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Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization Why Meditate? Compelling Benefits and Miracles of Meditation- ***Meditation Problems - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Steven SashenOne of my friends is a Tibetan Buddhist monk. He’s an actual Tibetan born in Tibet, not an American who has converted to Tibetan Buddhism or learned Tibetan Buddhist meditation. If you’re actively involved with some religious or spiritual tradition, I recommend getting to know a ...
Views: 1702(3 votes) - ***Prayer Meditation – Fulfilling Your True Desires - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Steven SashenAre meditation and prayers the same thing? Some traditions use the words meditation and prayer interchangeably. You can find Jewish and Hindu and Catholic and Buddhist meditation practices that require the repetition or contemplation of a particular religious passage or concept. To ...
Views: 1411(3 votes) - ***How to Overcome Problems in Meditation Practice - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Steven SashenAfter teaching meditation to thousands of people, when I ask what sorts of problems they encounter with their practice, I hear the same three answers again and again. The problem I hear the most frequently is that people can't quiet their minds. They refer to having "monkey mind," or tell me, ...
Views: 1280(2 votes) - A Centered Meditation With Meditation Chairs - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraThe process of exploration, self-attunement and awareness is generally one that is filled with wonders as little by little, the self reaches into its deeper essence. Such is what meditation is all about. Although meditation is an age-old practice, its deeply entrenched benefits into the human ...
Views: 1531(1 vote) - Customized Reverie With A Meditation Clock - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2010 from Menno SpijkstraAlthough generally an age-old spiritual endeavor, meditation has certainly caught up with the times as they are now accompanied by mechanical devices. One may have the notion that the practice of meditation negates anything which is “of this world” as it is basically centered on the ethereal ...
Views: 1498(1 vote) - Buddhism for business - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from Nazeera KhanBuddhism, with its practical focus on happiness and communal harmony in this lifetime, has a great deal to offer today's business world, which is often full of confusion and difficulty. My own contemporary definition of Buddhist practice, built on a study seeking to find common threads in 2,600 ...
Views: 2505(3 votes) - 4 Essential Steps To Clear Limiting Beliefs - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2010 from Janus NgKnowing how to clear your limiting beliefs is the key to manifesting what you desire. Why? Because basically all the problems in your lives are caused by limiting beliefs. So if you want to get rid of a certain problem, you need to clear the corresponding belief. For example, let's say you ...
Views: 1733(1 vote) - INTEGRITY and WISDOM - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2009 from Kate MoodyIntegrity is easy to define: wholeness, unity, authenticity, honesty, acting in accordance with our beliefs. But living in integrity can be a long-term project. We are inundated with information from the moment of birth - some of it is right for us, much of it is not. For anyone who seeks Truth, ...
Views: 1424(2 votes) - Spirituality And The Practical Applications Of Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2009 from Robert DarbyOur Spiritual Journey Through The World Of Things I am often asked how I can separate meditation from spirituality and the answer of course is that I can't and don't. We are spiritual adaptations of life who are currently in physical form, therefore anything we do is spiritual. We don't ...
Views: 1252(1 vote) - Overcoming Sexual Addiction - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2010 from JJ SempleHave you ever watched TO CATCH A PREDATOR, the Dateline-NBC show with Chris Hansen. The show that breaks for commercial with the guy lying face down on the ground and a policeman’s knee in his back. These men, the ones busted on Dateline-NBC, don’t seem able to control themselves. And that’s ...
Views: 2878(4 votes) - Reiki Healing and Meditation Techniques - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2009 from Sabrina RenéeReiki healing, combined with frequent meditation, is an effective way to improve your spiritual, emotional and physical self. Reiki (pronounced Ray-Key), is a Japanese healing method that relies on the transference of energy through the hands of the Reiki practitioner to the patient. Reiki ...
Views: 1720(2 votes) - Spiritual Christmas Poem By Jacqui Browne To Remind Us How Maginificent We All Are - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Joanna VaiouChristmas is one breath away… Unbelievable how quickly time goes by and before we even realize that the year we live in is ending we must prepare ourselves to leave the old year behind and get into the Christmas Spirit to welcome the new one! A new year that is coming to make us stronger, ...
