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Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization Why Meditate? Compelling Benefits and Miracles of Meditation- Unconditional love - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Bernard MisellSo much has been written about emotions of love, love is a word used in many contexts and very often has been downgraded to simply a verb, that really means “I like”. So how can we define unconditional love when so often love has so little meaning. Many believe that to truly experience the ...
Views: 1423(1 vote) - Uniting in Thought and Action: The Power Of The Circle - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere are many reasons for why a gathering of people in a circle is powerful. A circle is a shape that is found repeatedly throughout the natural world, and it is a symbol of perfection. We recreate this perfect shape when we join others to form a circle. Being in a circle allows us experience ...
Views: 815(1 vote) - What is Psychic Abilities – Telepathy - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2012 from Jessica TWhat is Psychic Abilities – Telepathy Psychic Abilities There are various types and categories of different psychic skills and some people may have one type of ability and no other, while other people may have more than one. Short List of Psychic Abilities: Telepathy – The ...
Views: 1827(1 vote) - What is Qigong? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Martin EisenIs strenuous exercise necessary for health? No. Good physical condition is required for competing athletes and does not insure good health. A trained athlete can have cancer and die from a heart attack. Arnold Schwarzenegger needs to have a heart valve replaced. Strenuous exercise produces ...
Views: 2175(1 vote) - What’s Your Pleasure? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockTake a look at your life and see if it's not true that the pursuit of pleasure and happiness involves just about everything you do. From watching TV or playing on the internet, to working at a career in order to make money - so that you can spend it and be happy with the resulting pleasure or ...
Views: 1787(3 votes) - “This is Not the Way You’re Supposed to Meditate” - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from CHARLES GLASSMANIn my book Brain Drain, I discuss how meditation has allowed me to understand the workings of the automatic brain and put me in touch with the power of my mind for a richer, more satisfying life. This is why I have decided to share some meditations on my You Tube site. I record these ...
Views: 1263(3 votes) - ***Daily Meditations Beginning Meditators Can Do - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Steven SashenThose who are just starting out with meditation often try to create a daily meditation practice. People regularly ask me to talk about starting a daily practice in a similar tone to how people talk about losing weight or stopping smoking. The conversation sounds like there is some habit that ...
Views: 1443(10 votes) - The Power of Spiritual Practice - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2010 from Jayne MorrisDo you find yourself saying that you would like to try meditation, take a yoga class, go for a walk after lunch, but that you’re just too busy? The most common block to having a spiritual practice is busy-ness. We women who do too much try multitasking so many things each day that we end up ...
Views: 6213(14 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: 1355(4 votes) - How to Find the Love Frequency - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2010 from Allison MacThere has been so much talk over the last few years about how we attract energy that is similar to our own. Like attracts like so whatever energy you are vibrating that is what you will attract back into your life. I have heard many people say that if you want to attract love into your life ...
Views: 2397(4 votes) - Living Life Unconsciously - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockDo you feel at times that you are just going through the motions, living life unconsciously? Did you know that this feeling is actually close to spirituality, more so than being entirely and endlessly enthralled with life? Now, there is a difference between living life unconsciously and ...
Views: 2682(4 votes) - ***TM® in School - Good Idea or Hidden Religion? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2010 from Steven SashenI recently read an Arizona Daily Star article about how Transcendental Meditation® is being taught in an alternative-minded school. Now, since I teach meditation myself, you might expect I’d be happy about this, particularly since the article reports positive results. If only it were so ...
Views: 1315(3 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: 1733(3 votes) - Stress Reducers and the Difference Between Men and Women. - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2009 from Robin EschlerMen and women respond to stress very differently. As in childbirth, women’s bodies release a chemical, oxytocin (ahk-see-toe-sin). This chemical has a calming effect and is also found at higher levels in breastfeeding mothers. Estrogen, the predominant female hormone, boosts the effects of ...
Views: 2571(3 votes) - Meditation and Sunny Summer Days! - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from Willie HortonCast your mind back to when you were a child – maybe eight or nine years old. Remember those long, sunny, summer holiday days that seemed to go on forever? Remember how you had no idea of time – what time it was, the way time was passing – it was like everything was effortlessly enjoyed in a ...
