets of yore, (and more), this podcast provides an easy way to access the simple meditation and happy life practices developed by the wisest masters to have graced this planet. Zebediah Rice guides you in an easy and free way to learn to meditate, become more mindful, energetic, happy, peaceful, and mentally sharp. Just sit back, relax, and let me do the work for you.

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Tonglen for Others (45 min) Jul 31, 2018

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Tonglen, the Buddhist meditation practice of 'sending and receiving' works in an almost alchemical way to relieve the suffering of others and your personal pain at the same time. The practice of Tonglen fires up a boiler or a smithy within the soul and then guides you to shovel the jet black coal of suffering into the white hot flames in the furnace. Through the practice, the universe uses you as a forge. As paradoxical as it sounds, by accepting the negativity or anguish or others you are purified and your true loving nature is revealed. Your willingness to accept their suffering allows you to become the anvil for the creation of joy and light with your own heart and others as well. This is a 45 minute version of the 'Tonglen for Others' meditation.

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Tonglen for Others (30 min) Jul 30, 2018

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Many of us suffer terribly. Whether it is physical or psychological pain, the suffering deep down within us can be unbearable. And we often know others who struggle with their own demons. There is a still surface above the darkness that is safe and light and hopeful and endlessly renewed. Tonglen is a simple practice that allows you to connect with that safety and light and hope. Using the alchemy of light and dark, you can use this practice to connect with the suffering of others and through that connection, forge a happier, lighter experience of life. You can use your body and your mind as a kind of crucible where you can transform the darkness and pain of someone else into light and joy. And by doing it for another, almost magically your own clouds will lift too. This is a 30 minute version of the Tonglen for Others practice.

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Tonglen for Others (20 min) Jul 30, 2018

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In Tibetan ‘tong’ can be translated as ‘letting go’ or ‘sending out’ and ‘len’ can mean ‘receiving’ or ‘accepting’. This ancient Buddhist technique is designed to help you relieve suffering or anguish. The method is to just follow a simple, basic rhythm of thought, breath and emotional patterning and the suffering within ourselves ceases, or at least reduces, and almost magically, we help alleviate the suffering in others at the same time. It is one of the oldest, and very best, brain hacks of all time. This is a 20 minute version of the 'Tonglen for Others' practice.

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Tonglen for Others (10 min) Jul 29, 2018

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The age-old Buddhist practice of Tonglen can be used to help another person or people who are in pain. If there is someone who is suffering, or some group of people, and you would like to help and support them with your love, you can use this technique to do just that. Tonglen means giving and receiving and in this meditation you will do just that, receiving their suffering and giving your love.

Note: This is a 10 minute version of the Tonglen for Others guided meditation.

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Past Regret Tonglen (1 hr) Jul 25, 2018

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Tonglen is a method of using a loving and fearless presence to bear witness to the memories or negative emotions that haunt you. Through the almost other-worldly alchemy of compassion you can cleanse yourself of this past. This doesn’t mean that the deep well of grief and fear and anguish is gone or ignored. To the contrary, Tonglen allows you to integrate it into your complete self. There is a still surface above the darkness that is safe and light and hopeful and endlessly renewed. Tonglen allows you to connect with that safety and light and hope.

This is a one hour version of the Past Regrets Tonglen practice.

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Past Regret Tonglen (45 min) Jul 24, 2018

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There is hardly a person that doesn't have emotional wounds from the past. Tonglen is a method that can be used to heal them. If you can open your heart to your pain and your past, you can become the vehicle for your own healing. Tonglen is a method of using a loving and fearless presence to bear witness to the memories or negative emotions that haunt you. Through the almost other-worldly alchemy of compassion you can cleanse yourself of this past. This doesn’t mean that the deep well of grief and fear and anguish is gone or ignored. To the contrary, Tonglen allows you to integrate it into your complete self. There is a still surface above the darkness that is safe and light and hopeful and endlessly renewed. Tonglen allows you to connect with that safety and light and hope.

This is a 45 minute version of the Past Regrets Tonglen practice.

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Past Regret Tonglen (30 min) Jul 23, 2018

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Tonglen is a method that can be used to heal old emotional wounds. If you can open your heart to your pain and your past, you can become the vehicle for your own healing. Tonglen is a method of using a loving and fearless presence to bear witness to the memories or negative emotions that haunt you. Through the almost other-worldly alchemy of compassion you can cleanse yourself of this past. This doesn’t mean that the deep well of grief and fear and anguish is gone or ignored. To the contrary, Tonglen allows you to integrate it into your complete self. There is a still surface above the darkness that is safe and light and hopeful and endlessly renewed. Tonglen allows you to connect with that safety and light and hope.

This is a 30 minute version of the Past Regrets Tonglen practice.

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Past Regret Tonglen (20 min) Jul 23, 2018

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Everyone has regrets. Sometimes you are the wrongdoer, sometimes you are the victim. Sometimes it is a little of both. Regardless, by bringing an open heart to your pain and your past, you become the vehicle for your own healing. Tonglen is a method of using a loving and fearless presence to bear witness to the memories or negative emotions that haunt you. Through the almost other-worldly alchemy of compassion you can cleanse yourself of this past. This doesn’t mean that the deep well of grief and fear and anguish is gone or ignored. To the contrary, Tonglen allows you to integrate it into your complete and healed self. There is a still surface above the darkness that is safe and light and hopeful and endlessly renewed. Tonglen allows you to reconnect with that safety and light and hope.

This is a 20 minute version of the Past Regret Tonglen practice.

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Past Regret Tonglen (10 min) Jul 22, 2018

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By bringing an open heart to your pain and your past, you become the vehicle for your own healing. Tonglen is a method of using a loving and fearless presence to bear witness to the memories or negative emotions that haunt you. Through the almost other-worldly alchemy of compassion you can cleanse yourself of this past. This doesn’t mean that the deep well of grief and fear and anguish is gone or ignored. To the contrary, Tonglen allows you to integrate it into your complete and healed self. There is a still surface above the darkness that is safe and light and hopeful and endlessly renewed. Tonglen allows you to reconnect with that safety and light and hope.

This is a 10 minute version of the Past Regret Tonglen practice.

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Self-Tonglen (1 hr) Jul 20, 2018

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'Tonglen' was developed over hundreds and possibly thousands of years to help heal the most painful and disturbing parts of our selves and our past. It continues to be widely practiced today across the world for the simple reason that it works. The methodology has stood the test of time for this reason. Each of us has a history of injury or anguish or suffering and there are practices that can heal that pain. Your suffering may be more or less fresh, more or less chronic, but everyone wages an ongoing battle with dissatisfaction or pain of some kind or another. This Buddhist practice can heal these old wounds and help you release the pain you endure. This is a 1 hour version of the 'Self-Tonglen' guided meditation.

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