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Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization Why Meditate? Compelling Benefits and Miracles of Meditation- Meditation Ideas - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Jen PicicciI have been finding meditation really helpful lately, much more so than in the past. I have tried so many different methods for meditating over the years I couldn’t even count, but I don’t think it’s the technique I’m using right now that’s working so well, but my dedication to it. Part of ...
Views: 951(2 votes) - Take the Vow of Emotional Independence - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen you have emotional independence, you want for nothing because you have everything. Debbie Ford Today is the day to join me and millions of others in taking a vow of emotional independence. Emotional independence will give you the freedom to love and be loved, to give freely and to ...
Views: 2675(1 vote) - Why I Am Adding 10 min. Meditation To My Practices Now (Video) - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMore videos on my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/liloumace 2.1 million video views.... fun fun fun!! see you soon co-creator!
Views: 614(1 vote) - Metaphysical Meditation - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I wanted to ask you a question about metaphysical meditation. I think that is what it is but am not sure. Since I was a child I have on occasion meditated on the physical universe and all existence within it. Visualizing it's vastness in my mind. I then try to bring my focus to ...
Views: 770 - Seven Simple Exercises to Invite the Extraordinary Life - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI can think of no greater encouragement than the self-evident Truth that there dwells in each of us the opportunity to explore and know the Extraordinary Life. The meaning of Extraordinary I wish to convey points to the immutable and inexhaustible source that is the secret center of each of us: ...
Views: 824(2 votes) - The Challenge of Seeing Challenges: Next is the Most Important Word - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery day, we’re faced with challenge. And the biggest challenge of all, it sometimes seems, is that other people just don’t behave the way that we want them to. This is particularly the case in relationships, in the dance and the interaction and the act of meeting and matching and mirroring ...
Views: 915(1 vote) - Guided Meditation: A Ritual to Release Yourself from Your Most Painful Experiences - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs the author of your life script, you are responsible for consciously writing a new story. This ritual declares both to the world and to yourself, This old chapter is ending. A new chapter is beginning. This ritual is designed to put a big The End on your old story. You’ve paid your dues. It’s ...
Views: 860 - Know this 1 Simple Point to Have Great Meditations - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"I often hear people saying they can't meditate. But what they are really saying is they won't meditate. Whatever reasons they give, the truth is in meditation they have come across an experience they do not wish to experience. Whether they are conscious of it or not, they have ...
Views: 603(1 vote) - Chakra Meditation - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I began teaching myself to meditate about 6 weeks ago, and I have become very interested in the chakras. I use your cd set "Balancing the Chakras" each time I meditate, and I have read 2 books on the chakras and auras, as well as searched on the internet for an answer to my ...
Views: 810(1 vote) - Practicing Compassion - The Art of Bodhichitta - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Crystal MorrisCompassion for all beings is the foundation for all Tantric practice. The motivation to achieve enlightenment is born out of a desire to help others to awaken and to end the suffering for all beings. This practice is called Bodhichitta, which means "awakening mind." In Buddhism the mind is ...
Views: 1246(2 votes) - Presencing™: Growth, Meditation, Manifestation - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallPresencing™: Growth, Meditation, Manifestation Presencing™ is a method of self-inquiry that scans the body, mind, and emotions for what is Present at that time. What is present is often the tip of the iceberg, a barely recognizable “feeler” put out by your higher self to try and get your ...
Views: 2293(4 votes) - The Art of Being Present - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallThe Art of Being Present The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. –Buddha What moment do we have other than this? The past is an illusion long gone. The future is not yet ...
Views: 1496(4 votes) - What Tools do you Have in your Tool Box? - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Avil BeckfordWhen fear envelops you, how do you ride it through? When panic or anxiety overcomes you, how do you respond? When you find yourself confronted with regrettable situations, what do you do? To achieve true success we have to master our emotions and master our SELF. But how can we do ...
