MeditationMeditation could be termed as being spiritual, relaxation, peace of mind, fitness, or an ongoing state of mind of mindfulness or awareness. Joseph Goldstein of the Insight Meditation Society has said it well: "...through sustained meditation, the whole nature of our experience changes; we see reality in different ways." Scroll down for an introduction to our featured articles, or click directly to one of the articles from the list on the right. |
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Setting Yourself Free by Arthur Lytle, Ph.D.  In
the process of becoming all you can become, it is sometimes expeditious to
have special help in cutting old bonds. Here is an excellent exercise in
Creative Visualization. When practiced in sincerity and correctly, it
dissolves certain ties that bond one person or soul to another. |
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What, Me
Meditate? by Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.  Meditation is like doing mental push-ups that strengthen the muscles of
awareness and choice. Several weeks of meditation can help train your mind
and change your attitudes. |
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Heart Healing Meditation by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.  Here
is a powerful healing meditation to help you lose your fears about love and
to cleanse your heart chakra. You may want to tape-record this meditation
with soft background music, so you can easily listen to it once or twice a
day. |
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Buddhism for Beginners |
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Feeling &
Seeing Your Chi by Sue Benton & Drew Denbaum  The
atom is 99.9 percent energy, and at the atomic level we are
99.9 percent energy. Chi is your life force energy. There is no
trick to feeling it or seeing it. It only requires attention and
practice to do so. |
Simply Silence by
Osho.There is no need of any religion, there is no need of any God, priesthood, organization. So all things can be removed. Now all that has been left to you is a state of meditation, which simply means a state of utter silence. |
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Barriers to
Meditation by Victor N. Davich. Meditating sounds easy. So why isn't everyone doing it? Why do so many who start meditating, or open a book on the subject, fail to carry through and make meditation a part of their daily lives? |
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God's Will Is
Mine! |
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Meditation Through
Dance by Iris J. Stewart. Dance as liturgy or ritual has always been a way to honor the sacred, the Divine Force. It has profound implications for healing, psychotherapy, spiritual growth, and the full unfolding of human potential. |
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Deeply
Refreshing Sleep |
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Receiving Higher Guidance by Orin and DaBen. I take a deep breath in and relax my body. I imagine a golden light surrounding me. Any thoughts I do not want are leaving. My mind is filled with peace. |
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Destroying
Fears by Sylvia Browne.  Dear
God, we ask for guidance, love, and your healing power for all the
people who are close to us. We ask for special healing to be sent to
all -- to get through the next week with their trials, their
tribulations, and their |
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Praying
Peace by James F. Twyman.  In Bosnia, the Emissaries of Light, said to me: "Our role is not to bring peace to where it is not, but to reveal peace where it is hidden." Peace, they said, is not something that can be understood with the mind, but must be experienced with the heart. |
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Mindfulness
of Feelings by Matthew Flickstein.  We need to avoid dwelling on any
judgments, decisions, or internal
commentary that may arise based upon
the feelings we are observing. We must
be careful not to identify with the
feelings and consider them "ours".
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Meditation
is not simply relaxing the body and mind. Nor is it imagining being
a successful person with possessions, good relationships,
appreciation from others, and fame. This is merely daydreaming about
objects of attachment.
The
phrase "thy will be done" in the
Lord's Prayer is a statement of
resignation for many, the calling down
of a power to do something that may
not be what we had in mind... 