Does meditation work? Yes. Here endeth today’s lesson. Joking of course. Like many things, it’s not quite so simple. First of all. What do you mean by, “Does meditation work?” Meditation was traditionally practiced thousands of years ago to understand our place in the universe. To free ourselves from our minds. Seek liberation from suffering …
Have you ever tried a guided meditation where you’re being led on a journey through an enchanted forest, or a beautiful beach with the waves gently lapping on the shore – you finish the meditation and you’re floating, peaceful and all your stress has gone? You feel amazing. But then. The next night, you sit …
This article discusses how the mind tricks us into thinking we are superior because we meditate. Don’t get fooled. Simply ignore the mind and refuse to play the game. This is the only way to silence your mind. If you understand that the voice in your head that sounds like you, isn’t actually you, then …
Some tasks, hobbies or sports are able to give us the experience of mindfulness without realizing it or without having to resort to a formal process. Do you think Evel Knievel was thinking about his laundry while jumping over flaming cars? Probably not. Certain situations call for such high levels of focus and attention that …
Even if you don’t meditate, you’ve probably stumbled across a movie or two where they show a temple full of Buddhist monks all chanting (OM) ommmmmmmm in unison in deep, low, rumbling voices. There is a good reason for that, dare I say, stereotype. OM/AUM is considered to be the sound of the universe. Chanting …
Just wanted to give a quick update. I started adding video versions of my popular simple meditation techniques. Once I get a little more fluid with video, I’ll start to add some more variety as well as some more advanced meditation techniques. Until then, I just added the following meditations; Simple technique, with extra focus …
Mindfulness. We hear that term quite often these days. I for one am very grateful that things like meditation and mindfulness are gaining more momentum. It has tremendous benefits for all. In this short video, I take you along on a little mindfulness walk in nature. I show you what sort of things to look …
Short answer. Whichever meditation works best for you. In a nutshell, that’s it, we’re finished with this blog post. Whichever meditation works best for you is the best meditation for you. If you go on the internet (duhhhh, you’re already here), and do a search for “meditation”, you will come up with 1000’s of different types. …
We hear that expression a lot in yoga, meditation and spirituality. But what exactly does it mean? What is your center and how do you find it? What is your “center”? We’re not talking about your nearest holistic yoga center. We’re not talking about the center of our galaxy or the universe. We’re talking about …
If your best friend was walking down a busy street towards you, you’d be able to spot them and pick them out of the sea of faces really quickly. It’s not that you don’t identify any other people, it’s just that your mind recognizes that you’ve had past interactions with them. It has a reference point. It found them in the database. Your mind is really good at this and does it so fast, you don’t even consciously notice it. But it’s a totally passive activity. You don’t go, “I’m going to keep track how many cars I see that are like mine”. Or, “I’m going to look for my friend Bob in this crowd of people.”
When it comes to getting away from the stresses of a hectic modern day life, I can’t think of anything better to do than go for a walk in the woods. Reconnecting with nature for even a few minutes has a wonderful restorative effect on the body. Sunlight warming the skin. Fresh air filling the lungs. All those happy …
The boot camp is an in-depth look at meditation. Rather than just jumping right into meditation, I feel it really helps to have a good understanding of the nature of the mind and why we meditate in the first place. If you don’t fully understand the reasons why, then you will just be sitting in an uncomfortable posture with your eyes closed, wondering what’s for dinner, or when that new movie comes out.
OK, so after a wonderful start setting up my website and getting some good feedback, I spent the rest of the week breaking it. My second blog post is already a Rant!!!Is this what the internet does to people? FRUSTRATED HERMIT I’m usually fairly good at fixing technical problems, but the more I tinkered under …
Hello World. Hello Universe. So technically this is my first blog post. I have tons of ideas that will be appearing over the next few lifetimes, but for right now, lets keep it short and sweet. Hello everyone. Welcome to something exciting…….for me at least. Hope you will join me often on my journey. Ferns …