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Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization Why Meditate? Compelling Benefits and Miracles of Meditation- 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) - Common Misconception and Myths About Yoga Teacher Training in Goa - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2021 from rishiguna yogashalaOne must know that the word Yoga means to join, unite, or link, and this unison can be interpreted differently; the unison of mind, body, and Spirituality lying within oneself or the unison with much a bigger power or spiritual force. Yoga is actually a holistic approach towards a happy and ...
Views: 613 - Meditation Forms And Types - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2008 from Peter samsThe word meditation comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, then later evolved into the more specific meaning "contemplation Meditation is a discipline in which the mind is focused on an object of thought or awareness. It ...
Views: 613 - Meditation Is Easy To Learn - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2011 from Marika CharalambousThe practice of meditaton helps you gain valuable insights you and about life in general. Meditation is an ancient art which helps with calming the mind, removing stress and enjoying life more. Many people think of meditation as simply relaxation. Unfortunately many books and websites say ...
Views: 613 - What Lies Beneath Our Consciousness? - by Submitted on May 10, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockBelow our conscious mind is a stream of subconscious, emotional activity. Buddhists call this stream the Life Continuum Consciousness, or the Bhavanga. Sometimes we call it just karma. It is what remains with us from lifetime to lifetime and impels us to do what we do, whether they are good ...
Views: 610 - Meditation – What’s In It For You? - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockWhat can we expect to gain from meditation? Nothing, in the beginning, except for a somewhat annoying practice that always seems to get in the way of our doing something more important! If we are half-way serious about our practice, however, we will persevere, and eventually get to a point where ...
Views: 608 - Meditation, The Food Of The Soul - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2008 from Swami NarayananandaA daily session of meditation may be regarded as the food that is needed by the soul of man. Even as the body is hungry, the soul has its own hunger. The body struggles to maintain itself by acquisition of the requisite food. So is the soul seeking that particular type of food which can maintain ...
Views: 608 - Concentration in the Mental Centre to Achieve the Realisation of the Divine Presence in the Integral Yoga - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2021 from santosh krinskyTraditional yogic disciplines advise the seeker to concentrate between the eyebrows, chanting OM and focusing on the Divine Will. Sri Aurobindo notes this practice, and develops it to provide access to the higher ranges of consciousness above the mental level. The Isha Upanishad notes that there ...
Views: 605 - The Process of Concentration in Yoga, Part 1 - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2021 from santosh krinskyIt is likely that most people have experienced a state of concentration at some point in their lives, whether it is focusing on a specific project they are involved with, preparing for an examination, or playing some game of sport that involves focus on a consistent basis. Many people report ...
Views: 605 - 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: 603(1 vote) - Is My Meditation Normal? - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDuring meditation, a person can have an innumerable amount of experiences -- from falling asleep to incessant thoughts. Many people who are just starting to meditate question if they are doing it right, and sometimes quit out of frustration. The truth is every meditation is different, whether ...
Views: 603 - 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) - 25 Positive Affirmations That Works Wonders in Your Daily Life - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2021 from Noah St JohnPositive affirmations can make us feel several things, most of which are good ones. In this world full of negativity, suffering, and hardships, it can be particularly hard for people to believe in the power of positivity. Some people see positivity as toxic because we still have to remember that ...
Views: 601 - Distinguishing the Location of the Conscious Awareness from the Object of Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2021 from santosh krinskyIt is a somewhat frequent occurrence that the instruction to meditate on the space behind the heart, or between the eyebrows is taken to be the meditation itself. There is a difference between where one “seats” one’s consciousness during meditation and the object of the meditation. Sri Aurobindo ...
Views: 601 - Recovery is Possible: Treatment for Opioid Addiction : Rehab Center For Addiction In Pune - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2022 from Calida RehabOpioid addiction is a chronic medical illness that affects millions of Indians every year. Anyone, regardless of age and race, can develop opioid use disorder (OUD). Like other addictions, the treatment for opioids is possible. Given the right help and proper treatment, it is possible to help ...
Views: 601 - Looking Inward for Balance and Harmony - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraIn this day and age wherein stress is an inherent aspect of daily living, a majority of individuals consider that grueling physical, mental and emotional exhaustion as a way of life. With a barrage of social and personal melodramas that serve to alienate the individual not only from his fellow ...
Views: 600 - Meditation for the Holidays - Relax With God - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2020 from Griff WilliamsMeditation is a spiritual journey, a journey of self-discovery. It is an activity that is undertaken to find peace amid the distractions and worries of our busy lives. The good meditation practice involves deep breathing, relaxed posture, centered awareness, and calm body awareness. The key to ...
Views: 600 - Very Simple Ways To Create Home Meditation Spaces - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2020 from Andrew SimmonsWhen at home, we need to feel safe. This is easier to do when we manage to meditate but creating a home meditation space is not as easy as it seems. You need a space that is dedicated for meditation but how exactly do you do that? You cannot simply use some space saving furniture and burn some ...
