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How to Begin Your Meditation Practice for the New Year. Top Story - December 2017.
As the end of the year approaches, many of us are thinking of New Year’s Resolutions or ways in which we can make our next year better. We look at things we want to change and things that we want to make better. We are always looking to the outside, to the world, when we should be looking inward. We should be looking to ourselves. One of the best things to help us find this new path is meditation.
By Spirit Guide Communication through the Art of Divination9 years ago in Longevity
Meditation Techniques
Meditation can be a good way to relax and improve your concentration. You can also use it to relax and rest your mind. These are some simple meditation techniques you can use to start a regular meditation practice.
By Sophie George9 years ago in Longevity
Insight Timer: Your App to Peace
What does it take to make Time magazine's list of the 50 best apps of the year? Does it take a multi-billion dollar name, or a special dating service? Not always.
By Mackenzie Lu9 years ago in Longevity
The Beauty of Self-Love
It is truly amazing to think about how far I've come this year. The amount and depth of personal growth I continuously experience is positively overwhelming at times. Sometimes, I just walk around smiling ear to ear because my spirit is at peace. I am on the path to becoming exactly who I want to be, and I'm loving every moment of it. Even the hard ones.
By Mykia Thrower9 years ago in Longevity
A Meditation Strategy
Are you having trouble meditating properly? It's most likely because you're a visual learner like I am, and you have a hard time keeping your mind focused. I just couldn't do meditation. Even if I sat completely still with no distractions, my mind would always wonder.
By Sarah Owen9 years ago in Longevity
Meditation in Moderation
There are a number of twelve steps programs in the world today for various types of self-help. There are twelve step recovery programs for addiction, compulsive behaviors, twelve steps to a better life, twelve steps to better parenting, and many more – these programs are all based originally on the twelve steps from Alcoholics Anonymous. However, no matter which you are seeking help for or what you are fighting recovery for in your life, the twelve steps remain very similar.
By Rebecca Morris-Miller9 years ago in Longevity
I Joined A Monastery
For years I have been tempted by the swelling glow of Buddhism, and the eternal peace and hippy-lifestyle it seems to bring to those who follow it. And after my most recent existential crisis where I determined I was in fact a psychopathic narcissist, I decided that now was the right time.
By Rebecca Allen9 years ago in Longevity
The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is Not the Illusion, the Tunnel Is
The self is looking for "this." But what is this? Well, this is exactly what is happening. There is reading of this—the eyes are reading, the brain is processing this word. That's this; sitting on the chair is this. The hands moving over the words is this. But that never satisfies the self. The self is always looking for something. It feels something is missing; it is walking down a dark tunnel waiting to get to the light. But the light is all there is, and there is no tunnel and no one walking down it. Maybe the thing that the self is waiting for is the end of "me," the self. The self is a seeker, always looking for more. When there is no longer any seeking, there is no self. But it is seen in liberation that there is no self, and there never was one; so, therefore, there really is no liberation. But there is a vast difference. The mind changes its environment, and there is no longer a centralised person who watches through the eyes of what it feels is its body living in a house, in a town or city or village in a country on Earth in the universe. This is the universe; there is no "out there," or another time, or any time—there is only this. This.
By Ella May9 years ago in Longevity
Manifest, and It Shall Come!
"If we are to keep our minds closed, we will never experience what life actually has to offer us." The universe is waiting to give you what you deserve!
By Molly Mabees9 years ago in Longevity
Meditation
Meditation deals with contacting your spirit guide and the Chakras, or your energy centers. Just what is meditation? Meditation is an activity of the mental consciousness. It involves one part of the mind, observing, analyzing, and dealing with the rest of the mind.
By Veronica DiFiore9 years ago in Longevity
How to Use Meditation to Treat Anxiety and Stress. Top Story - September 2017.
Meditation can seem daunting to those who are unfamiliar with the practice, and often people believe that there is no way they can possibly clear their mind for long enough to achieve any benefit. We often visualise meditation as the Buddhist monks sitting with their hands upturned on their crossed legs, chanting 'Um' repeatedly. Of course, this image is correct for some methods of meditation practice, but this is not the image you should associate with meditating.
By Anna Pembrey9 years ago in Longevity
10 Days of Silence
The first three days are easy! I am so cocky, virtually skipping through the residence shouting “I’m a great meditator! I’m a great meditator!” (in Noble Silence, of course). How liberating the strict timetable is; I am so free. So much delight in the minimal choices I have to make: round bowl or square plate? Meditate in the hall or in the dormitory? I’m going to sit in THIS seat to eat my breakfast. I make my bed all neat and French plait my hair. I am having so much fun.
By Emma Tapsell9 years ago in Longevity