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Meditation: A Time for Love

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Though many people every day all over the world sit on floors, on cushions, on their heels or on chairs in an attempt to enter into some level of inner stillness or broadened consciousness, very few actually ever manage to go very far into that sought-after state. Most people do feel more relaxed after the quiet times in which they chose to meditate. That is, in itself, a worthy result. But most wish that they could go further into the stillness, further into their inner beings, further into the … [Read more...]

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A Day of Sacred Silence

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Nine weeks at Satha Sai Baba's ashram in Puttaparthi, India! An 11-day Vipassana silent retreat in the California Sierra Nevada! A vision quest in the Mojave Desert! Invite me to consider a spiritual day trip and I'm journeying to an exotic locale where I'll adhere to an extended routine of spiritual rigor. Since escaping adolescence, I have had one foot on a path of enlightenment and the other tangled in undergrowth of modern neurosis. My wandering mind creates fluctuating levels of … [Read more...]

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Release

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I entered the dark, heated room, placed my mat on the floor, and readied myself for another guided meditation class. A circle of candles in the middle was the only light source. Our mats were placed around them, like rays of the sun, our heads at the center. The instructor began speaking. Her voice was low and smooth and reminded me of dark chocolates. Lying on my back, eyes closed and hands resting at my sides, my breathing slowed and my body felt weighted to the mat. While some near me … [Read more...]

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Answers Within: Contacting Your Inner Voice

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"The answer lies within." We hear it from the loftiest spiritual teachers to heavy metal bands like Dream Theater, but how do you do it? Often shrouded in mystery, it's had many names: clairaudience, second sight and intuition -- as well as talking to angels, spirit guides or your inner voice. Whatever you call it, it's a skill you can learn, and its roots lie in the subconscious. But only crazy people talk to themselves, right? Wrong. Psychologists have known about the unconscious mind since … [Read more...]

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Spirited Kidz: Why Meditation Benefits our Children

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Editor's note: Some names have been changed to protect privacy. "Meditation teaches you to be peaceful, to remove stress, to receive answers where confusion previously reigned." ~ Wayne Dyer Dear Nadine, I like to meditate. Do you think this is something worth teaching my daughter? Thanks. -- Meditating Mama, Duluth Dear Meditating Mama, It's September and back-to-school! Why not give your spirited kids a head-start this school year by teaching them how to meditate! All kids … [Read more...]

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New movement aims to foster peace and progress globally

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Happy Science's "Fourfold Path to Enlightenment"-- Love, Wisdom, Self-Reflection and Progress -- has come to the United States through a program of guided meditations, fellowship discussions and more, in New York City, and in centers based in Atlanta, Tampa, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. Based on the Buddhist principles of Enlightenment, Happy Science's new model is designed for the unique challenges in our modern world, with the goal of helping to achieve greater world peace, one … [Read more...]

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Books, disc & apps for the soul

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BOOKS SoulPancake: Chew on Life's Big Questions, by Rainn Wilson, Devon Gundry, Golriz Lucina and Shabnam Mogharabi (Hyperion), 224 pages, $19.99 Can men and women really be " just friends? If you only had one hour left to live, how would you spend it? What paralyzes your creativity? What fuels it? Somewhere over the course of history, chewing on Life's Big Questions lost its cool factor. Fortunately for mankind, Rainn Wilson (best known for playing Dwight Schrute on NBC's "The Office") and … [Read more...]

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Meditation workshop to slow you down

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Meditation. Is it calling you, but you can't figure out how to do it "right?" Do have a hard time sorting through all the options? If you're mystified by what this "meditation thing" is all about and you want to learn more, set aside a Saturday morning for the workshop, "Meditation for You: What...Why...How," presented by Lynne Olson. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 at the Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave. (adjacent to the College of St. Catherine) in St. … [Read more...]

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Meditating with Your Pet

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Keta, my beloved Yorkshire Terrier, has been assisting me in meditation for eight years and has consistently helped with my healing and energy work for more than four years. What can your beloved pet do for your meditations? They can help ground you. They can help hold the energy space if you need to move in and out of it. If you go elsewhere in your work, your pet's warm body next to you helps you maintain a connection with your body. Their physical presence can help bring you back … [Read more...]

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Finding Your Buffalo

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There is a story about a farmer who owns a buffalo. Not knowing that the buffalo is in its stable, the farmer goes off to search for it, thinking it has strayed from home. Starting off on his search, he sees many different buffalo footprints outside his yard. The footprints of buffalo are everywhere! The farmer then thinks, "Which way did my buffalo go?" He decides to follow one set of tracks and they lead him up into the high mountains, but he doesn't find his buffalo there. Then he follows … [Read more...]

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Clarity of each moment, for only that moment

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In the pre-dawn light of early morning, I stood at my post, observing as the doshi bowed, bowing just as he always does and as he has done more than a thousand times before. Suddenly, I was struck by a sensation of ease and opening within myself as I experienced a sense of profound clarity. I could see completely, and simply how the bow was merely itself, without significance or import; I saw how each movement was unremarkable, not representative of anything. Yet, in the moment, the act was … [Read more...]

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Releasing the Heart to Get to the Heart of the Matter

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An animal will know hours before a storm comes or an earthquake erupts. It is aware of the shifts in its environment, and it follows the optimal course of action. It knows where it needs to go and when. But most humans who are making decisions based on their minds or hearts will be so deeply connected to their own agendas, they will not realize there is a storm until the sky is black. They will not realize there is an earthquake until the ground is shaking. They will not know when they need … [Read more...]

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Meditation: What is It?

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RESOURCES Meditation Community Page | featuring members of our community who teach and share information on Meditation Meditation: A Brief History Meditation: The Experience Meditation is fairly loosely applied to a number of practices and is often taken to imply concerted thought upon a subject, often philosophical in nature. However, it is most commonly applied to the practice of clearing one's mind and by focusing on breathing, mantras or spiritual questions, incidences and figures … [Read more...]

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Meditation: A Brief History

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RESOURCES Meditation Community Page | featuring members of our community who teach and share information on Meditation Meditation: An Experience What is Meditation? It is highly conceivable that meditation was discovered by one of our ancient relatives, who after a long day hunting and gathering, sat down and slipped into an altered state of consciousness while staring at the flames of a fire. Some may argue that the experience of spending time in dark caves also could lead the mind to … [Read more...]

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Meditation: The Experience

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RESOURCES Meditation Community Page | featuring members of our community who teach and share information on Meditation Meditation: A Brief History What is Meditation? The four basic elements involved in most meditative techniques are: a quiet place to meditate, a comfortable or poised posture, an object to focus on and a passive attitude. A Quiet Place -- It's important for you to find a place that will let you be completely relaxed. Try to eliminate as many noises and distractions … [Read more...]

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