looking for recommendations - Advanced meditation programs for daily practice

[reverendsteveii]

I've been into meditation for a couple years now, averaging 20-30 minutes/day about 5x/week. I do a lot of ad hoc stuff, guided meditations from youtube, i've taught myself how to body scan, done a lot of individual types of meditation like yoga nidra, concentration on candle flames or sri yantra, basically an amalgam of various practices as one-offs. Much like when I started lifting weights, I've reached a point where I need to stop doing things buffet style and instead need a coherent program in order to continue making progress. Can anyone recommend a complete meditation course/program that can take an interested novice like myself and help turn me into a master? Obv there are a million apps and youtube videos and things like that but they all seem to be geared toward someone who has never meditated before and is just finding out how it works. I need something a bit more advanced, for someone who has demonstrated a willingness to invest the time and effort. Headspace is neat, and was a great tool when I was just getting started, but it seems to have hit a wall.

 

[Morell]

...willingness to invest the time and effort...

Then invest your time and effort and extend your sessions to 1 hour daily... (or 5 times a week, though daily is better, day or two of rest a week do not cause real harm)

I was lately doing I hour twice a day and it was quite intense. sick now but I'll return to it afterwards, because it had impressive effects.

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re-reading your post, you do not need anything advanced, because you are trying all kinds of stuff and not sticking to a system, so you are still beginning. Find one kind of meditation that you like and stick to that one... and slowly extend the time towards one hour.

It takes time to train the mind to work as you want of it. That is why you should stick to one meditation practice, so that you can develop some real discipline of your mind.