About - Meditation Mind

ABOUT US

Online Mindfulness Community

We are building a positive global online community
to support each other on the path of
meditation, mindfulness and self-improvement.
We aim to give you practical tools to improve your life.

Personal welcome

Thank you for reading about our work. I'm Christiaan, founder of Meditation Mind.

We've been working tirelessly with countless of incredible volunteers across the world to create a cohesive, positive and supportive community online. Back when it started in 2016 up till now, we have had thousands of users join us on various platforms and benefit from the resources and activities we offer.

It is my sincere wish that everything we do will contribute to a better world and a healthier mind for all beings.
I'd love to welcome you to this incredible journey!

Our Mission

The purpose of Meditation Mind is to help people cultivate a meditation mind while also creating a collective of people from across the globe who share a passion for meditation, mindfulness, and healthy living.

From Eastern and Western contemplative traditions to philosophy, psychology, both mainstream and alternative medicine, and even art, all fields provide valuable insights and approaches to mindfulness. We aim to share those insights in an accessible and pragmatic way.

Bridging the gap

We aim to bridge the gap between religions, traditions, both secular and non-secular, cultures, and nations by sharing all teachings beneficial to cultivating a meditation mind in a radically accessible way. This means being open to all religions, all traditions, and all teachings, within reason.

We are a non-profit and non-religious organisation and we place emphasis on scientific findings and practical solutions applicable to meditation, mindfulness, and a holistic lifestyle.

Serving

Our aim is to create a collective of people from across the globe who come together to share their experience and expertise – not hidden behind a paywall or some secretive initiation, but accessible to all.

Whether it is music, art, poetry, prose, guided meditations, or any other medium, we aim to share that which is of benefit to the pursuit of meditation mind. Additionally, we are always on the lookout for partnering initiatives that share a similar vision.

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Live Group Meditations

r/Meditation collaboration since 2018

r/Meditation is the biggest forum about meditation on the planet. With over 670,000 members, people from all over the world connect with each other. In 2018 we started to collaborate on the monthly meditation challenge and in 2021 we became the official chat group for the subreddit.

Official Partner since 2021

Discord is a free voice, video, and text chat app that's used by tens of millions of people ages 13+ to talk and hang out with their communities and friends. We have been chosen to be part of the Discord Partner Program. Our community is what Discord considers to be one of the best communities on the platform.

Meet our connected guiding teachers

Unified Mindfulness

Wystan

Wystan is a Unified Mindfulness L2 Coach, currently training to become a fully certified teacher of the UM system. Prior to his involvement with UM, he trained in Buddhist monasteries both as a layperson and anagārika. However, for the past 2.5 years, his focus has been on integrating a secular life with continuous and committed practice. Apart from the secular Unified Mindfulness framework developed by Shinzen Young, Wystan is most familiar with Rob Burbea’s body of work, The Mind Illuminated, and Pragmatic Dharma, but is also comfortable discussing Buddhist esoterica.

Cosmos Chan Community

Beishi Guohan

Beishi Guohan is a teacher in the Chan Buddhist tradition. Guohan immigrated to Vancouver, B. C. Canada in 1993 and met Chan Patriarch Huikong Shengyan (Dharma Drum) in 1994. He became Patriarch Sheng Yen’s disciple and investigated Chinese Chan for twelve years. Guohan focused first on the investigation of Silent Illumination Chan followed by Huatou Chan. While investigating Chan, Guohan was President of the Vancouver Branch of Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association 2001– 2002, and was charged with buying a piece of land to establish the Dharma Drum Mountain Vancouver Centre, which was completed and began operations in 2006.

Meet our awesome moderation team

Nathan

Age: 39
Location: Japan
Current Practice: Surrender
Meditation Experience: General curiosity and fascination with the mind naturally brought me to meditation. I am familiar with and have dabbled in a number of methods and systems, albeit with a heavy bias toward (traditional and secular) Buddhist practices. I have been practicing consistently since late 2018 and have attended one 10-day silent retreat in the Goenka tradition. Rob Burbea's teachings have been and continue to be greatly influential in my journey.
Favorite Thing About Our Community: The Meditation Mind community is open and welcoming, and exists for the community, first and foremost, with no hidden agenda.
Favorite Quote: "Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. When you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing." -Ajahn Chah, A Still Forest Pool

