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Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization Why Meditate? Compelling Benefits and Miracles of Meditation- BeSimply. . .Bridging Worlds…The Lost City of the Dead - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from Suzanne Toro‘She’ woke up suddenly and felt the call from the Hopi to come to Hopi Land in her solar plexus. Then, ‘She’ received a call from ‘He’. Her throat was still a little scratchy, ‘she’ answered, “Hello”. He replied, “Your going to Hopi.” Softly and with a smile ‘she’ said, “Yes”. ‘He’ informed ...
Views: 1677 - Yoga - The Life Breath Of Generations - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2012 from Ken FieldsYoga is generally considered to be a set of physical postures; often a class to which millions of people throughout the world go to stretch this way and that. Yoga, however, is a much grander philosophy which encompasses not just physical health but mental well-being and spiritual ...
Views: 1677 - How to Achieve Inner Peace in Thirty Seconds - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2013 from Sandra MiniereWhether you meditate or just want to still your mind from its incessant chatter, I have a profound message to share with you. “Thirty sacred seconds” is all that it takes to allow your conscious mind to dis-identify with your thoughts and connect you with your divine mind. Each time you do this, ...
Views: 1674(1 vote) - The Mandala Set - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2011 from sylvia smelcerA 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: 1674 - Manifestation is a Powerful Tool for Personal Growth - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2013 from Kathy SandersManifestation is the results of your thoughts. Sounds simple if you are already a manifestation student but do you really believe it and live by it. What we focus on expands, so what are you manifesting? Why not stop and think about it, what you are manifesting right now. How do you feel ...
Views: 1673 - Meditation Shape Shifter Plus - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2013 from Ian ScottThe Shaman Within Take a deep breath in through your nose all the air you possibly can, exhale through the mouth pushing out all the air you can til there is no more in the tank. Slow yourself down. Stop the mind chatter. Enjoy the energies around you experience unity and connectedness ...
Views: 1673 - Meditation and extrasensory perception - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Laura SilvaThe best way to go for the extrasensory perception is to go for meditation and to keep oneself fully relaxed in the sense that one should keep their mind as well as body fully relaxed so that one can instruct the mind and can set some condition for the body to re-sensitize itself so that it can ...
Views: 1670 - Breathe More, Think Less - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2010 from Joseph BurgoYou're probably familiar with the cognitive-behavior technique known as "thought stopping," used to cope with stressful and anxiety-intensifying thoughts and ideas during panic attacks, as well as with negative self-statements in depression. I've never found this technique particularly useful, ...
Views: 1669(1 vote) - Meditation for releasing stress and living free - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from Stephen FrostHow persons handle and carry themselves through instances of stress and trouble generates a massive defining element in their lives. Frequently persons just sadly crumble and cease to muddle through at all, as a substitute of taking charge and working in conjunction with the collection of ...
Views: 1668(1 vote) - Spiritual Healing - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2016 from Stephanie AdamsWe all possess the power to heal ourselves spiritually. This ability has to be developed from within. Spiritual healers have always known that thinking negatively will always welcome more negativity. Physical disease can often be prevented with a regular affirmation of spiritual ...
Views: 1668(1 vote) - Silent Prayer: Part 3 - How to Pray Silently - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockWhile we are praying silently, we are going to let go of all the baggage we carry on our shoulders regarding the past and future. When thoughts of the past come up, whether it be who we are, what we have accomplished, what titles we have earned, our childhood, our relatives, our relationships, ...
Views: 1667(4 votes) - Pathway to Nirvanic Peace - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2012 from Bert LuchjenbroersThis article describes the necessary steps, which need to be taken in order to achieve holistic healing. The secret to a successful life is contained within the application of three simple steps, which are firstly study to gain knowledge, secondly to practice Insight meditation to invoke ...
Views: 1665 - 5 Ways to Enhance Your Meditation - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2017 from Eileen O'ShanassyWhether you're trying meditation for the first time or have been doing it for years, there are always ways to improve your practice. Use these five tips to help calm yourself and make sure you're getting the most out of your regular meditations. Create a Meditation Space It's always best to ...