Views: 599 - How to Meditate – Learn Effective Meditation Techniques for Beginners in 5 Steps - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. Meditation has several amazing benefits. It promises an improved ability to concentrate, better focus, greater sense of self awareness, stronger self control, greater willpower, and greater control over your thoughts and actions. People’s ...
Views: 596 - Treasures From Our Past: Inner Child Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDeep within each of us lives the child we once were. For most of us, our inner child lies hidden beneath the layers that we've put on in order to become adults. In our rush to put on grown-up clothing and live adult lives, we may have forgotten the wisdom and innocence that we possessed when we ...
Views: 595 - Distinguishing Concentration and Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe great epic of India, the Mahabharata, provides various illustrations of concentration in the recounting of the actions of Arjuna, who was the pre-eminent archer of the time and whose actions led to victory. The first example was provided during his youth as he, and his siblings and cousins ...
Views: 594 - How Couples Could Benefit From Mediation - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2011 from Francis PortisfordSo often we hear about how high the rate of divorce is in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Divorces can be emotional, time consuming, and expensive affairs. More than ever, couples are being encouraged to use mediation services in order to solve their difficulties, in order to ...
Views: 590 - Innovative Thinking With Your Inner Child - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2021 from Glenn PerryHow floating in quiet darkness frees us to think outside the box Imagine yourself as a toddler, learning to walk. You use a chair to pull yourself up to standing. It takes some time, but when you succeed you feel thrilled. Soon you are ready to try something new. Holding onto the chair with ...
Views: 588 - Why Goa is the Best Place to Do Teacher Training in Yoga? - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2021 from rishiguna yogashalaWhat comes to your mind first when you think of a place like Goa? Wild party nights, free boozes, outrageous parties by the beaches, and loud concerts. Visitors go gaga over Goa parties and wild nights. And this is how Goa came to be known as the party hub. Goa got synonymous with wild party ...
Views: 588 - What Is Meditation And How It Helps - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2008 from Peter samsMeditation—that great and mysterious subject which in the past has always conjured up the image of the solitary Asian ascetic sitting in deep trance—is fast appearing in unexpected places throughout modern American culture. Secretaries are doing it as part of their daily noon yoga ...
Views: 586 - A Healthy Practical Meditation - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2009 from Growing TruthCountless people through fifty centuries have practiced meditation for peace of mind and health of body. Google lists 55 million results for "meditation." How can an ordinary person learn anything useful about such a vast subject? Well, there are 206 bones in a human body, with countless ...
Views: 585 - The Basic Challenge of Meditation and Some Insights on Moving Past Them - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2011 from John MayegaMeditation is shown to have many advantages. Relaxation is one of the most coveted benefits of meditations, however greater cognition, more effective memory are some of the additional benefits. It is merely fairly recently that experiments for example, the UW-Madison study concerning human brain ...
Views: 585 - How do we benefit from mind mapping? - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2019 from Hasan RootIn our day to day, we have at our disposal a whole series of tools or instruments whose main purpose is to improve our productivity and be more efficient, either in our work or in our studies. One of these most valued instruments is the mental or conceptual maps, some graphics that are very ...
Views: 584 - Mastering the Five Powers for Joy and Peace in Your Life - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe Path of Constructive Life is a paradigm for happy, healthy and prosperous living. It teaches that the source and path of a peaceful, healthy life of universal harmony lies in the constructive engagement of each person with Mother Nature. Natural conditions provide for the health of all ...
Views: 584 - Surprising Scientific Findings on Meditation - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2021 from Scott & Stephen PetulloOne of the best ways to get centered is through meditation. The feel-good state of meditation directly combats stress and anxiety, and helps to improve your overall outlook on life. Besides the many scientifically documented benefits (some of which we document below), meditation helps you ...
Views: 584 - A Tale of Two Tea Minds - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn China and Japan there is more to tea than leaf and water. China’s Taoism and Japan’s Zen Buddhism infuse a meditative sensibility that quiets the mind and soothes the soul. I vividly remember the moment I was introduced to the Eastern idea of “tea mind.” It was during a visit to the ...
Views: 583 - Meditation & Enlightenment: Freedom From Position - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The moment you have a position, there is conflict. The moment you know something you have to defend it. We believe we know so much but the truth is if we really look we know nothing. And because we are afraid to know nothing we give things names and definitions and ...
Views: 583 - Thoughts Determine Our Outcomes - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs Napoleon Hill says in the opening chapter of his book, "Think and Grow Rich," thoughts are things. In other words, our thoughts determine our outcomes. Whether we realize it our not, we believe this statement on a conscious or subconscious level. It's most apparent in the everyday phrases we ...
Views: 583(1 vote) - Guided Meditation For Optimum Benefits - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2008 from Menno SpijkstraA lot of people are familiar with the concept of meditation and its tremendous benefits. A lot of people know a lot, but perhaps not enough as even though there may be books or CD’s or magazines to get information from, determining the right technique or approach that will suit you is not ...