Views: 3880(8 votes) - ***Stop Thinking - a Somewhat Guided, Somewhat Meditation - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2009 from Steven SashenWhen we try to stop thoughts, we are playing a cerebral kind of "Whack-A-Mole." It doesn't matter how many times you go after that mole, there are always more of them bursting out of various holes, over and over, faster and faster, not stopping. But there are other possible ways to ...
Views: 793(5 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: 1225(2 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: 1284(2 votes) - 8 Ways To Relieve Stress, Unwind and Renew - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2013 from Gia CilentoEveryone has stress. It’s a natural part of life and happens everyday. There’s no escaping it. What you can escape, however, are the harmful side effects of prolonged, extreme, and/or chronic stress. First, let’s take a look at stress, what it is, how it impacts you, how to recognize it and ...
Views: 2072(2 votes) - Create a Stress-Free Zone - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIdeally, the stress-free space should be an area that is generally quiet, and feels good—like a bedroom or office, or even a walk-in closet or bathroom. If there are no available spaces in the quiet parts of the home, the next best choice is a favorite spot elsewhere.
Views: 1052(2 votes) - Cure My Anxiety? - Meditation is the Gateway to Inner Peace - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2009 from Jonathan RoachHow can I cure my annxiety? Anxiety is very much an individual experience, and can be caused by a wide variety of physical complaints and life situations. It is of course quite normal and even necessary for our survival to be anxious in a frightening situation, but when continual and excessive ...
Views: 2073(2 votes) - How to Release Emotional Baggage and Break Through Limiting Beliefs By Listening to Holosync Once a Day - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Ryan RandolphSo many personal development programs promise instant results, effortless changes, and huge personal shifts as a result of using their programs. Our culture, as a whole, tends to value the "quick fix" - even in industries as "evolved" as the spiritual or personal development space. A big part of ...
Views: 2426(2 votes) - How to Tell if Anxiety is Legitimate - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2009 from Reid PetersonDo you ever get the feeling that what your anxious about has little or nothing to do with what is actually happening? Many of us do, and it happens a lot. Anxiety is a concern or worry about past and/or future events, which is detrimental to being in the moment. The real question is: how ...
Views: 2289(2 votes) - Love and Freedom - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2010 from Sarah MariaOne of the defining themes of my adult life has been this something that I refer to as Love. When the universe forced me into personal crisis a few years ago, it slowly became apparent that a key issue was love. Ever since then, my life has become, in one form or another, a meditation on love: ...
Views: 1825(2 votes) - Meditation Fears - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I took the primordial sound meditation teaching with one of your instructors and they explained my personal mantra as the sound that was made at the time of my birth. Since I studied with the instructor I have become afraid of it. This morning I had a deep, spiritual dream that ...
Views: 718(2 votes) - Simply8 Stress Reduction: "Meditation Tastes Great. And It's Good For You Too. - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com Authorsselection from my best-seller 8 Minute Meditation. “the most American form of meditation yet.” TIME In prehistoric times (before MTV), there were those TV kid shows, where the host would hold up a loaf of bread and proclaim, “Kids, Wonder Bread tastes great! And it’s good for you too!” ...
Views: 907(2 votes) - The Healing Dreams of Grandma - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have been reading your book on synchrodestiny, and I started to meditate using the so hum mantra. For my archetypes I picked my grandmother who was very close to me and brought me up until I was about nine, she passed away many years ago. For the first week and up to now I have ...
Views: 1294(2 votes) - What You Should Know as a Meditation Beginner - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Intent.com Authors- Full lotus posture: This is the most difficult position to master. It involves sitting cross legged on the cushion with your right foot on your left thigh and your left foot on your right thigh. - Half lotus posture: In this position, you have one foot on the opposite thigh and ...
Views: 905(2 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: 1113(5 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: 1254(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: 1551(3 votes) - 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: 1735(7 votes) - ***A New Meditation for Busy People - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Steven SashenIt’s said that the Buddha admonished his students not to believe anything just because it’s taught my teachers or appears in sacred books but, instead, to examine carefully for yourself. So, let’s look at some ideas about meditation. I have often wondered about the phrase "meditation practice." ...
