Meditation at work – Part 2: How to meditate at work
Learn about the 5 major benefits of meditation at work as well as 5 meditation techniques designed for the easy practice of meditation at work.
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Spiritual Awakening: 10 important signs and symptoms of Spiritual Awakening
Spiritual Awakening is the holy grail for many on the spiritual or growth path. Read about the 10 most important signs and symptoms of spiritual awakening
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No thought state of mind
Meditators often want to achieve a state of “no thought” or “no mind”. I remember when I was practicing zen meditation as well as Vipassana, I put in a lot of energy into achieving the state of no thought. I imagined that it was an important milestone on the way to joy. It turns out
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“No thought” is not the objective
If you practice meditation, you may believe that the objective of meditation is to achieve a state of “no thought”. You may have wrestled a lot with achieving that state during your practice and found that it is anything but easy. But why is it so difficult to get to a state of no thought?
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Meditation at work: The top 5 benefits of meditating at work – Part 1
The challenges of meditation at work: Forget meditation at work, for most of us, meditation in general can be a challenge at the best of times. At home, even at night when it is quiet and tranquil, dragging myself to meditate on some days just appears to be impossible. The phone, laptop, or television beckon
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Inspired Action Part 1: Act on your inspiration immediately
You wake up one morning and go through your routine. While taking a shower (where else?), you get an inspired brainwave. Maybe you read an article the day before or heard something during a discussion that triggered the brainwave. Your brain worked silently overnight, and inspiration just popped into your head, apparently from nowhere. Now
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Guided meditation: good or bad?
If you’re a beginner at meditation, you may want to know whether guided meditation is a good tool and whether it is worth trying them out. What is Guided Meditation? Guided meditation is exactly that: a teacher is guiding you step by step through the process of meditation. You use guided meditations achieve a specific
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World peace through diced vegetables
Last evening, I was in the mood for a spicy vegetable and lentil stew. My mouth was watering at the prospect of having a delicious rice with stew combo. There was a *small* hurdle to that plan which was that I can’t cook to save my life! Yet, I wanted to see what I could
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The simplest, easiest meditation ever: One breath meditation
You’ve read the books and attended the retreats. You know the benefits of meditation: peace, joy, and calm. And meditating for an hour daily is an excellent practice – one that each of us could use to be happier. But actually practicing meditation every day is more challenging than ever. Of the many possible reasons,
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Retreats and training intensives: greatly beneficial or a waste of time?
So, you’ve been to an intensive, a meditation retreat, or training program that you know will benefit you tremendously. You’ve felt the anticipation of waiting to get started on a new project – Awareness meditation, Yoga, or Diet. You participated with complete enthusiasm, waking up at 4 AM, going through the rigorous, daily 12-hour schedule with
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Take your time: there’s no hurry
There are a gazillion books, articles, and movies on managing time, many of them great ones. Ironically, it’d take a lot of time to read them all, and longer still to learn from them! I’m not a management guru, and this is not an article on time management. I’m not here to explain how you
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Eating consciously
If you’re like me, meal times will be especially challenging because that’s the time you’ll tend to be at your most unconscious. For some reason, eating is an activity that is replete with distractions, including reading, talking, dreaming – anything other than the activity at hand. Why eat consciously? One major issue is that while
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Meditation in action
If I asked you to visualise yourself meditating, you’d most likely end up with an image of yourself sitting. If you’re practicing some form of sitting meditation, you’re most likely following some time honoured tradition. Meditation practices are probably as old as civilisation itself, with written records reporting practices as old as 3500 years ago.
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Night sky meditation
The night sky can be an amazing way to enter a state of deep awareness. Very few can observe a star studded night sky, far away from city lights, and not feel something. The vastness and majesty of infinite space surrounding us shuts down the mental chatter of the little me and creates a similar
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Driving as meditation
For the last few days, I’ve been experimenting with a new way of driving. Using driving as a time to meditate, and be aware, present, and mindful. My usual approach was to try to get to my destination as soon as possible. Getting to the destination was often a much higher priority than being present
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Start with your awareness blind spots
A beginner at awareness and presence is faced with a dilemma – How does one get to a state of complete presence throughout the day? Isn’t that a daunting task? It certainly is – when seen from the perspective of a person who is anticipating the future. This is one of the favorite tricks of