the thought pump model for meditation
DESCRIPTION
This is a 5' Flash Talk I gave at the Automattic Grand Meetup 2014. Since I've seen this model at the Mind and Life Europeans Symposium 2013 I found it was a great way to explain the meditation basics to beginners. Works quite well.TRANSCRIPT
Davide ‘Folletto’ Casali
MEDITATION & THOUGHT PUMP
Photo by Keoni Cabral
When we meditate we start focusing
FOCUS
Until we reach that ideal state of mind
FOCUS
…that slowly…
FOCUS
…slowly…
FOCUS
…slowly…
…fades away
Our thoughts start rushing in.
And our mind jumps from one to the other.
hey!
Until at one point: “Hey! I was meditating!”
So we go back to our meditation
FOCUS
And reach again our focus point
FOCUS
FOCUS
FOCUS
FOCUS
Meditation
Thought Pump
hey!
This process is absolutely natural.
YOU CAN THINK OF MEDITATION AS A TRAINING TO EXERCISE TWO THINGS:
Breaking the Thought Pump
The meditation focus itself
Marieke van Vugt
Artificial Intelligence Professor Ballet Dancer Buddhist
INSPIRED BY A TALK OF
www.mindandlife.org/van-vugt-om-ex-machina/
“I often joke that I’m going to build a meditating computer”
Mind and Life Europe Symposium for Contemplative Studies 2013
SEEN AT
Thanks.
@folletto