SHAMATHA (SINGLE-POINTED) MEDITATION with Dr. Barry Kerzin

This is part of a Virtual Retreat Series by the Altruism in Medicine Institute to help move beyond fear and anxiety using non-pharmacologic tools.
Dr. Barry Kerzin is the founder of the Altruism in Medicine Institute and personal physician of H.H. Dalai Lama.
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This program is made possible by the generous support from the Institute of East West Medicine (eastwestmed.org)
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[@tiffanymorantes5391]

I have ADHD. And my motivation has been hard for me because my brain won't allow me to focus on a single thought. However, with medication, therapy, and practicing meditation is a life changer. Thank you for the video! I hope one day I won't need medicine. I am determined to find success with meditation.

[@SachinKumar-lk4ey]

Does it really work? I want to do it but I can't do it. Please help us. What is your Instagram? Best of luck 👍

[@Natureloverroshan]

Namah budhhaya

[@markwalkercoach]

“If” our mind gets distracted, ha!

[@cartergomez5390]

It is "when" your mind gets distracted because it will and it's ok.

[@RyanJordan1111]

thank you

[@migmagingenieria]

Great vid, thanks a lot for sharing!!!

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Sadu Sadu Sadu!

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Beautiful Thank you very much!

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thanks for sharing :)

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[@pittsburghpatrika1534]

Very encouraging explanation for beginners who are either intimidated or think that this is all mumbo jumbo. Breaking lifelong habit is is easy. People may not even know what better life style is simply because the only thing they know are bad habits Kollengode S Venkataraman

[@SachinKumar-lk4ey]

Very nice ❤️

[@karmicbreath]

What's the difference between samatha and anapana?

[@Alifeofadventures503]

I like to stare at a dot on the wall while following the breath is that still a proper meditation practice

[@skaftaacting668]

Staring dot is called "Tratak" in hindi, it is a common practice in India. After doing successfully on dot you can try it on flame of candle and after its success then you can move to "Darpan Tratak" that is seeing yourself in mirror continuously

[@edgerwick8587]

Tx bro

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@Buddhist Beast In Buddhism that is called kasina meditation.

[@zafar55555]

I don't like my nose then?

[@respectdhamma3645]

Pa Auk Teachers have made major changes to the meditation system. What is wrong? What is correct? Please look at Mistakes of Pa Auk Meditation

[@bradyrose]

If the focus on a single point in the mind became so great that it reached an intensity of pain, but upon recognizing the pain (as a matter of habit) to be just another divergence from the single point, one chooses to allow the pain. This pain grew so large it passed a threshold beyond pain, but was of such an intensity of vibration that I could feel all of the space around me beyond the walls, as if my mind was in everything, what would this be? As the experience wore off it was hard to understand that no one around me noticed or understood that something monumental had occurred, but to me It was so intense the sensation of the feeling, it was like a jet engine had been in the room, in my head, shaking it so hard you could feel everything around and beyond you. If a habit of meditation goes to a place beyond the recognition or understanding of the person doing it, how can you identify what it is that you have done, what to call it, or what is advisable to practice after that?

[@kesserkesser6297]

you're just getting closer to experience awareness itself ; it's empty : yet there's clarity !! you don't need to ask, you don't need to explaine , if you do it's just the mind again trying to bring it back to a conceptual level, which is not. As long as you OBSERVE any phenomena in the body, in the mind or in the body and in the mind simultaneously, and NOT REACT to them , you just IN the meditation, IN the awareness: you're being the sky, not the clouds storms hurricanes passing by. dont ask, you re doing great. Sorry for my english but i'm italian. ciao

[@shivharigurung174]

Good jo

[@danmcdaid]

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[@mnmlst1]

I can't see the bottom of my nose.

[@tugcedemirden4303]

What is the difference between shamatha and trakata?

[@jayarathneabeydeera8641]

Trataka - the practice of staring 0 BY RAZVAN ON NOVEMBER 8, 2017YOGA This is a final exercise for developing concentration in a single point. In two other posts, I covered the technique of shravana, which is the practice of listening, and ekagarata, which is the practice of concentration - both of which are designed to support the development of a single point of concentration. In this post, the trakata technique, the fixed gaze, will be revealed. The ability to fix your gaze is critical to achieving true meditative state. for someone who meditates, if he cannot fix his gaze, he will not be able to transcend his body. This is mainly due to the fact that if you continue to nourish your body through the sense organs, namely through the eyes, nose, ears, mouth and skin, you will continue to have body awareness. Such a consciousness keeps you at a distance from becoming one with the cosmos, from reaching the meditative state, that is, from reaching samadhi. The ability to sit in a certain position, in complete stillness, for long periods of time is a clear sign for a yogi. The ability to fix your gaze is in our opinion the top characteristic of a accomplished yogi.