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Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization Why Meditate? Compelling Benefits and Miracles of Meditation- 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: 670 - 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: 665 - 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: 664 - Dynamic Meditation - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2023 from santosh krinskyIn the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna poses the question to Sri Krishna as to how one can know the spiritual man, how does he walk, how does he speak, how does he act… Spiritual practitioners pose similar types of questions about meditation, as to what is the right form of meditation, how does one site, ...
Views: 663 - 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: 663 - 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: 662 - 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: 661 - 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: 658 - 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: 657 - 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: 656 - ***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: 655(1 vote) - How Meditation Takes You to Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Meditation is a bit like gardening. You plant some carrot seeds and then every day you water it, you pull the weeds, you nourish the carrot plant in every way you can. You don't expect a carrot instantly. But out of love for gardening you do the work without ...
Views: 655 - 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: 655 - 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: 654 - Subliminal Messages and Meditation: How They Go Together - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. Is there a relationship between subliminal messages and meditation? How can they work together? Most of all, how can one person benefit from them? Learning More about Meditation There are millions of people all over the world who practice ...
Views: 654 - 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: 652(2 votes) - 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: 650 - Boosting Productivity with Mindfulness - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2022 from Leon EdwardWhen it comes to productivity there is generally a concession between high quality and also quantity. Many individuals think that productivity is just a numbers game, it is just concerning getting the job done as swiftly as possible. To them, the more things individuals get done despite their ...
Views: 648 - 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: 646(1 vote) - Practice of Meditation - by Submitted on May 05, 2011 from Maureen Brennan MercierSpring is fast approaching as we focus on new beginnings. What rings true for me is to focus on the basics in my life such as the practice of meditation. Meditation is a power tool or jewel for self discovery in that it helps us to connect with our higher power, the source within us. The ...
Views: 643 - 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: 636 - Strengthen Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body! - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2011 from Denise OvertonHave you heard the quotation: A sound mind in a healthy body? It means that both mind and the body are equally important to all of us. It is important to try to strike a balance between the strengthening of the mind and the body. This attitude towards holistic health is common in many ...
Views: 636(1 vote) - Meditation: Open Your Heart - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI think a lot of people have learned to close their heart in order to protect themselves from all of the negative news in our world and from getting hurt in relationships. Closing our hearts certainly can be one way to cope with difficult and sad events. Putting up your walls of protection can ...
Views: 629 - 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: 626 - ***Meditation: A Modern Look at the Practice and Science of Meditation - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Steven SashenI was a meditation failure. I began meditating at the age of eight when I purchased a "Hypnodisk" I saw in the novelty Johnson-Smith catalog. The manual explained how to induce a hypnotic trance, information which soon caused my teacher to write to my parents asking me to stop hypnotizing the ...
Views: 621(1 vote) - Michelle Drolet: A Trusted Professional of Security - by Submitted on May 22, 2021 from insights successThese are unprecedented times, as companies are scrambling for business continuity, and millions of workers around the world are forced to adapt to a workplace culture dubbed as the world’s largest work-from-home experiment. But there is a steep price to be paid for this change – weakened ...
Views: 621 - Determining the Appropriate Posture for Beginning with Meditation - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2023 from santosh krinskyFor someone beginning with meditation, every aspect of the process raises a question. One of these questions relates to the body. The eventual goal is to attain a state whereby meditation can occur regardless of what the body is doing or how it is positioned. However, this is not usually the way ...
Views: 614 - Subliminal Messages and Meditation: Their Importance - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. It doesn’t matter what religion you’re practicing—or whether you’re religious or not—you always tend to ask the cosmos for answers for a lot of questions. However, you feel it doesn’t answer you back, so you blame it for the problems you find ...
Views: 614 - Concentration Is Not the Same As Meditation - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere is considerable confusion about meditation and concentration. They are, however, not quite the same. Achieving a meditative state inwardly can aid in the development of concentration. Certain forms of meditation utilize techniques that lead to concentration. Yet meditation can be calm, ...
Views: 613 - How Important Is Meditation To Living a Peaceful Life? - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2010 from Art RamsayVirtually every person on the planet desires a peaceful life, even though most are not knowingly aware of it. Consciously we may feel our life is okay or even great when filled with nonstop activity. But at a deeper level we all long for peace. In a previous article I spoke of spiritual practice ...
Views: 613 - Guided Meditations: Why They Inspire Us and How to Choose the Best One for You - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2009 from Faye FitzgeraldInspiration is defined as “filling with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence.” To be inspired is to be infused with knowledge that brings exciting moments of clarity, focus and inner awareness. The word meditation is an ancient word for prayer. Guided meditations are particularly ...
Views: 612 - Why We Can't Meditate Unless We're Discipline - by Submitted on May 05, 2020 from Patrik DanielMost of us would think that meditation is a quick remedy to find peace and satisfaction in our lives. It’s true that for some people meditation changes their lives, but for others meditation is a painful and frustrating experience because it forces them to think long and hard about their life ...
Views: 610 - Thoughts in Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I'm new to meditation and have trouble getting into the gap between my thoughts. It seems that every time I try to meditate, thoughts keep running through my head. I can't make them stop! What can I do to still my mind so that I can enter the gap between my thoughts and begin ...