Views: 1781(6 votes) - The Quiet Gentle Surrender To Faith - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Robert DarbyMeditation Mindfulness and Mules When it comes to meditation it is easy to get confused as to just what is going on and how to figure it out. Because feelings of frustration are the first emotions usually encountered by beginners, which is natural by the way, I thought a little clarification ...
Views: 1151(2 votes) - ***New Meditation Practices That Actually Work - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Steven SashenI was eight years old when I first began meditating. No, I wasn't raised in a commune by hippie parents. I checked out a book on meditation from the school library and practiced the technique in the book. So began my thirty years of meditation practice. Over the course of my meditation ...
Views: 1453(4 votes) - ***My Problem with Transcendental Meditation® Studies - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Steven SashenFirst, a message to my readers who practice TM® (Transcendental Meditation®): I am not taking any position for or against Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the TM® organization, TM® itself, or anything else related to TM®. Now that we've taken care of that… I do, however, have a position ...
Views: 4785(3 votes) - ***Music Meditation Mantra and Me - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Steven SashenFriends often talk to me about the hours they spend doing triathlons or running marathons, and usually I say that I can't imagine doing something I love for so many hours. So it surprises me to remember that I once spent three days chanting Hindu mantras, non-stop, at the top of my lungs. ...
Views: 1257(3 votes) - ***Be There Then - Mindfulness Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Steven SashenI was over at my friend Dave’s house when I noticed he had a book called 8-Minute Meditation. I had to take look at it. Since I think meditation can be experienced instantly and this fellow says you can do it in eight minutes, I was curious to see what he’s up to. In a nutshell, he was ...
Views: 1082(3 votes) - ***Vipassana vs. Zen Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Steven SashenWhich is better: Zen meditation or Vipassana meditation? I’m regularly asked this question because new students often have some friends who are into Zen meditation retreats and other friends suggesting they try Vipassana meditation retreats. Or they check the bookstore and discover that, in ...
Views: 7970(3 votes) - Is Meditation The Master Key That Opens All The Doors? - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2009 from Robert DarbyThe Swiss Army Knife Of Self Improvement? Few of the tools available to us that are designed to help us bring about needed changes in our personality or even our basic spiritual makeup are as powerful and versatile as meditation. It could be said that this is the master key that can ...
Views: 1462(3 votes) - ***Meditation Won’t Help You - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Steven SashenMeditation is not going to help you. Meditation will not make you more peaceful and calm. It’s not going to eliminate your stress. Meditation will not cure your disease. It’s not going to advance you spiritually. Meditation will not help you do better at your job or sport or hobby. Meditation ...
Views: 1162(3 votes) - ***New York Style Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Steven SashenThe New York subway used to be my meditation room. Somehow, the noise in the background of the subway served to drown out the noise in the background of my mind and made it much easier to concentrate. When I was in grad school, as I rode from Greenwich Village to Columbia University, I could ...
Views: 1138(2 votes) - ***Meditation: Mindfulness or Mindlessness? - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Steven SashenOne of my closest friends wrote me to say he planned to go on a mindfulness meditation retreat to find some relaxation. I picked up the phone to suggest that he might want to reconsider that plan. Now, I’d like to be clear about this. I have spent long periods of time at meditation ...
Views: 1781(1 vote) - ***Meditate - How To? - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Steven SashenIf you’d like to relax, take a mental vacation, gain some spiritual insight, or just clear your mind, a good way to do so is to meditate. There are many different was to do meditation and there are even more methods to learn how to meditate. Almost every religion has its own meditation ...
Views: 1175(2 votes) - ***Discovering Transcendental Meditation® and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Steven SashenWhile not the first person to teach meditation in the West, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has been one of the more influential meditation teachers of our times. You probably recognize his photo even if you didn't recognize his name. And if his photo isn’t familiar to you, chances are good that you ...
