Meditative Focuses

"...one increases their longing to return home by applying Meditative Focuses." - Walking the Wakeful Path Home

• Developing Stability: Eight Foundations of Mindfulness

The Eight Foundations of Mindfulness deepen the practice of Calm Abiding by drawing one to attend to various aspects of experience as it is within and beyond the context of formal practice.

• • 1: Mindfulness of Body

  • 2: Mindfulness of Senses

  • 3: Mindfulness of Mind

    • 5: Mindfulness of Emotions

    • 6: Mindfulness of Phenomena

    • 7: Mindfulness of Noumena

    • 8: Mindfulness of Awareness

  • 4: Mindfulness of Attention
    
    

• Developing Clarity: Eight Guards of Mindfulness

The Eight Guards of Mindfulness extend practice with the Eight Foundations of Mindfulness by highlighting particular qualities both conducive to progress along the path and available within various aspects of one's experience within and beyond the context of formal practice.

• • 1: Mindfulness Guard of Body

  • 2: Mindfulness Guard of Senses

  • 3: Mindfulness Guard of Mind

    • 5: Mindfulness Guard of Emotions

    • 6: Mindfulness Guard of Phenomena

    • 7: Mindfulness Guard of Noumena

    • 8: Mindfulness Guard of Awareness

  • 4: Mindfulness Guard of Attention
    
    

• Developing Strength: Eight Concentrations of Mindfulness

  • 1: Mindfulness Concentration of Body

  • 2: Mindfulness Concentration of Senses

  • 3: Mindfulness Concentration of Mind

    • 5: Mindfulness Concentration of Emotions

    • 6: Mindfulness Concentration of Phenomena

    • 7: Mindfulness Concentration of Noumena

    • 8: Mindfulness Concentration of Awareness

  • 4: Mindfulness Concentration of Attention