To support your path of discovery, we have recently started to highlight a set of advanced vipaśyanā practices in the articles 'A Path of Insight' and 'The Union of Stillness and Motion'. The aim is to invite you to dive into a deeper investigation of the mind.

The Path of Insight series based on the four pillars of mindfulness with the guidance of Matthieu Ricard is now complete. To support your path of discovery, we will be highlighting a set of advanced practices on the theme of vipaśyanā in the coming weeks, inviting you to dive into a deeper …

The "A Path of Insight" series based on the Four Pillars of Mindfulness with the guidance of Matthieu Ricard is now completed. These classical vipaśyanā practices can fundamentally heal our stress and uproot the usual afflictions of the mind by offering a foundation for profound …

The most subtle of the four pillars of mindfulness practices, Mindfulness of Phenomena, encompasses all we have explored over the past few weeks.

In the past weeks, you have been invited to explore Mindfulness of the Body and Mindfulness of Sensations of the Four Pillars of Mindfulness. The third application of mindfulness is the mindfulness of the mind.

This week we return to the second of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, a theme initially highlighted in our previous news post: A Path of Insight: Mindfulness of the Body.

To fundamentally heal stress and uproot afflictions of the mind, one needs insight into the nature of reality. In Sanskrit, this is called vipaśyanā.

Besides feedback regarding how Imagine Clarity can impact and transform people's lives, we regularly receive questions such as “Is there an optimal path?” or “Should I follow each course in order?” Some can also wonder about how to dedicate their time to the practice.

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The fourth close application of mindfulness concerns the Sanskrit term dharmas, which in this context refers to all phenomena. As we progress from coarse to subtle phenomena the very nature of our experience can become a source of profound discoveries.

This third part in our series on the Four Application of Mindfulness concerns the mental events. We learn to direct our attention toward the space of the mind with closely applied mindfulness. 

This week we return to the second of the Four Applications of Mindfulness, a theme initially highlighted in our previous post "Back to basics for the new year".

Mindfulness of the Body: the Four applications of Mindfulness training starts with the most concrete object of practice before progressing towards subtler and more difficult ones.

As with any other action, when we begin to practice meditation, it is essential to be sure about our motivation. For it is our motivation—altruistic or self-centred, vast or limited—that influence its results.

We are thrilled to announce the completion of the advanced course Awareness of Awareness, part of the program Great Insights Through Mindfulness. Building upon increasingly subtler skills, in these last two sessions the practitioner is invited to apply awareness even more closely to …

Compassion as a catalyst: Love and compassion are the cardinal virtues of human existence and at the heart of healing and hope. Discover Imagine Clarity’s courses on compassion and altruistic love.

We are thrilled to announce new in-depth meditations with the course Awareness of Awareness as part of the program Great Insights Through Mindfulness.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ravi Shankar, the Indian composer, sitar musician, and collaborator of artists like George Harrison. In honour of the milestone, folk-rock singer Johnny Irion has assembled a group of all-stars to record a new song for Shankar, “Inside the …

We are thrilled to announce that a new set of advanced practices are now available in the collection Insights Through Mindfulness under the title Observing the Mind. The Imagine Clarity Insights Through Mindfulness collection lets you practice with the same rich set of secularized practices as …

There is a lot of uncertainty in the world right now. Every individual is having, and will have, a different experience of the ongoing global crisis. Whether you are at the forefront or not affected much, we at Imagine Clarity want to contribute by offering a selection of free meditation sessions …

Dear friends of Imagine Clarity, I know that many people might feel disorientated and frightened in face of the epidemic that is affecting many human beings around the world. So yes, we should take all precautions so that we can avoid it becoming a global catastrophe. We are not used anymore to …

Imagine Clarity’s authors offer novel perspectives and tools to help deal with everyday challenges and make sense of the complex world we live in. Today we are excited to share a new talk by Mattieu Ricard titled What is a Spiritual Path?, available to Imagine Clarity subscribers. So far, …

How can our meditation practice help us deal with the particular challenges we face? Each person’s experience is different, and our experiences changes from day to day, year to year, and actually from moment to moment. Within the day you might be happy in the morning, stressed in the afternoon, …

Through our meditation practice we gradually discover our inner world. What next? What do you do with the space that opens up when you free your mind a little bit? When you start to see that the world of expectations imposed by family, culture, the world, and even yourself, are just the outer …

Mindfulness is being present, and connecting with your good heart. When we meditate we take time to stop and just be. We feel our breathing coming in and going out and listen to our inner world. Mindfulness is remembering—remembering to be present, remembering our good heart. Our inner realm of …

Meditation is a voyage of discovery. It is a discovery of one’s own mind, and also a discovery of the world. Through a greater appreciation of the poignant beauty of our world and a greater tenderness towards others we come to see the world in a new way. If we transform our way of perceiving …

We may feel overwhelmed by the challenges of climate change, the urgency of a huge transformation of society, from the decisions of politicians right down to our basic daily habits. But as Greta Thunberg says: “You are never too small to make a difference.“ The dominant model of society is one …

Today our meditation may be like a wild stream rather than a smooth-flowing river. But by practicing regularly, and trying to bring that practice of mindfulness into our daily life, we can gradually find a flow of inner calm. We learn to appreciate the present moment and our relationship to …

It’s easy to be relaxed when we’re on vacation but how can we keep our sense of balance in the midst of all the pressures of our stressful daily life? In many countries, after the summer holidays people are now back to work. Hopefully they have had a refreshing break from the usual stress, in a …

Our experiences are colored by emotions, habits and learned reactions. When we are mindfully aware of our thoughts and emotions as they arise in our mind we can have a clearer understanding of ourselves and the world. Many of us are plagued by anxiety or frustration. Often when we look back at …