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Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization Why Meditate? Compelling Benefits and Miracles of Meditation- Meditation for Healing and Manifestation - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2010 from Krzysztof SrokaWe live in a very fast, changing and often stressful world. Sometimes things happen so quickly that we don't react as fast as we want to. We might even lose our capacity to think fast, clearly and make right decisions. It's not supposed to be like that. It is important to slow down, relax and ...
Views: 1714(5 votes) - How to Detect Symptoms of Depression - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from David FordDepression is a complicated illness that can be very hard to detect unless you are looking for the right symptoms. Did you know that over 15 million American's will suffer some type of depression this year, and that many of them will not even know that they have it, plus the startling fact is ...
Views: 1858(1 vote) - To realize God Philosophy - Sing the character of pure God. - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from GS VirkOur sense, knowledge of thought and language are able to understand things. We understand the names and symbols of God, Allah, Ram, supernatural being, etc., according to our faith. Our spirit is beyond the echo from the center of life and is not an object. Pure God is beyond our mind. To ...
Views: 1176 - How meditation offers help for women with depression - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Gary KaplanNearly eleven percent of American women are on antidepressants. How did a condition once thought to be so rare become epidemic? Many factors contribute to the disease, yet experts agree that stress is the main cause of the physiological imbalances that give rise to depression. Evidence ...
Views: 1239 - Personal Development and Peace of Mind - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Willie HortonHow do you achieve lasting peace of mind? Well, the answer is in both the question and the title of this article. You find it within, in your mind, where else would you expect to find it! It doesn’t matter what is going on around you, what is happening in your life or who is doing what to ...
Views: 2714(2 votes) - Productivity And “Pushing The Moment” - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Christopher EdgarI shudder a little when I think about some of my old working habits. One of these habits was to do what I now call “pushing the moment.” When I’d be under time pressure, or I just wanted a task off my plate quickly, I’d tighten up my shoulders as I worked — as if I were physically trying to ...
Views: 869 - 3 Ways To Reduce Email-Related Suffering - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Christopher EdgarWhen I speak to a group, I almost always get questions about e-mail. “I just get so much e-mail at work and I don’t know what to do with it,” people say. Worse yet, they’ve usually tried several e-mail organizing systems, and the overwhelm they’re feeling hasn’t gone away. I think this is ...
Views: 1018 - Your search for Effective Meditation, The Missing Link - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2010 from Laura JaglaOnce upon a time, thirty some years ago I began my meditation practice. It all started in my junior year of college at chilly Northern Michigan University. I was initiated into a popular meditation tradition. In the intervening years, I have struggled to keep this practice going and over time ...
Views: 1395(6 votes) - Like Mosquitoes Biting an Iron Ball - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockThis world is an amazing place. Never-ending things to experience. Long ago this was not the case . Other than a change of seasons, nothing much happened. But today with the internet, we can be worldwide travelers while sitting in our media rooms. We can be authors and write articles, or ...
Views: 1800(1 vote) - Sensation, Storyline and Meditation - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2010 from Christopher Boozell"There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare. With this well known quote, the Bard points to an important reality about human life: that our experience can be parsed in different ways, and one of the most useful is drawing a distinction between SENSATION and ...
Views: 1421 - Love Light Portal of April's New Moon - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from Linda BackesWhenever I am in the audience of someone who channels an ascended master, I am always humbled at the idea that we are loved so much on the other side of the veil by those of the Light who sincerely want us to hear important messages for our wellbeing. In that vein, I sought to raise my own ...
Views: 2397(2 votes) - Patanjali Yoga Sutra - Strategy to Explain the Basic Teachings of Yoga - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2010 from GS VirkYoga is the experience of control and calm persistence of thought in the mind with consciousness raised. Consciousness is a reflection of the true soul in your mind. Consciousness is life in the universe of pure subtle where it meets your selfishness in your physical life. Your mind is impure, ...
Views: 1288 - Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. - A strategy to explain the secret of its stages. - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2010 from GS VirkPatanjali Yoga Sutra is a terse statement of a truth in Sanskrit literature. It consists of 195 basic guidelines for spiritual enlightenment. It is still valid for three thousand years.It is a philosophy not a religion. Yoga accepts all religions and believers without tilt. This yoga explains ...
Views: 1735 - The Big One - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockMaybe it has already happened to you. It doesn't happen to everyone. But those lives to which it happens are drastically changed. Changed for the better. When this happens, all the things that make life such a burden are magically lifted from one's shoulders resulting in a sudden, unexpected ...
Views: 1486 - Seeing Everything Anew - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockTo clear the mind of past programming requires practice. It can't be done by wishing it to happen. The fastest and most trusted way is meditation, and the type of meditation that gets results quickly and surely is breath meditation. As one concentrates on his or her breath for some time, the ...
