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Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization Why Meditate? Compelling Benefits and Miracles of Meditation- Learn to Meditate - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Lisa HepnerOne of the most common questions people ask about meditation is, “how do I get rid of thoughts during meditation?” The short answer is, “you don’t.” Now, you might think that may sound harsh, but it’s the truth. And it’s complete freedom! In the past, when I tried meditating, I was ...
Views: 1255(1 vote) - Learning How to Meditate: 3 Reasons Why Beginning Meditators Have So Much Difficulty - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2012 from Charles FrancisIn recent years, there has been a tremendous upsurge in the number of people learning how to meditate. The main reason is that scientists are confirming the benefits that practitioners have been touting for years, and much more. But for the beginner, it is often difficult figuring out where to ...
Views: 1247(1 vote) - Learning To Meditate - A Simple Yet Powerful Meditation Exercise - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2011 from Bella RomeroLife these days is very demanding and stressful. If you are like most people, you are working hard to survive and still you feel unhappy, like you don't have enough time to get everything done, thus your life becomes stressful. Stress makes you tired and causes frustration and unhappiness. It ...
Views: 865(1 vote) - Lessons about Love and Balance - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2012 from Lais StephanThis morning I woke up very early and couldn’t sleep anymore, so I decided to just lie in my bed and meditate a bit. I had gone through a very difficult break up in the last year, and even though it’s almost a year ago I still haven’t been able to let go of my fears of a new relationship or the ...
Views: 1453(1 vote) - Life Is a Powerful Meditation - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2013 from Yol SwanIf you have ever attempted to sit in meditation, you know how challenging it can be. The mind rushes from one thought to the next, taking you from past to future events and back, in a relentless chatter; the body goes from one discomfort to another, and even the slightest external noise grabs ...
Views: 1520(1 vote) - Life Is But A Dream: Waking Up from the Dream of Life - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffWhen we think about our lives, the people in our lives, the work we go to, the city we live in, the galaxy we’re a part of and the whole universe, we think of it as so real, tangible, ever present and everlasting. But because we perceive it in our minds and we can only perceive that which our ...
Views: 1189(2 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) - Loosening the Web of Anger - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2018 from Cindy Wolk-WeissThe inappropriate expression of anger is very prevalent in our world today, therefore I thought I would attempt to address it on the individual level. Let's explore how mindfulness can help with angry responses. We experience anger most often when we feel threatened in some way, it can be ...
Views: 1121(1 vote) - Lost and Found Angel - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2017 from Ann PurcellAs I opened my eyes and returned from a deep meditation—I noticed the soft breeze on my face. I could hear the gentle lapping of the ocean waves in the distance, as the sun cast a golden glow and sank into the holy hour. After my friends and I finished meditating, they decided to go for a ...
Views: 1509(1 vote) - 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: 2396(2 votes) - LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2011 from margareth garnier simonLove your neighbor as yourself Easier said than done! What exactly does it mean? Well, it seems simple. Basically, “yourself” comes first! So, you are expected to first love yourself and then love your neighbor. Does it mean that you cannot love another if you don’t love yourself? ...
Views: 1460(1 vote) - Make your life successful, ordered and happy - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2012 from Francisco GarciaLife should be enjoyable and happy; however, when your life begins to feel unhappy and out of control, you can turn things around with a few simple hints that will help you to take control again and reduce stress and anxiety. • CHANGING YOUR DIET If your diet has too much red meat in it, ...
Views: 1532(1 vote) - Manifest your desires using switch words - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Laura SilvaIf you are interested in developing mind skills like meditation and daily affirmations, then switch words are definitely your cup of tea! What are they, exactly? Switch words are like a magic baton used for fulfillment of your wishes! They are specific words used to bypass the active or the ...
Views: 6042(1 vote) - Mantra for Healing - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Spirit VoyageMantra for Healing There was a time in my childhood when I was sick enough to die. The virus in my brain flooded the rest of me with pain, causing temporary paralysis, massive fever, and then coma. Eventually my personal ecosystem normalized, and for the most part I recovered. But the need ...
Views: 2667(2 votes) - 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) - Mastering Meditation and Spiritual Healing - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2010 from Stephen FrostEvery person who has ever completed some meditation would know full well what a laid-back and soothing experience it may be, as soon as the original clearance from the brain has been completed. Studying how to meditate opens up a total brand new world for a variety of persons in requisites of ...
Views: 1784(2 votes) - Mediation Can Assist Worker Reintegration Following Long-Term Illness - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2011 from Francis PortisfordReturning to work following long-term sick leave can be a daunting experience. Not only do you have to quickly re-familiarise yourself with day-to-day tasks and company procedures but there is also the matter of workplace relationships to rebuild. There is a possibility that colleagues who have ...
Views: 944(1 vote) - Meditating with George - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from Michael HoareI've been actively meditating since 1972, when I was 16 years old. There was some meditation in church when I was growing up, but I didn't participate. My first real experience with meditation was listening to "My Sweet Lord," by George Harrison. As I listened, the chanting in the background ...