Views: 862(1 vote) - ***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: 1494(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: 1266(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: 1852(1 vote) - A Beginner's Guide to Meditation - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Renso RyokanMeditation is elusive for many and I have been asked many times on where and how to begin. Common issues range from distraction, discomfort, fear, falling asleep, or just not being able to stop the mind from racing and random thought. These problems are what cause many to give up on meditation ...
Views: 706(1 vote) - A Closet God - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I change the world changes. When the world doesn't change I know I didn't. I was in a full-blown neurotic reality for the last few weeks. Afraid of everything, all the time. I couldn't sleep well, my thoughts were running obsessively in circles without rest, without stop. I was tired, ...
Views: 666(1 vote) - Anti Christ Irritates Christ - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2003 from Gary SmithThe Anti-Christ and his ilk have now irritated Jesus the Christ. Jesus the Christ taught God Loving spiritual techniques to people. The Roman Empire in 325 AD forcibly acquired "Christianity" and eliminated the God Loving Techniques of Jesus the Christ. Roman emperors to perpetuate their empire, ...
Views: 3498(2 votes) - Are We Really Spiritual Beings Living in a Physical Body - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Thadddeus FergusonBelieve it or not we are all spiritual beings living in a physical body that is within the physical world. As you begin to recognize that you are indeed a part of the divine order of the universe that is governed by physical laws in the same way that the planets, stars, and sun are the more ...
Views: 2553(1 vote) - Carpe Diem Revisited - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2009 from Ted CiubaA caricature I saw recently depicted these big, fat gluttons, each with a big ol' turkey leg in one hand and a big ol' glass in the other—obviously obese people. They were smiling… and you know how those people have legs that don't even look normal because their bodies are so big? I looked at it ...
Views: 1116(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: 711(3 votes) - Four Myths About Mindfulness Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2010 from Ronald AlexanderThe majority of my clients resist mindfulness meditation at first, although the time commitment is small and the payoff is enormous. One insisted that it wasn’t necessary and that she didn’t have enough time in her day to devote to a regular practice. Then she went through the loss of a parent, ...
Views: 1888(6 votes) - Heart Meditation: Afraid of Opening Your Heart - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is not easy to have an open heart in a world that offers us a full plate of experiences. This life gives us much joy, love, and light, but it also shows us a fair amount of pain, sadness, and suffering. When our hearts are open, we take everything into ourselves, and we are deeply affected by ...
Views: 888(1 vote) - How Does A Waitress Deal With Rude People? - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA few weeks ago we wrote a blog called "Walking Your Talk: How Do You Treat a Waitress?" We had a great response and so this time we thought we would look at the same issue from the other side: How do we deal with people who are rude? There is no doubt that waitresses can get the worst of ...
Views: 1579(1 vote) - Identity Confusion - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have been meditating for some time now. This morning while meditating I realised something which has totally confused me. I realised that there are 3 components. 1. Ego/Mind 2. Silent Witness 3. Spirit, Soul or the GAP. So we can live our lives through our Ego/Mind or ...
Views: 1053(1 vote) - Liar Liar: How to Develop Your Inner Lie Detector - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloA 2002 University of Massachusetts study about lying found that 60% of people lied during a 10 minute conversation. The average person told two to three lies in that 10 minutes, most didn’t even realize they were doing so, and men and women lied about the same amount. Psychologist Robert S. ...
Views: 2687(7 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: 847(2 votes) - Meditation - What's the Point? - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockSitting quietly, doing nothing, what a waste of valuable time, right? You could be on the computer or cell phone talking with friends, or doing something really productive or fun. Why sit quietly? In life, two things separate successful people from ordinary people: creativity and energy. ...
Views: 1620(2 votes) - Meditation and Happiness - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from karen Hood-CaddyMost of us think of happiness as something that just happens. Or doesn't. But recent studies are showing that happiness can actually be learned. How? Through meditation. Dr. Richard J. Davidson, PhD, who teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been using brain imaging to ...
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