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Meditation is Easy, Anyone Can Do It!

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Written by: Louise Hay

Meditation is Easy, Anyone Can Do It!

As a society, we've made meditation into something mysterious and difficult to achieve, yet everyone can meditate; it's easy. All we have to do is to sit or lie down quietly, close our eyes, and take a few deep breaths...

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Clearing the Mental Chatter: A Great Aspect of Meditation

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Written by: Kamal Sarma

Clearing the Mental Chatter: A Great Aspect of Meditation

Why go to all the trouble of learning to meditate? Isn't it all too hard? The short answer is that learning to meditate will invariably help your well-being. One of the best answers is that you will feel the benefits almost immediately, which is definitely one of the greatest...

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Anxious and Bored in Meditation?

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Written by: James Robbins

Anxious and Bored in Meditation?

Whether you encounter persistent drowsiness or any other obstacle to meditation, if you are not ready to meditate just now, ask yourself, Why not? Is there something you are avoiding in your daily life, some relationship left unresolved? Ironically, as you look into this very question, you are...

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The First Rule for Meditation Success: Don't Be Ruled by What Others Do

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Written by: J. Donald Walters

The First Rule for Meditation Success: Don't Be Ruled by What Others Do

How long should you meditate? The first rule is, Don't be ruled by what others do. What works well for them may not work for you. Accept that in certain ways you are unique. Intensity of effort is far more important than the time spent in meditation. Never meditate to the point of mental fatigue, strain, or boredom...

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The First Rule for Meditation Success: Don't Be Ruled by What Others Do (Video)

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Written by: J. Donald Walters

The First Rule for Meditation Success: Don't Be Ruled by What Others Do (Video)

How long should you meditate? The first rule is, Don't be ruled by what others do. What works well for them may not work for you. Accept that in certain ways you are unique. Intensity of effort is far more important than the time spent in meditation. Never meditate to the point of mental fatigue, strain, or boredom...

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Simple Processes to Attune to the Energy of Love and Compassion

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Written by: Sharron Rose

Simple Processes to Attune to the Energy of Love and Compassion

As you practice these exercises, simple gifts of faith, charity, patience, gentleness, and kindness will fill your life. A new understanding of the needs and concerns of others will develop and your heart will be filled with spontaneous feelings of generosity, love, and compassion.

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Breath Is The Link Between Mind and Body: How Do You Breathe?

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Written by: Lillian Too

Breath Is The Link Between Mind and Body: How Do You Breathe?

Our breath determines the state of our bodies and our minds. It is even more vital for our well being than food. The way we breathe determines how healthy and balanced we are. Once we know how to...

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Befriending Our Emotions and Letting Go of the Struggle to Constrain Them

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Written by: Brandon Bays

Befriending Our Emotions and Letting Go of the Struggle to Constrain Them

We usually have a love-hate relationship with emotions. When we aren't subduing our difficult emotions, we love to feel them and explore their meaning. We hold onto them, recall them, even obsess about who's to blame for them, gossip to our friends about how bad they are...

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Looking and Seeing Everything As If For the First Time

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Written by: Osho

Look and See Everything As If For the First Time 

We look at things always with old eyes. You come to your home; you look at it without looking at it. You know it -- there is no need to look at it. The last time you looked at your wife or at your husband may have been years ago...

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The Inner Advisor Technique: How To Connect with the Inner Healer

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Written by: Ellen Curran

The Inner Advisor Technique: How To Connect with the Inner Healer

The technique of the "Inner Advisor" brings forth an image that represents wisdom, love, support, and safety. This image can be anything. Inner advisors can be guardian angels, imaginary friends, or simple intuition -- that important small voice within.

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MEDITATION: Opening The Gate of Forgiveness

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Written by: Robert Simmons

An open gate in a stone wall, opening up to a beautiful nature scene.

These are the instructions for the meditative practice, The Gate of Forgiveness, from The Alchemy of Stones, Chapter 13: Forgiveness.