Views: 1555 - Meditating to Awaken - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast week, I had the pleasure of meeting meditation teacher, David Harshada Wagner at East West Books in New York City to celebrate the release of his new meditation CD called “Meditation for Everyone.” Although his name was new to me, something drew me to the invitation in my e-mail inbox, ...
Views: 664(1 vote) - Meditation: The missing component in healthcare reform - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Jeanne Marie BallImagine entering a doctor's office and being greeted by a sign saying,"Quiet, Meditation in Progress," and finding a waiting room full of people sitting with eyes closed. The doctor seated amongst them opens one eye and motions to you sit down and join in. Could this vision be the missing ...
Views: 1501(2 votes) - Chakras and The Caduceus - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Jill LowyHermes’ staff of life, called the “Caduceus” is an external representation of the internal energy pathways and their intersections at certain centers called “chakras”. Chakra means “wheels of energy”. These energy centers are symbolized on the caduceus by the crisscrossing of the serpents along ...
Views: 3628(2 votes) - An Inner Compass - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Laurel Clark“Be still and know that I AM God,” counsels the Bible. Whether we are religious or not, this is wise counsel most needed in our age of ADD and multi-tasking. Many people do not cause their minds to be still until they experience some shocking event that arrests their attention. This is ...
Views: 1628(3 votes) - The Art of Meditation: How to Listen to God - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Brooke WilsonLet’s face it: the current state of your mind is most likely a mess. If you’re honest, your mind is probably a rapid succession of scenes displayed in your cortex like so many commercials on television. You might enjoy experiencing time moving along as you are lulled to sleep by the drone of ...
Views: 716 - BBLLISS Meditation - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from M.J. RyanFind yourself in fear a lot these days? This is a five minute meditation created by my colleague in Professional Thinking Partners Dawna Markova. It strengthens the creative, problem solving part of our brain, the neocortex’s, ability to intervene during times when the amygdala (the primitive ...
Views: 1129(3 votes) - What's the Point? That's Up to You! - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Stephen SchettiniStress has always been a part of student life, but today things are more complicated than ever: with higher dropout rates and greater stakes, depression and confusion are endemic. So, as you make your way through college, you can be excused for asking from time to time, “What’s the ...
Views: 704(1 vote) - Meditation made easy with technology - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Marcus KnudsenThe meditation jungle Google “Meditation” and you’ll get literally over 24 million hits. Many people wanting to learn meditation give up quickly. There is too much to choose from. Most of us don’t have the time or energy to spend years learning meditation techniques. On the internet you ...
Views: 770 - Marianne Williamson on Divine Partnership - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast weekend I had the pleasure of attending a talk by Marianne Williamson on ‘Divine Partnership’ here in Los Angeles. In it, she elaborated on many useful ideas from A Course in Miracles applicable to dating and relationships. For those of you who are not familiar with her work yet, she ...
Views: 1957(1 vote) - Neutrality of the Mantra - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: In your reply about accessing the higher self you wrote: " If you use a mantra in meditation, the mantra allows the mind to be undirected and neutral. This state permits the inherent attraction of the one’s inner nature of silence, joy and knowledge to draw the mind to the higher ...
Views: 661(3 votes) - Accessing the Higher Self - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: How do you access your higher self in meditation? Is there any particular technique that you use? How do you know that you are really in touch with the higher self? Answer: Meditation is an opportunity for the noise of the mind to subside and for the higher Self to reveal ...
Views: 1057(5 votes) - The Sure Way to Happiness: Solve a Problem You Don't Know You Have - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Carol McMahonTHE SURE WAY TO HAPPINESS: SOLVE A PROBLEM YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE What is the sure way to happiness? It is awareness. Awareness opens your eyes to beauty and your senses to pleasure. It opens your mind to truth and your heart to love. You may think you already have awareness. Most people ...
Views: 1234 - Meditation: The Most Powerful Meditation You Will Ever Do - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Michael GeorgeWe all have goals. Some seem to be very important, others not. Often, however, we are not consciously aware of what we really want. Some of us waste our lives in a fruitless search for actualization and completion. The meditation that will be demonstrated here is one of the most powerful ...
