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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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Latest Episodes:

Train Yourself to Feel Relaxed, Peaceful and Beautiful (1 Hr) Jan 19, 2018

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YOU are not your feelings. Sometimes, you might feel that you are engulfed with sadness or anger or anxiety or whatever the feeling. You can't shake it. You might even come to believe that is just the kind of a person you are, that that is part of your personality. But this isn't true. Unfortunately, you can't just tell yourself to feel relaxed or beautiful or peaceful. If only it were that simple! Your states of mind seem to just arise. But you have two choices. You can choose to allow the environment and the people and circumstances within that environment to stimulate those states within yourself; or you can train your mind to generate them on its own, under your direction. But it takes practice. Lots of practice. So, this meditation is provides you an extended opportunity for this kind of practice. In this guided meditation, you are training your mind to focus its attention where you choose to have it focus rather than letting it running wild like a little puppy. And you are teaching it the trick of generating feelings of relaxation, peace, and beauty. Enjoy. (Note: this is a one hour version of the moving your awareness guided meditation.)

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Acceptance & The Slippery Bubble Of Now (20 min) Jan 17, 2018

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“Stay in the present moment,” is an oft-heard recommendation from spiritual teachers. But how exactly do you do that? Your mind is not set up to ‘stay in the now.’ Fortunately, brains can be trained; the mind can be rewired. But it takes practice. And learning to accept what arises is the perfect way to master present moment awareness. This simple meditation helps you do just that. (Note, this is an extended, 20 min version of the shorter 10 min version of the same name and description)

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Acceptance & The Slippery Bubble Of Now (30 min) Jan 15, 2018

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You often hear spiritual teachers and modern day gurus tell us to “Be in the now,” but how exactly do you do that? Your mind is not set up to ‘stay in the now.’ Fortunately, brains can be trained; the mind can be rewired. But it takes practice. And learning to accept what arises is the perfect way to master present moment awareness. This simple meditation helps you do just that. (Note, this is an extended, 30 min version of the shorter version of the same name and description)

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Acceptance & The Slippery Bubble Of Now (10 min) Jan 15, 2018

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Modern day gurus tell us to “Be in the now,” but how exactly do you do that? Your mind is not set up to ‘stay in the now.’ Fortunately, brains can be trained; the mind can be rewired. But it takes practice. And learning to accept what arises is the perfect way to master present moment awareness. This simple meditation helps you do just that.

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Chakras - The Complete Set (1 hr) Jan 09, 2018

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This track is the complete Chakra set extended to 1 hour. Proceed with caution as it is an advanced practice and can unlock some long buried memories and powers. Make sure you are ready to ground yourself and get back in touch with your true self if things get out of hand. The eight noumenal centers of energy in the body are all activated in this guided meditation. Then you are guided through moving the energy within each Chakra, among multiple chakras and finally out into the universal Chakras.The concept of Chakras was passed down probably for thousands of years in the oral tradition of the Indian subcontinent before emerging in the various sacred texts of Buddhism and Hinduism. There are some pretty wild legends, Marvel Comics-style, of god-like beings forging spinning weapons from stars and concentrating down extreme energy rays into something lower beings could handle. This sort of mythology continued to develop right into the middle ages. By that point, things got out of hand and rather than the typical seven or eight chakras, there developed theories of hundreds or even 10s of thousands!In this exercise, we keep it simple and explore the activation of our chakras as a path to experiencing our true self and discovering our true home in the oneness with all things that comes from stillness.For the companion podcast covering the theory behind why these meditations work, check out the Serena system podcast at https://goo.gl/Dxu4eo.

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Accepting Sadness & Grief (related to a loss - 17 min) Jan 08, 2018

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Have you lost someone you care for deeply? Or perhaps someone you love has pulled away? You can use the meditation practice of acceptance to help heal these wounds and open yourself to the vitality and joy that is still present in your life. Whether it is a person, a pet, or some thing very dear to you, acceptance is available to you right here, right now.

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Metta Loving Kindness (Self Only - 10 min) Dec 19, 2017

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This is a 10 minute version of Metta meditation. Metta is a compassion based practice that is a popular form of meditation in Buddhism but is also found in the ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism and Jainism. The word “metta” can be translated as "friendly, benevolent, affectionate, kind, good-will, love, amity, sympathy". This Guided Meditation is a variation on that ancient practice. It follows the more traditional method of generating and cultivating loving kindness and other wonderful sensibilities within ourselves and then extending them out to others. Through this emptying of our selves of these sensibilities, we discover in the hours and days after the practice that we are more open to receiving these sensibilities from others and more perceptive of their presence all around us. It is an extended, hour long, version of the one posted some months ago on the podcast.

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Metta Loving Kindness (Self And Others - 45 min) Dec 19, 2017

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A common meditation technique that has been passed down through the millennia is Loving Kindness or Metta Bhavana meditation. There is a reason it has stood the test of time: it works. One study done at Stanford University suggests that a loving-kindness meditation practiced even for 7 minutes can increase social connectedness. Loving kindness meditation has also been shown to help people with chronic lower back pain and Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill demonstrated that loving-kindness meditation can help increase positive emotions.It is a compassion based practice that is a popular form of meditation in Buddhism but is also found in the ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism and Jainism. The word “metta” can be translated as "friendly, benevolent, affectionate, kind, good-will, love, amity, sympathy"This is an extended version of the metta session posted some months ago.

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Metta Loving Kindness (Self And Others - 60 min) Dec 19, 2017

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This is a one hour version of Metta meditation. Metta is a compassion based practice that is a popular form of meditation in Buddhism but is also found in the ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism and Jainism. The word “metta” can be translated as "friendly, benevolent, affectionate, kind, good-will, love, amity, sympathy". This Guided Meditation is a variation on that ancient practice. It follows the more traditional method of generating and cultivating loving kindness and other wonderful sensibilities within ourselves and then extending them out to others. Through this emptying of our selves of these sensibilities, we discover in the hours and days after the practice that we are more open to receiving these sensibilities from others and more perceptive of their presence all around us. It is an extended, hour long, version of the one posted some months ago on the podcast.

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Acceptance & Your Inner Spring of Love (10 min) Dec 18, 2017

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Learning the subtle technique of acceptance is a gateway to a stable and happy life. According to the Buddha, it is an antidote to suffering. Any time you are wanting something or rejecting something else, you are authoring your own suffering. It’s almost like there is a spring of love and happiness, of peace and health, within each and every one of us that is just waiting to be discovered. Today we will blend the technique of acceptance with the practice of non-self to help you access this eternally flowing and infinitely plentiful inner spring.

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