Meditation on the four elements — A Practical Guide. In this talk you’ll learn practical steps for meditation: setting a quiet space, reciting the element names, perceiving elemental qualities in everyday experience, and body‑scanning techniques to develop insight and inspiration. This talk explains how each element can reveal deeper capacities — earth for confidence and firmness, water for empathy and depth, fire for inner light and vision, and air for lightness and subtle energy (prāna/chakras). If you’ve practiced ānāpāna and want a complementary method, this guide helps you stay with what works while exploring new insights. Download my free booklet on the four elements and related resources at https://highermindart.info/books — see the book Paramattha for still deeper context.

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https://youtu.be/s0Vv7sPPh4A

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro - What Are the Four Elements? 

03:56 How to Meditate: Setup, Recitation, and Perception 

05:53 Using the Four Elements as a Mantra or Prayer 

11:32 Body Scanning Techniques for Insight 

15:12 Higher Experiences: Superior Aspects of the Four Elements 

15:32 Superior Earth Element: Confidence and Strength 

18:25 Superior Water Element: Genuine Compassion and Depth 

22:05 Superior Fire Element: Inner Light and Visualization 

28:00 Examples from Daily Life 

30:50 Tummo Practice and Fire's Power 

31:53 Superior Air Element: Being in Tune, Prāna, and Chakras 

36:51 Closing Blessing and Resources 

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