Shinzen Young: Benefits of Long-Term Meditation (excerpt) - Thinking Allowed w/ Jeffrey Mishlove

NOTE: This is an excerpt from a 30-minute DVD.
http://www.thinkingallowed.com/2syoung.html

Meditation practices can lead to permanent changes in awareness of the self and the transcendence of the ego. Shinzen Young is an ordained Buddhist Monk and scholar of Buddhism. After about a year of meditative practice, he says, one establishes open access to a realm of altered states of awareness. When practicing in a disciplined fashion, one goes on to explore the various stages leading toward enlightenment.

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• Shinzen Young
• meditation
• Buddhism
• samhadi
• altered states
• consciousness
• yoga

[ThinkingAllowedTV]

Previous poster has a remarkable memory. This show first aired in 1987.

[p0werl0ve]

Shinzen No1

[fntime]

You can't hold 2 conscious thoughts in your mind at the same time.

The concentration of the mantra stops the minds 'chatter'.

It's almost like training wheels on a bicycle, at a certain point,

you start 'bicycling', same with meditation. Keep repeating the

mantra, until you no longer need it, you have arrived, you're

meditating!

Good Luck!

[jbearden]

Well done.

[doula2010]

I never heard the term "Prayer of Quiet"..to describe deeper altered states.

If you have studied unassisted natural childbirth it would be very similar to the state a woman experiences right before giving birth-very high levels of oxytocin which is known as the love hormone. The medical profession unfortunately

does not usually allow a woman to experience this in a hospital setting. It may be why the birth of Jesus in a stable born with no noise or drugs is important in Christianity. Bonding.

[erfansvideos]

I just like to say one thing.

To all those that have difficulty understanding what this conversation is about please meditate. I watched this video 2weeks ago after practicing meditation every morning and night and what I noticed is that everything makes more sense when I view it from the "focus" point of view.

To a busy mind all this information is useless because it takes what it sees and hears and changes it to its own childish views and misses the broader picture.

[TruthMakesPeace]

Interesting description of the experience gained through Transcendental Meditation.

[GoldenLalonde]

@ThinkingAllowedTV I remember watching it because this interview was one reason i bought the thinking allowed book of which shinzen young was one

among many other transcripts from the show but i don't remember watching it

that far back. It's possible...

[GoldenLalonde]

I remember watching this when it first aired. he goes on later about "the witness state", whereas opposed to coming emotionally involved with traumatic or even pleasurable experiences you could watch your experiences pass you by. sort of a Buddhist approach to meditation applied to patients for therapy.