Views: 3710(2 votes) - Meditation & The Nature of Attention - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you give your full attention to anything without wanting anything in return there is love and bliss. The particular action does not matter, it is that giving yourself over fully to that action which brings love and bliss. When you give someone you truly love a hug, you give ...
Views: 1009(1 vote) - Meditation & The Path of Shakti - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"In meditation everything gets stripped down to its essence. All of these seemingly different things, the body, the mind thoughts, emotions, consciousness, outer objects, are revealed to be one thing. And it is not a thing, but rather, it is energy, fluid, moving, conscious ...
Views: 1033(3 votes) - Meditation & The Path to Self Realization - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Awareness itself is always free. If you are completely aware in this moment, watching what is arising instead of being caught up in what is arising, then the experience is freedom. Yet if you remain aware without getting caught up, at some point it will no longer feel like ...
Views: 970(1 vote) - Meditation - Getting Quiet - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Mary Jane KaslinerMeditation is very difficult. To quiet the mind for even a few seconds is challenging let alone for 30 minutes. So why even do it? Meditation is not only a healthy practice but an access point to our higher self where we can access guidance from our spirit guides. Sounds like a worthwhile ...
Views: 1156(2 votes) - Meditation and Depression - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2011 from kashyap rawatStress and depression are some of the problems that make people seek out meditation as a way out of their problems. There are two major types of depression - one is the type that is caused by external forces such as the way people treat you, circumstances around you, hardship, illness and other ...
Views: 1161(1 vote) - Meditation and Earnestness - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffPerhaps the most important concept or discipline I can teach you is “Earnestness”. When I was younger, while I had been introduced to mediation, I wasn’t earnest in practicing it until later in life when I realized how mediation so closely related to my own growth as a person. For me, it was a ...
Views: 1285(1 vote) - Meditation and Fear: How to Find Relief from Our Fears - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffWhat are fears? Fears are something that we have created in our mind after, usually, having a negative experience. I say “usually” because fears cannot only come from our own experiences but also from those of others also. A lot of people have different fears. The main ingredient of fears is ...
Views: 1445(2 votes) - Meditation and Labyrinths - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffLabyrinths are walking meditations that go way, way back in time. Archeologists can date them all the way back to 1500 BC but they are probably much older than that. We can find them all over the world, in churches, cathedrals, old ruins, and now many spiritual retreat centers have them. ...
Views: 1055(1 vote) - Meditation and Panic Attacks - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2012 from Julian SirianThe causes and origin are truly unknown; it is twice as common in women as in men, but panic attacks are the same for everyone. Some of you might recognize it as those chills and cold sweats that start to form during those social situations. Others might associate it with an outright fear of ...
Views: 1098(1 vote) - Meditation and Your Health: How to Reduce Stress with Meditation - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffImagine for a moment that you are holding your arm out to the side and you just hold it there. No big deal, right? But keep holding it there, and keep holding it there, and keep holding it there. With time your arm will begin to ache and become painful. Unless you do something, you will have ...
Views: 1005(3 votes) - Meditation and Your Spiritual Awakening - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2012 from Tom BlairMeditation was once visualized as an Eastern tradition where the person sits in a circle surrounded by candles and saying mantras or humming. Currently, meditation and its benefits are recognized and are far from what we had in mind before. Aside from the calming effect that it could bring, ...
Views: 1706(2 votes) - Meditation Benefits in the 21st Century – Why Meditation Is Needed Now More Than Ever - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2011 from guy brugadaMeditation is the perfect tool for achieving balance in our busy, stressful and demanding lives. Meditation benefits are immense and completely independent of religion, political views or moral values. It is a very effective technique accessible to all in order to find the perfect harmony ...
Views: 1080(1 vote) - Meditation Brain Waves – How to Control Them - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2011 from Allison MacWhen we meditate our brain waves actually change. The frequency of our brain waves lower so that we are able to experience higher levels of consciousness, altered states of mind as well as experience the extreme benefits that go along with that. Unfortunately to be able to experience these low ...
Views: 1788(1 vote) - Meditation Can Reduce the Intensity of Pain: Medication or Meditation? - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffRecently my daughter slammed her hand in the door and it was very painful for her. I had done a similar thing many years ago and initially it was a very painful experience for about maybe ten seconds. I started to breathe slowly and deeply and the pain went away quickly. There still remained ...
Views: 1109(2 votes) - Meditation FAQs - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2011 from Rob BrooklerThe following are answers to some of the questions most frequently asked of us by those interested in or just beginning the practice of meditation. WHAT IS MEDITATION? Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years, so there are countless variations and definitions of the practice. ...
Views: 3576(17 votes) - Meditation for Ageless Aging - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2011 from Mark LammI originally presented my Ageless Aging Meditation at an Anthony Robbins Life Mastery event guiding 3,000 people in discovering their youthful potential. This powerfully simple meditation will enhance the youthfulness you already have; so, embrace this opportunity to change your life and ...