Views: 4263(8 votes) - Spiritual Insight - Extraordinary, Yet Very Ordinary - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockA direct experience of spiritual insight will change your life, a fact which is irrefutable and well documented. But spiritual searching, rather than spiritual insight - well, that's another story. Most people who embark upon a spiritual quest aren't satisfied with answers that they are ...
Views: 1563(1 vote) - E. Raymond Rock Life Situations - The Usual Mistakes (and how to avoid them) Part 4 - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond Rock4. Thinking that life is a cake walk. This has the potential to be one of the bigger mistakes because it means that we are blind to the realities around us, and usually insensitive to others. When we have blinders on, we tend to create a personal little world that is in fact very fragile, ...
Views: 1524 - Correct Meditation - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: When I meditate I am always wondering if I am doing it correctly. This takes my mind of what I should be concentrating on. I am a Christian and took plenty out of your book The Third Jesus, in my opinion you've got it spot on. Although reality (the physical world) always get ...
Views: 604(1 vote) - The Basics of Mindfulness Meditation - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Ronald AlexanderMindfulness meditation practice is a commitment that many resist, but it requires far less time and effort than most people realize. The time of day isn’t important; the regular practice is. Ideally, it should be practiced for 20 to 30 minutes twice a day in a quiet room with a closed door with ...
Views: 2372(1 vote) - How to Create and Use a Mindfulness Journal - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Ronald AlexanderOne of the concerns about meditating that my clients often have is the fear that if they quiet down, a great idea will come to them and they’ll have no way of capturing it before it leaves their consciousness. I suggest you create and work with a mindfulness journal, a blank book that you can ...
Views: 10943(1 vote) - From Medication to Meditation. - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Shirley CartonFrom Medication to Meditation. Meditation is a Great Doctor. Love is the Greatest Healer. Self Help Article. by Shirley Carton © 9/7/2009. All negative behavior will eat away the healthy cells like parasites. WHY DO WE GET ILL ? We have all been conditioned to believe ...
Views: 1266 - The Soul’s Revenge Of The Mind’s ExcessesSubmitted on Sep 04, 2009 from William CottringerThe Soul’s Revenge Of The Mind’s Excesses By Bill Cottringer “Everything in excess is opposed to nature.” ~Hippocrates. What is the real goal of self-growth? After 4+ decades of practical research into the self-growth movement, I have come to a tentative conclusion about this question: ...
Views: 1492 - Meditation for People Who Don’t Like to Meditate - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Deborah Olenev CCH RSHom (NA)When you think of meditation what comes to your mind’s eye. An image that comes to mine is the Buddha sculptures showing the Buddha sitting cross legged or in lotus position on a lotus flower, his hands laying one on top of another with the thumbs touching on his lap, his eyes half closed ...
Views: 555 - Got Stress? An Easy Solution - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Lynn SmithDo you ever experience stress during you day? A dumb question, isn't it? Life is full of stressors: a traffic jam when you're already running late, a phone that won't stop ringing, a looming deadline for a project you're running behind on. How do you deal with your stress? Do you just ...
Views: 1244(1 vote) - Waves of Healing: Ocean Meditation - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLike us, the sea is ever-changing. And, like us, the earth’s vast oceans appear at a distance to be stable and homogenous. But beneath the mask of solidity that both we and the sea wear, there lies unpredictability, sensitivity, and power. There is much we can learn from the ocean, ...
Views: 849(2 votes) - Gayatri and Savitri - 2 Forms of One Super Power - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaPrimordial Energy has 2 aspects. One is Jnana and the other is Vijnana. Jnana or wisdom includes consciousness, thinking, sentiments, beliefs and aspirations. It lies within man. Vijnana includes extrapolation of natural wealth and science of its application in day to day life. Wisdom lies ...