Views: 1664 - Five Roadblocks to Meditation, and How They Apply to Westerners - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockThe first hindrance to meditation is desire for sense stimulation. This can range from obsessive sexual lust, to compulsive socializing, to addictive intellectual pursuits. In the West, we tend toward the addictive intellectual pursuits because we have usually disciplined ourselves regarding ...
Views: 1662 - Parallel Universes Theories are more than science fictions - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2011 from Laura SilvaA set of theoretical twin universes that co-exist concurrently as our own are called parallel universes, also known as parallel worlds, multi-verses or meta-universes. Science fictions and TV programs often use parallel universes as an explanation for strange phenomena. They were once purely ...
Views: 1662 - Meditation for Beginners: Top Tip To Meditate Like A Monk in Minutes - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2011 from Suzanne GloverMeditation for beginners can be done easily with one simple trick. Once you have discovered it, you'll quickly be able to get into a mindful meditation to relieve stress as well as have found an excellent meditation for anxiety relief. The best part about this one "trick" is that you don't ...
Views: 1660(3 votes) - Best Anti Aging Products vs. Natural Anti Aging Remedies - Top 7 Tips for Natural Fountain of Youth - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from Suzanne GloverIn 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: 1657(1 vote) - Become the Person Who Can Move Mountains Part 4 - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.This is part 4 of an 8 part blog series titled, “Become the Person Who Can Move Mountains.” This blog is about Patience. Other blogs to follow in this series are: Visualization, Knowledge, Patience, Understanding, Giving Back, Love, and Faith & Fear. We all possess important qualities ...
Views: 1654(1 vote) - Helen Keller, the woman who could see - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Kevin BlairHelen Keller 1880–1968 • United States Though blind and deaf from the age of two, Helen Keller graduated with honors from Radcliffe College — the first blind and deaf person to earn a college degree. She devoted her life, through lecturing and writing books, to social reform. The play and ...
Views: 1654(3 votes) - How to Choose a Meditation Technique - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2009 from Tom BallWhy is the Buddha smiling? Because it's finally happened: meditation is mainstream. Of course, the true "Buddha mind" finds reason to smile from within and is said to be unfazed by such spacetime frivolities as cultural trends, but surely the "enlightened" among us, whoever they are, must be ...
Views: 1654 - Why Meditation Assists In People's Lives Today. - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2012 from David SimpsonManaging stress also relies to a great extent on adopting a wholesome mindset. An extensive checklist of meditation tips incorporates mental routines such as examining priorities and practicing optimism. It is also critical to fine-tune your expectations to attain a balanced viewpoint while ...
Views: 1654(1 vote) - DIVINE POWERS HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN THE CHAKRA FAMILY OF KUNDALINI SHAKTI - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaLife is a Yajna. Life also has a priest, demi-god and other paraphernalia. Scriptural scholars have correlated all this. While giving a special description of Kundalini Yajna the Mundakopanishad says (2/1/9) : Great souls have emerged from it. The 7 flames of fire are emitted from ...
Views: 1651 - All about chakra meditation techniques - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2011 from Laura SilvaMeditation is a healing practice that helps you enjoy peace and self actualization. There are literally hundreds of meditation techniques. Chakra meditation techniques are the most popular among them, as they help you achieve self healing and achieving. In order to practise these techniques, ...
Views: 1648(1 vote) - How to Feel Better Naturally: Simple Tips for Meditating Stress Away - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2007 from Janna ChanHow to Feel Better Naturally: Simple Tips for Meditating Stress Away Once considered an exotic and exclusively spiritual practice, expert doctors and scientists now credit meditation with alleviating a host of physical and mental ailments such as anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, and ...
Views: 1648 - Reflection:Looking Back, What Can You See? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2016 from W.T. & Pamela HamiltonReflection:Looking back. There are moments in your journey when looking back can help you to move forward. Seeing what hurdles you encountered before and how you handled them can help you to make a decision when something similar comes up. I recently came across this situation and almost made ...