Views: 607 - Tips to Remember when Meditating - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. Meditation is not a fad. It has been around for several years, and its popularity is due to the many benefits you can reap if you choose to practice it. This process is known to decrease stress level, which is often responsible for many health ...
Views: 594 - Ideas on How to Do Meditation and Subliminal Messages - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. So you think that meditation is very easy to do? It’s actually not. In fact, plenty of Buddhist monks still have to struggle sometimes with this exercise. This is because meditation demands a lot of things. However, you can start the step ...
Views: 592 - Meditation… Part of the Journey with Michael Cavallaro - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2020 from Kalyna KapurIn the beginning of my personal inner journey (1970), I was introduced to meditation. Everything that was learned pretty much came from the Eastern philosophies and was about the chakras, meditation and mantras. At that time that was the main option for your inner journey. I was first ...
Views: 587(1 vote) - The Many Benefits of Meditation - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. There’s definitely one good reason why meditations should be made part of your life: it brings about plenty of benefits. Moreover, the advantages affect not only your mental health but also your physical and even spiritual health. Here are ...
Views: 581 - Make Meditation a Part of Your Lifestyle - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. By now, you’ve already heard about the growing list of benefits of meditation. The question is, how can you make sure you can really enjoy all of them? The answer is by making it a part of your lifestyle. This means you’re not going to do this ...
Views: 571 - The Different Materials You Can Use for Getting Subliminal Messages - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Nelson BerryBy The Pioneer of Subliminal Messages Online. What are subliminal messages? Or the better question will be “How is this going to be helpful?” In a given day, you actually receive thousands of messages from what you hear, feel, taste, see, and touch. However, you really don’t feel that ...
Views: 560 - Details to Include on Your Website for Best User Experience - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2023 from Mahipal NehraDetails to Include on Your Website for Better User Experience. Multiple Methods of Payment, Contact Details, Your Ethics and Values, Intuitive Navigation What to Include in the Website to Build Better User Engagement? Multiple Methods of Payment Contact Details Your Ethics and ...
Views: 558 - Beginning the Process of Bringing Meditation into One’s Life - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2023 from santosh krinskyIf we shift to the standpoint of the observer of the mind, we will notice that as conditions vary, the ‘mind-stuff’ (citta) takes on different characteristics based on our state of reactivity and interaction with perceptions, feelings, events or external circumstances. We may consider an image ...
Views: 557 - Various Forms of Meditation and Their Potential Benefits - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2022 from santosh krinskyMost people are confused about what meditation is. One of the causes of this confusion is the variety of forms of meditation that are recommended and practiced by various traditions. Some forms of meditation require strenuous efforts and considerable time to bear fruit. The Mother provides ...
Views: 557 - Stages and Forms of Meditation and Contemplation (Dhyana) - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere is considerable confusion about what exactly meditation is. This is compounded by the fact that there are numerous different techniques that are taught as meditation, ranging from practices that are called ‘mindfulness’ to those that include detailed visualisations Sri Aurobindo provides ...
Views: 534 - Home and Land Meditation: That Which Sustains You - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsJust as we take care of our friends and families, our homes and Mother Earth take care of us. Our homes give us a place of refuge—a sanctuary that stands between us and the elements of nature and the rest of the world. The earth is an unselfish giver of life and the steward of our physical and ...
Views: 521(2 votes) - The One Key Action That Dramatically Improves Your Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Sanjaya GunasenaIn this article i am going to reveal one key step that anyone can take before starting meditation, be it 5 minutes or 50 minutes that can dramatically improve your results and get you into a higher conciousness immediately and on the fly. Generational Wisdom Meditation is highly revered ...
Views: 520(1 vote) - Unlocking Abundance: The 369 Manifestation Secret Code - by Submitted on May 07, 2024 from Sahib BerwalHave you ever felt like there's a secret to manifesting abundance that's just out of reach? Something that seems too good to be true, yet tantalizingly close? What if I told you that the key to unlocking your dreams lies in a simple yet powerful code — the 369 Manifestation Secret? In today's ...
Views: 481 - The Enigmatic Black Beetle: A Symbol of Transformation and Renewal - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2024 from Krishan KumarIn the intricate tapestry of nature, various creatures hold significant symbolic meanings that resonate deeply within the human psyche. One such fascinating creature is the black beetle, an insect that has captivated spiritual seekers and symbolists across cultures and centuries. Its modest ...
Views: 457 - Tiny Messengers: Understanding the Spiritual Symbolism of Gnats - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2024 from Krishan KumarIn life's grand mosaic, every creature, regardless of its size, holds its place and significance. Among these tiny beings are gnats, often regarded merely as nuisances. However, from a spiritual perspective, gnats are much more than bothersome insects. They are considered powerful symbols, ...
Views: 455 - Methods for Achieving a Silent Mind During Meditation - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2025 from santosh krinskyBring the mind to a state of quiescence is essential for the practice of meditation. Once an individual is able to achieve this state during meditation, it is a next step to carry that silent mind into the external life. People frequently ask how it is possible to have a silent nind at any time ...
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