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The conventional goals of meditation are:
- increased focus of the mind,
- increased productivity, creativity, intuition,
- peace of mind
- eliminate stress and
- health
The ultimate goals of meditation:
- identify and stop the ignorance causes suffering
- to cultivate compassion for all living beings
Topics for this free course include:
- a description of all of the different types of meditation,
- conditions of the environment conducive to meditation
- the parts of a meditation practice,
- the preliminaries to undertake prior to meditating,
- the eight-point meditation posture,
- the best objects to focus the mind upon during meditation
This is primarily a practice-oriented class that is centered on actually sitting down and trying to focus the mind. So we will be practicing actual meditation training, both in and out of the class.
Project Description
You will have 8 out of 10 home works after each lesson. Each homework is designed to train you gradually in the practice of meditation.
At the end of the training you will be able to do a solid session of at least 20 minutes of meditation, that if practiced daily, will help you train your mind efficiently.
This is an introductory free training out of the full meditation training (11 lessons ) with the same name.
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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