In this podcast Jimmy Wightman & Stephen Mugen Snyder Sensei discuss the reality of authentic awakening, also known as kensho or satori. In this context, awakening refers to an event that happens in consciousness that reveals the nondual truth of reality. It’s a dramatic shift that goes right to the locus of identity, opening to nonduality. Jimmy & Stephen get specific about what awakening means within different traditions & how awakening is expressed within consciousness. ...

The guided meditation starts at 05:00. In this guided meditation I'll show you how to cultivate exquisite presence by effortlessly holding the entire body in awareness. This is a simple and effective practise that will increase your mindfulness knowledge and skill. This is a great way to develop access concentration, which is the level of concentration needed to enter Jhana (the Jhanas are the deep states of absorption taught by the Buddha). This is also a fantastic way to calm the mind-body ...

The guided meditation starts at 04:00. Before that is the explanation. In this guided meditation I will show you how to contact and rest in the pure I AM sense. That's the fundamental alive presence that is there before any ego identity is conjured by the mind. When you say "I AM" the mind will often add something on that defines you. For example: "I am hungry" or "I am a good person" or "I am a Mum." This meditation is all about learning to disidentify from all the constructed mental i...

Guided meditation starts: 05:17. In this guided meditation I will explain what the enlightenment contemplation technique is. I will explain where it comes from (Charles Berner) and the context from which I've taken it (the Enlightenment Intensive retreat). Please note, although the name sounds like clickbait I promise it's not. It's a technique adapted from Zen Buddhism and has a track record for bringing awakening (known as kensho or satori) to practitioners. This is a sel...

The guided meditation starts at 04:10. Before that is the explanation. In this guided meditation I'll show you the correct way to practice mindfulness of breathing, also known as Anapana Sati in Pali. This style of meditation was taught by the Buddha as a gentle way to calm the mind and relax the body. Many mindfulness teachers use this style of meditation as a starting point for deeper practice, such as Adyashanti, Eckhart Tolle, Michael Singer, Shinzen Young, Tara Brach, Jack Kornfiel...

In this guided meditation, we will revisit the "See, Hear, Feel" mindfulness technique. In a previous session, I gave you a guided tour of the senses where we used mindful awareness to explore seeing, hearing and feeling sequentially. You find this guided meditation easier if you have been through that, but if not it's no problem. You can still follow along. The reason for revisiting this technique is because of it's versatility. Once you have the basics down, you can use this technique ...

In this guided meditation, Jimmy (aka @that_meditation_guy) shows you how thoughts arise in the mind as either visual images that seem to be projected onto a mental screen or auditory sensations such as the inner monologue. By practicing this technique, you will teach the mind the disidentify from thoughts and in so doing, you will be less likely to get lost in the thought stream. You will learn how to step back from thought activity, and become the witness. This is extremely useful if you ar...

On this episode, Jimmy (aka @That_Meditation_Guy) takes you through a meditation to systematically relax your body using a combination of body awareness and breath. This is useful if you are struggling with stress or having a hard time settling down into a meditation. This is also useful if you are struggling with sleep. Just use this meditation before bed time to relax the body and soothe the mind. Instagram: @that_meditation_guy Website: https://www.delvedeep.com

In this episode I speak to Henry Shukman and Author, Poet and Zen Master.We speak about his new book Original Love among many other things. If you are just starting out on your journey and wanted to dip your toe in the water with a guided meditation, this interview might be a little advanced. You can look at our other podcasts for that. However, if you want to learn what a path to awakening might look like, this will be of great interest. EnjoyYou can follow me on instagram @that_me...

JUST FEEL is a mindfulness meditation technique designed by my teacher, Shinzen Young, and is based on his Unified Mindfulness system. In this guided meditation you will discover how to use Noting and Labelling to explore physical and emotional feeling sensations in the body. Noting means to notice and pay attention to something. Labelling means to say a label either out loud or in your mind. In this meditation you will allow attention to freely float between physical and emoti...

SEE, HEAR, FEEL is a mindfulness meditation technique designed by my teacher, Shinzen Young, and is based on his Unified Mindfulness system. In this guided meditation you will discover how to meditate on any and all sensations arising in any and all sense gates.This mindfulness meditation is also known as open monitoring, mahasi noting and insight meditation.You will discover how to use Noting and Labelling to keep you on track during the meditation. Noting means to notice and pay a...

In this guided meditation we will be learning a technique I call Do Nothing meditation, but it’s also known by other names such as Just Sitting, Shikantaza or Natural Meditation. We won’t be training the mind, using a mantra or investigating the nature of consciousness. The idea here is to simply rest in the natural state, open awareness, without the pressure to fix, change or achieve anything. This technique reveals through direct experience, that awareness is already free from suf...