Mar
27
Posted on 27-03-2008
Filed Under (Easy step - meditation) by chintan on 27-03-2008

 

Meditation, the age-old method of focusing the mind, is used by many as an effectual way to ease stress and anxiety. For thousands of years, people have practiced meditation as a means to reach inner peace, harmony and explanation, as well as to find inside comfort and refuge from the struggles of their day-to-day lives. If you’re overworked, under-rested and stressed out, you may be able to use meditation for relaxation and an outstanding natural stress-buster.

(1). Have a section of your home particularly dedicated to meditation. Always meditate in the same space. You will begin to subconsciously associate that place in your home with meditative relaxation.

(2). Wear at ease clothing that does not restrict your movements when you meditate.

(3). Breathe intensely and rhythmically. If you’re a meditation beginner and want detailed, step-by-step instruction on the various meditative techniques available for your use, visit the World Wide Online Meditation Center (see Resources below).

(4). Put some meditation music on. This can aid your concentration. If you become distracted, you can always readjust by focusing on the music again. Many free meditation music downloads are available on the World Wide Web.

(5). Focal point on a single sound or object. For sounds, repeat a single word (called a “mantra”) over and over. The word “Om,” Sanskrit for “perfection,” is the quintessential example of a mantra. If you want to focus on an object, choose an everyday object in your meditation space. Concentrate on its shape, lines, colors and textures for the entire duration of your meditation session.

(6). Visualize. Spiritually travel to a soothing place from your childhood, somewhere you’ve visited before or anywhere entirely imaginary. Use all 5 senses: Smell the place. Taste the fruit on its trees or the water in its streams. Listen to the sounds. Notice the temperature. Observe its details.

(7). Practice. The more you meditate, the easier it will get, and the more deeply relaxed you should become.

Instructions

(1). Meditate every day and at the same time every day, if possible. This will maximize the benefits of meditation and heighten your relaxation.

(2). There is no charge associated with meditating for relaxation. However, purchasing inexpensive meditation music or incense may improve your experience.

(3). Consult a doctor right away if you have high blood weight or gastrointestinal disorders that you suspect may be stress-related. Meditation is not a medical cure for such disorders and should be used as a supplementary tool in mixture with proper medical care to promote overall good physical condition.

 

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Mar
26
Posted on 26-03-2008
Filed Under (Easy step - meditation) by kiran on 26-03-2008

Meditation let go the unlimited power of the subliminal. It enhances inside as well as outer beauty. Timeless body and timeless mind can be achieved by daily put into practice of meditation, listed below are practical tips for effective result-oriented meditation.

Beauty is more than skin bottomless. It is feeling and being beautiful ‘inside out.’ This is very important, irrespective of the number of cosmetics a woman applies, if she is not mentally and physically healthy, she will not be truly beautiful. Our face is like a mirror, it reflects our innermost thoughts, expressions and feelings almost reluctantly and so does it show the lead of mental and physical balance that a person has maintained. And this balance is the cue to a truly beautiful and charming persona. “Beauty therapies if addition with regular practice of right meditation a woman’s face will bring forth her inner poise and quiet. Such an expression is inimitable and cannot be induced by any amount of beauty treatments and cosmetics.

What does meditation do?

(1). improvement in positive emotions

Meditation enhances positive emotions like love, respect, happiness etc. Positive emotions are very useful for balanced secretion of vital hormones within the body. Functioning of glands becomes balanced and proper. Negative emotions like anger, hatred, jealously etc. are harmful to the body. Process of ageing accelerates by excessive negative emotions. Positive emotions make us young and energetic, happy and joyful. It is through meditation that positive emotions can be increased and we can remain in the zone of positive emotions throughout the day.

(2). Builds attention

Effective meditation helps develop concentration. A difficult task, thereby is completed in lesser time and more effectively than ever. The power of the mind is enhanced and thereby stress levels are cut down drastically. Lower stress, automatically means better control over situation and a relaxed frame of mind even in difficult times, which invariably means a happy and radiating face and an active body to match.

(3). Matured and thoughtful attitude

By regular meditation along with chanting of meaningful affirmations, one develops and strengthens the power of the mind. This leads to a thoughtful attitude towards every task in life. Such an attitude reduces pressure levels and enables an individual to see the ‘best’ in every situation. This optimism reduces the ageing process and enables a woman to be in best shape in body and mind.

(4). Unleashing the power of the subconscious mind

We all know that the power of our subconscious mind is many times more than that of our conscious mind. We can call subconscious mind as divine mind or in other words it is the divinity within us. During meditation we pacify our conscious mind and activate the subconscious mind. We can use the unlimited power of our subconscious mind through meditation. We can achieve beauty, health, vigor, vitality, happiness etc. by taking the help of the divine mind within us.

Chase away some myths

Let us first clearly list some of the misconceptions about meditation:

(1). By doing meditation person becomes passive and he loses his activeness in daily life – This too is totally untrue. On the contrary persons practicing meditation are active and happier in their day to day life. Due to practice of meditation their efforts are well directed, as concentration increases.

(2). Meditation requires lot of time daily - No according to time available one can do meditation. Daily meditation is an investment of time and not a waste of time.

(3). Meditation is something automatic only few persons can do meditation effortlessly – No this is wrong. For proper meditation one has to develop habit of meditation by daily practice.

(4). only elderly persons can meditate – This is clearly wrong meditation can be done by anyone irrespective of age, so long as they want to.

How to meditate efficiently?

(1). Close your eyes gently and start observing your breathing. Your breathing will become slow and rhythmic.

(2). Start observing your thoughts. This will make your mind thoughtless and relaxed. Start uttering in slow self-audible voice. Utterances should be short and well worded before meditation. For example … I am beautiful … I am powerful… I am healthy etc.

(3). your utterances should be supported by strong emotions and visualization

(4). sit in a relaxed position: Fix a place in the house for daily practice and a fixed time for doing meditation. Do not change this time and place of meditation, you can sit on the chair or on the ground in crossed legged position. Clothing should be loose and comfortable. Keep thin pillow under your buttocks if you are sitting crossed legs on the ground. This will ensure proper circulation of bloods to your legs.

(5). Take deep breath followed by a longer exhalation. Repeat it twice or thrice. During exhalation consciously relax all parts of your body.

By this way you can make yourself happy and beautiful. This is the simplest and most practical, result oriented method of meditation. We have everything within us we should not totally depend on outside things. Therefore make resolution and daily meditate for a beautiful body and mind forever.  

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Mar
20
Posted on 20-03-2008
Filed Under (Easy step - meditation) by kiran on 20-03-2008

Healing meditation on Twin Hearts is one of the many higher meditation techniques to achieve light, or what we in universal call ‘universal consciousness’. It is also a form or world service that helps harmonize the earth by blessing it with loving-kindness, peace, joy and kindness.

Meditation on Twin Hearts is based on the principle that some of the major chakras are entry points or gateways to convinced levels or horizons of consciousness. The Twin Hearts refer to the heart chakra, which is the center of the touching heart or refined higher emotions, and the crown chakra which is the center of the heavenly heart, the center of divine union or yoga. Unless your crown chakra is activated, you will not experience lighting or divine union. But before it can be set in motion, the heart chakra must be activated first. It is only by mounting the higher refined emotions that one can possibly experience divine love.

Healing meditation, meditation, meditation techniques By using the heart and crown chakras in blessing the earth with loving-kindness, they become channels for religious energies. By blessing the earth with loving kindness, you are doing a form of world service. By doing so you are in turn blessed many times. It is in blessing that you are sacred. It is in giving that you receive. This is the law!

Once the crown chakra has been sufficiently activated, then you have to perform certain meditation techniques on the light and on the mantra ‘Om’ or ‘Amen’, and on the interval between the ‘Om’ or ‘Amen’. It is by long-drawn-out consideration and instantaneous awareness of these, that, illumination or Samadhi is achieved!

People who should not practice healing meditation on Twin Hearts:

Persons below 18 years old, patients with heart disease hypertension, glaucoma or stern kidney and liver problems, heavy smokers and pregnant women.

Benefits

Many practitioners of meditation techniques on Twin Hearts around the world are find out and experiencing the following benefits within a short period of time:

(1). Inner peace, loving-kindness and compassion.

(2). Enhanced spiritual service.

(3). Brighter and more balanced aura and bigger chakras.

(4). Heightened level of intuition.

(5). Increased healing power.

(6). Sharper and more organized mental faculties.

(7). Success in life with less stress.

(8). A more wholesome personality.

(9). Enhanced soul contact and divine union.

(10). Safe stimulation of higher clairvoyance.

(11). Healthier physical bodies.

Method

(1). Activate your crown chakra by becoming aware of it and by blessing the Earth with loving-kindness. Allow yourself to be a channel of divine love and kindness, great joy, happiness, understanding, harmony in addition to divine peace. Share these with the whole earth. When blessing, feel and be glad about the implications of each word.

(2). Meditate and bless the Earth with loving-kindness through the Heart and Crown chakras concurrently. This will align both chakras, thereby making the blessing much more potent.

(3). Gently imagine a brilliant white or golden light on the crown. Be aware of the light, the inner immobility and the bliss for a few minutes. Gently and silently chant the mantra ‘Om’ or ‘Amen’. When meditating on the interval between the two ‘Oms’ or ‘Amens’, in chorus be aware of the light, the silence and the bliss and let go. Continue for about 10 minutes.

(4). Slowly come back to your physical body. Raise your hands again on the chest level facing outward. Free excess energy by blessing the Earth with light, loving-kindness, peace and affluence for several record until you feel your body is standardizes. You may bless specific persons or your family and friends after releasing the excess energy.

(5). After meditation, always give thanks to the Divine Providence and to your spiritual guides for divine blessings.

(6). Shake the body for 30 times, massage the different body parts, then do physical exercises for a few minutes. It will reduce the option or terror overcrowding in convinced parts of the body.

(7). Do physical exercises for about five minutes to cleanse and energize your etheric body.

(8). Sit comfortably with your back erect with your hands turned upwards, resting on you lap. Close your eyes attach the tip of the tongue to the palate.

(9). Invoke for Divine Blessings for guidance, help, protection and illumination.

Healing meditation, meditation, meditation techniques4. Activate your heart chakra by becoming aware of it and by blessing the entire earth, every person, every being with loving kindness, great joy, happiness, divine peace, understanding, harmony, good will and will to do good. You may visualize the earth as very small in front of you; raise your hands on the chest level facing outward and feel the love flowing as of your heart to your hands and all-encompassing the small earth in front of you. You may use the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. This go-ahead can be directed to a nation or a group of nations.

 

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Mar
19
Posted on 19-03-2008
Filed Under (Easy step - meditation) by chintan on 19-03-2008

Emotional pain and discomfort is something none of us can avoid—regardless of our age, social background and religious belief. While we cannot prevent death, illnesses, rejection, separation and a host of other unwanted events, we can also strengthen our mind with regular practice of meditation so that it is less susceptible to pains brought by all these uncontrollable events.

This does not denote that meditation will harden your mind so that you become a heartless person. Rather, it cleanses the mind so that regular Dhammakaya meditators become calmer, gentler, kinder and feel increasingly uncomfortable about harming anyone either by language or action.

The village chooses to provide lessons on the Dhammakaya meditation as it is the only technique in the world that teaches about the center of the body as the natural home of the human mind and an unlimited source of joy.

Many have found regular practice of this meditation method helped them overcome physical ailments and emotional illnesses. Others have expressed satisfaction at increased self-esteem, better work presentation, and better relationships with colleagues and family members. Whether you are happy or sad, looking for the real meaning of life, or wishing to discover more about yourself, the Dhammakaya meditation has the answer for you.

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Mar
18
Posted on 18-03-2008
Filed Under (Easy step - meditation) by chintan on 18-03-2008

One of sincere Health’s readers mentioned that she wonders about the advantages of meditation for students. There are a hundred and one articles out there showing simple meditation procedures, equally as many talk about the health benefits of this practice. So, I thought I’d take a slightly different angle and discuss the specific benefits I have experienced from meditation and then list the methods I recommend in brief. My expect is that this information will help students to see the benefit of meditation and encourage them to add a regular practice to their already busy agenda.

