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Benefits of Wearing Three ( Teen ) Mukhi Rudraksha Beads
Three Mukhi Rudraksha has three lines on it. It gives the wearer, Confidence and energy to face any situation.
It is said to have the powers of trinity Gods i–e Brahma, Vishnu, & Mahesh (Shiva). It is excellent for introvert ... Views: 4692
Benefits of Wearing Two Mukhi Rudraksha Beads
It is the representation of the Ardhnarishwara. The Lord Shiva envisaged in Goddess Parvati, i.e. half Lord Shiva and half Goddess Parvati. The result which one can get by worshipping or by wearing the two faced Rudraksha is happy married & ... Views: 10515
Benefits of Wearing One Mukhi Rudraksha Beads
A One Mukhi Rudraksha can bring you immense power, wealth, luxuries, fame, massive confidence boost and spiritual enrichment. The Vaastu of this bead often carries an auspicious sign of signifying a connection with Lord Shiva. This is the best ... Views: 20710
Funny story actually, one night I had this really overly intense dream about being in a forest, and coming to this giant oak tree. The top of the tree turned into a three-headed dragon, and I had to battle with it.
Some days later I was walking through Barnes and Noble and came across a ... Views: 846
Today is National Prayer Day
There exists one prayer that is recited by people of all faiths in this Nation and around the world. It is a source of peace and comfort for many who use it as a daily petition. The original unabridged version embodies a complete formula for living.
The ... Views: 865
So much has been written about emotions of love, love is a word used in many contexts and very often has been downgraded to simply a verb, that really means “I like”. So how can we define unconditional love when so often love has so little meaning.
Many believe that to truly experience the ... Views: 1328
People from the Eastern hemisphere are probably more acquainted with the term or the word “Enlightenment.” If you’re from the Western hemisphere, you probably are acquainted with the term “Awakening”. So what is “Awakening” or “Enlightenment”? In the Western tradition Abraham Maslow was really ... Views: 994
Apart from the self-realization you get from having a spiritual awakening, there are other benefits that you can get out of experience. Personality awakening and self-transformation leads to a well-adjusted existence. Ultimately, the same stable life will lead you to a blissful and content life. ... Views: 6661
When starting a spiritual journey it is normal to have many questions and too little information. The best source of information that you will ever find lies within your heart. Deep introspection is the best way to find your inner self and the answer to any question you can think of. ... Views: 1287
Using the light that surrounds you is the key to providing balance throughout your body. Your body is surrounded by energy that appears in different colors. Many people can actually see this energy that is referred to as an aura. The colors in your aura should clear and bright and will change ... Views: 812
If you have had a chance to read my book, Spiritual Novice: Begin the Journey, you know that when I first started to look within and find my spirit it was quite by accident. During my first months, trying to figure out what to do and how to do it, I attended some classes offered through a local ... Views: 958
One of the most important tools for shifting the focus inward and creating inner harmony is meditation. It brings the concentration inward supporting introspection. When the focus is better centered its easier to access pleasant thoughts and emotions.
In the common, very stressful life ... Views: 1530
"If you give
your full attention to anything
without wanting
anything in return
there is love and bliss.
The particular action
does not matter,
it is that giving yourself
over fully to that action
which brings love and bliss.
When you give someone
you truly love a hug,
you give ... Views: 987
Guided Grounding Meditation, Suzanne Rose Lubkowski, Certified Intuitive Life and Wellness Coach, www.empoweringserenity.com
Please prepare yourself by creating a sacred space to receive. Be comfortable and go into a place where it is quiet without distractions or others around.
Sometimes ... Views: 1350
Guided Grounding Meditation, Suzanne Rose Lubkowski, Certified Intuitive Life and Wellness Coach, www.empoweringserenity.com
Please prepare yourself by creating a sacred space to receive. Be comfortable and go into a place where it is quiet without distractions or others around.
Sometimes ... Views: 1930
Are considering a yoga retreat? You have allocated the time and money and are committed to a meaningful experience. How do you know what to expect from your upcoming retreat? A little forethought, research and proper planning can make your retreat a profound life experience a la Eat, Pray, ... Views: 1942
Do you know which comes first, the chicken or the egg? By the same token, do your emotions just happen all by themselves, or do your thoughts create the happy, sad and everything in-between emotional response?