Views: 1235(1 vote) - Meditation for Beginners - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2010 from Laura NashMeditating on a consistent, daily basis shouldn’t be viewed as “taking time away” from your schedule. Rather, it’s an opportunity to honor your life by devoting the time needed to center yourself every day so you can face the obstacles around you with a vivacious, courageous spirit. It’s just as ...
Views: 1480(1 vote) - 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) - Meditation Forms - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2011 from rachel annThere are many forms and traditions of meditation, as well as various ways or positions in which a person may meditate (usually a part of a particular tradition, although often simply the way an individual finds it easiest to relax and meditate through/ in). The one thing they all have in common ...
Views: 1525(1 vote) - Meditation Guide:Meditation Techniques and Scientifically Proven Benefits - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2010 from Nil CelenPeople are more curious about meditation lately because each day we learn about different benefits of meditation. Although meditation techniques have common benefits, some techniqes can be more beneficial in some cases. If you are planning to start meditation or just curious if you could ...
Views: 2247(1 vote) - Meditation Helps Us With Our Attachments: When You Need to Let Go - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffWhat are attachments? How can they cause us suffering and how can meditation help with our attachments? First, what are attachments? Simply put, attachments are anything that we need in order to be happy. “I have to have this or I will not be happy. Without this person or without this ...
Views: 2490(2 votes) - Meditation or Dhyan Yoga For Harmony and Well Being - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2013 from Yol SwanMeditation is the practice of bringing your mind inward by focusing the attention on a single object in total concentration. Since it is the nature of the mind to continuously create thoughts and keep your attention jumping from one thing to the next, single-pointed concentration is essential ...
Views: 1756(1 vote) - Meditation Preparation for Marathon Sex - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Chandi DeviWe have an abundance of opportunities to meet other people, a variety of things to do and places to go. In fact, our lives are as congested as our freeways, and we often get stuck and feel like we are not going anywhere, So we try to fill ourselves with a hectic schedule in the hopes that we ...
Views: 3573(1 vote) - Meditation Technique for Self Realization - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Your involvement with thinking takes you out of this moment. A thought arises, you grab hold of it and you are involved with that thought, you have no experience of this present moment. So if you surrender every thought that arises back into this moment then you will begin ...
Views: 1154(1 vote) - Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2012 from Kip MazuyBefore we begin to discuss this powerful technique to attain self realization, we need to understand what is keeping us from self realization. We have to realize what we are constantly doing that separates us more and more from our own experience of oneness. As thoughts arise, we identify ...
Views: 4553(1 vote) - Meditation Technique to Make You Blissful - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2012 from Kip Mazuy"If you want to be free of anxiety then notice and feel this: life is happening in this moment. You are not doing this moment, you are not making this moment happen. It is here on its own. If you really notice your experience in this moment, existence is happening. And if you ...
Views: 1249(3 votes) - Meditation – What Is It And How Do I Get Started? - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2011 from Jennie Reve-AlmodovarMeditation is the playing field upon which you put together your beliefs, objectives, and desires in your subconscious brain. It will help you put your concentration on relaxing which is very hard to do otherwise. Meditation exercises your brain so that you can improve your center of attention ...
Views: 966(1 vote) - Meditation, Awakening and Enlightenment - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffPeople from the Eastern hemisphere are probably more acquainted with the term or the word “Enlightenment.” If you’re from the Western hemisphere, you probably are acquainted with the term “Awakening”. So what is “Awakening” or “Enlightenment”? In the Western tradition Abraham Maslow was really ...
Views: 1025(2 votes) - Meditation, Repression, and the Voices - by Submitted on May 14, 2011 from Brian MilesTo be scared of silence. Think about it. To be scared of silence. How absurd an idea: to be scared of quite literally nothing. Not a little fear either. To be scared, to a pathological extent, of nothing. To be scared of an absence of noise, of stimulation. What does this mean? Why would ...
Views: 1200(2 votes) - Meditation: How to Be Free of The Mind - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you look inwardly, you will see that there is the constant habit of identifying with thinking. A thought arises and you believe you are the thinker of that thought. Even more so, the thinking defines who you are and what life is. Meditation is about directly experiencing ...
Views: 702(1 vote) - Meditation: Good for you - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2013 from Manish AgrawalMeditation or dhyan is a key part of Hindu life. Old sages and rishis used to exercise meditation for years. Deep meditation enabled them to accomplish the toughest task kin life. By dint rigorous meditation in adverse climate, the sages often could satisfy the Gods and got boons from ...
Views: 1141(1 vote) - Meditation: How to Attain Oneness & Bliss - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2011 from Kip MazuyIf you want more peace and bliss in your life, whether you want to attain enlightenment and states of oneness or you are simply interested in deep relaxation, yoga and healing, then you probably already know that meditation is the best thing you can do. In this short article about meditation, ...
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