These articles provide conceptual and practical material to help prepare for Home and Onsite Retreats and support ongoing meditation practice.

Enjoy!

     Shinzen

Interviews

Shinzen talks about the 5 Ways
Interview with Stephanie Nash - November 9, 2007
In this interview I describe the 5 Ways system to Stephanie Nash. Stephanie is a great interviewer and managed to draw a lot out by asking pointed questions, making sure I "connect all the dots" so people with little or no background can get a sense of how the system works and why it's so effective. For more about Stephanie, please visit her website www.nasharts.com. Enjoy!

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Readings

About the 5 Ways

5 Ways to Know Yourself as a Spiritual Being
Introduction to the Summaries
Focus In Summary
Focus Out Summary
Focus on Rest Summary
Focus on Change Summary
Focus on Positive Summary
Easy Rest: Reference Manual

Further Reference

What is Mindfulness?
About Posture
How to Note and Label
The Significance of Restful States
What is Equanimity?
What is Flow?
Spiritual Alchemy: Transmuting Negativity Into Loving Kindness
12 Basic States (diagram)
Restful Systems (diagram)
The Subjective Triad, The Objective Triad (diagram)
Circuminsession (diagram)
Return to the Source
Getting the Lingo