Feeling sad, hopeless or succumbing to the constant dark cloud of depression is a ... Views: 1532
Spring is fast approaching as we focus on new beginnings. What rings true for me is to focus on the basics in my life such as the practice of meditation.
Meditation is a power tool or jewel for self discovery in that it helps us to connect with our higher power, the source within us. The ... Views: 548
Meditation is part of my life. I make time for it every day because it changes my life. My practice brings calm and happiness. I see "the light" when I meditate, and I often see images or color. Meditation is also a good tool for imagining a better life or seeing life from a different ... Views: 882
Meditating earnestly,
the wise realise Nibbana,
the highest happiness.
Dhammapada Verse : 23
During one of our annual retreats at the International Meditation Centre, Budh Gaya, India some years ago, a young man from Holland came to me and said, ‘everytime I begin my meditation I hear ... Views: 989
Perhaps the most important concept or discipline I can teach you is “Earnestness”. When I was younger, while I had been introduced to mediation, I wasn’t earnest in practicing it until later in life when I realized how mediation so closely related to my own growth as a person. For me, it was a ... Views: 1254
Let the truth be told. People do not reprogram the mind because they feel a calmness and a placidness in the mind. No, they wish to reprogram the mind because there is a serious negative internal dialogue compromising the effectiveness of one’s thoughts. Maintaining such problems is not a wise ... Views: 1643
Do you know what the purpose of your life is? Do you love others and love to help them in any situation? Do you do anything meaningful in whole day? There are number of spiritual coach available at number of spiritual counseling centers who can really help you to get spiritual knowledge. One may ... Views: 806
The perceived “storm” for some might be visible outside of oneself when one reads the paper, searches the world wide web, looks at the “news” or has a conversation with family and friends.
While, some of ‘US’ might become fixated on the outer self reflection; others are looking for stable ... Views: 1351
The normal mind is hard-wired to ensure that you will never find peace of mind. Research confirms that each of us is peppered with, on average, some fifty thousand thoughts each day. Many of these whizz through our field of consciousness at such speed that we don’t notice them. Then there ... Views: 1845
How are you going to be up to the not-too-onerous task of getting the very best out of life if you are mentally unfit? Unfortunately, many years of research confirms that the normal mind is not just unfit for effortless living, it has been living on a diet of clapped-out old movies (from your ... Views: 1759
Morning meditation is such a key part to our day. I want to look at it together and explore how we can make it a wonderful, transforming experience so that our day can go well each and every day.
When we first wake up in the morning, we have echoes of the previous night; echoes of our ... Views: 1389
Meditation is a wonderful experience, but so often so many people out there stop meditating and their mind goes back to being extremely busy, active and non-attentive. They leave the meditative state of mind to go back to the every day world. I like to encourage people to truly keep their self ... Views: 1088
In today's society, there is a lot of emphasis on the best anti aging products and the best anti aging creams, but what if you could reverse aging from the inside out? This article explains the top seven anti aging remedies to create a lifestyle that keeps your body "youthful internally," as ... Views: 1632
That which is looked upon by one generation
as the apex of human knowledge
is often considered an absurdity in the next,
and what is regarded as a superstition in one century,
may form the basis of science for the following one!
Paracelsus, sixteenth-century European Alchemist
I have ... Views: 2264
Introducing the fast, easy way for you to experience the benefits of meditation today.
Meditation has long been used to aid in weight loss and make dieting easier. Sometimes diet and exercise alone are not enough to get you through the times when you're hungry, fatigued, or stressed out, ... Views: 1011
Meditation boosts your brain's levels of mood-elevating chemicals, such as:
GABA
HGH
serotonin
DHEA
melatonin
endorphins
It helps you to control mental chatter and self-destructive impulses. A study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry found that a meditation program was ... Views: 2456
As we go through our daily lives, we tend to forget to make a pause from all the clamors of circadian life. Why don’t we break off for a moment and contemplate just to unclog all those worldly stuff and breathe in some fresh air. We need that from time to time to make our lives more bearable to ... Views: 1214
A sunny Sunday morn...reconnecting with the earth and the sun...bringing balance between the masculine and feminine energies from within...exploring the void...nothingness...
Exploring the essence of the mother and the father within 'US'.
