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Articles: meditation
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A Guide to Meditation
by Swami Shivapremananda
In the West, the word meditation, means a concentrated state of mind in serious reflection. The Latin root of the word meditation mederi means to heal. It is an effort to heal afflictions of the mind, the hurt ego, by trying to understand the cause of the problem and finding a way to solve it, that is, by knowing what countermeasures to take. To meditate is to deepen a state of understanding.
Be Still on a Daily Basis
by Jason Chan
In this article the author discusses the benefits of being still. Sitting still, he says, for even five minutes a day, every day for a month, can begin to transform your life. It allows you to focus your mind, soften and lengthen your breath which in turn helps you feel more alive as you connect with your life-force, and fill your heart with joy.
Choosing to Listen
by Dr Nirvana Tehranian
This article focuses on the importance of the present moment and listening – how or when do we listen, and to what we are listening. It also looks at why, when we are in a state of discontent, dissatisfaction, remorse or sadness, we find it so hard to turn such emotions around.
Chronicles of Samadhi: Call of the Ocean
by Andreas Mamet
In this article which focuses on Samadhi, the author likens this state to understanding, from within, the meaning of the word Buddha. Samadhi, he says, can be experienced in multiple ways. All the way from the skin to the marrow which is utterly rare, and though a near-impossible experience it always remains a possibility.
Creating a Sacred Space
by Roselle Angwin
There is a beautiful poem by the Spanish poet Antonio Machado and translated by Robert Bly, in which the jasmine-scented wind calls to the poet’s soul, offering its perfume of jasmine in exchange for the scent of the roses in the poet’s garden. . .
Living Mindfully
by Lee Ronald
Insight Meditation, also known as 'Vipassana meditation' centres around our conscious engagement with the breath. Its roots are in Buddhist teachings which have been circulating for many thousands of years, although it is only recently that they have been available in the West.
Meditation - A Practical Approach to the Art of Relaxed Awareness
by Martin J Handy
The author, a meditation teacher, emphasizes important aspects of his role, such as reassurance and encouragement, as well as the wide knowledge he needs to impart in terms of the activities of the brain, posture, the nature of mind, earth energy (ki), the spiritual anatomy and the seven chakras.
Meditation and Stress Coping using Kabbalistic Techniques and Techniques for Releasing Anxiety
by Marcus Weston
This article focuses on the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah and how it can be applied in our lives to help us cope with various situations such as stress.
Meditation for Health
by Lita de Alberdi
Put simply, meditation is a way of slowing down. By sitting for maybe twenty or thirty minutes at a time, focusing on your chosen process, you can move into a space where you may eventually become blissfully unaware of time passing.
Meditation for Self-Realization
by Carol Palmer
This article describes an ancient form of pure meditation, involving learning and practising given breaths. It is a deeper meditation than the meditative states that can be achieved through such techniques as guided visualization, and nurtures a practical spirituality that can be applied to everyday life and its inherent problems and challenges. It is a meditation that can provide the answers to indefinable feelings of staleness or strain in our lives and can lead to a greater awareness of our true selves.
Meditation – a Way of Life
by Linda Hall
So much time is spent living in the relative dream worlds of the future or the past, we would do well to remember that both come from the present moment. The more we are able to live mindfully in this moment, the richer our future and our past are likely to be. Meditation is all about coming back to yourself as a human being rather than a human doing.
Meditation – Antidote to Stress
by Nancy Goudie
Nancy Goudie, public speaker, author, broadcaster, singer and teacher, looks at the possibility of alleviating stress through meditation.
Meditation: Staying Present to the Now
by Harry Henshaw
To live fully in the present is to become awakened to what is truly real and to our own natural power. Much of our life is spent living in the past, and in the process, attempting to fix it, to make it something that it is or was not. It is from living in the past that we also attempt to create our future, the result always being a living of life as it was in the past. Transformation takes place when we learn to exist in and be present to the Now.
Mindfulness Meditation for Stress
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
The stress in our lives is now so great and so insidious that more and more people are making the deliberate decision to understand it better and to bring it under personal control.
Never Move From Where You Already Are
by Andrew Cohen
The meditation instructions that I give are very simple. I ask people to relax as much as they can, to be as at ease and as free from tension as possible and at the same time I want everyone to try to pay as much attention as they can to everything.
Oases of Calm
by Catherine M Crawford
This article focuses on the importance of quiet time, especially in today’s environment where the levels of stress we experience create problems such as headaches, skin irritations, sleeplessness, food/drink abuse, etc.
Practical Meditation
by Steve Hounsome
Meditation has been used for thousands of years, in many different ways and in cultures across the globe. It is thought primarily to be an Eastern practice as a means to finding spiritual enlightenment.
Primordial Sound Meditation
by Jane Colebourn
Primordial Sound Meditation is a mantra meditation that was developed by Dr Deepak Chopra from an ancient tradition.
Samadhi: Awakening Beyond All Identifications
by Andreas Mamet
This article focuses upon Samadhi, a spiritual tool that is designed to navigate the Meditator to his/her final goal, the ultimate Here and Now.
Spirituality and the Boardroom: Where Do They Meet?
by Debbie Shapiro
Stress costs the business world millions of pounds every year. The authors discuss the conflict between a high-powered, stressful position (the professional) and being able to be emotionally open with authenticity and inner-happiness (the personal).
The Hidden Powers of Chakra Meditation
by Anna Dorbyk
Anna Dorbyk looks at the idea of achieving positivity in our life. She believes that when we carry out positive actions and our contribution to the world is positive we in turn internalise this positivity and so promote a sense of harmony and well being.
The Natural State of Being
by Garuda Ishaya
Life is change. Nature teaches us many things: beauty, vitality, creation, destruction – nothing ever stays the same in this universe. Indeed if we are vigilant we can see that this world is made up of the natural laws of grace and fluidity, the essence of Mother Earth.
Transcendental Meditation: The Dynamic Healing Power of Silence
by Colin Beckley
This article focuses on Yoga of the mind and the power of the human body to heal itself through such silent practices. This state, known as Samadhi in yoga, allows the body a level of rest significantly deeper than a sleep in which the biochemical changes necessary for healing can take place.
Transformative Meditation
by Mark Edwards
Loss and Recovery of Meaning by Mark Edwards It is often said today, even in such lofty circles as the World Health Organisation, that health is not simply the absence of disease but the presence of real physical, emotional and social well-being.
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