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Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2009, Stillness

Arise out of fear!

To him who is in fear, everything rustles. – Sophocles

  • How many fears are you harboring in your life?
  • How many of these fears are actually conscious ones? How many lie deeper still?
  • What do these fears cost you, your life and family?
  • How would your life be if you were calm, peaceful, at-ease and fearless!?
  • When do you plan to answer some of these questions for yourself?

Meditation Tip #3:

Start with Tip #2 and then once you feel settled let yourself relax even further. Now connect with your inner self by consciously putting your attention on your heart. You’ll notice that your attention so far had been inside your head and now can shift, if you let it.

Notice all thoughts as they arise. Just notice them, do not attach to them. As soon as you notice that you’ve attached to a particular thought and followed it, because that will happen, let go, and just be. Now notice the next thought that soon arises. At first this will happen a lot, over time though your mind will settle down, bit by bit.

The key is practice and regularity.

Can you invest just 10 minutes morning and evening, in this practice, for your own greatest benefit?

Previous meditation tips.

Recommendation: AM Meditation

Articles, Quotes - 2009

A peace beyond understanding

The quieter you become, the more you can hear. – Ram Dass

True silence can do wonders. True silence is that of the mind not that of the audible kind. As we become more still, we can observer better, we listen more intently, we perceive a lot more and our sense of intuition flowers! Inspiration and creativity is heightened when we let our mind settle down naturally.

How do you do that?

Watch yourself. Watch as thoughts arise, notice their origin, and where they lead you. Observe how you act or react to any incident. Get to know yourself intimately, in this fashion. Your effortless watching of self leads to a quiet alertness that connects you to the essence of all that is.

A peace beyond understanding, a joy inexpressible, emerges!

Recommendation: The Power of Now

Quotes - 2009

Flow with life

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.  It can’t be gained by interfering.  – Lao-tse

Lao-tse, the father of Tao, is pointing to how your lack of reaction to events can help you master them! There are 2 essential ways to react to any event. One is to attach to an event via your thoughts (and emotions), get drawn in and in turn possibly regret your reaction later.

The other is to view the event as an observer, without identifying your personality and history with the event. In this situation you’re observing without manufacturing thoughts about the situation. You’re just being, you’re just listening, you’re just flowing with what’s going on.

That in turn allows you to be the master of that event. You control your reaction to any situation, which means that you control your own happiness!

As you do this with every event in your life you begin to flow with life, a happy unperturbed camper at all times!

Recommendation: Tao Te Ching

Quotes - 2009

Dwell on the present moment

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. – Buddha 

Which is why the Now moment is called the eternal present. The now moment is all that exists.

When we recollect the past, it’s all in our thoughts, when we envision or worry about the future it’s all in our thoughts, it’s made up reality. This doesn’t mean we don’t reminisce on pleasant memories or design a favorable future, but it does mean that all the action is in the NOW!

To be most happy, to be healthy and disease free we ought to focus our awareness on what’s going on right now, to fully live it and to fully enjoy it!

Like they say “Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift, hence it’s called the Present!”

Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle video on ‘Why not to react to the content in your life’

Quotes - 2009

Are you awake today?

Only that day dawns to which we are awake. – Henry David Thoreau

It could be an entire day before we realize it’s gone! Does that happen to you?

We must become aware of ourselves as we pass through a unique day, that’s made up of unique moments and experiences. If we are constantly manufacturing thoughts about what’s going on with us or who’s doing what to us, then we won’t awaken to that day or that moment.

The only way to smell the rose is to awaken fully to the rose (not thoughts/concepts about it) and experience it fully for what it is.

 

Recommendation: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2009, Stillness

Stretch your wings out

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Even when the air currents are ascending, no bird can soar except by outstretched wings. – The Urantia Papers

 

This quote is informing on two fronts!

  1. That there is a Universal (or life) current which we can attach ourselves to, which will take us to wherever we need to go.
  2. And that we must make the minimum effort required to participate in that Universal program!

To connect with this Life source meditation helps tremendously.

Meditation Tip #2: Sit down (at least thrice a day or when you need to feel the calm), close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths.

The breaths should be long drawn, held for a few seconds and then exhaled slowly. This relaxes your body and starts to relax your mind.

Breathe naturally now. Put your full attention on your breath. Watch and experience the breath as it goes in/out. Notice how you might lose track and get lost in a thought. Notice this too. And then put your attention back on the breath.

Practice for 5 minutes!

 

Reference: Meditation Tip #1

Recommendation: The Center Within