Will help those facing disEase, anxiety, stress ... Views: 1227
"For your enlightenment,
we want to get you
out of your mind,
out of the controlled idea
that you are an intelligent
and together person
and into what is here
in this moment
beyond such ideas.
The mind is always
trying to put things in order.
But once the mind
puts ... Views: 1252
What are fears? Fears are something that we have created in our mind after, usually, having a negative experience. I say “usually” because fears cannot only come from our own experiences but also from those of others also. A lot of people have different fears. The main ingredient of fears is ... Views: 1418
Empathy is the capacity to recognize and, to some extent, share feelings (such as sadness or happiness) that are being experienced by another semi-sentient being. Someone may need to have a certain amount of empathy before they are able to feel compassion.
Do we live with Empathy?
This ... Views: 1439
Why is that when we are trying to deal with stress reduction, meditation is not the first option to think about in most cases? People spend thousands of dollars every day in visiting psychologists, psychiatrists and other mind-care pratitioners, but they do little to actually help themselves on ... Views: 848
Irrespective of the country or background you come from, the meaning of life is definitely one of the hardest answers to find. People accomplish every materialistic luxury they may use and yet they don’t feel the contentment needed for complete peace of mind. Their thoughts always wander around ... Views: 727
Many wish that they had the ability to expand and enhance the power of the human mind. The motivations people have for seeking the ability to improve their mind will vary greatly. If there was a common thread among all these individuals, they would all wish they could expand their mind’s ... Views: 1371
There are several ways or techniques you can use to harness the power of crystals, the simplest being placing them in your environment. However, if you want to use crystals to heal specific problems, it’s better to employ more refined crystal healing techniques like those listed below.
~Trace ... Views: 1811
This wonderful question came from several of our readers, and this one really struck home with me. I was once the queen of stress! Perhaps some of you feel that way, like you are or have been kings or queens of stress in your own life. When you have come to a pinnacle in which you are quite ... Views: 1318
I do something kind of unusual when I’m writing. (I know, shockingly enough.) I keep a journal of what I’m feeling and thinking when I’m faced with writer’s block.
To an outside reader, this journal would probably seem painfully repetitive, because it talks about the same worries again and ... Views: 1090
The Eight Auspicious Symbols, or Ashtamangala are present in Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism and Sikhism. The specific symbols can vary between each faith. The Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism are the Conch Shell, the Lotus, the Wheel, the Parasol, the Endless Knot, the Pair of Golden Fishes, ... Views: 1347
The Kalachakra Mantra symbol of Buddhism is complex and comprehensive. It is also referred to as the “Tenfold Powerful One”. It is thus named because it consists of ten different parts. This ancient symbol is made up of a mantra of seven syllables surrounded by a ring of fire. Above and to ... Views: 9684
Tibetan Buddhists often use tingshas during their meditation practices. A tingsha is a pair of small cymbals connected by a strap. Tingshas are used in prayer and rituals, and produce a clear, high-pitched tone when struck. A tingsha is a relatively small instrument, usually measuring between ... Views: 4287
A mandala set (or Dultson Kyilkhor in Tibetan) is a tool used by Buddhists, Hindus, and Jainists in their offering ceremonies. The mandala set represents the mind and body of the Buddha, and can grant practitioners great power. The Sanskrit word mandala means “circle”. Mandala sets are often ... Views: 1648
The Endless, or Eternity Knot is one of the “Eight Auspicious Symbols” of Buddhism. The other seven symbols include the: Conch Shell, Lotus, Parasol, Pair of Golden Fishes, Victory Banner, and Treasure Vase. The Tibetan phrase for Endless Knot is dpal be'u, and its Sanskrit name is shrivatsa. ... Views: 19337
The Vajra, or Dorje is a Buddhist symbol representing the nature of reality. Vajra is a reality wisdom, wisdom of equanimity, and all-accomplishing wisdom complementing at the other side. The significance of the symmetry of this symbol is to illustrate the unification of relative and absolute ... Views: 2081
The Mahakala Buddha is a Dharmapala, or “protector of dharma”, who resides in the fourth hierarchy of deities, and is most associated with the Vajrayana Buddhism.
Mahakala’s Sanskrit meaning comes from its roots of “Maha”, or “great”, and “kala”, meaning “black”. Tibetans generally tend to ... Views: 1317