Views: 1648 - MEDITATION - The Art of Dehypnotization - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2006 from Ah Chin Ah Song (Bobby)It has become an established yet erroneous belief around the world and most particularly in the West that meditation is synonymous with hypnotism. Ironical as it may seem, the science of Yoga on its side asserts that man is already under the spell of hypnotism and compares our actual state to ...
Views: 1647 - Imagery For Our Children: A Magical Healing Garden - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2008 from Charlotte ReznickSpring is a time of new beginnings: flowers blooming and seeds blossoming into lush plants that we’ve nurtured and cultivated earlier. Spring can also be a time of renewal for our children – to open their hearts, to share their hopes, and to expand their dreams. We can guide our children ...
Views: 1645 - Change your Thinking…Change your Life - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2006 from Susan JeffersScience is proving that positive inner talk can not only calm your mind and increase your overall happiness, it can actually transform your life. If you are like most individuals, you probably tend to get bogged down in negative thinking. The everyday stresses inherent in our harried lives ...
Views: 1643 - Relax, Don't Be Anxious About Your Anxiety - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2013 from Moreen DuFermontRelax, Don’t Be Anxious About Your Anxiety Anxiety may be caused by a number of factors. It may be due to a situation specific stimulus or it may present as a characteristic trait that endures over time. This is an important distinction in terms of tailoring treatment approaches that will ...
Views: 1643(1 vote) - "Human Doing Or Human Being?" - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Susan Foxley“How are you Susan? “, asks my mother. I respond with “very busy Mom”. She quickly replies with,”busy is good”. I agree that busy is good if there is some balance with rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation. For some reason, it seems as if our culture is getting busier and busier and as if ...
Views: 1639 - Intuition: Your Personal Success Coach - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Lynn RobinsonThink of someone you know who leads a successful life. They exude an aura of calm and inner peace, yet you can almost see their “spirit.” They crackle with infectious energy. They may have millions or they may not, but their success is obvious in their “presence.” They enjoy life and they love ...
Views: 1639(7 votes) - 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) - SUPER ENERGY GAYATRI’S DEITY IS SAVITA OR THE BRILLIANT SUN - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaIt is understood that Gayatri meditation and worship is a must righteous duty of every Indian. On the basis of measure of Prana gathered via this meditation and utility of it in daily social living the tradition of community management is designed. Due to proximity of divine consciousness, ...
Views: 1638 - The Amitabha Stupa - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from Lisa TunneyAs soon as I arrived in Sedona two and half months ago, I have repeatedly heard people mentioning the Amitabha Stupa to me. Additionally, I have seen posters and charitable donation boxes with pictures of the Stupa around town. It seemed to me that I was being guiding to make my own pilgrimage ...
Views: 1637(1 vote) - Divine Resilience - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2009 from Deborah SandellaColorado aspen trees have transformed their vibrant green for a golden glow, and the evening air freezes each exhale into a little cloud of crystal breath. As we prepare for winter, I am reminded of the changing nature of life. Mother Nature offers a model of how to "reinvent" oneself, how to ...
Views: 1634(1 vote) - Introducing... Star Wars mindfulness! - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2017 from Andy KayLike any other pre-90’s kid with a beating heart, I love the classic Star Wars mythology. Now, with the obvious out of the way, you’re probably wondering what Star Wars mindfulness is all about. In fact, how are the two things related at all? If nothing else, you’ve at least heard of Star ...
Views: 1633 - THE COSMIC ALL PERVASIVE NATURE OF SOLAR MEDITATION AND ITS WORLDWIDE POPULARITY - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaThe in vogue nature of solar contact for increasing good health, increasing bodily and mental strength and therapy for Prana Energy intensification and soul uplifting is as ancient as human birth. In virtually all religions of the world at some time or the other a widespread popularity of solar ...