Views: 1899 - Meditation for Breast Cancer: I Just Can't Get the Hang of It - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2010 from Laurie AndreoniDuring the series of tests following a diagnosis of breast cancer, I was not looking forward to the MRI. Rumor had it that they can be claustrophobic, noisy and having to stay still can be downright painful. I admit it – I’m a total wimp, and if it were an option, I would be tempted to accept ...
Views: 1196(4 votes) - Running While Standing Still - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockWhat is it that we run from? What is it that takes up almost all of our waking moments? It must be very important, otherwise we wouldn't devote an entire lifetime trying to escape it. The interesting, and at the same time depressing, thing is that all the running in the world won't distance ...
Views: 2699(2 votes) - Benefits of Meditation-An Introduction - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2010 from Brad AustenThe benefits of meditation are numerous. Meditation is an ancient tool that has been practiced in many forms since recorded history. It is only been recently that the Western world has started to embrace meditation as a tangible healing tool. There are many styles and techniques with ...
Views: 1609(4 votes) - What’s Your Pleasure? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockTake a look at your life and see if it's not true that the pursuit of pleasure and happiness involves just about everything you do. From watching TV or playing on the internet, to working at a career in order to make money - so that you can spend it and be happy with the resulting pleasure or ...
Views: 1686(3 votes) - Relieve Your Stress and Increase Your Health With Meditation - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2010 from Sakthivel PerumalMore and more folks are researching and practicing meditation these days and for good reason. Our lives are more hectic than ever and the stress is making us sicker. Meditation can have a positive effect on both your mind and body and help you live a more relaxing and healthier life. For ...
Views: 914 - Buddhism - Too Real For Americans? - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockSimilar to Christianity, Buddhism has many branches. The original doctrine that the Buddha taught his monks is called the Theravada or the Teaching of the Elders, but this very deep teaching may be too strange and frightening for everyday Americans. This unpopularity is not unusual when we ...
Views: 2174(3 votes) - My Top 10 Reasons Why Meditation Rocks! - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Brodie WhitneyTwo months ago now, I sent out an email to all you awesome peeps on my mailing list with a commitment. After years of ignoring a call of my heart & continually going back and forth in my mind with ‘should’ after ‘should’, but never really diving in, I finally felt ready to take the plunge on ...
Views: 2660(3 votes) - How To Achieve The State of 'Now' Without Traditional Meditation - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Rion FreebergThere's a lot of talk about Eckhart Tolle's breakthrough book 'The Power of Now'. It is very profound. But to a lot of people it just seems too idealistic, too impractical, too out of touch and not directly applicable to our 'ego'-based and driven daily Western lives. How can we stop ...
Views: 1110(2 votes) - How To Meditate Better Than Your Guru: The Feedback Solution - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Carol McMahonBetter 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: 1291(3 votes) - Are There Special Mantras for Meditation? - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2010 from Christopher BoozellMantras have influenced thinking about meditation for a long time. That's not surprising: mantras are a time tested tool, helping people grow spiritually for thousands of years. But given the broad ignorance in the West about mantras and the wide variety of ways mantras are approached by ...
Views: 1790(1 vote) - Notes From the Bottom of a Well - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2010 from Stacey CurnowBefore you start reading this article, I’d like you to sit quietly for a few seconds. Take in a full breath, let it fill your lungs, and then release it slowly. Repeat this simple breathing exercise and include the words from my favorite meditation: Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing ...
Views: 1437(2 votes) - Wash the Mind Through Meditation - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2010 from GS VirkAs the physical body is washed with water, Washed mind is through meditation.. Urinated as the child's clothing is purified by applying soapy water, impurities in the mind are eliminated by the application of meditation in the mind.Physical body is an extension of the subtle mind, which is ...
Views: 1326(1 vote) - The 5 Brainwave Frequencies - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2010 from Edward HaycockYou most likely already know that brainwave frequencies are grouped together into bands: delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma. Although boundary states between these bands exist, in this article I will focus on these five groups of brainwave frequencies and describe the mental states and ...
Views: 1639(2 votes) - What is an EEG? A Simple Answer - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2010 from Edward HaycockIf you have ever read anything about the brain, you’ve probably heard the phrase EEG and wondered: what is an EEG? Many texts use complex terms that can confuse this question, but in fact it can be answered in a simple and straightforward way. By the time you reach the end of this article, you ...
Views: 967(2 votes) - THE MYSTERY OF YOGA AND THE BOUQUET OF SIDHIS - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2010 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaYoga means the union of the individual soul with the cosmic soul who is otherwise called God. When numbers are added up, their value increases manifold. Man is a descendent of apes. In the Adam Age he was like this only. In New Guinea even today there are some Adivasis (Aborigines) who have ...
Views: 2061(1 vote) - Simple Steps to Personal Effectiveness - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2010 from Willie HortonWe would all like to be more effective – to get the really important stuff done effortlessly, to simply do the things that we don’t like doing or want to do without any distraction, to get much more done to the very best of our ability in far less time and have plenty more time to do all the ...
