Insights for February 2014
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I have been trying to better understand the hype and buzz around the word "mindfulness" when it didn't seem like people were meditating. This article explains the difference between mindfulness meditation and simple everyday mindfulness. He advocates for simple everyday mindfulness and I think for some people that is a good solution and possible to manifest for benefits. I also think that classic relaxation techniques are helpful for alleviating stress. But for many, mindfulness mediation, or vipassana and it's precursor, concentration, or samatha mediation, or the classic deeper meditation practice, is more useful.http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/more-mindfulness-less-meditation/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Which meditation method is right for you? This article explains five different meditation methods and will give you good general insights into these methods. Please contact me if you would like to talk about these and which will work best for you. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/health/which-meditation-method-is-for-you/story-fnivsuep-1226814003078
Meditation app (!) - this looks pretty good - check it out - and let me know how it works for you! http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/technology/software/meditation-apps-aim-to-lift-spirits-1.1641083#.UvEcc2SwKmA
There is so much buzz around meditation! Here is really good online source teaching classic technique. This is the same method I teach. Please contact me if you are interested in starting a meditation practice. http://whatmeditationreallyis.com/index.php/dare-to-meditate/item/15-6-meditation-methods.html
“It is when we are trapped in incessant streams of compulsive thinking that the universe really disintegrates for us, and we lose the ability to sense the interconnectedness of all that exists.” Eckhart Tolle
"A lot of people try to counteract the ‘I am not good enough’ with ‘I am good enough.’ In other words, they take the opposite and they try to invest it. That still keeps the world at the level of polarities. The art is to go behind the polarities. So the act is to go not to the world of ‘I am good’ to counteract ‘I am bad,’ or ‘I am lovable’ as opposed to ‘I am unlovable.’ But go behind it to ‘I am.’ I am. I am. And 'I am' includes the fact that I do crappy things and I do beautiful things and I am. That includes everything and I am. As you start to rest in the I am-ness, from that place, you can start to set boundaries on the way you play the game and become more impeccable in the way you play it." Ram Dass, Love Serve Remember
"Wisdom arises through the simple act of giving someone or something your full attention. Attention is primordial intelligence, consciousness itself. It joins the perceiver and the perceived in a unifying field of awareness. It is the healer of separation.” Eckhart Tolle
“If you have not found that which is timeless or formless in yourself, then nothing that you manifest will satisfy you.” Eckhart Tolle
It's an Eckhart Tolle day (!): “The significant is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.” Eckhart Tolle
"The capacity of the mind to label reality is not the same as the capacity of the soul to full experience reality." Mark Jones, Healing the Soul. http://www.plutoschool.com/
"Life expresses itself through the field of reality in which we are self-conscious centers of co-creative experience." Mark Jones, Healing the Soul. http://www.plutoschool.com/
"From the point of empowerment we better understand our place in the Cosmos." Mark Jones, Healing the Soul. http://www.plutoschool.com/
Relationships:
Have you ever wanted really good, straightforward, reasonable relationship advise? This is a great article: Stay in the Canoe & Keep Paddling. Harville Hendrix offers valuable advice to couples for successfully navigating the currents of life when in a deep relationship. http://www.eomega.org/learning-paths/relationships-amp-family/Harville-Hendrix-stay-in-the-canoe-paddle