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***Finding Your Perfect Meditation Cushion

Finding the right meditation supplies, especially the perfect meditation cushion, can feel lot like looking for the Holy Grail. I started meditating in 1970 and since then, I've tried almost every kind of meditation cushion ever created. I've spent so much time on this I even tried to design the ideal meditation cushion myself, contemplating how to make something that would hold my spine perfectly straight, let my knees be comfortable and my back to be free of pain.

Primary topic: Meditation

Meditation

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***Learning Meditation Where You Live

It is easier than ever to get meditation instruction where you live. You can find meditation classes in almost any American city. I’ve see YMCA's in the middle of nowhere offer free meditation instruction. At one time, you could have listed all of America’s spiritual and meditation retreat centers in a book you could put in your back pocket. You can now find meditation centers and meditation teachers in every state in the Union, often no more than a few hours away. Back in 1970, when I started meditating, there weren’t very many books on meditation.

Primary topic: Meditation

Meditation

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***A New Meditation for Busy People

It’s said that the Buddha admonished his students not to believe anything just because it’s taught by teachers or appears in sacred books but, instead, to examine everything carefully themselves. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some ideas about meditation. I have often wondered about the phrase "meditation practice." Tell me, just what you are practicing for? Most people say they are doing meditation practice to improve other parts of their lives that don’t have anything to do with meditation.

Primary topic: Meditation

Meditation

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***Meditation: A Modern Look at the Practice and Science of Meditation

I was a meditation failure. I began meditating at the age of eight when I purchased a "Hypnodisk" I saw in the novelty Johnson-Smith catalog. The manual explained how to induce a hypnotic trance, information which soon caused my teacher to write to my parents asking me to stop hypnotizing the class. But it also contained some basic meditation instructions I began using at that time. When I turned 14, my meditation practice turned serious and I learned biofeedback to help me with migraines.

Primary topic: Meditation

Meditation

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