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Meditation and Beyond

Meditation and Beyond

By: Elliott S. Dacher M.D.
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In Meditation and Beyond you will discover a uniquely different approach to meditation. There are two traditional aims of meditation. The first is cultivating a healthy human life. The second is transcending our limited day-to-day consciousness to discover our true self and its extraordinary qualities of human flourishing. Our first session begins by focusing on two quick and sure methods of calming the mind. Whenever your mind is out of control, these will be your go-to practices.one that is simple, surprisingly effortless, and goes directly to the essence of meditation. The first aim of meditation is to diminish, stress, calm the mind, decrease reactivity, and improve the quality of our relationships. The second aim of meditation is the heart and true essence of meditation. This approach cuts through the limitations of day-to-day living and reveals the precious gold of human life - a sustained serenity, natural wisdom, unchanging happiness, and boundless freedom. . We learn how to meditate in an entirely new and effortless way. Let’s join together on the journey of a lifetime. If you are ready, you will discover life’s treasures.

May I suggest you refer to my latest book, Meditation and Beyond, available through Amazon as support and more for these podcasts. you may also find further resources on my website: www.elliottdacher.org

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Episodes
  • Unraveling the Monkey Mind

    Unraveling the Monkey Mind
    Dec 7 2025

    We weren’t born with a restless mind. We arrived in this world spacious, open, and untouched – like awareness itself. So how did that vast clarity become a chattering “me”? What silent shift pulls us from our natural wholeness into the frantic monkey mind? In this episode we explore the invisible turn of awareness where heaven is forgotten and the monkey mind is born. And more importantly, we explore how meditation can unwind that process from the very start and dissolve the source of suffering at its root.

    Support the show

    Welcome to my Podcasts

    On my website below you will find many resources and a sign-up link to our Sunday morning Zoom teaching and meditation. Everyone is invited.

    Your support by subscribing is appreciated ...

    www.elliottdacher.org
    Aware, Awake, Alive on Amazon
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    19 mins
  • The Habit That Made the Monkey Mind

    The Habit That Made the Monkey Mind
    Nov 16 2025

    Have you ever wondered why your mind refuses to sit still—why thoughts surge, swirl, and rehearse themselves as if on an endless loop? The answer isn’t mysterious or psychological jargon. It comes down to one simple, ancient habit: the mind’s impulse to grab hold of fleeting appearances and turn them into solid realities. In the very moment the mind turns nothing into something, the monkey mind is born. But once we see this mechanism clearly—truly catch it in the act—we hold the key to dissolving restlessness at its source and opening into the spacious, luminous awareness that has always been our true nature.

    Support the show

    Welcome to my Podcasts

    On my website below you will find many resources and a sign-up link to our Sunday morning Zoom teaching and meditation. Everyone is invited.

    Your support by subscribing is appreciated ...

    www.elliottdacher.org
    Aware, Awake, Alive on Amazon
    Show More Show Less
    18 mins
  • Discovering the Nature of Mind

    Discovering the Nature of Mind
    Nov 2 2025

    Behind the restless flow of thoughts lies a vast, silent field of awareness – the natural mind that precedes and sustains all experience. We live mostly within a fragment of this wholeness, mistaking our conditioned patterns, stories, and identities for the entirety of who we are. Meditation, when understood in its deeper sense, is not simply a technique to calm or improve the mind but a doorway to directly recognize the luminous consciousness from which all mental activity arises and dissolves. When we cease trying to fix or follow our thoughts and instead rest as awareness itself, the veil of confusion thins, serenity expands, and the essence of our true being reveals itself – clear, boundless, and ever-present.

    Support the show

    Welcome to my Podcasts

    On my website below you will find many resources and a sign-up link to our Sunday morning Zoom teaching and meditation. Everyone is invited.

    Your support by subscribing is appreciated ...

    www.elliottdacher.org
    Aware, Awake, Alive on Amazon
    Show More Show Less
    20 mins
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