Stop Turning The Miraculous Into The Mundane | Bonus Meditation with Pascal Auclair

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

This is the first time you’ve ever been here, now. Pascal invites you to discover the vivid and mysterious experience of this new moment.

About Pascal Auclair:

Pascal Auclair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997, sitting retreats in Asia and America with revered monastics and lay teachers. He has been mentored by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, where he is now enjoying teaching retreats. Pascal teaches in North America and in Europe. He is a co-founder of True North Insight and one of TNI’s Guiding Teachers.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can listen to 10% happier early and ad free right now.
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0:10.0	This is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey everybody happy Friday time for a bonus meditation. Today we're gonna explore an extremely simple technique that is great for
0:35.8	beginners but also it's an excellent reminder for longtime meditators. Our teacher
0:40.5	Dujour is Pascal O'Claire who's been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997.
0:46.6	He's been mentored by great teachers who have appeared on this show,
0:50.8	like Joseph Goldstein and Jack Cornfield and Pascal is a co-founder of True North Insight and one of TNI's guiding teachers.
1:00.0	Here we go now with Pascal O' Clair.
1:03.0	Hi there friend, my name is Pascal.
1:08.0	What is meditation?
1:10.0	Good question.
1:12.0	Someone said it's discovering the familiar.
1:15.0	Let's play with this a little.
1:19.0	Take a moment to find the right posture for you.
1:23.0	Could be sitting. find the right posture for you.
1:27.0	Could be sitting, standing, or lying down. You should be at ease or relatively at ease
1:31.0	and be able to close your eyes if you want.
1:37.0	Let's take a few deeper breaths just to help us settle
1:41.0	and let go of extra tension that can be released.
1:44.0	Now, notice the immediate experience, the body in its posture, the sounds or silence in the room.
2:03.0	You have never been here now before.
2:06.0	Take a few moments to experience this. You're going to see? We are invited to discover the familiar or rediscover the familiar what might be there all the time
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