14 episodes

We’ve all heard that meditation is good for us — studies show that it reduces stress, improves concentration and makes us more resilient to life’s challenges. But what if these benefits are just the tip of the iceberg? What if meditation could actually change everything? 

Pioneering meditation teacher Craig Hamilton has been practicing meditation for 40 years and teaching it over the past two decades to students in more than 90 countries. In this podcast, Craig reveals how this powerful, ancient practice can transform every aspect of human life. He shares key insights from his personal practice as well as on-the-ground research at the leading edge of spiritual practice and inquiry. As a listener, you’ll discover a mix of in-depth talks from Craig on key aspects of meditation, his responses to common questions from students and guided meditations, so you can experience a variety of meditation practices for yourself. If you appreciate what you hear in the podcast, Craig invites you to download his free ebook, Unlocking the Power of Meditation, to learn about the five common mistakes most of us make in meditation and how you can avoid them. Download your free ebook at 5meditationmistakes.com.

Meditation Changes Everything Craig Hamilton

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.9 • 50 Ratings

We’ve all heard that meditation is good for us — studies show that it reduces stress, improves concentration and makes us more resilient to life’s challenges. But what if these benefits are just the tip of the iceberg? What if meditation could actually change everything? 

Pioneering meditation teacher Craig Hamilton has been practicing meditation for 40 years and teaching it over the past two decades to students in more than 90 countries. In this podcast, Craig reveals how this powerful, ancient practice can transform every aspect of human life. He shares key insights from his personal practice as well as on-the-ground research at the leading edge of spiritual practice and inquiry. As a listener, you’ll discover a mix of in-depth talks from Craig on key aspects of meditation, his responses to common questions from students and guided meditations, so you can experience a variety of meditation practices for yourself. If you appreciate what you hear in the podcast, Craig invites you to download his free ebook, Unlocking the Power of Meditation, to learn about the five common mistakes most of us make in meditation and how you can avoid them. Download your free ebook at 5meditationmistakes.com.

    Four Portals to Enlightenment: A Guided Meditation Workshop

    Four Portals to Enlightenment: A Guided Meditation Workshop

    “Meditation isn’t something we generate. It’s not something we make happen. It’s something we make room for. It’s something we open to. When you really get this, meditation will be the easiest thing you’ve ever done.” —Craig HamiltonWelcome to our latest podcast episode, "Four Portals to Enlightenment: A Guided Meditation Workshop." In this transformative practice session, Craig explores four meditation techniques—true gateways to awakened awareness—that he teaches in his courses.We recommend...

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Foundations of Meditation - Part Two: Commitment, Humility, Environment, and Posture

    Foundations of Meditation - Part Two: Commitment, Humility, Environment, and Posture

    “Spiritual awakening is a force that turns our world upside down. It reveals to us that everything we thought we knew, and every way we thought things worked, and what we thought was important was in fact a construction of our culture and our mind. It shows us that there is so much more to this existence than we ever imagined. So perhaps the most important quality that we can bring to spiritual practice is a profound humility–which is an openness to the unknown.” —Craig HamiltonWelcome to Epi...

    • 33 min
    Opening the Heart: Meditation as a Doorway to Emotional Freedom

    Opening the Heart: Meditation as a Doorway to Emotional Freedom

    “Meditation offers us a rare opportunity to practice having an open heart in a truly safe environment where there's nothing we need to protect ourselves from. In meditation, we can practice letting down our guard, allowing ourselves to feel life fully and completely in each moment. This opens the door to deep and profound experiences that were previously inaccessible to us.” —Craig HamiltonWelcome to Episode 12 of our podcast series! In this episode, Craig takes us on a journey into the depth...

    • 33 min
    Awakening to Non-duality: The Mystery of Oneness

    Awakening to Non-duality: The Mystery of Oneness

    “As people awaken, they become ambassadors for good. For an evolved morality that cares infinitely, and burns with a deep love for the greater good. Inherent in that care is an impulse toward oneness, unity, and wholeness. It feels like nothing is separate from me. I'm not separate from this whole. I care about the whole thing equally. That's how it manifests.” —Craig Hamilton In this episode, Craig explores one of the truly great mysteries of awakening—the profound truth of non-duality, or a...

    • 37 min
    Foundations of Meditation – Part One: Motivation, Intention, and Nonjudgment

    Foundations of Meditation – Part One: Motivation, Intention, and Nonjudgment

    “Anybody who aspires to awaken to their true nature must be willing to let go of everything that provides them with security, certainty, and familiarity . It doesn’t mean it all goes away. We just have to let it go. We have to let go of our grasping onto anything at all. And that requires a passionate drive to awaken. We have to really want it.” —Craig Hamilton This episode is the first in a 3-part series where Craig explores what it means to anchor your practice in a set of foundational pill...

    • 32 min
    Unlocking Our Superhuman Nature

    Unlocking Our Superhuman Nature

    “Spiritual awakening or enlightenment is about the discovery that we don't just have a human nature and an animal nature. We have a supernature. Which means there's another dimension of who and what we are that is a spiritual essence, a super essence.” —Craig HamiltonIn this episode, Craig explores what may be meditation’s greatest promise: the remarkable discovery of our superhuman nature. We’re all familiar with the idea of human nature. It governs our behavior as individuals and as a speci...

    • 41 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
50 Ratings

50 Ratings

SFG7 ,

So excited ! This is a great gift.

I’ve wanted to learn from Craig Hamilton for years and I’m so excited that this is available. Thank you!

StephAlley ,

Thankful for this podcast

This podcast has really helped me to get back into meditation and has provided some relief from my anxious brain. Thank you!

Maicali62 ,

The seat is awareness

I am absolutely intrigued by this topic and by the practice of accessing this part of the self. I look forward to hearing Craig talk more about this magical mystery. I am so grateful to be awake! 🙏🏻

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