the thought pump model for meditation

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Davide ‘Folletto’ Casali MEDITATION & THOUGHT PUMP Photo by Keoni Cabral

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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.

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Page 1: The Thought Pump Model for Meditation

Davide ‘Folletto’ Casali

MEDITATION & THOUGHT PUMP

Photo by Keoni Cabral

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When we meditate we start focusing

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FOCUS

Until we reach that ideal state of mind

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FOCUS

…that slowly…

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FOCUS

…slowly…

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FOCUS

…slowly…

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…fades away

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Our thoughts start rushing in.

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And our mind jumps from one to the other.

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hey!

Until at one point: “Hey! I was meditating!”

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So we go back to our meditation

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FOCUS

And reach again our focus point

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FOCUS

FOCUS

FOCUS

FOCUS

Meditation

Thought Pump

hey!

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This process is absolutely natural.

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YOU CAN THINK OF MEDITATION AS A TRAINING TO EXERCISE TWO THINGS:

Breaking the Thought Pump

The meditation focus itself

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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”

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Mind and Life Europe Symposium for Contemplative Studies 2013

SEEN AT

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Thanks.

@folletto