Jersey City Buddhist Meditation Class

How to Heal Your Mind - The Buddhist Vision for Radiant Mental Health

More and more these days it seems that everyone is “working on my mental health.” So many people are struggling with depression or anxiety, or insecurity or feelings of rejection. But what does it mean to be mentally healthy? What exactly is a fully healthy mind? Do we even have an image of what that would be?

Actual mental health is much more than simply not being depressed or not being anxious. It is much more than simply being able to cope better with life. Through Buddha’s teachings on the mind we are given a vision of a fully healed mind, a vision of radiant mental health. According to Buddha, a fully healed is one that has become free of ‘the darkness of ignorance’, which is our misapprehension of the actual nature of our self and our perceptions.

Through the practice of special meditations taught by Buddha, we experience the actual nature of our mind as completely pure, peaceful and radiant. Gaining even just a taste of this opens us up to the prospect of actual mental healing in which we experience real mental freedom and ongoing authentic happiness and peace.

October 12: Mental Health is your Nature-with Jessica Rispoli
October 19: Meditation and Healing the Mind-with Deepika Bagchee
October 26: The Key to Happiness-with Jessica Rispoli
November 2: The Key to Overcoming Anxiety-with Jessica Rispoli
November 9: The Mental Health Journey-with Jessica Rispoli
November 16: The Joy of Healthy Loving Relationships-with Deepika Bagchee

NEXT SERIES

How to Let Go of Insecurity

Many people think ‘I am an insecure person’ and everybody feels insecure from time to time. This insecurity undermines our happiness, our ability to be effective, and prevents us from being the confident, relaxed and beneficial person we all long to be.

Although we may have the habit of identifying ourself as insecure, no one is actually insecure by nature. In this series we will explain how we can begin to connect to the underlying happiness and confidence that is our actual nature, and he will guide a meditation taking us into the experience of this peaceful and relaxed mind. It is this experience that will enable us to begin to let go of our mistaken insecurity and eventually be free of it altogether.

November 23: How to Let Go of Insecurity
November 30: Developing the Basis for Authentic Confidence
December 7: Understanding our Potential
December 14: Freedom from Being Self Conscious
December 21: The Freedom to be Both Confident and Kind

DETAILS

Classes include Dharma teachings and guided meditations
They are suitable for both beginners and more advanced practitioners
Each class is self-contained and is also presented as part of a series over 5-6 weeks. Drop into any class you like
No special clothing is required
No pre-registration is necessary
Chairs are supplied
Everyone welcome!