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The 6 Phase Meditation Method: The Proven Technique to Supercharge Your Mind, Manifest Your Goals, and Make Magic in Minutes a Day
The New York Times bestselling author of The Buddha and the Badass and The Code of the Extraordinary Mind shares the secret weapon of the world's top achievers: his signature hyper-efficient meditation program that anyone can make time for.
"A beautiful step-by-step guide that artfully combines gratitude, manifestation, and emotional mastery."-Jay Shetty, author of Think Like a Monk and host of the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast
Don't be fooled by the title. This book has nothing to do with meditation as you know it. We just didn't have enough space on the front cover to call it The 6 Phase Multi-Faceted Psycho-Spiritual Transcendent Mind-Training Technique . . .
Leading a revolution in meditation, entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author Vishen Lakhiani interviewed nearly 1,000 neuroscientists, monks, yogis, and meditation experts over years of study. He distilled thousands of years of psycho-spiritual wisdom to create The 6 Phase Meditation Method-aka, meditation for badasses.
Used daily by athletes, artists, rock stars, and CEOs, the 6 Phase Meditation is a magic-making, joy-creating, productivity-inducing protocol that empowers you to get focused, find peace, and manifest your goals.
The key to unlocking all this magic? Six unique thought exercises that you run through your head as a hyper-efficient programming script. You can complete this meditation from the comfort of your bed, from your office or on your next flight, wherever or whenever you choose.
No matter how busy, prone to a wandering mind, or allergic to the lotus posture you are, the 6 Phase Meditation is suitable for absolutely everyone, no exceptions. And this transcendent sequence is custom-designed to produce these peak states in its practitioners in minutes a day. No boredom, special breathing, or "clearing your mind" required.
Delivered with humor, a practical how-to, and a free app to support you on your journey, the 6 Phase Meditation is waiting for you.
"A beautiful step-by-step guide that artfully combines gratitude, manifestation, and emotional mastery."-Jay Shetty, author of Think Like a Monk and host of the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast
Don't be fooled by the title. This book has nothing to do with meditation as you know it. We just didn't have enough space on the front cover to call it The 6 Phase Multi-Faceted Psycho-Spiritual Transcendent Mind-Training Technique . . .
Leading a revolution in meditation, entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author Vishen Lakhiani interviewed nearly 1,000 neuroscientists, monks, yogis, and meditation experts over years of study. He distilled thousands of years of psycho-spiritual wisdom to create The 6 Phase Meditation Method-aka, meditation for badasses.
Used daily by athletes, artists, rock stars, and CEOs, the 6 Phase Meditation is a magic-making, joy-creating, productivity-inducing protocol that empowers you to get focused, find peace, and manifest your goals.
The key to unlocking all this magic? Six unique thought exercises that you run through your head as a hyper-efficient programming script. You can complete this meditation from the comfort of your bed, from your office or on your next flight, wherever or whenever you choose.
No matter how busy, prone to a wandering mind, or allergic to the lotus posture you are, the 6 Phase Meditation is suitable for absolutely everyone, no exceptions. And this transcendent sequence is custom-designed to produce these peak states in its practitioners in minutes a day. No boredom, special breathing, or "clearing your mind" required.
Delivered with humor, a practical how-to, and a free app to support you on your journey, the 6 Phase Meditation is waiting for you.
Editorial Reviews
"Vishen's meditation program is a beautiful step-by-step guide that artfully combines gratitude, manifestation, and emotional mastery into a few minutes per day. Don't just read this book, practice it."-Jay Shetty, author of the New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk
"A groundbreaking way to level up your focus and creativity. Vishen shows you step by step how to train your mind for brilliance."-Marie Forleo, author of the New York Times bestseller Everything Is Figureoutable
"I love Vishen's observation that traditional meditation just isn't suited for the demands of the world today. The 6 Phase Meditation Method offers ancient wisdom redesigned for the modern world. He has streamlined powerful techniques so that you can harness their power no matter how busy you are."-Jillian Michaels, New York Times bestselling author of Master Your Metabolism
"Vishen has a gift for synthesizing wisdom from a diversity of traditions into easily digestible steps-and he does it with his unique humor and style. In The 6 Phase Meditation Method, he brings that gift to meditation and other mental practices so that you can supercharge yourself every day."-Dr. Shefali Tsabary, New York Times bestselling author of A Radical Awakening
"The 6 Phase Meditation is a powerful tool for uncovering more of your limitless potential. Vishen guides you through it with his signature wit and defiance of the status quo."-Jim Kwik, New York Times bestselling author of Limitless
"You could spend your whole life meditating and not getting anything done. That's why you need to learn the most important meditation to get the results you want quickly. Vishen's new book teaches you how to do it in a new, simple, and effective way. His 6 Phase Meditation practice is truly transformational. Try it and enjoy being upgraded!"
