Book Description

Master your memory and silence your mind - scientifically.Can a secular approach to combining memory and meditation reduce negative thoughts and heal your life? And can such a step-by-step program removing thinking completely, possibly even create the "bliss" talked about by the gurus for thousands of years?The Victorious Mind tells the story of how one man overcame the mental distress that imprisoned him in a “highly functioning manic-depressive” identity, and almost took his life. Dr. Anthony Metivier, film studies scholar and founder of the Magnetic Memory Method, used just three practices: self-inquiry meditation, memory training, and “biohacking.” But more than a story of self-transformation, The Victorious Mind offers detailed guidance through the techniques Anthony used to release himself from the haze of lithium along with the illusion of self. You'll learn: How to meditate using a variety of techniques and avoid mistakes by getting stuck with the wrong approaches How to "stress test" your diet, sleep, and other lifestyle issues, so you can weed out problems strategically How to use meditation to improve your memory by creating a Memory Palace Network. A full walk through of a 32-verse mantra from the non-dual tradition takes you through everything.Both entertaining and erudite, brain-science informed and stripped of BS, The Victorious Mind takes you on a journey through cities of the world and Memory Palaces of the mind, where there are bad acid trips along the way but also Buddha Smiles. To help you on your way, The Victorious Mind is peopled with a surprising range of figures, from members of his Magnetic Memory Method community and Ancient Greek mnemonists. You'll meet secular-spiritual teachers of today such as Sam Harris and Gary Weber, whose translations of ancient Sanskrit self-inquiry texts play a central role in Anthony’s self-transformation. The Victorious Mind is ideal not just for those struggling with mental illness but for anyone suffering mental malaise – whether it’s digital amnesia and scatterbrain, depression or “control freakism.” The best part?The combination of several techniques has been scientifically proven to help ease the suffering created by the mind. Metivier covers the research, how he applied it, and how anyone can do the same.What sets this book apart is also what defines its key message: there’s no one technique, no one path to freedom and quality of mental and physical life, and there’s no one teacher. Rather, it’s the act of assembling the insights and practices of others with experimentation in one’s own body and mind that will enable us to be our own teachers, bring peace of mind and focus, and free ourselves from negative thinking.