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query — **breath***   ⁘   matches — **19** 

	### [A Brief Meditation Guide — Breath, Soham and Reflection ▸](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/nb006-a-brief-meditation-guide-breath-soham-and-reflection)

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			**2025-09-22** 
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		- A basic guide into simple meditative practice. We engage three distinct but mutually supporting modes of meditation. 1. Breath and the establishment of peaceful basic presence. 2. Mantra and the harnessing of directed attention and resonance. 3. Self-reflection and the cultivation of wisdom in witnessing awareness. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/nb006-a-brief-meditation-guide-breath-soham-and-reflection)

	### [Three Tips for Negative Mental States (ST003) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/sage-tips/st003-three-tips-for-negative-mental-states)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ sage-tips](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/sage-tips)
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			**2025-11-22** 
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			**2025-11-23** 
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		- Caught in the grip of negative mental states again? Does your mind turn into a claustrophobic tunnel? Worry not! Dig in thrice with Sage Tips. — Take a break and step back from that saturation. Zoom out and breathe. — Work what can and needs to change. Don't worry about the impossible. — Life is not a perfection performance for judges. Do the best you can. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/sage-tips/st003-three-tips-for-negative-mental-states)

	### [Before and After Meditation (P001) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p001-before-and-after-meditation)

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			**2024-08-01** 
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			**2025-07-02** 
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		- Overview of supporting practices before and after a session of meditation.  Including: Dedicating place and time. Seat and scene of practice. Basic purification. Meditation postures. Initial breathing. Invocation and declaration of intent. Practice of meditation proper. Post-meditation phase of reflection. Dedication and affirmation. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p001-before-and-after-meditation)

	### [Dealing with Distractions in Meditation (P003) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p003-dealing-with-distractions-in-meditation)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ practice-series](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/practice-series)
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			created
			**2024-08-07** 
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			**2025-11-14** 
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		- We explore a range of methods and strategies for dealing with distracting thoughts and external disturbances during our practice of meditation. From non-reactivity to breathwork, to modulating mental spaces, objects of attention and modes of practice; into evaluation, deconstruction and termination when distractions still persist. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p003-dealing-with-distractions-in-meditation)

	### [Reaching a Blank Slate — What Why and How (R006) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/reflection-series/r006-reaching-a-blank-slate-what-why-and-how)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ reflection-series](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/reflection-series)
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			created
			**2025-03-13** 
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			**2025-06-28** 
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		- There was a request for a blank slate. No specs as to what sort of blankness. Well then. We have a bunch of options. Confess your sins. Resign from your obsessions. Enter the pauses in your breath. Or reflect on and reconcile the manifold fields of your conflicted awareness. There will be progressive settling and a radiant blankness, a canvas over which we can regenerate the essences of our life. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/reflection-series/r006-reaching-a-blank-slate-what-why-and-how)

	### [Current Stream: Latest Content - Dive In and Explore! ▸](https://ananda.icu/current)

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			**2025-06-06** 
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			**2025-06-06** 
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		- Recent content added to the site — here in this current feed. Take a dip or dive in deep — explore and engage the manifold streams of consciousness. Latest talks, latest writings, latest main pages. All here for your convenience! [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/current)

	### [Make Awareness Great Again! — Drain That Swamp · Follow the Truth — ▸](https://ananda.icu/maga)

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			[**⊂ page**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/page) [⊆ root](https://ananda.icu/cat/page/root)
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			**2025-12-06** 
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			**2025-12-06** 
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		- Welcome! Here you are then. Don't be shy. It's a stream of our latest digs. Please dig in. Make awareness great again. You can also find all this free media on the YouTube Playlist for shorts. Binge away! Make Your Awareness Great Again! [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/maga)

	### [Pool of Videos → Into Direct Insight ▸](https://ananda.icu/video)

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			**2024-12-12** 
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			**2025-06-18** 
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		- Dive into our growing catalogue of videos. Some of them short and to the point. Others dreadfully long but packed with essential musings. Browse the @Mr.Om.Ananda ▸ YouTube channel for the latest digs. Enjoy the show! [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/video)

	### [Meditation Legend - Overview of Fields and Modalities ▸](https://ananda.icu/texts/practice/meditation-legend)

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			[**⊂ texts**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/texts) [⊆ practice](https://ananda.icu/cat/texts/practice)
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			**2025-06-06** 
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			**2025-06-06** 
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		- This meditation legend was written as a companion to a "custom meditation wizard" - a project still in development. We present it as-is for an overview of multi-modal meditation practice, with initial focus on eight base fields of consciousness. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/texts/practice/meditation-legend)

	### [Rhythms and Habits of Wholesome Life ▸](https://ananda.icu/texts/practice/rhythms-and-habits-of-wholesome-life)

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			[**⊂ texts**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/texts) [⊆ practice](https://ananda.icu/cat/texts/practice)
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			**2024-11-06** 
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			**2025-10-02** 
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		- This set of guidelines was written as a basic scaffold for more balanced rhythms and routines of life for two aspirants seeking to establish themselves on the path of self-awareness. We also look at helpful and harmful habits. May these notes prove useful for you too. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/texts/practice/rhythms-and-habits-of-wholesome-life)

	### [Mystory: Spiritual Madventures Across the Universe ▸](https://ananda.icu/texts/vintage/mystory-spiritual-madventures-across-the-universe)