Zxcv

Name: Louis
Age: 29
Location: Montréal, Canada
Current Practice: Breath & body mindfulness
Meditation Experience: About 5 years of daily sits - morning, evening or both. I started being interested in meditation in university when I started hearing about scientific research on its positive effects on the brain and its ability to boost concentration and focus which I was in a dire need of. This got me interested in the monks they were researching on who were Tibetan and Tibetan buddhism in general. After reading books from Mathieu Ricard, Dalai Lama, Mingyur Rinpoche and Thich Nhat Hanh, I stumbled on a french anthology of the Pali canon "Les grands textes du bouddhisme" by Pierre Crépond which completely rocked my understanding of buddhism and meditation. Having overcome childhood trauma and no longer needing anti-depressants, I want to learn as much as I can on how and why this practice works so that I can share it to as many people as I can!
Reason for Volunteering: To help spread awareness about meditation and it's powerful potential for inner healing and learn as much as I can on how and why it works
Favorite Thing About Our Community: Friendly community, shared interest about meditation, open discussions & practical advice
Favorite Quote: "Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge."

JshBet8

Age: Early 30s
Location: Washington State, USA
Current Practice: Vipassana / Metta
Meditation Experience: Throughout my earlier life, I have been adjacent to mindfulness but never a part of it. Regularly, I would walk by Buddhist centers and hear about meditation but never thought about starting up a practice myself. At the same time, I often experienced stress and difficulty due to personal reasons growing up and never quite understood how to address the pain without sinking into negative thinking. One day, I was on one of my usual walks and I came across a man in orange robes peacefully sweeping the backyard of the meditation institution he presumably was a part of, and this was when the meditation latent interest bore fruit. I was fascinated by the aura of ease that seemed to be effortless by the monk, as I had never been one to be a friend of relaxation. This moment stayed with me as an interest in the potential of what I did not understand.

The first step that began my meditation practice was opening up the book, “What the Buddha Taught” by Walpola Rahula. The ideas found in that book felt both fantastic and yet immediately approachable. And so I set to work – looking for resources on what this “meditation” could do for me to ease the stressors in my life. Fast forward several years later, after both enjoyable times and extended moments of great suffering, I found that the journey was not quite as simple or linear as picking up a few ideas and tools and letting them do the work. More so, the practice has opened up avenues towards viewing myself and the world with more kindness. Interest in meditation has also brought the opportunity of meeting the community of Meditation Mind; which has brought with the experience new friends.
Reason for Volunteering: Meditation Mind is one of the primary reasons why my practice has been consistent. And when my practice faltered, Meditation Mind was there to welcome me back and begin the journey again. I’m grateful to be part of such a supportive community.
Favorite Thing About Our Community: Practice orientated channels like #mindful-discussion and #intensives for the inspiration stemming from people’s stories and experience. I also enjoy reading #gratitude and other community channels.
Favorite Quote: “Love forever, love is free.”

Tankmetal

Age: 37
Location: California USA
Current Practice: The Mind Illuminated
Meditation Experience: I discovered meditation through wanting to lessen anxiety and going to therapy. my previous practices include: Metta, Tonglen, calm abiding, walking meditation, mindfulness. I still do some of these now too but The mind illuminated is my main
Reason for Volunteering: I care about this community and the life changing effect meditation can have, so wanted to help out
Favorite Thing About Our Community: The over all diversity yet openness of people here
Favorite Quote: "Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It’s just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy." -Pema Chodron

Disies

Age: 36
Location: Germany
Current Practice: Mindfulness and concentration practice
Meditation Experience: I discovered mindfulness through "A New Earth" from Eckhart Tolle and it gave me some insights how I can change the way I think about any problems that may occur.
Favorite Thing About Our Community: the openess and the inspiration I get every day
Favorite Quote: "Resist nothing."

Ronald

Age: 28
Location: South Africa/Zimbabwe
Current Practice: Mindfulness of breathing, yoga and loving-kindness
Meditation Experience:Since August 2019
Favorite Thing About Our Community: the humility, diversity, honesty, patience and comradery
Favorite Quote: "Let go of self-centred attachment and hold your mind with non-abiding awareness in all your daily activities." -Ven. Beishi Guohan

Deemon

Age: 29
Location: India
Current Practice: Breath meditation
Meditation Experience: I was going through a rough time in my personal life recently and discovered meditation as I read several self-help books. Previously thought to be something that was “too hard”, I found that meditation helped me alleviate some of that suffering along with psychotherapy and that the “too hard”-ness of it is just part of that journey. We are not born learning these things so practice is the only way. I have been doing my best to make it part of my day ever since.
Reason for Volunteering: I want to help spread the loving-kindness that our community embodies.
Favorite Thing About Our Community: The Meditation Mind community is very wholesome, a place for learning and does its best to make meditation approachable.
Favorite Quote: “This too shall pass.”