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There are so many wonderful benefits to meditation, but we are often too busy to take the time to make meditation a regular part of our lives. However, to not take time to quiet your mind is to not take time for you. There is nothing better for peace of mind, lowering your stress levels and ... Views: 1794
First of all, put yourself in a meditative state of mind. Meditation is, like Michael Beckwith puts it so wonderfully; "to pay undistractable attention to Reality"
It's so true; and so we begin with that.
Close your eyes. Get yourself into a vibration of unconditional love, get still, with ... Views: 2403
In response to the threats from N. Korea.
When life gets crazy and the ground you’re standing on starts to feel shaky, it is time to rest. When you start to feel anxious, your body naturally wants to respond by taking action, don’t! Take a rest.
If life starts to get blurry, take a rest. ... Views: 1301
The ancient sages described the most effortless way to bond with the universe and fulfill our desires was to act in accordance with the laws of nature. Recently, when I hiked among a grove of amazing redwood giants in Yosemite National Park, their stories revealed powerful lessons about ... Views: 1418
Our society today is designed for speed, success, and the speed of success with countless TV commercials constantly urging us to do more and be more. Many products on the market now purport time saving benefits, like a tile and shower cleaner that works while we are finishing dinner for our ... Views: 1008
Negative energy has become a reality of our daily lives. It is almost unavoidable to prevent negative energies from entering our lives. One meets a depressed friend who pours out her sorrows to him. You just received a phone call that your loved ones had passed away. You are facing extreme ... Views: 1871
In business – and often in our personal lives – frustration and worry go hand in hand. We get frustrated that our efforts are not receiving the acclaim that we believe we deserve and we get worried that, if things continue like that, we’re either not going to be the success we want to be or, ... Views: 2723
BY BRENDADRONKERS
If you are anything like me, you are always trying to find ways to take a five minute breather… to meditate and to practice mindfulness. When I meditate, you will rarely see me sitting on a cushion, legs crossed, palms up… instead, I draw inward and practice mindfulness ... Views: 1241
I constantly tell my clients that meditation is like your life in miniature - in other words, everything you encounter during meditation mirrors your daily life.
So, for example, during meditation, your conscious mind will distract you - with an average of 50,000 random thoughts whizzing ... Views: 3228
Imagine, if you will, a moment in your life when you were very pleased with something. It may not have been anything of monumental degree, but you were proud, pleased, and happy about the outcome. Now, continue your imaginary journey. Think about this point in time and about that person in ... Views: 1227
"You do not need
to get rid of resistance.
You do not need to get
rid of negativity, or insecurity.
You do not need to get rid
of thinking or anything at all.
The simple act of observing
what is here,
of consciously accepting
and watching your experience
in this moment
is all ... Views: 966
When you think of meditation, what image does it conjure up in your mind? Sitting cross legged on the floor… mystical gurus chanting unintelligible sounds… strange and religious….?
Or maybe you recognise that it’s a good thing; you may have even had a go at it in the past, but decided it is ... Views: 1432
Have you ever gone through a day when you’re very, very busy and you have to get things done so even though you are hungry you just keep going and slowly that hunger sensation turns into a headache? I’ve seen this happen to my wife a lot when she’s busy and she just forgets about, or puts aside ... Views: 1101
Listening to what lies behind the thought process can be quite helpful in understanding ourselves beyond the verbal explanations. Certain periods in our daily routine are conducive to that listening. It is good to pay attention to those times of inner silence.
The Conditioned Mind
True ... Views: 1691
Coffee isn’t only something we can gulp down in the morning; it can enrich us spiritually and emotionally. Here are five ways that a cup of joe can provide us with motivation, happiness, and even a touch of enlightenment:
1. Mindfulness in a mug. Mindfullness is a laser focus on what ... Views: 1866
Here I will relate my first big spiritual awakening and experience of oneness.
I was in college in Vermont, having a bad day. After classes and meetings with teachers, I went back to my dorm room and sat down to meditate. When I sat down, I just surrendered. Not that I knew what surrender ... Views: 4199
These four make life work for us: Music, Nature, Laughter and Meditation
What would life be without them?
When thinking about enlightenment, bliss, serenity and inner peace, it is easy to get ‘all left-brained’ and forget that God gave us, at birth, tools and mechanisms to escape the ... Views: 909
The new age movement is not as new as the name suggests, and has been around for a number of years. Today’s popular ways of life have largely influenced this form of living. It is a combination of western and eastern cultures creating a more distinctive mode of meditation and ... Views: 1594
In your healing journey, you may have heard about the importance of quieting your mind in order to receive intuitive insights and guidance to assist you in your healing. But if you have never meditated before, the thought of doing so can be overwhelming. And if you have ever sat down to ... Views: 1751
Human beings are a pretty strange and complicted life-force and although the potential for complete liberation is present in every moment, mostly we take the other route, that of suffering.
One of the most common expressions of this suffering in the West is the bizzare pre-occupation with low ... Views: 850
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: 775
Meditation itself does not need any methods or techniques at all. Meditation is simply alertness to feel the aliveness of your life. Meditation is simply awareness to live fully, deeply and joyfully every second of your life. Meditation is all-inclusive in the spreading of awareness. Neither ... Views: 748
For those of us who live in these times – where economic adversity continues to be the order of the day, where extremism simmers in various quarters from Al-Qaida to Yemen, to Plains, Georgia where an effigy of President Obama was found hanging recently, to the ongoing political upheaval in Iran ... Views: 8557
To Heal or Not to Heal? That is the question. Well, it is a question anyway.
It is not a question you may have pondered too much, and if you have, given the choice of experiencing healing or to not experience healing. Then I think most of us, if not all of us, would tick the 'be healed' ... Views: 1116
Science has already proven to us that every object we perceive is not actually solid but rather an immense collection of atoms. These atoms are continuously in motion and thus no stationary object is actually still but rather moving with life.
