Tag: vipassana
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Vipassana Meditation – Looking Inward
What is Vipassana Meditation? Vipassana, or Insight Meditation, is the ancient practice of paying close attention to sensation, including thought, in an attempt to better understand the nature of reality and more specifically, one’s own internal perception of reality. It is believed to have been re-discovered by Siddhartha Guatama, more commonly known as “The Buddha”…
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Mindfulness and Exploring the Nature of Consciousness
Greetings and welcome! I am currently 23 days into a meditation course, specifically a mindfulness meditation course. I am going to outline what this means as well as describing my experience so far. The course is through the ‘Waking Up’ app by Sam Harris the author, philosopher, neuroscientist, and podcast host. The practice involves 10-15…