[#41] Focusing on the Outbreath – with Joe Parent

[#41] Focusing on the Outbreath – with Joe Parent

Feb 4, 2024

Night Club Podcast · Meditation Group [ 41 ] Transcript → Meditation Group [ 41 ] Joe began this gathering with a discussion of the relative merits of shorter versus longer meditation sessions. This was followed by a practice session of the stages of grounding and...
[#41] Focusing on the Outbreath – with Joe Parent

[#42] Truth and the Present Moment – with Andrew Holecek

Feb 4, 2024

Night Club Podcast · Meditation Group [ 42 ] Transcript → Meditation Group [ 42 ]​ After a brief discussion on the importance of ethics and morality on the meditative path, (sila in Sanskrit, which is the first step of the “Threefold Training,” followed by samadhi, or...
[#41] Focusing on the Outbreath – with Joe Parent

[#43] The Importance of Setting Intention – with Joe Parent

Feb 4, 2024

Night Club Podcast · Meditation Group [ 43 ] Transcript → Meditation Group [ 43 ] This session with Joe began with a discussion of setting up for the start of practice. The importance of setting intention for the session, particularly for the session to be done for...
[#41] Focusing on the Outbreath – with Joe Parent

[#44] Exploring the Map of the Inner World – with Jeffrey Stevens

Feb 4, 2024

Night Club Podcast · Meditation Group [ 44 ] Transcript → Meditation Group [#44] The meditator begins a journey of introspection, after a lifetime immersed in a culture that seems only to value extrospection — the mind directed outward. We begin our meditation path by...
[#41] Focusing on the Outbreath – with Joe Parent

[#46] The Eight Conventional Priorities – with Joe Parent

Feb 4, 2024

Night Club Podcast · Meditation Group [ #46 ] Transcript → Meditation Group [#46] We began with a discussion of the eight conventional priorities (traditionally translated as ’the eight worldly concerns’), the hopes and fears of people seeking temporary happiness:...
[#41] Focusing on the Outbreath – with Joe Parent

[#47] The Relationship Between Body and Mind – with Joe Parent

Feb 4, 2024

Night Club Podcast · Meditation Group [ #47 ] Transcript → Meditation Group [#47] We talked about there being no “new normal” because it is never normal. The universe moves in waves, so the practice we do is not to smooth things out, but to ride the waves without...