Throughout my years exploring meditation and the thinking mind, I have read many different books and watched several videos that have helped me learn more about meditation and stillness. This is a list of videos from around the web that have helped me to gain self-awareness and inner peace. I believe they can also ease that chatter in your mind. These videos allowed me to stay focused on my meditation and gave me a new perspective on life. I often listen to and re-watch these videos to help me stay on track. I look at life in a different way now. You are not your thoughts, feelings or emotions. There is something deeper than all that noise. You can retrain your mind to become more self-aware and present.
Playlist for Self Awareness and Inner Peace
Eckhart Tolle
Be Present
My favorite video from Eckhart Tolle about being present and the thinking mind. Everyone should watch this video and realize that we are not our thoughts. You are bigger than your thoughts. Can you turn off your mind and just be? This video is a great reminder of staying present and in the now.
Stillness Without Thought
This is a great passage from Eckhart Tolle’s book Stillness Speaks. It is a good reminder of meditation to be still and present. Just look and listen-no more is needed.
Meditation
This video is a simple explanation of meditation from Eckhart Tolle. He breaks it down in a humorous way. There is only this present moment and you are that awareness.
Mind Baggage and Inner Body
Eckhart explains how to get out of your mind using the inner body. You can become free of the conditioned person by becoming self-aware. He offers techniques for stopping your conditioned mind from taking over.
The Now
This video is a good reminder that all we have is this moment, “the now”. There is only one moment and it is always now. Make the now your friend, not your enemy.
Deepak Chopra
Higher Consciousness
This is a good meditation by Deepak Chopra to listen to before bed. I also have the audio version of The Secret of Healing and listen to it in the car from my iPhone. This video is a good way to start a new dialog in your mind. Many of these Sutras are very ancient and can help in shifting your consciousness.
J.Krishnamurti
Fear
J.Krishnamurti is a profound teacher of the human condition. In this video, he discusses the movement of fear and how it creates so much anger and anxiety. He talks about how fear has divided our society. Can the mind observe fear? Without the movement of thought. Thought and knowledge have created fear. Knowledge has become ignorance. You don’t need knowledge to understand “what is”.
Sadhguru
The Power of Your Mind
Sadhguru explains that the mind is good at producing thoughts and we have become too identified with them. We need to stop identifying with the things we are not and the stories we create.
The Quality of Your Life
Take the time to control your mind and body. Start to pay attention to it and get to know your inner self.
Wisdom in Modern Times
We need to start looking at the world in a different way to make it a more peaceful place to live. Going beyond thought and finding true intelligence. We need to stop identifying with thought, which is just recycled data in your mind and focus on being present.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn has been teaching Mindfulness for a very long time. There are many videos of Jon teaching Mindfulness meditation and techniques. He also has many helpful books and guided meditations. In this video, he shows us the power of Mindfulness in everyday life.
Michael A. Singer
Michael A. Singer has many videos about Mindfulness. He has been practicing Mindfulness for most of his life. This video explains how the mind works and how we can use Mindfulness and self-awareness in life. He has written several books on his experiences in life using Mindfulness.
Dan Harris
Dan Harris discovered meditation and it changed his life. The video is a talk he gave about trying to stop that voice in his head. He takes a skeptic’s look at meditation in a funny way. His book 10% happier is a humorous look at his journey to meditation and how it calmed his overthinking mind.
Gautam Sachdeva
Gautam Sachdeva has some nice videos giving insight into the mind. He has many videos on the different emotions life brings us day to day. He offers excellent advice on how you can let emotions go through self-awareness. This video is about how fear can take you over.
Meditation Videos
These are some meditation videos that I have found helpful over the years. I often use them to keep me on track and stay self-aware. After meditating for some time I have tried experimenting with different types of meditation styles. It is a good way to find several techniques that you can incorporate into your daily routine. Try experimenting with a variety of meditations, which will often lead you to new methods to gain a higher awareness.
Kriya Yoga Meditation
Ryan Kurczak has a good You Tube channel on Kriya Yoga and he explains what it is all about. He also has some great guided meditations that are very effective in centering and easing the mind and body.
Big Mind Meditation
Joseph Goldstein is an accomplished meditation teacher. He has written a popular book called Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening. In this meditation video, he takes you through Big Mind meditation focusing on sounds and no boundaries.
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Conclusion
I hope that these videos will give you a greater understating on how the mind works. One major theme throughout these videos is the power of thoughts and emotions. Through meditation and self-awareness, you too can ease that voice in your head.