Views: 1416(1 vote) - Mentalism Secrets And Tricks: How To Use Mentalism To Get Into Someone’s Mind - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Michael LeeThere’s a form of magic that is more amazing than simply making bunnies jump out of magician hats or making your assistant levitate. And it’s even based on science. It’s called mentalism. Serious mentalism secrets and tricks involve reading minds, understanding behavior and predicting outcomes. ...
Views: 6670(2 votes) - Learning How to Control Yourself - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2009 from Willie HortonNormal people are out of control. This is not an observation, a theory or an opinion. This is a statement of scientific fact. Decades of research, all the way back to 1936, prove conclusively that the normal person is not in control of themselves, rather they are controlled by their ...
Views: 2072(2 votes) - How to Witness Thoughts in Zen Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2009 from Kip MazuyZen meditation is the path of awareness. You are about to learn how to attain witness consciousness, how to be free from desire and how to tell the difference between witnessing a thought versus getting identified with it. In Zen meditation, you learn to witness thoughts by learning to stop ...
Views: 1499(2 votes) - Need Prosperity? Get Peaceful! - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Karen WalkerIt's pretty obvious that prosperity can promote peacefulness in our lives. When we have enough money, we automatically feel happy, calm, secure and comfortable. Financial lack, on the other hand, brings along unsettling feelings of anxiety, worry, fear, and chaos. However, did you know ...
Views: 1383(2 votes) - ***Meditate - How To? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Steven SashenIf you’d like to relax, take a mental vacation, gain some spiritual insight, or just clear your mind, a good way to do so is to meditate. There are many different was to do meditation and there are even more methods to learn how to meditate. Almost every religion has its own meditation ...
Views: 1018(3 votes) - ***Discovering Transcendental Meditation® and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Steven SashenWhile not the first person to teach meditation in the West, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has been one of the more influential meditation teachers of our times. You probably recognize his photo even if you didn't recognize his name. And if his photo isn’t familiar to you, chances are good that you ...
Views: 1311(3 votes) - ***Online Meditation Classes - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Steven SashenMeditation classes you can take online are an amazing new development on the spiritual path. Previously in order to learn meditation, you’d need to travel - sometimes to the other side of the globe – in order to find a teacher. You’d need to spend weeks, sometimes months or even years with ...
Views: 1197(2 votes) - ***Maturity and Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Steven SashenSeveral decades ago, I listened to a talk given by a Western teacher who had become a monk in a Tibetan Buddhist tradition. In order to protect the possibly guilty, I’ll leave out his name. He described how, in the years since he’d become a monk and began formally practicing meditation, he had ...
Views: 1610(3 votes) - ***Meditation and Yoga - Pathways to Inner Peace? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Steven SashenThere must be something wrong with the way I talk. I decided this must be the case because when I say I teach meditation, people frequently say, "Oh, you do yoga?" Meditation… yoga… I don’t think they sound like the same words – do you? Many people, however, seem to think they are ...
Views: 1108(3 votes) - Tantric Qigong, Mindfulness, and Flow - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallTantric Qigong, Mindfulness, and Flow Mindfulness, which is often thought of as a Buddhist concept, is really about being Present. Presencing is one form of self-inquiry (which can be done as a meditation or as coaching) as is Tantric Qigong. These art forms are about getting out of your ...
Views: 2687(7 votes) - Warning! Reading This Could Change Your Life: Meditation part 2 - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2009 from Eric WhalleyThis is my second article on meditation. I would like to talk a little about the neuroscience behind altered states of consciousness such as meditation, relaxation and hypnosis. I will also let you know about a not so old, but still relatively new and unique method of producing these deep ...
Views: 1326(3 votes) - Finding Time for the Important Things - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2009 from Brodie WhitneyWhy is it that we so often find that there just isn’t enough time for what is most important? Is there really not enough time or are we simply not choosing to create space for those ‘important’ things? For years, I have been trying to find the time to begin a regular meditation and yoga ...
Views: 1115(1 vote) - ***How to Learn Buddhist Meditation Techniques - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Steven SashenBack when I started doing Buddhist meditation in the ‘70’s, it was hard to find any Buddhist books or Buddhist retreats or Buddhist meditation classes or any information of any kind at all that could help me learn a daily Buddhist meditation practice. If you started talking about the "Dalai ...