"A groundbreaking way to level up your focus and creativity. Vishen shows you step by step how to train your mind for brilliance."-Marie Forleo, author of the New York Times bestseller Everything Is Figureoutable
"I love Vishen's observation that traditional meditation just isn't suited for the demands of the world today. The 6 Phase Meditation Method offers ancient wisdom redesigned for the modern world. He has streamlined powerful techniques so that you can harness their power no matter how busy you are."-Jillian Michaels, New York Times bestselling author of Master Your Metabolism
"Vishen has a gift for synthesizing wisdom from a diversity of traditions into easily digestible steps-and he does it with his unique humor and style. In The 6 Phase Meditation Method, he brings that gift to meditation and other mental practices so that you can supercharge yourself every day."-Dr. Shefali Tsabary, New York Times bestselling author of A Radical Awakening
"The 6 Phase Meditation is a powerful tool for uncovering more of your limitless potential. Vishen guides you through it with his signature wit and defiance of the status quo."-Jim Kwik, New York Times bestselling author of Limitless
"You could spend your whole life meditating and not getting anything done. That's why you need to learn the most important meditation to get the results you want quickly. Vishen's new book teaches you how to do it in a new, simple, and effective way. His 6 Phase Meditation practice is truly transformational. Try it and enjoy being upgraded!"
Short Excerpt Teaser
Chapter 1
Phase 1
The Circle of Love and Compassion
It is quite possible to lose one's sense of being a separate self and to experience a kind of boundless, open awareness-to feel, in other words, at one with the cosmos. -Sam Harris
Lift up your armpit and give it a whiff. Go on, seriously. I'm going somewhere with this.
What do you smell? Odds are, nothing too dramatic. In fact, you're probably detecting something borderline pleasant-the smell of minty fresh deodorant, floral cologne, or remnants of the shower gel you used this morning. Or perhaps all you pick up on is the sweet, succulent scent of your own awesomeness.
But if I'd asked you to sniff yourself in the same way in 1920, you'd have probably fainted. Because a hundred years ago, bathing wasn't exactly a priority. Your breath would have reeked too. Did you know that in the early 1920s, only 7 percent of Americans bothered to brush their teeth?
That said, we've made quite a bit of progress in the last hundred years, haven't we? Nowadays most of us are aware that hygiene is of the utmost importance. And when we shower and slap on some perfume, we're not just doing it for ourselves-we're also doing it in the name of other people's olfactory delight.
So why is it that while billions of people rock up at work smelling like a jasmine flower, most of them haven't given a second thought to their mental hygiene?
We wash our bodies daily. But we forget to wash our minds.
Many people, myself included, have woken up in the morning with feelings of anxiety, stress, or regrets from the day before. That's okay, it's human. But the problems arise when we choose to do nothing about those feelings. Because just like a bad smell, those states of being will also undoubtedly impact other people.
Whether you want to consciously or not, you're probably going to take out your frustrations on the world. When we're lost in an ocean of our own baggage, compassion goes out the window. We've set ourselves up for a bad day along with anyone else in the firing line.
Compassion: The Benefits
Compassion trains your brain to be kinder. And trust me, in today's world, kindness is a competitive advantage. But more on that later.
Compassion brings about an infectious bliss that touches everyone we come into contact with. As well as feeling amazing while you're practicing, compassion also helps prevent unnecessary bad juju from ruining your day, never mind anyone else's. Mountains suddenly don't have to be made out of molehills, because you get that, really, there's no difference between you and your fellow human being. With the practice of compassion, you're able to see yourself in others, and therefore you can more easily let things slide.
Like when the waiter gets your order wrong. You know the feeling. That sinking in your stomach, that oh for crying out loud drama that goes off in your head when your steak isn't cooked the way you requested . . . sure, it's not the end of the world, but it's just plain annoying. You'll be damned if you give them a tip.
Now, I'm famously known as a great tipper. And that's not because I have an addiction to polishing my halo. It all came about as an unexpected side effect of engaging in compassion practices.
A few months back during a respite between pandemic lockdowns, a friend and I decided to hit a local café. And that was exciting because none of us had had the luxury of eating out in a long time. There was a queue of people just waiting to get in, and they were all happy to wait, smiling beneath their face coverings.
When we eventually were seated, I joyfully ordered a cup of coffee and a breakfast omelet with avocado from the waitress who approached our table.
