Spiritual - Vijay Prema - The Mindful Technologist

Spiritual

Mindfulness, Meditation, and spiritual development. A modern approach taking the best of ancient wisdom and modern psychology. Using meditation to develop the skills of seeing clearly in a relaxed state, and accessing direct insight into the experience as it is.

The Inner Bell of Mindfulness

The Inner Bell of Mindfulness

Disturbance arising within us can be transformed into our own personal mindfulness bell.

Letting go of Mind

Letting go of Mind

The body is relatively easy to let go of. The hard part is letting go of attachment to mind.

Meditative Inquiry via Occam's Razor

Meditative Inquiry via Occam's Razor

Inquiring into our bare consciousness, applying Occam's Razor

Attitudes during spiritual practice

Attitudes during spiritual practice

Attitude can be everything. Make sure yours is steering you well in meditation and other practice.

Endgame non-dual non-attachment

Endgame non-dual non-attachment

For the non-duelist looking to take things to their own end...

The Role of "Peak Experiences" in Spiritual Practice

The Role of "Peak Experiences" in Spiritual Practice

What kinds of magical spiritual experiences are possible and should we be chasing them?

Pointers to Mind-silence Beyond Concepts

Pointers to Mind-silence Beyond Concepts

Short non-dual spiritual pointers and exercises to bring the mind to immediate clarity and peace.

Realization from a float tank

Realization from a float tank

What I realized from floating in complete darkness and silence for 90 minutes.

Meditation advice - discerning what proliferates thought

Meditation advice - discerning what proliferates thought

By bringing awareness to mental habits that cause thoughts, we can work on avoiding doing these, resulting in a clearer mind.

Minimalism and Spirituality

Minimalism and Spirituality

Livestream about Minimalism and how it both helps me in my daily life, and its link to my spiritual path.

Not Religion, Not Science... Simply Direct Experience

Not Religion, Not Science... Simply Direct Experience

Religion is conceptual. Science is conceptual. But what lies both behind and beyond all this?

No need to figure out the concept of "Self"

No need to figure out the concept of "Self"

Watch out for the mental "dog chasing its own tail" in your head. The futile self-referential nature of trying to find your "true-self".

Being Mindful of Impermanence

Being Mindful of Impermanence

We don't often like to think about impermanence, especially our own.

Meditation Instructions

Meditation Instructions

Here are some of the clearest meditation instructions I have come across recently

Stay Young with a Beginners Mind

Stay Young with a Beginners Mind

To me, Beginners Mind is about having a fresh and direct perception of my experience. Still having the benefit of expertise and experience, but at the same time having a direct and unclouded view of the present, as if I was a beginner all over again. As we age, we

How I became motivated to meditate daily

How I became motivated to meditate daily

For years I read philosophy and slowly awakened to greater truth... without really meditating. But now meditate daily. Why?