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Healing & Meditation

About healing and meditation techniques, and experiences

Zen monk Seikan sitting Zazen at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. The verses recited here are by Australian poet Robert Gray, who has described himself as a ‘Buddhist heretic’.

What many of us have experienced directly has now been scientifically validated – as Matthew Silverstone shows in his recently published book, ‘Blinded by Science’.

Australian cross-country skier Janine Shepherd was rendered a partial paraplegic when she was hit by a truck during an Olympic training bike ride. Doctors didn’t expect her to recover. But she not only learned to walk again – she learned to fly and experienced more, so much more. Here is her riveting and touching speech all the way to an incredibly insightful ending.

The very aptly named Empty Mind Films company produces most unusual films showing a variety of methods from India, Tibet, China and Japan – from ayurveda to acupuncture, from martial arts to meditation, Tibetan Buddhism, yoga and Zen. Here an excerpt from a film on Zen: