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Meditation is an exercise for your mind that you do by sitting in silence. You can read more about the science of meditation at Wikipedia here, where you’ll find that there are many different forms of meditation, and that prayer is also a form of meditation. The overall goal in meditating is to silently concentrate and quiet your thoughts for you to ‘just be’. Meditation has been shown to have healing properties, is excellent for stress relief and emotional release, and is one of the most important spiritual practices that you can adopt into your life.
Here is an awesome 10 minute video that can explain meditation and it’s importance a lot better than I can: (*wink)
You can learn more about the different forms of mediation at About.com’s Meditation Exercises and Resources Page. Plus there are many articles on how to meditate and meditation at eHow.com. You can even get together with others in your local area who are interested in meditating at MeetUp.com. There are also plenty of videos on the internet with examples of how to meditate such as the ones found at YouTube here.
In Deepak Chopra’s book 'The Book of Secrets’ Chopra says to meditate in the early hours to “meet the day before it begins”.
To meet the day before it begins means that you are present when it is born. You open yourself to a possibility. Because there are not yet any events, the infant day is open, fresh, and new. It could turn into anything. The meditating monks and the people at prayer want to add their influence of consciousness at that critical moment, like being present for the beginning of a baby’s life.
There is also a book by Dr. Maoshing Ni that recommends that you "Meditate Not Medicate".
Dr. Ni recommends two forms of meditation:
-Five Clouds Meditation. "This method involves visualizing colors associated with each of the five organ systems that keep us alive. Start by imagining a gathering of a cloud of the corresponding color enveloping the organ, in the order given. Green for the liver, red for the heart, yellow for the spleen, white for the lungs, and blue for the kidneys. Once you have completed all five color clouds, expand them all so that the five colors intermix and ultimately become a rainbow."
and
-Awareness Meditation. "This awareness meditation is powerful and can be done anywhere and anytime. For one minute, close your eyes and be attentive to your breath. Is your breath fast or slow, shallow or deep, short or long? Can you feel your lungs and abdomen expand and contract as you breathe? Next for one minute expand that awareness to your entire body. Is there discomfort or pain anywhere? Can you feel your digestion working? Is their movement within your abdomen? How are you sitting or lying? Can you feel the flow of energy and blood throughout your body? Finally, for one minute, expand that awareness t your outside environment. Experience the lighting conditions, temperature, subtle sounds, odor, and people nearby. What is your reaction to them? Record your observations in a notebook and review regularly for any subtle changes that may require attention."
You can also find “Meditations for Personal and Planetary Healing” in the book by Louise Hay called ‘The Power is Within’.
The meditations you will find in this book are called:
-Touching Your Inner Child
-A Healthy World
-Your Healing Light
-Receiving Prosperity
-Welcome The Child
-Love is Healing
-We Are Free to Be Ourselves
-Sharing Healing Energy
-A Circle of Love
-You Deserve Love
-A New Decade
-Spirit Am I
-A World That is Safe
-Loving All The Parts of Ourselves
-Feel Your Power
and
-The Light Has Come
You can also download a Free Guided Meditation from Meditainment here.
Or you can visit any of the websites listed below:
- About Meditation.org
- Learning Meditation.com
- Meditation Center
- Meditation Society
- Self Awareness.com
- How to Meditate.org
- Transcendental Meditation
- Meditation at the Mayo Clinic
- Meditation at Discovery Health
- Hidden Meanings: Meditation
- Hidden Meanings: Kundalini Meditation
You will find that there is a whole sub-culture devoted to meditation, and I am endorsing that the idea of meditation is something that should be more main stream.
As time progresses there are more tools and resources than ever to help you on your spiritual path and with meditation in general. There are plenty of independent theories and books on the practice of meditation and the science behind it; plus you can find many audio visual resources as well.
Here is a list of items that I found on Amazon that are related to meditating and meditation in general:
As always, you can discuss your experiences with this spiritual concept at the Spiritual Apostle Yahoo! Group as well.
The benefits of meditation are immense, and this is a practice that I thoroughly believe everyone should become familiar with. We should introduce meditation to the older, middle, and younger generations alike. Everyone can participate in this exercise, on their own terms, with their own style, in the form that they choose. The resources are available for us all to advance our meditation skills and I urge you to invest attention into this concept. Meditation can help to create a more comfortable reality for the whole, and bring each of us as individuals a lot closer to True Reality.
I hope that you enjoyed this post, and I thank you for reading as well. Take care and see you next time. Sincerely, ~Julie Phineas~
About the Author: Julie Phineas is a work at home mom of 2 who lives in Southern California. You can find out more about her and view her photos by visiting her page on MySpace.
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