Whether the object is in a state of gas, liquid ... Views: 1194
As we go through life things happen to us to get us off course. Things that make us wonder about the true benevolence, kindness and love of life and the universe. The beauty of meditation is that when you meditate you truly get grounded with life and you are able to see how everything is ... Views: 907
As human beings we are wired for wisdom and guidance from God. When we learn how to listen to our intuition we will hear the guidance that will show us the next step to take. We don’t have to be concerned with all the minutiae about how to reach our goals and visions. We only need to be ... Views: 3473
There was a lot to absorb on September 11, 2008, with Hurricane Ike barreling across the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas while 9/11 memorials were underway. At times such as these, it is possible to see with the eye of the soul—to try to “read the book of life” with some detachment and discover ... Views: 746
At the outset it is very important to understand why developing and using your psychic skills is important. We all possess abilities such as telepathy, clairvoyance, ESP and direct mind over matter power in the form of psychokinesis. Psychokinesis is a very important psychic skill because it ... Views: 910
What is Meditation? This is a tricky question because meditation is beyond the understanding of the mind.
Meditation could even be said to be the recognition of what you are beyond the mind and body.
Beyond thinking, there is a sense that you exist. Not existing as a name or person, ... Views: 923
For the vast majority of our adult lives, we live in a world of make-believe. However, as most of us know, it’s no fairy story – most normal lives are a mundane up and down affair that never really goes anywhere – more like a second-rate soap opera. However, in stark contrast to our personal ... Views: 7240
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: 1614
There is a so much upheaval on our world right now. Humanity is working through war, hunger, poverty and enslavement and working to remove those patterns from our world. The Aligning in Harmony meditation is created to change the focus and move energy to:
1. help those people who are trapped ... Views: 2728
Although a good number of people try meditation at some point in their lives, only a small percentage actually persist with it. This is unfortunate, as the benefits are enormous. One possible reason is that many beginners do not start with an appropriate mindset to make the practice ... Views: 921
If I’ve inspired you in my last blog entry to give meditation a try, here’s a very basic form of mindfulness meditation, adapted from Vipassana Buddhism:
Find a quiet place to sit in a chair or on the floor, with your eyes open or closed, whichever is most comfortable to you. Set a timer for ... Views: 958
"The mind is simply
the action of identifying with thoughts.
Thoughts arise and
you take on the thoughts as your identity.
You place all importance on them.
The thought arises,
'this is not the way it is supposed to be'
and you claim ownership of that thought.
You take that thought ... Views: 1291
To help you in your journey in meditation it is important to have a regular place to go to for your meditation. I have found through the years that having a routine is helpful. Our bodies, soul and mind seem to respond to this, knowing that it’s time to relax, be peaceful, to meditate. So ... Views: 1091
We have many past lives and one of the purposes, in our present lifetime, is to clear the Karma associated with these past lives. Generally, ‘symptoms’ or ‘events’ in our life will signify a specific past life that is presenting - to be cleared. If you choose you can highlight this past life ... Views: 5594
Better than your Guru? No joke is intended. Read this and you’ll know how to meditate better than Gurus past and present. You’ll be free of the problem that limits success in all forms of meditation: mind’s uncontrollable wandering.
Even Gurus are plagued by drifting and dreaming; time ... Views: 1118
"In meditation,
one of the greatest
things you can do
is become aware
of how thought identification
happens.
Become aware
of the process
of thoughts arising
and the action of
being attached
to identifying with
those thoughts.
There is a feeling
of contraction behind it,
a ... Views: 910
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: 965
Synchronicity is actually related to probability. There are events that occur in life which have a small probability in life of happening, yet they happen. For instance you’re talking on the phone with a friend and you say something and they say to you, “I was just thinking that!” The chances ... Views: 3405
I normally have pretty good luck with the Law of Attraction. But perhaps the focus on “stress reduction” this month on the blog has caused my stress level to rise a bit. One bright side to that is I have lots of situations to apply the stress relief tips that are being shared. One stress ... Views: 1237
About: Tarot Affirmations are positive statements using the Tarot, to center ourselves while energizing our Mojo! My goal is to help invigorate higher vibrations with creative visualization for self-awareness, while enhancing one's perspective, confidence, and productivity. Becoming part of the ... Views: 2406
About: Mini Tarot Affirmations are positive statements using the Tarot, to center ourselves while energizing our Mojo! My goal is to help invigorate higher vibrations with creative visualization for self-awareness, while enhancing one's perspective, confidence, and productivity. Becoming part of ... Views: 3010
These days we hear a lot of talk about the mantras used for meditation. Some people say a random word is best, others recommend the universal sound Aum or Om. But what about the mantras used in the Transcendental Meditation technique? Are they generic or special? Secular or religious? Useless or ... Views: 2795
"Infinite silence is the mind of God. It is a mind that can create anything out of the field of pure potentiality." -Deepak Chopra
We will be using meditation to prepare, relax, and heal the body and the mind from our physical training, as well as, to further develop the proper mindset. ... Views: 1990
“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” – Buddha
I have harped on the fact that our thoughts create our reality and directly influence our experience of life many ... Views: 4153
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Why I Meditate
My spiritual journey officially began many years ago as a result of becoming involved in a Twelve- step program. Al-anon not only saved my life, my marriage, and my sanity. It also opened a door into a world of continuous excitement ... Views: 2106
The secret benefits of Guided Meditation are the subtle effects that happen quietly in the background without your conscious awareness.
The first term I will introduce is Homeostasis. (Just read it slowly and that is how it is meant to sound)
Homeostasis is when the different systems of ... Views: 2191