Views: 581 - Staying in the Present - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Being in the present moment to moment is not easy ... I pray ...meditate...and believe that the universe supports me...but when I’m angry my mind will not stop going to past and future...I know better ...please tell me how you give your problems up to the universe to solve and stay ...
Views: 581(2 votes) - ‘God’, Save the human! - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2022 from Deepak DixitThe most comfortable position in our life is the mother’s womb where we play & enjoy the most and everything needed is taken care automatically. But alas, we have to leave this place one day, and then we start creating web/layers of our personality by problem-solving process through our mind to ...
Views: 581 - How to Choose the Object or Idea for Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2021 from santosh krinskyIn the Taittiriya Upanishad, Bhrigu approached his father, Varuna and asked to be taught about the Eternal. Varuna replied ‘Seek thou to know that from which these creatures are born, whereby being born they live and to which they go hence and enter again; for that is the Eternal.’ As Bhrigu ...
Views: 580 - Meditate Like The Beatles - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAccording to Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two remaining members of the Beatles, Transcedental Meditation helped stabilize their band. (Read more about it here.) They will be performing at a concert on Saturday to raise funds for the David Lynch Foundation, an organization dedicated to ...
Views: 580 - What can you expect in Yoga Retreat or Teacher Training in Goa? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2021 from rishiguna yogashalaThe transformational Yogic journey encompasses multitudes of philosophical ideas and theoretical implications that ultimately lead you towards wisdom and awareness. The extensive dimensions of Yoga allow you to discover the best in you by inculcating the notions of spiritual knowledge and ...
Views: 580 - ***A New Meditation for Busy People - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Steven SashenIt’s said that the Buddha admonished his students not to believe anything just because it’s taught by teachers or appears in sacred books but, instead, to examine everything carefully themselves. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some ideas about meditation. I have often wondered about ...
Views: 579(1 vote) - The Art Of Mindfulness - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2008 from Bryan BensonAll of us can fall into a habit of inattention due to the routines of a typical day, going into the bathroom to brush the teeth and wash-up, get dressed, eat a quick breakfast, get into the car and go to work. Most of us are engaged with the same routines at least five days a week with little ...
Views: 578 - Being in the Now - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: You can teach us about the "now" and we can think about being in the "now", but in order to be in the "now", we cannot be thinking about it. How do we reach this mind frame if we cannot force ourselves into being there? The very act of thinking puts us out of where we desire ...
Views: 577 - Can we stop thinking too much? - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2020 from Sri TulasiThe stopping of thought should not be the focus of meditation. It is possible that this happens though, Buddhism calls this samadhi, I think the same applies to Hinduism. When the mind enters (deep) samadhi thinking stops. There might be some small notions remaining, yet these won't classify as ...
Views: 577 - Concentration in the Heart Centre to Achieve the Realisation of the Divine Presence in the Integral Yoga - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2021 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo describes two main areas of concentration within the being, the heart centre and the head. For most people, the concentration in the heart centre turns out to be the safest and easiest to achieve realisation. Yoga, to be effective, must move beyond either a purely mental exercise ...
Views: 577 - Helpful Tips About the Practice of Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe 3 gunas of Nature, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas are active in all things, even in the approach we take to the practice of meditation. Understanding these modes and the specific types of energy they each represent can aid us in tuning the meditation practice for ultimate positive results. Tamas ...
Views: 577 - Living Your Own Dharma - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPublished in the International Black Belt Academy Newsletter Dharma, as believed in Hinduism and Buddhism, is a belief—a way of living or ethical system—largely found within oneself through contemplation, rather than in the external world. There are times in our lives when we realize we ...
Views: 576 - External and Internal Conditions for the Practice of Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2021 from santosh krinskySwami Vivekananda, in his lectures on Raja Yoga, describes what we may call the “mind stuff”, citta, which tends to be always disturbed as impressions, perceptions, thoughts, feelings, emotions create ripples, as a breeze will create ripples on the surface of a lake. He goes on to describe the ...
Views: 574 - Guided Meditation - Easy Meditation For Beginners Part 2 - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2008 from kelly priceThis is a guided meditation, meant for beginners, but it is also effective if you know how to meditate. It is best to ask someone with a calm and friendly voice to read to you the steps in mediation and follow the directions precisely. Guided meditation can bring you to a peace you may not ...
Views: 574 - The Floatation Tank: Portal to Self Discovery - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2021 from Glenn PerryFor more than half a century, humans have been exploring our ability to grow and change — through floating in quiet darkness In 1972, I was a very shy, nerdy kind of guy, working at Scientific Data Systems, when I had an experience that changed my life — and my view of what I could do. ...
Views: 574 - Most beautiful wellness Retreats around the world for 2021- 2022 - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2021 from rishiguna yogashalaHave you ever thought of taking some time off from work and travel to beautiful destinations in an attempt to relax and relive? Do you wish to take yourself on a trip surrounding a deeper meaning concerning the wellness of your health and mind? That is what a yoga retreat provides you with. No ...
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