Views: 2626(1 vote) - Preparing for Ascension 2012 - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2010 from Maurice TurmelWe are witnessing events of great magnitude on the Earth right now. Very recently we saw the latest in terms of catastrophe and suffering as we witnessed the collapse of cities and towns in Haiti. A small island nation has been rocked by an earthquake and has succumbed to the forces of the ...
Views: 2219(1 vote) - No More Stress - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2010 from Willie HortonMost people will always find something to stress them out – their job, their boss, their financial situation, their husband, their wife, their boyfriend or girlfriend, their teenage children, their health, their golf, their holidays! I have one client who telephoned my one day a few years back ...
Views: 1577(2 votes) - MIND MEDITATION how Music Mantras can help you achieve inner peace - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2010 from Lea LongoHow does meditation work? What are mantras? In today’s crazy and busy world, one must learn to achieve inner and outer balance and it can be mind-challenging. According to the Yogic scriptures, they describe the mind as an “inner instrument”, retaining all memories, ...
Views: 1970(2 votes) - How to Break Away from Frustration and Worry - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Willie HortonIn 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: 2899(2 votes) - Tarot Affirmations: Empress Meditation for Devotion - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2010 from Suzi DronzekAbout: 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: 2530(3 votes) - The Importance of Being Calm - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2010 from Willie HortonFor 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: 8747(2 votes) - Workplace Stress - Don't Change Your Job, Change your Mindset - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2010 from Ali SharifiPeople are spending more and more time at the "office," dealing with workplace stress. We work insane hours in high stress, thankless environments. There is a certain rush of energy that comes with this type of work, but that soon fades into a sort of mental exhaustion and in some cases, ...
Views: 1342(1 vote) - FAQs About Mindfulness - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2010 from Greg DorterIs mindfulness the same as meditation? Mindfulness meditation is one way to practice mindfulness, but since being mindful simply involves paying attention to the present moment, mindfulness can be brought to anything you do. Becoming more mindful takes practice, and mindfulness meditation is ...
Views: 1184(5 votes) - A Guide to Meditation - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Kennon and Aurelia WardMeditation is the point where our minds become centered and focused on the now. The first thing that needs to be done is to learn how to breathe. Not just inhale a little air and exhale, but take in a deep cleansing breath. Breathing is important to meditating. When a person breathe with ...
Views: 1477(1 vote) - Master Meditation Manifestation - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Stephen FrostThis preceding week I have enjoyed supplementary moments to journey into meditation than I had been able to get for a long time, exciting as soon as you at that time consider that a whole load of things which I had been working upon through respective aspects from my life suddenly began to ...
Views: 1958(3 votes) - How to Get All the Money You Need - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from Willie HortonRead the title of this article carefully – it doesn’t say “all the money you want” – just what you need. The defining line between needs and wants is a little more blurred than you might think because, when I use the word “need” it is used in the context of having everything that you need to ...
Views: 1582(2 votes) - Master Meditation for Mind Power - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2010 from Stephen FrostHave you ever wanted to improve your mind and get more from it? Sure you have, likely you have desired a better memory or the ability to process things more quickly and work faster, all of this is attainable of course. The answer to improving your mind and getting more from it lies within your ...
Views: 2119(4 votes) - Self-Help: Getting Your Priorities Right - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2010 from Willie HortonNo doubt you have heard the old saying that no one, on their deathbed, would ever say that they wished that they'd spend more time in the office! Well, given the mass hysteria that is the fear and panic that has been gripping world economies over the last few months, some don't even have the ...
Views: 2701(1 vote) - GOD SAVITA: THE SUPER PRANA AND GREAT OCEAN OF VITAL FORCE - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaScientists have found the existence of such a power in this world which induces objects to move and mankind to think. This verily is that fount of inspiring force through which the inactive is made active and inert made mobile. The various movements of objects and living beings is possible due ...
Views: 3935(3 votes) - Mindfulness Based Psychotherapy - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Greg DorterThere are many ways in which mindfulness complements traditional approaches to counselling and therapy. Counselling and therapy involve cultivating awareness and insight into your life and the issues you're facing, exploring your patterns of thinking, and your feelings and emotions, how these ...
Views: 1052(3 votes) - What Is Mindfulness? - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Greg DorterMindfulness is the act of bringing your awareness to whatever you're experiencing in the present moment. A common definition of mindfulness used in counselling and therapy is: The awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally to things ...
Views: 1026(3 votes) - Meditate Your Way to Positive Self Esteem - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2010 from Kate IrwinHave you ever wondered why positive self-esteem seems so natural and effortless for some people, while others struggle daily with feelings of self doubt and inferiority? Would you believe that the solution to achieving a greater sense of confidence and positive self-esteem could be as easy as ...
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