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Meditation is a method by which one attains inner peace. Consequently there are probably as many types of meditations as there are people... Each person discovers or creates their own meditative experience.
In this section we bring you some of the more traditional meditation methods as well as some non-traditional ones. Various authors share their personal experiences, discoveries, and suggestions to make your meditative path easier and more "productive" (if one can apply that term to meditation).
The Focus of Meditation
As with religions, the importance with meditation is not to make it a competition, a "my meditation is better than your meditation" experience. The focus needs to be on the "inner you", on your inner experience: are you attaining more peace of mind, more relaxation, more harmony with yourself and others? If the answer to these questions is yes, then your meditative path, whether it is "sitting zazen" or washing dishes, is successful.
The goal is to carry the peace we find in our moments of meditation into our day-to-day and moment-to-moment experiences. When we have attained this, then we may say that our whole life is a meditation. Such teachers and wise beings as the Dalai Lam seem to have attained that goal and shed their light on our own path.
Learning to Love Your Meditation
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by Nicola Phoenix. The word 'meditation' comes from the Latin meditari, 'to heal'. If you were to ask me what we are healing, I would say that apart from rejuvenating and calming our whole self, we are healing the disconnection with our real self — the authentic part of us that is in touch with the whole universe...
How to Stop the World with Meditation
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by Von Braschler. Stopping the world to enter a meditation state of blissful peace and out-of-body timelessness is not easy for many of us. Many people find it difficult to tune out external distractions. To do this, you must control your physical senses. We can tell ourselves not to be distracted by...
Gaining Clarity by Receiving & Interpreting Guidance
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by Sanaya Roman. The mind is one of your most powerful tools when it clearly receives and interprets the guidance coming from your innermost self. If you want clarity, ask your soul to give it to you. Your soul has the answers, as well as a connection to the flows of...
Mindfulness-Based Stillness Meditation: Developing the Quality of Gratitude
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by Ian Gawler & Paul Bedson. Mindfulness meditation is a wonderful way of turning our attention toward spirit. Mindfulness pays attention to what exists, here and now. It shifts attention away from memory, imagination, ideas and concepts...
Developing Meditation Muscles: From Light Weight to Super
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by Ian Gawler & Paul Bedson. When we first go to the gym to develop physical fitness, we start with light weights and gradually increase these weights over time as our muscles develop. It is the same with meditation...
No Mind, No Thoughts: The Secret to Inner Peace
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by Dr. Frank J. Kinslow. You already know how to make your body tense and rigid by becoming mentally stressed. Tight neck and shoulders, headaches, digestive problems, constipation, and hypertension are all manners of physical ailments resulting from a chaotic, runaway mind. However, you...
How to Relieve Stress and Live Stress-Free
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by David Ian Cowan. Part of letting go into the flow of life lies in realizing that you have never really been in control of your life, at least not from the perspective of the conscious mind. You simply have been making choices based on a very limited scope of awareness dictated by...
Meditation: Learning to Be Quiet Inside
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by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo.
Events are going to happen to us on account of actions committed in the past. But the good news is that through our present responses, we mold our future — constantly, moment to moment to moment. We can be asleep in this moment, or we can be awake in this moment — awake, conscious, aware. The choice is...
Smile & Thank Your Body
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by Donald Altman.
When was the last time you thanked your body for all it does for you on a daily basis? The “inward smile” is an ancient practice, a way to deeply honor the body by acknowledging it and sending it gratitude. It’s also a practice you can begin in the next minute.
God Bless Us, Every One
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by Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW.
When you see a trauma scene, or when you hear emergency vehicles, say, “I wish you well” or “God bless you, every one.” Be aware of these people in need, people who started an ordinary day...
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