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Episode Synopsis
Hello, and welcome to Methods.
This is the fourteenth episode of our third season: Vision.
In our last season, we explored the concept of a meditation anchor, and the simplest of these, the breath. An anchor is something, anything really, that we set as the primary focal point for our rational mind. Doing this helps us to build concentration, and gives us a bridge, or a stable place upon which to stand, above the shifting state of our thoughts. This time, we will explore a visual or conceptual anchor to place our focused attention on, allowing our “monkey mind” to entertain itself, while our deeper and truer self rests simply in presence.
This week, we will focus on a religious or spiritual icon. An icon is not an object of worship, but rather a sacrament or doorway into a devotional space with the Divine. There are many icons you can use, relevant to various faith traditions. For Christianity there is the Trinity of Andrei Rublev, for Hinduism, the image of Krishna, for those not of any particular religious tradition, you can use whatever you feel a strong sense of devotion and meaning towards. Today, we will use the image of the Trinity by Andrei Rublev. It will be the episode cover art, or you can do a google image search, if you don’t own the icon.
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This is the fourteenth episode of our third season: Vision.
In our last season, we explored the concept of a meditation anchor, and the simplest of these, the breath. An anchor is something, anything really, that we set as the primary focal point for our rational mind. Doing this helps us to build concentration, and gives us a bridge, or a stable place upon which to stand, above the shifting state of our thoughts. This time, we will explore a visual or conceptual anchor to place our focused attention on, allowing our “monkey mind” to entertain itself, while our deeper and truer self rests simply in presence.
This week, we will focus on a religious or spiritual icon. An icon is not an object of worship, but rather a sacrament or doorway into a devotional space with the Divine. There are many icons you can use, relevant to various faith traditions. For Christianity there is the Trinity of Andrei Rublev, for Hinduism, the image of Krishna, for those not of any particular religious tradition, you can use whatever you feel a strong sense of devotion and meaning towards. Today, we will use the image of the Trinity by Andrei Rublev. It will be the episode cover art, or you can do a google image search, if you don’t own the icon.
Feel free to catch up with us on social media @methodspodcast, or if you'd like, you can support us on Patreon.
linktr.ee/methodspodcast
www.methodspodcast.com
www.patreon.com/methods
www.instagram.com/methodspodcast
www.facebook.com/methodsthepodcast
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