Views: 1841(1 vote) - Doing Service vs. Cultivating Prosperity - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I so appreciate the wisdom you share with the world, and I loved "Renewal Weekend" in Colorado. I also went to see Amma last year (the "hugging saint" from India), and have been reading works by her. There's a difference in your two outlooks and I wonder if you could talk about ...
Views: 670(3 votes) - Meditate to Improve Your Business - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Shauna BelknapWhen you have a problem, meditate on it and the answer will come, during the meditation or afterwards. – Remez Sasson Meditate silently. You will be able to create a totally new life for yourself. – Sri Chinmoy No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still ...
Views: 778(2 votes) - Are Auras real and Detectable? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Martin EisenSince antiquity, spiritual adepts have claimed an aura, or a field of subtle, luminous radiation surrounds a person or object (like the halo of religious art) that some mystics are capable of observing. In Qigong theory, three external Wei Qi fields supposedly surround the body. The first ...
Views: 4741(4 votes) - Meditation from the heart. - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Robert SticklesI want to write this from my heart so here it goes. Open yourself to hope, open yourself to true freedom, and open yourself to the right to be your true self. I choose these words to capture your attention to open your mind. People look for answers in their mind of reason, their mind of ego. ...
Views: 1174(2 votes) - Meditation or Cultivating the Art of Listening - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Max RyanThere have been hundreds of books, articles and manuals written about various Meditation Techniques. All I'm doing here is sharing a few Meditation Techniques that are of the most basic and I feel anyone can do. Cultivating a way to get beyond what your mind is telling you and reaching the ...
Views: 676(1 vote) - Quieting the Mind: Meditation, Silence & Stillness - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Twainhart Hill“The wisdom voice is always declarative, and silence opens the doorway to contemplation and reflection…the greatest solace is in silence and nature.” –– Angeles Arrien Meditation is the practice or technique of quieting the mind. It stills and silences the chatter of our daily life. Silence ...
Views: 2115(2 votes) - The Truth about Meditation - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"According to your mind, bliss and freedom are just around the corner. It will be in the next book you read, the next Guru you see, the next diet, the next spiritual movement. And somehow the idea of meditation gets woven into all of this. But meditation is the ...
Views: 691(4 votes) - 12 Simple Steps To Meditate For Relaxation - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRecently, I gave a meditation class for people who were either new or lapsed meditators. One person meditated 20 years ago, but recently with the mounting stresses of his job, felt he needed to begin again. I teach a form of meditation I know as "spiritual exercises." At a stressful time 30 ...
Views: 876(2 votes) - Improve Your Life from the Inside Out! - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Nigel CoatesI was recently at the circus. The ring-master bellowed a terrific introduction for the next act - A man with lightning fast hands. He started by juggling 3 balls, then 4, then 5... The crowd seemed suitably impressed and responded with enthusiastic applause. 6 balls, 7 balls... Amazing! ...
Views: 2116(6 votes) - Is Meditation Biblical? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Christopher BoozellOne of the first things most Christians want to know when they entertain the idea of beginning an interior practice is: is meditation Biblical? In other words, can I engage in contemplative exercises while maintaining my fidelity to the Trinity? The quickest way to put this concern to rest ...
Views: 1835(2 votes) - *** Beginnings and Endings - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Christine BreeseEndings are inevitable. There is nothing in physical reality that always stays the same. It is impossible. Some endings are wonderful and some are not so pretty, but they always mean the same thing—something new must be started. If endings are truly viewed as beginning, there is more happiness ...
Views: 1348(2 votes) - Meditation: How to Live as Pure Existence - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Kip Mazuy"If you greet someone and ask them how they are, they will refer to the last few hours, weeks or months for an answer. Thoughts of the past are constantly repeating themselves and that becomes who you think yourself to be. You might wake up in the morning feeling ...
Views: 886(1 vote) - Beyond the Prison of the Past - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I rather enjoy reading this Q & A on your site. Thanks for providing it. My question to you is how does one let go of a troubled past? I am a recovering alcoholic and, as you can imagine, there are many events from my past that I wish had not taken place. I was involved with a ...
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