Meditation: Trap Doors

Blog: https://psychreviews.org/meditation-trap-doors/

One of the most difficult practices is Meditation, and here are a summary of common pitfalls and traps, including pleasant ones.

Intro: 0:00
Searching For Stability: 0:24
Trap Doors: 6:56
Beliefs In Stability As A Foundation For Social Organization: 24:25
Nirvana: 31:34
Living Life While Letting Go: 45:45

Resources:

Notes On The End of the Game - Deconstructing the Portals to the Absolute 2nd edition - Stephen H. Wolinsky: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HGHGL68

Mastering The Core Teachings Of The Buddha - Revised and Expanded Edition: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911597100/

The Island: An Anthology of the Buddha's Teachings on Nibbana/Nirvana: https://cdn.amaravati.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20/The-Island-Web.pdf

Totem and Taboo - Sigmund Freud: https://rumble.com/v1gsmvn-totem-and-taboo-sigmund-freud.html

Getting Stuck On The Spiritual Journey - Adyashanti: https://youtu.be/RAHGUGT0ULM

Attention and Effort - Daniel Kahneman: https://rumble.com/v1gpl0j-attention-and-effort-daniel-kahneman.html

Momentum in thinking and why Therapy takes so long - Esther Hicks: https://youtu.be/1Isz3J1q5SY

His relationship ended - Esther Hicks: https://youtu.be/yEPizaFK0dY

Ikigai: https://rumble.com/v1gvo41-ikigai.html

Nirvana: https://rumble.com/v1grcgx-mindfulness-nirvana.html

The Jhanas: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html

Put Your Knowledge Away - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/y2021/211010_Put_Your_Knowledge_Away.mp3

The Lamp Went On - Conscious TV: https://youtu.be/c4su1612yZY

Conscious TV transcripts: https://conscious.tv/text/transcripts.php

Tina Rasmussen - Conscious TV: https://youtu.be/1BbUVzmantU

Stephen Snyder - Conscious TV: https://youtu.be/FXfycMZcEaw

Photos from Pexels and Wikipedia:

Photos:

Meditation Room By Johann Jaritz - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7036314

Holloway Road London - By Alan Burnett - Flickr: High Holborn, London (1960s) (incorrectly identified by author), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26663508