Views: 1633(1 vote) - Meditation To Advance You Psychically - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2010 from rachel annThere are many meditation techniques in the world. Most of them are improvised to suit individual religions. Meditation can help your life to an extraordinary degree. However, you don't need to be a Buddhist to meditate. Meditation can put you in touch with the real you, we are spirit and we can ...
Views: 1629 - 10 Ways to Be More You - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2013 from Jacqueline Smith10 Ways to BE MORE YOU: Living creatively is about learning to enjoy your life and letting go of harmful stress. Easier said than done, of course, but like any other worthwhile endeavor, it takes practice and more practice. In fact as often as you can manage. 1. Have you worked out your ...
Views: 1628 - 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) - USING MINDFULNESS-BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY AND MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TO OVERCOME TRAUMA - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Beth PattersonAs a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and grief, the tenth anniversary of 9/11 gave me the opportunity to contemplate anew working with trauma -- including my own. I was an eyewitness in New York City to the horrors of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that beautiful ...
Views: 1628(1 vote) - Understanding the Shifting Earth Energies and Ascension - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2010 from Christy MartinI am writing to explainwhat is happening with the energies of the Earth in these changing times. We hear talk of 10/10/10 and 11/11/11 and 12/12/12, the great shift, Light codes, Star children and ascension. But what does this really mean to You and me? Times are a changing, there’s no ...
Views: 1627(1 vote) - The Positive Effects Of Meditation & Brain Entrainment On Your Body's Chemistry - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2012 from francesco costabileMeditation has been scientifically proven to aid in the release of healthy chemicals into the blood stream. These are listed below, along with descriptions of their effects on the body/mind. The propagation of these chemicals can be achieved with the addition of brain entrainment, which assists ...
Views: 1626(1 vote) - Simple Meditation Technique - Easy Meditation with Binaural Beats - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Jonathan RoachIn this busy and hectic world full of noise and haste, learning a simple meditation technique can bring a sense of calm and inner peace that most of us never have the chance to experience. The practice of meditation is a gateway into your inner and higher self, resulting in an enhanced ...
Views: 1625 - The Essentials of Buddhism - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from sylvia smelcerA topic along the lines of the essential of Buddhism is something that could take many volumes to cover. That is because there is a great deal of complexity associated with the religion of Buddhism. However, there is a certain irony present here as well. Namely, Buddhism is a very simple ...
Views: 1624 - Dealing with Grief Through Meditation - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Anne RoseYou experienced a horrible loss. The grief has nearly destroyed you. Although you are aware grief has no schedule or timetable, you are a year into your extended mourning session and want it to stop. In fact, you have become nearly paralyzed with sadness and know this can’t go on. What can ...
Views: 1622 - Mastering Breath Awareness—A Different ‘MBA’ - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Larry JohansonStress kills. It robs people of their health and well being and costs governments and corporations billions in health care costs. It is a contributory factor in high blood pressure, diabetes and suppression of the immune system. The cost of mental health problems, where stress is a factor, ...
Views: 1621(1 vote) - Shadow People - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2014 from Lisa BoussonHave you ever thought you saw someone standing next to you, but when you turned there was no one there? Peripherally you may have seen what appeared to be the shadow of a person. The shadow could have been very light gray to dark gray. You may even have felt their presence at the time you saw ...
Views: 1621 - SONG OF MEDITATION - An Inner-view with Giten - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2012 from Giten Swami DhyanThe inner journey Can you say something about your own inner journey? Life is like playing hide the key with God. God has hidden the key and now it is up to us to find the key again. It also takes us a while to realize that the key is hidden in our own heart. The heart is the door to ...
Views: 1615 - Why Your "Normal" Brain Is Actually Very Abnormal, How Meditation Can Help... - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2018 from Don WeyantBefore you can begin practicing meditation you do need to understand what it is and why you need to use this method of relaxation. The brain is the primary tool that you’ll use to define this process. But, you may not realize that when the brain is in a “normal” state that it actually is very ...
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