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May, 2010

  1. Find The Right Meditation Technique For You

    14/05/2010 by Admin

    When you first start with meditation, you may want to try out different meditation techniques, and use the one you like best. If you are tense and unable to relax, it is perhaps the wrong technique for you?. Try another .. But do not expect to be completely relaxed the first few times you meditate, you will experience deeper meditations eventually. What is important, is that you find a position that you feel is comfortable for you
    You can use many different techniques: Audio, mantras, light, breathing techniques, your music, counting, relaxing yoga positions, visualization, staring at a certain object / photo / mandala / points etc, kirtan, dance and movement to get into a meditative state.
    The correct technique will give you the feeling of peace, light and joy, refreshed and more energy ect. . You must like the technique and be able to relax in it. Maybe you need to practice a while on a technique before you begin to master it. Once you get used to it and feel that you’ve mastered it, the rest will follow. Have patience. A great way to understand this is to think of it as a relationship that develops. First, you meet someone, get contact. And you spend some time together, talking and sharing thoughts and feelings, we develop the relationship. The next stage melts together with that person in a deep friendship, partner relationship or marriage. Then you and I are one.
    Meditation is a practice, the more you practice the better you get, and it will be easyer to obtain a relaxed and meditative state. And eventually this relaxed peace of mind will intigrate with your day to day life.

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  2. Meditation is healthy

    11/05/2010 by Admin

    People have been doing meditation for thousands of years and now researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to find out if it really has any effect on us.

    Eight weeks of meditation
    41 people were divided into two random groups, where one had to go to weekly meditation and do daily exercises at home. The rest lived as usual, and thus acted as a control group.

    After eight weeks of meditation, scientists measured the electrical activity in the anterior part of the brain. As it turned out the meditators group had increased activity on the left side, something you often see when people feel positive and optimistic. Such activity is also associated with reduced anxiety and a general positive feeling state.

    Strengthened immune system
    To test the meditation effect on the immune system, all 41 was given influenza vaccine

    after the experiment. This means specifically that the immune system reacts, and stock antibody, and thus researchers could see if meditation made any difference.

    It did. Both four and eight weeks after the vaccine the group that meditated had a much higher level of antibodies in the blood.

    - Although this was a smal studie, and they have to investigate more on the field to say, the result is very encouraging, “said Dr. Richard Davidson, who heads the project. University of Wisconsin-Madison has one of the few communities in the world to research on meditation.

    Cooperating with the Dalai Lama
    The researchers have included collaboration with the Dalai Lama, and he has been one of the world’s foremost practitioners of meditation that now is joining the researchers team. Lama on his side was very interested in the university’s brain-scanning equipment.

    The aim of this investigation to determine whether meditation can really be a useful tool in medicine, psychology and education, says the team. Currently, they do surveys on a group of people who meditated regularly for over 30 years.

    But the road to knowledge is still long. This first survey was just a little test that can provide a more firm conclusion that meditation is healthy, and it looks promising, this is definitely worth further research.

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  3. Counting Breath “SCIENCE OF BREATH”

    08/05/2010 by Admin

    Counting the breath is probably the most encouraged meditation for beginners. It is highly recomended for beginners because it is a great practice to begin aquainting oneself with both sitting still and with breaking free from discursive though. That being said, this practice should not be thought of as being pedestrian because if it is truly followed, it is no different than even the “advanced” practices.

    1. Zen meditation allows the mind to relax, please follow theses easy instructions. Sit on the forward third of a chair or a cushion on the floor.
    2. Arrange your legs in a position you can maintain comfortably. In the half-lotus position, place your right leg on your left thigh. In the full lotus position, put your feet on opposite thighs. You may also sit simply with your legs tucked in close to your body, but be sure that your weight is distributed on three points: both of your knees on the ground and your buttocks on the round cushion. On a chair, keep your knees apart about the width of your shoulders, feet firmly planted on the floor.
    3. Take a deep breath, exhale fully, and take another deep breath, exhaling fully.
    4. With proper physical posture, your breathing will flow naturally into your lower abdomen. Breathe naturally, without judgement or trying to breathe a certain way.
    5. Keep your attention on your breath whilst practicing this zen meditation. When your attention wanders, bring it back to the breath again and again — as many times as necessary! Remain as still as possible, following your breath and returning to it whenever thoughts arise.
    6. Be fully, vitally present with yourself. Simply do your very best. At the end of your sitting period, gently swing your body from right to left in increasing arcs. Stretch out your legs, and be sure they have feeling before standing.
    7. Practice easy Zen meditation every day for at least ten to fifteen minutes (or longer) and you will discover for yourself the treasure house of the timeless life of zazen — your very life itself.

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  4. Zen Meditation

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    meditation1. Zen meditation allows the mind to relax, please follow theses easy instructions. Sit on the forward third of a chair or a cushion on the floor.

    2. Arrange your legs in a position you can maintain comfortably. In the half-lotus position, place your right leg on your left thigh. In the full lotus position, put your feet on opposite thighs. You may also sit simply with your legs tucked in close to your body, but be sure that your weight is distributed on three points: both of your knees on the ground and your buttocks on the round cushion. On a chair, keep your knees apart about the width of your shoulders, feet firmly planted on the floor.

    3. Take a deep breath, exhale fully, and take another deep breath, exhaling fully.

    4. With proper physical posture, your breathing will flow naturally into your lower abdomen. Breathe naturally, without judgement or trying to breathe a certain way.

    5. Keep your attention on your breath whilst practicing this zen meditation. When your attention wanders, bring it back to the breath again and again — as many times as necessary! Remain as still as possible, following your breath and returning to it whenever thoughts arise.

    6. Be fully, vitally present with yourself. Simply do your very best. At the end of your sitting period, gently swing your body from right to left in increasing arcs. Stretch out your legs, and be sure they have feeling before standing.

    7. Practice easy Zen meditation every day for at least ten to fifteen minutes (or longer) and you will discover for yourself the treasure house of the timeless life of zazen — your very life itself.

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  5. Mindfulness Meditation

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    What is Mindfulness Meditation

    Mindfulness is a type of meditation that essentially involves focusing on your mind on the present. To be mindful is to be aware of your thoughts and actions in the present, without judging yourself.
    Research suggests that mindfulness meditation may improve mood, decrease stress, and boost immune function.

    How to Do It

    1. Find a quiet and comfortable place. Sit in a chair or on the floor with your head, neck and back straight but not stiff.
    2. Try to put aside all thoughts of the past and the future and stay in the present.
    3. Become aware of your breathing, focusing on the sensation of air moving in and out of your body as you breathe. Feel your belly rise and fall, the air enter your nostrils and leave your mouth. Pay attention to the way each breath changes and is different.
    4. Watch every thought come and go, whether it be a worry, fear, anxiety or hope. When thoughts come up in your mind, don’t ignore or suppress them but simply note them, remain calm and use your breathing as an anchor.
    5. If you find yourself getting carried away in your thoughts, observe where your mind went off to, without judging, and simply return to your breathing. Remember not to be hard on yourself if this happens.
    6. As the time comes to a close, sit for a minute or two, becoming aware of where you are. Get up gradually.The Personal Power CourseWhat truth am I talking about? I am talking about truth of the ground of mind, which can enter into the ordinary and the sacred, into the pure and the polluted, into the absolute and the conventional, and yet is not the absolute, conventional, ordinary, and sacred, but is able to give names to all the absolute, conventional, ordinary, and sacred. Someone who has realized this cannot be labeled by the absolute or the conventional, by the ordinary or sacred. If you can grasp it, then use it, without labeling it any more. This is called the mystic teaching.

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