Posts Tagged ‘how to meditate’

• Wake Up Get Up

  written by YeShey on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

  Like any positive change, getting to the cushion, waking up a bit earlier – requires effort. At first it may require a lot of effort until it becomes a new habit, a new behaviour, a new way of being.

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• Inner Practice

  written by YeShey on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

  Every time I sit down to discuss my practice with my teacher; the first thing that he always reminds me is that the inner practice is the most important. I also hear  Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo commenting again and again on the need for each of us to watch our mind. What if [...]

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• Why are you meditating? What’s your motivation?

  written by Simone on Saturday, June 12th, 2010

   “Why am I meditating?” is the single most important question to ask and answer for yourself as you begin. Honestly, some early mornings, my motivation or goals, or hopes for some future state of mind are the only reason I meditate.  Knowing, honestly why you are meditating will help you get onto the cushion when [...]

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• What is mindfulness? Why does it matter?

  written by Simone on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

   Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to our inner world and the world around us.  Here is a little exercise we sometimes give to gain an understanding of what mindfulness or meditation is and why it is vital in creating an inner world by your own design and an outer world that [...]

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• Children, meditation and world peace

  written by Simone on Monday, January 11th, 2010

  Last year the David Lynch Foundation along with the Transcendental Meditation Program launched a campaign to “Teach One Million At-Risk Youth to Meditate.” The goal of their global peace initiative is to bring meditation to youth, parents and staff in schools around the world in hopes of reducing the effects of stress [...]

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• Why meditation doesn’t work

  written by Simone on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

  From The Bible to The Secret  (not that I have put them in the same category) there is a huge breadth and depth of spiritual programs, people and practices teaching us how to live our best lives, be happier, more successful, fulfilled and realized.  Without fail, they mostly all tell us, usually in Chapter One, that we must [...]

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