(1). Greater ability to focus even when subject, lecturer or book is a little (or a lot) dry

Meditation helped me to clear away distractions from my consciousness. In many forms of meditation, you are encouraged to let everything drop away except an unwavering focus on the moment. While this may appear pointless, you can at least see the benefit if you can allow this single mindedness to leak over into the rest of your life. Where before a particularly dull lecturer might put you to sleep, using some of the methods of meditation during that same lecturer’s talk will allow you to stay awake and absorb everything she has to say. Aside from keep away from awkward classroom incidents involving you drooling on your desk, focusing even on material that you find too boring to bear will increase your performance on exams and your retention of the information after the class is long over.

(2). Greater vision allows me to make better choices

Meditation has allowed me to see the little things as what they are - little things. I no longer find myself myopically entrenched in a single moment, lamenting my bad luck or obsessing over dotted i’s and crossed t’s. I feel that I can see the past, present and future of a situation without too much effort and adjust my thoughts about it and actions around it accordingly. This has great benefits in a school setting. When you are in school, a million opportunities are offered to you. Especially if you have any penchant for leadership activities, you will find a hundred responsibilities hoisted on your shoulders. There are so a lot of subject and sub-subjects to learn, so many people meet, so many vocation directions, so many social situations… it can be both bewildering and a recipe for disaster. Because I have a broader vision developed in part through meditation, I can make better choices about how I use my time and skill.

(3). Less desire to drink/smoke/space out

Smoking, drinking, playing games and watching television excessively are all terrific wasters of Qi, Blood and perhaps most importantly - time. Meditation has helped me to enjoy every part of my life, including difficult and frustrating times. I’m not sure how this has happened, but I suspect it has something to do with developing a greater state of acceptance. This radical acceptance has grown from the methods I list below, but also from my readings in Daoism. One of the important tenets of Daoism boils down to this: “Accept things as they are.” It is a philosophy shared by many traditions, but I learned it from Daoist literature first. Because I am more accepting of all parts of my life, I have less desire to get away them by using substances or distracting technology.

(4). Less emotional turmoil around relationships and other life situations

I would like to say that this is just a function of becoming more mature. But, frankly, we all know plenty of folks far older than I am who are just as caught up in drama as they were when they were 15 - maybe more so! Meditation has begun to still my need to be right in every situation. It has allowed me to see that other people’s moving states are not my own. It has helped me to allow people to develop in their own way and at their own rate. Much time was wasted in my undergraduate career trying to “fix” other people, trying to manipulate people to do as I wanted them to and being lost in an emotionally driven flurry of useless movement. You can avoid all of this by committing to a simple program of meditation.

(5). Deeper understanding of myself allows me to judge my abilities correctly

This is related to #3 to some extent. Through the endless peeling back of layers of my ego, I am beginning to understand who I am and what I am capable of. This allows me to avoid, on the one hand, over-commitment and on the other hand, failure to make the most of my potential. I still make mistakes with regards to this, but I find that I am so much less likely to misjudge myself since I started meditating regularly. This is related to #3 because knowing who you are and come again? you are capable of means that you maximize the positive outcome of the many opportunities that are accessible to you. Having a broad vision of the circumstances is important, but when combined with a deep vision of yourself - you will make much of your time in school.

(6). Less intense urge to succeed has made me more successful

Every day I feel my urge to “make a mark” on the world decreasing. This may be falling testosterone levels, but I think it has more to do with my meditation practice. I used to be very intensely obsessed with “doing the right thing” as well as “making my family proud of me.” I am still a very driven person, still very paying attention on leaving the world better off than I found it, but these feelings no longer come from the similar place. I think of it like this - whereas before I be using maximal effort in a random way, striking elsewhere at anything that moved, now I bide my time until the correct moment and strike with all of my force in a single place. This has resulted in my being successful in a number of ways - especially with regards to my academic and professional activity.

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