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Can Meditation Be Fun? Or Does It Have To Be Serious

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Written by: Alan Watts

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What we call meditation or contemplation -- for want of a better word -- is really supposed to be fun. I have some difficulty in conveying this idea because most people take anything to do with religion seriously -- and you must understand that I am not a serious person. I may be sincere, but never serious...

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Overcoming Resistance in Daily Life and in Meditation

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Written by: Tulku Thondup

Overcoming Resistance in Daily Life and in Meditation

When we start to do something meaningful, excuses come up that prevent us from giving it our whole heart and attention. We can fritter away days and nights on mindless diversions, but when it comes time to meditate, suddenly all sorts of obligations, false expectations, or doubts arise...

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Opening the Portal of Our Heart: Journey with Snake, Puma, Condor, and Hummingbird

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Written by: Vera Lopez and Linda Star Wolf Ph.D.

Opening the Portal of Our Heart: Journey with Snake, Puma, Condor, and Hummingbird

I want to invite you to breathe in and breathe out, and as you breathe in and breathe out, become aware of your heart as a portal. This multidimensional door has pathways that lead to infinite places, which lead to infinite sacred sites, which lead to infinite realms of consciousness.

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What!!! Me, Meditate? Triggering the Relaxation Response

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Written by: Joan Borysenko

What, Me Meditate? Triggering the Relaxation Response

Meditation is like doing mental push-ups that strengthen the muscles of awareness and choice. While it's not a practice that most people are willing to adopt for life, even several weeks of meditation can help train your mind and change your attitudes. If you should decide to keep it up, the benefits for the body are just as positive.

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What is Meditation and What Are The Two Main Types of Meditation?

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Written by: Franz Metcalf

What is Meditation and What Are The Two Main Types of Meditation?

What is meditation? Seems like it should be an easy question, but it's like asking what is love. There are so many aspects of it, so many perspectives on it, and so many ways to experience it that meditation doesn't lend itself to being reduced to one quick answer. The best I can do is this: Meditation means ways of making the mind understand itself.

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Expanding Meditation Into Your Life with Kinhin, Walking Meditation

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Written by: Franz Metcalf

Expanding Meditation Into Your Life with Kinhin, Walking Meditation

Perhaps you envision meditation as something completely peaceful and still. Not always. Meditation is a tool for calming and concentrating the mind any time, any place. Sitting meditation comes first because it's easiest, but there are other kinds. One of the most important is walking. Now that you've tried sitting, try kinhin, a Zen form of walking meditation.

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Meditation Is What Happens Naturally When...

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Written by: Robert Landau

Meditation Is What Happens Naturally When...

Exhaustive research has shown that meditation is an excellent antidote against stress, hyperactivity, and fear related themes. It has been found to increase your energy, as well as lower blood pressure and heart rate. Meditation can also be used as a successful tool to accompany many medical, psychological and alternative healing therapies...

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Meditation Techniques: Is There A Right Way to Meditate?

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Written by: Jerry Sargeant

Meditation Techniques: Is There A Right Way to Meditate?

If you let your mind run riot on its own, your ego will keep you in the illusory world of the future and past and this, my friend, is chaos. By meditating, creating space, becoming still in your mind, you create a natural environment where your creativity can flourish and clarity takes over your soul.

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Meditating 101: Simple, Quick and Easy Do's and Dont's

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Written by: Sandy Goodman

Meditating 101: Simple, Quick, Easy Do's and Dont's

I am probably the last person that should be saying how, when, and where to meditate. I have set a goal of daily meditation at least a hundred times, and I haven't succeeded for more than three consecutive days. It isn't a matter of not liking to meditate. I do..

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Meditation for a Growing Sense of Inner Peace and Serenity

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Written by: Betty Bethards

Meditation for a Growing Sense of Inner Peace and Serenity

Our energy level and mental programs are the major contributing factors to how we interpret what's going on in our lives. That's why the most important tool I have to offer to increase self awareness is daily meditation. Meditation keeps our energy up high enough so that we have the clarity...

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