Archive for the ‘Meditation’ Category
Meditation can be a very long path. If you are a serious student, you will practice for the rest of your life. Sometimes it takes years to make significant headway. Frequently, students just sit in silence wondering what is supposed to happen… if they do it long enough, eventually the change in consciousness will come. This is why some choose to forsake the rest of the world; this allows them to focus entirely on their inner journey. Of course, there are other ways.
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The poet, W. H. Auden, dubbed our time as "the Age of Anxiety". It is predictably certain, that in a post 9/11 world that is becoming aware of inconvenient truths like global warming and pandemics, general and pervasive anxiety will continue to grip the hearts and minds of growing numbers of people.
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Any auditory response related to brain signals refers to binaural beat which originates from the nucleus of each cerebral hemisphere.
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Meditation is an art that has been around since the dawn of the age of man. This is not a statement to be brushed over. After all, many many things about mankind have changed over time, but the profound art of meditation is something we have clung on to dearly. This is because there is no substitute for meditation. Nothing else, single handedly, bestows the many wonderful blessings that meditation brings… in fact nothing else even comes close.
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As far as relaxation meditation techniques go, this one is a real gem, as it is very simple, but at the same time surprisingly effective. There are no mantras to chant, no imaginary places to visualize, no self hypnosis, no elaborate Yoga Nidra scripts to follow for releasing muscle tension, none on that. All that is required is a simple yogic pose and your breath.
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The most important chakra to open first when you take up a kundalini meditation practice is the Third Eye Chakra. The Third Eye is also called the Ajan Chakra and is the sear of wisdom, intuition and psychic powers. The reason for focusing on opening this center first is so that inner guidance starts to flow and thus, help you with the rest of your spiritual practice and evolution.
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It's important to establish a daily practice and then stick to it. This doesn't mean dedicating 12 hours a day to meditation, it just means creating a space in your home where you can take a few minutes and meditate and do the exercises. I advise people to start with some of the basic exercises and devote 10 -20 minutes a day as they develop their physical and mental abilities. Many people quite simply overload themselves and expect too much too soon, then get discouraged when they don't see the results they thought they should see.
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Humanity has ever sped forward. In the west we have a totally different view of what medication really is. For science, the spiritual aspect is generally left to people to decide on and label. This unbiased view though is a great position has caused the continuance of many health problems.
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What exactly is meditation? You can reach the realm of meditation by emptying yourself, while allowing the universe to fill the void. This is the meaning of all those interesting quotes you find on the box of Meditative Time tea made by the Yogi Tea brand.
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There are many different ways to meditate.
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