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Meditation Quote 79: “Meditation stops the sound-loving mind.” – Sri Chinmoy
Ready for a little experiment? Just shut your eyes for a second, and pay attention to your thoughts. Still reading? …please don’t read anymore until you have closed your eyes and paid attention to your own thoughts. 30 seconds is more than enough. What do you observe? “What if my colleagues don’t like my new…
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Your Friends Can Save You!
The other week, I got out and spent some time with friends, celebrating a birthday over laughter and amazing food on one occasion, and catching up with Amy, who I hadn’t seen in months. More lovely conversation! I remember thinking that I didn’t have time to hang out for very long. “There’s too much work to…
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Meditation, Neuroscience And Shit
Today I came across a highly interesting TEDx talk, recommended by Russell Simmons in his new book “Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple”. It is a wonderful book, and I will definitely be writing more about it in future posts. But for now, let’s get back to this talk. The talk is by Hedy Kober PhD…
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Where Is The Love?
Today, take special care to focus on the abundance in your life, the goodness, the love. Where do you see it? Where do you feel it? We sometimes get locked into a very limited view of love — that it’s something we quest for, something we reserve for “the one,” something that is hard to…
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Meditation Quote 78: “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” – Abraham Lincoln
If you’re anything like me you have a list of things that needs done (either mentally or written), and it keeps stressing you out. It used to be that my to do list ran my life, like a sadistic tyrant. Together with this to do list I had a habit of postponing the most important things on…
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Get ‘er Done!
What’s on your to-do list today? How much do you plan to get done? And once you’ve completed those tasks, will you finally rest, basking in the joy of accomplishment? Or will you fidget anxiously as you contemplate what you have yet to do? Are we really ever “done,” done? Rather than being a cause…
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Calming Seas Meditation
Swooooosh! That unmistaken sound of waves hitting the shore. Poseidon, mermaids, cleansing, the beginning of all things.. The sea has a close connection to many of us – past and present. We’ve previously shared nature meditation music from the forest with you. Here we are with meditation music (or rather, sounds) from the sea – for a…
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Catch Yourself In The Present
One day as I was making my way home in LA traffic, I noticed something. I noticed that I was wishing things were different. I was hoping for the lights to turn green upon my approach, encouraging the drivers in front of me to pick up the pace a bit, even reminiscing about the other day…
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Jon Kabat-Zinn Guided Meditation
This guided meditation is a almost 40 minutes long, and is great for both beginners and experienced meditators. It is based in mindfulness, and being non-judgmentally aware of your environment. It is led by Jon Kabat-Zinn’s calm and soothing voice, with periods of complete silence (which might be a good or bad thing depending on…
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Where Are You Rushing Off To?
Today I invite you to look at the speed of your thoughts. Notice that the stream of thinking, from the moment you wake up, until the moment you lay back down, propels you ever forward in a non-stop quest for…… what? What are we rushing around for? Why are we in such a hurry to…