Google going Zen

[Tucky]

Thich Nhat Hanh: @Google Talk - YouTube

Ok so this was a few years back but it's interesting to see how Google and some of these big companies are trying to embrace meditation and general health into their workers. They have meditation and contemplation rooms and specialised food on offer to promote a healthy balanced life. Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most respected buddhist monks and anyone who has read his books or watched one of his many talks on youtube will know he's a pretty fly guy.

Some of the Google folk look quite into it, but I wonder how many actually take it seriously. I'm thinking not many follow a buddhist lifestyle judging by what a crock of shite Google+ has turned out to be.

So Google are now officially a company with ethics and morals :bowdown:

 

[dmnEPC]

How to embed video.... Delete the fucking "s" out of https

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pd5Ndg0oJA"]Thich Nhat Hanh: @Google Talk - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Tucky]

Cheers, I remembered just after I posted and edited it to remove the 's' but for some reason that didn't help.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

Wouldn't read too much into it, except Google is a good company to work for, because they listen to their employees, and go out of their way to make them happy. And many of their employees love shit like Buddhism and Feng-Shu (sp), and think the proper alignment of their furniture (as long as it's facing the right direction) will help bring them mental and emotional happiness.

 

[ShadowCaster]

Cheers, I remembered just after I posted and edited it to remove the 's' but for some reason that didn't help.

Remove everything after the video ID as well,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pd5Ndg0oJA[B]&feature=youtu.be[/B]

leave just

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pd5Ndg0oJA

 

[potentialeight]

Meditation is the real deal. Feng shui is horse shit.

But I mean if you've got that feng shui game, then you can get in a bitch's head and move the furniture around, so there's that.

 

[pinchyfingers]

There is also a Google Talk with Eckhart Tolle. That one is pretty good.

If you're serious about meditation, I'd recommend learning the difference between concentration based meditation (like focusing on breath, chanting, etc.) and insight meditation.

A free 10-day Vipassana course is probably the most valuable thing you can do in 10 days: Vipassana Meditation

 

[Moxie]

There's over 2,000 videos on the Talks at Google channel. There might be some recurring themes in the type of people who they pick, but the channel description says they bring in "all stripes" and that the speakers' views do not necessarily represent Google.

They've had vegetarian talks, but also have had speakers performing meat cooking demonstrations, for example.

So, don't expect Google to turn into a nonprofit or whatever anytime soon.

I'm thinking not many follow a buddhist lifestyle judging by what a crock of shite Google+ has turned out to be.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k07e1nCeIrI"]Authors@Google: Lama Surya Das - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaNO09cPS6c"]Authors@Google: Mingyur Rinpoche - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdcXKrpbnrM&"]Andy Puddicombe: "Get Some Headspace" - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8fcqrNO7so&"]Chade-Meng Tan: "Search Inside Yourself", Authors at Google - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC7a_gQB9YQ"]Emily Fletcher, Why Meditation is the New Caffeine - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKH2JlGdP6I"]Karuna Cayton: The Misleading Mind, Authors at Google - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfTLp8kOULY"]Authors@Google Dr. Judith Wright: Mindful Ways to Overcome Mindless Habits - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NHuXUXBZDo"]Russell Simmons, "Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple" | Talks at Google - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE1dWwoJPU0"]Eckhart Tolle in Conversation with Bradley Horowitz | Talks at Google - YouTube[/ame]