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When I first began meditating, I found myself falling asleep a lot. Part of the problem (because I saw it as a problem) was meditating in the evenings. After the stress of a long work day, my mind seized on the opportunity to get quiet by going to sleep. Not unusual in our culture, as [...]
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Read the full article...Begin your period of meditation with at least a minute of gratitude. This “attitude of gratitude” has the effect of softening the heart and relaxing the body—just the qualities we want to practice in meditation. Brother David Steindl-Rast differentiates between thankfulness and gratefulness. Thankfulness depends on self and other, receiver and giver. I’m thanking someone [...]
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Read the full article...I don’t know about you, but I’m a perfectionist so that when I meditate I want to do it perfectly. In the past that meant sitting with a quiet, non-thinking, peaceful mind that never left the breath; of course, that also meant I always fell short of my ideal. After a while, when it came [...]
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Read the full article...As part of meditation, we sometimes experience unpleasant physical sensations, most commonly in the knees, back or hips. When I started meditating, I was convinced the unpleasant sensations were happening because I hadn’t found the right posture or sitting position. I have heard teachers say many times through the years that physical discomfort will likely [...]
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Read the full article...As I wrote in my previous post, when practicing mindfulness, you remain in the present moment, curious about and open to the thoughts, feelings, and surroundings just as they are…rejecting nothing, and clinging to nothing. You hold a space of equanimity. And this is just what you do when you sit in meditation…except you don’t [...]
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Read the full article...For me, meditation has always had a somewhat exotic flavor to it. When I first encountered a statue of the Buddha in a Japanese tea garden as a child, my mother told me he was contemplating his navel. Because I didn’t see what there was of interest to contemplate about a navel, I had no [...]
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Read the full article...I began meditating because of a broken relationship. When I talked my problem over with a mentor, she said, “You should meditate.” I was desperate: living in a black hole was no fun. Sometimes I felt I was standing on the edge of a cliff as anxiety threatened to push me over the edge. I [...]
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Read the full article...The following are a few suggestions to help you have a successful meditation
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Read the full article...Whether you meditate for five minutes or 45 minutes, the basic process remains the same. Here you have a how-to-meditate guide – it’s not written in stone, but gives you a place to begin. In fact, you may find instructions that differ from what you read here…& that’s fine because there is no “perfect” way [...]
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Read the full article...I want to make meditation easy & convenient for you, therefore I put together a short list of the meditation steps that I discussed in Getting Ready To Meditate. Print this page, then cut the list. If you want to change the size, go ahead, copy to another program & modify the font size.
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Read the full article...Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
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