Twenty minutes later, my coffee arrived. I took a sip. It was room temperature. And that, when you live in Northern Europe, means cold. My friend, fuming at this point, sat back and tutted as I calmly asked for a hot coffee. Apologetic, the waitress scurried off to make me a new one. Only she didn't. She forgot.
Another thirty minutes later, my omelet was presented to me. But the guacamole side was missing. My friend turned to me, half laughing, half angry, and whispered, "The service here is awful!"
We carried on eating what we were given. When we were ready to leave, I smiled at the waitress and left her a twenty-euro tip.
"Are you nuts?" my friend asked, creasing her brows. "The service was ridiculous; why on Earth would you give her twenty euros?!"
I'd not given it much thought. Granted, the service was pretty abysmal. But it was a hell of a lot better than being stuck at home on my own eating a microwaved meal. We'd not s...
Phase 1
The Circle of Love and Compassion
It is quite possible to lose one's sense of being a separate self and to experience a kind of boundless, open awareness-to feel, in other words, at one with the cosmos. -Sam Harris
Lift up your armpit and give it a whiff. Go on, seriously. I'm going somewhere with this.
What do you smell? Odds are, nothing too dramatic. In fact, you're probably detecting something borderline pleasant-the smell of minty fresh deodorant, floral cologne, or remnants of the shower gel you used this morning. Or perhaps all you pick up on is the sweet, succulent scent of your own awesomeness.
But if I'd asked you to sniff yourself in the same way in 1920, you'd have probably fainted. Because a hundred years ago, bathing wasn't exactly a priority. Your breath would have reeked too. Did you know that in the early 1920s, only 7 percent of Americans bothered to brush their teeth?
That said, we've made quite a bit of progress in the last hundred years, haven't we? Nowadays most of us are aware that hygiene is of the utmost importance. And when we shower and slap on some perfume, we're not just doing it for ourselves-we're also doing it in the name of other people's olfactory delight.
So why is it that while billions of people rock up at work smelling like a jasmine flower, most of them haven't given a second thought to their mental hygiene?
We wash our bodies daily. But we forget to wash our minds.
Many people, myself included, have woken up in the morning with feelings of anxiety, stress, or regrets from the day before. That's okay, it's human. But the problems arise when we choose to do nothing about those feelings. Because just like a bad smell, those states of being will also undoubtedly impact other people.
Whether you want to consciously or not, you're probably going to take out your frustrations on the world. When we're lost in an ocean of our own baggage, compassion goes out the window. We've set ourselves up for a bad day along with anyone else in the firing line.
Compassion: The Benefits
Compassion trains your brain to be kinder. And trust me, in today's world, kindness is a competitive advantage. But more on that later.
Compassion brings about an infectious bliss that touches everyone we come into contact with. As well as feeling amazing while you're practicing, compassion also helps prevent unnecessary bad juju from ruining your day, never mind anyone else's. Mountains suddenly don't have to be made out of molehills, because you get that, really, there's no difference between you and your fellow human being. With the practice of compassion, you're able to see yourself in others, and therefore you can more easily let things slide.
Like when the waiter gets your order wrong. You know the feeling. That sinking in your stomach, that oh for crying out loud drama that goes off in your head when your steak isn't cooked the way you requested . . . sure, it's not the end of the world, but it's just plain annoying. You'll be damned if you give them a tip.
Now, I'm famously known as a great tipper. And that's not because I have an addiction to polishing my halo. It all came about as an unexpected side effect of engaging in compassion practices.
A few months back during a respite between pandemic lockdowns, a friend and I decided to hit a local café. And that was exciting because none of us had had the luxury of eating out in a long time. There was a queue of people just waiting to get in, and they were all happy to wait, smiling beneath their face coverings.
When we eventually were seated, I joyfully ordered a cup of coffee and a breakfast omelet with avocado from the waitress who approached our table.
Twenty minutes later, my coffee arrived. I took a sip. It was room temperature. And that, when you live in Northern Europe, means cold. My friend, fuming at this point, sat back and tutted as I calmly asked for a hot coffee. Apologetic, the waitress scurried off to make me a new one. Only she didn't. She forgot.
Another thirty minutes later, my omelet was presented to me. But the guacamole side was missing. My friend turned to me, half laughing, half angry, and whispered, "The service here is awful!"
We carried on eating what we were given. When we were ready to leave, I smiled at the waitress and left her a twenty-euro tip.
"Are you nuts?" my friend asked, creasing her brows. "The service was ridiculous; why on Earth would you give her twenty euros?!"
I'd not given it much thought. Granted, the service was pretty abysmal. But it was a hell of a lot better than being stuck at home on my own eating a microwaved meal. We'd not s...