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			[**⊂ texts**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/texts) [⊆ vintage](https://ananda.icu/cat/texts/vintage)
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			**2010-11-10** 
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		- I gather I've inadvertently turned into something of an enigma with my colorful and transdimensional history. It may be hard to get an overall idea of what the heck exactly happened over the last 15 years. This is an attempt to syndicate the gist of the journey into one place. (2010) [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/texts/vintage/mystory-spiritual-madventures-across-the-universe)

	### [Grassroots Ops Upgrade • Need for Clear Frameworks (BTW008) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/by-the-way/btw008-grassroots-ops-upgrade-need-for-clear-frameworks)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ by-the-way](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/by-the-way)
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			**2025-12-13** 
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			**2025-12-27** 
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		- With high hopes, we participate in groups and chats on mainstream platforms. Making sense of the world and our conscious evolution. We don't have principles or frameworks of engagement. It all turns into incoherent porridge. We need to upgrade our approach and mindsets. Chart our common grounds. Nurture our shared streams. Organize our skills and capacities. Raise the umbrella of our collective purpose. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/by-the-way/btw008-grassroots-ops-upgrade-need-for-clear-frameworks)

	### [On Entering Actuality — What's Going On Meditation (N002) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/introspectrum/n002-on-entering-actuality-whats-going-on-meditation)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ introspectrum](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/introspectrum)
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			created
			**2025-07-01** 
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			**2025-07-01** 
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			**533** 

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		- For those who seek clarity and self-awareness. Get to know your contents — understand your inner constructs. Instincts, emotions, thoughts, identity — none of that is you. Polarized reactions — yes this, no that — condition you to the core. Rise beyond the phenomena in your being. Enter the planes of metacognition. Clear away your projections. Remember. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/introspectrum/n002-on-entering-actuality-whats-going-on-meditation)

	### [Centered Human — Or Are You Mole, Fish, Wasp or Bird? (PK004) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/pieni-kulkija/pk004-keskipisteen-ihminen-vai-ootko-myyra-kala-amppari-lintu)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ pieni-kulkija](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/pieni-kulkija)
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			**2025-07-22** 
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			**2025-11-12** 
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		- Translated from Finnish source material. Porcupine has spikes. Bird has feathers. Human child has centered brains. When wonky, we are but human animals. Sometimes a mole lurking underground. Often a fish going with the stream. Sometimes a wasp stinging without cause. Even at times a bird hovering in the skies. But let's come back home too. Base human nest isn't in the animal nests of phenomenal world. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/pieni-kulkija/pk004-keskipisteen-ihminen-vai-ootko-myyra-kala-amppari-lintu)

	### [An Anthology for Oblivion · Rambler Without a Cause (MC001) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/midnight-current/mc001-an-anthology-for-oblivion-rambler-without-a-cause)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ midnight-current](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/midnight-current)
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			**2025-12-31** 
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			**2025-12-31** 
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		- Broad spectrum of contemplations in one uncut stream. Into the meaning of life — and of death too. Yes of the productions happening. And books and new platforms too. And who the hell am I? A brief backstory there. Are you awake and what is wakefulness? And why are you darting around in myopic tunnels. I can't publish the first shred of fascinating when your foundations are veiled and all fidgety. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/midnight-current/mc001-an-anthology-for-oblivion-rambler-without-a-cause)

	### [Overview of Purification — Body, Speech and Mind (I001) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/insight-series/i001-overview-of-purification-body-speech-and-mind)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ insight-series](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/insight-series)
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			**2024-08-09** 
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			**2025-06-23** 
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		- Purification of the body, speech and mind are necessary for progress and the attainment of wholesome states of being. Impurities, sustained with habitual conditioning and lack of introspection, hinder our progress, distort our experiences, and generate misery in our lives. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/insight-series/i001-overview-of-purification-body-speech-and-mind)

	### [Introspective Reflection — Scanning the Body and Mind (P004) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p004-introspective-reflection-scanning-the-body-and-mind)

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			**2024-08-11** 
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			**2025-11-18** 
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		- Self-knowledge is an essential fruit of our meditative practice. Through the practice of meditation, our sensitivity to observing physical and mental phenomena will increase. In today's training, we look at methodical techniques of introspective meditation, scanning through the various layers of the body and the mind, to deepen our self-awareness and meditative access. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p004-introspective-reflection-scanning-the-body-and-mind)

	### [What's Going On Meditation — Clear Integral Awareness (P008) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p008-whats-going-on-meditation-clear-integral-awareness)

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			[**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ practice-series](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/practice-series)
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			created
			**2025-05-15** 
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			**2025-06-29** 
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		- What's going on? Like — actually? If you want to know what's actually going on. You need to get into "What's Going On?" meditation. Snap out of the tunnel — reach into the lucid planes of metacognition. Doesn't cost you anything — no need to go anywhere. Clear some space in your awareness, pay attention to what's going on. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p008-whats-going-on-meditation-clear-integral-awareness)

	### [Lawu Retreat Sessions: Retrospect Overview ▸](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/go001-lawu-retreat-sessions-retrospect-overview)

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			[**⊂ notes**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/notes) [⊆ recordings](https://ananda.icu/cat/notes/recordings)
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			**2025-03-02** 
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			**2025-06-21** 
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		- Walkthrough of our sessions in a four-day retreat-workshop at Mt. Lawu. Covering the many modalities of meditation, the practice of mantra and the use of sound, and the philosophy and applications of the four primal elements. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/go001-lawu-retreat-sessions-retrospect-overview)