Views: 1795(6 votes) - ***Meditation: Is It a Relaxation System? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Steven SashenIs meditation meant to be a relaxation system? I wonder about that. When I was eighteen, I was introduced to a famous American meditation teacher and we became friends. Through him, I met another American who had spent the prior six years in Thailand as a Buddhist monk. This former monk had ...
Views: 1259(4 votes) - ***Integrating Daily Life with Daily Meditation - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Steven SashenOn one of the meditation courses I did, we sat for fourteen hours a day. During that time, there was one three-hour period when we were supposed to sit in the meditation hall on our meditation cushions without moving in any way. No scratching, no fidgeting, no itching, no twitching - no moving ...
Views: 1379(5 votes) - Tarot Affirmations: Four of Pentacles, Attachment and Restrictions - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2009 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: 2344(4 votes) - Why You Need to Meditate - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2009 from Eric WhalleyThe side effects of meditation are positive and countless. Studies have demonstrated that those who meditate on a regular basis have reduced illness, stress, and need for rest. But one of the most compelling reasons to meditate is that the process of meditation itself is incredible. ...
Views: 1000(5 votes) - How to Awaken Supernatural Powers through Yoga or Taoism - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Conrad RawYour mind is a valuable tool that most people don't use to its fullest. If everyone used it to the maximum capability, there would be no more war, illness or anger. We simply access a small portion. This is not true of every civilization or person. Some use means to increase their awareness and ...
Views: 6811(1 vote) - WALKING A METAPHYSICAL PATH - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2009 from Lyn AsmarWalking a metaphysical path will raise many conflicts of principle, morality and purpose within you and in the process of awakening to your higher purpose, and subsequently function, both the good as well as the bad are brought into consciousness. Deeply buried garbage in the form of mental ...
Views: 2924(2 votes) - Transcendental Meditation and Mindfulness - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2009 from Gary Kaplan"What's the difference between Transcendental Meditation and mindfulness meditation?" This frequently asked question arises out of the growing popularity of these two mainstream meditation practices. Due to requirements of time and tuition for learning the Transcendental Meditation technique, ...
Views: 8056(2 votes) - Discover the Power of Hypnosis - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2009 from Conrad RawHypnosis is a powerful medical tool. Mayo Clinic devotes an area to the use of hypnosis. The primary reason is that it works. Of course, placebos also work. This is probably the reason that the hypnosis is so effective in many areas of medicine. Just like the placebo, the belief of a healing ...
Views: 1079(3 votes) - Are Near Death Experiences Real? - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2009 from Conrad RawDo near death experiences awaken the mind? Some people witness those in the waiting room, viewing from above the room they almost die in and seeing people from their past that went before them. Others have near death experiences that involve light and a loving beautiful feeling surrounding them. ...
Views: 1262(3 votes) - ***Improve Your Daily Zen Meditation Practice - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Steven SashenJason Shulman, a friend of mine and Kabbalistic healer, tells one of my very favorite stories about Zen meditation. He had gone on sesshin, a Zen meditation retreat. He was at a place in his daily meditation practice where he had come to believe that the goal of Zen meditation was to have ...
Views: 3567(9 votes) - ***Meditation and Depression - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Steven SashenAs I wrote the title of this post, “Meditation and Depression,” I found myself smiling at the concept that meditation could cause depression. There’s no question that in the meditation groups I’ve participated in, meditation appeared to cause a depression in the ability to think critically ...
Views: 1475(6 votes) - ***Learning How to Meditate - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Steven SashenNot long ago, I did a web search for how to meditate. In each of the top twenty results were nearly identical basic instructions: Find a quiet spot. Choose the same time to meditate each day. Sit upright with your back relaxed and your spine straight. Avoid distractions. … followed ...
Views: 1126(4 votes) - ***Meditation Yoga Techniques You Can Learn - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Steven SashenWould learning to do meditation yoga techniques create more peace for your body-mind? Yoga and meditation both demonstrate how the mind and body are interdependent. If you relax the body with yoga, the mind will get the hint, too. If you calm the mind with meditation, then the body can let ...
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