Aug 26
Meditation Tools The most important meditation tools are: Mantra – this is constant reciting of a spiritual phrase. This raises your spiritual vibration and gives something to redirect your mind away from depressive, negative thoughts or fearful thoughts. Mudra – these are hand gestures that you do in a sequence. I have been using them …
Nov 02
Ramana Maharshi’s Example of a Spiritual Life Dear Friends, We are in the month of Thanksgiving and I would like to thank all of you for sharing your presence with me, teaching me about yourselves, and giving me the opportunity to learn together with you. Thank you. I love you all. The article I am …
May 03
Meditation How and Why? Whether your faith is Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, or atheist, it doesn’t matter, all humans can benefit from meditation. Meditation at its core is the simplest and most natural human activity. It is taking time to connect with the source of who we are. When studying meditation techniques from …
Feb 10
The Transformation from Illness to Health and Steps along the Way What makes a sick person different from a healthy person, and how can people move from one side of the health equation to the other? This is truly a spiritual and temporal transformation encompassing every aspect of life. I have noticed that healthy people …
Feb 10
Rather than quoting a brilliant writing by an enlightened spiritual teacher, I will speak here about why I meditate, and the benefits to be incurred from a meditation practice. One of the most important benefits of meditation is developing the self-observer or witness. In meditating the meditator tries to quiet the mental chatter that is …
Feb 09
I have written these Mental Exercises for Inner Peace as a self awareness tool, and as a guide to help people gain control over their minds when they have difficulty breaking out of the cycle of obsessive thinking. Thoughts can locate in the body as physical and emotional reactions. Watch your thoughts and observe if …
Sep 18
Meditation for People Who Cannot Sit Still When you think of meditation what comes to your mind’s eye? An image that comes to mine is the Buddha sculptures showing the Buddha sitting cross legged or in lotus position on a lotus flower, his hands laying one on top of another with the thumbs touching on …