Survey Results: How Many Times a Week do You Meditate

Meditation Study 

This past Monday, we ran our first survey on Mastery of Meditation & Yoga and am happy to report it all went very smooth, without any technical glitches (almost :-).  The only issue was that those who receive my articles via email, did get the survey, although the text was mostly gibberish code.  I will work on trying to fix that, but besides that all has gone very well with this new fun and exciting feature.  Thanks to all of you who participated in this survey.

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Meditation Benefits for the Brain

Health Benefits of Meditation

Recently I came across an article in mainstream media that caught my attention and I thought it would be worth sharing with all of you.  The article was titled "6 Natural Cures that Actually Work," and was filed under the Alternative Medicine section at msnbc.com.  Of the 6 natural cures the article listed, meditation as one of them, and here is what it had to say about the health benefits and medical application of meditation.

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Zen Teaching of Emptiness (Shunya)

Zen Teaching of Nothingness 

There are no rules when it comes to Enlightenment, but what I have noticed is that awareness shifts out of Duality and into infinite Reality more so during quiet moments when the mind is not heavily occupied with daily activity.  It was just such a scenario that led to the shift which took place most unexpectedly last night.

Yesterday was our seventh wedding anniversary and miraculously we manged to get the kids to bed early, so we could enjoy some private celebrations, as all happy couples ought to on such special occasions.  Eventually, the evening wound down and I found myself with the opportunity to practice my nightly meditation, which I do in bed prior to going to sleep every night.

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How to Let Go

Enlightenment Experiences via Insight Meditation

I was originally going to provide a very nice and simple yoga set to help with eye problems, but then my morning meditation session propelled an enlightenment state, sharing which I felt would be of great benefit to all of you.  So the Yoga for Eyes set will have to wait till next week, while I provide you the details behind the meditation which opened my inner eyes instead :-).

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Natural Health & Healing

How to Heal Yourself

With the accelerating growth of Mastery of Meditation, I am also receiving a growing number of emails and requests all of which, unfortunately, is difficult for me to keep up with.  I do however try to get to every request, some later than I would like, but the sheer volume makes even that impossible sometimes.  So I appreciate your patience and understanding with regard to this.

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Meditation for Beginners

Learn How to Meditate

Free Online Beginner Meditation Class - Course #100 

Interested in Meditation?  Want to learn how to meditate?  Don’t know where to begin?  Then this class is for you…

Lately I have been getting many requests from those who are new to meditation, on how to learn this wonderful spiritual science and how to establish a personal, daily meditation practice.  Perhaps this is because the widespread benefits of meditation are now well recognized by the establishment, or perhaps it is because humanity is in the midst of rising to a new level of Conscious Living.  In either case, this Beginner Meditation Class will provide those new to meditation all the guidance they need in order to learn this great art. 

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The Art of Suffering

Law of Karma 

A spiritual story… 

The Saint of Suffering

Part I - Injin the Joyous

In a small village on the banks of the great river Ganga, there lived an immensely happy boy named Injin.  He was full of the energy of life and seemed to be tapped right into the hidden stream of spontaneous joy that runs through the heart of every human being.

His contagious smile made the whole village a happy place and all the villagers loved spending time with this uplifting spirit.  All except one… the Seer.

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Cultivating a Daily Meditation Practice

Joy of Meditation

In this ongoing series on Insights from Advanced Meditation Practice, I am sharing the realizations which occur with the practice of the Silent Mind Meditation Technique, Gyan Yoga or Zen Meditation.  The insights are the notes that I put down after my daily meditation session, and their content is a reflection of that which was realized when encountering certain states of consciousness or perceiving directly the facts of our internal reality.

The quote below reflects what I think is a very key aspect of daily meditation practice.  It is the joy one gets when watching the mind in action.

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Yoga Meditation to Develop Your Psychic Powers

Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Healing

Lord Jesus Christ is loved dearly by those of us who practice Yoga and understand the power of love, forgiveness and sacrifice. According to ancient Yogic scriptures, Jesus traveled extensively through Tibet and India during what is commonly called the Lost Years of Jesus (between the ages of 13 and 30), studying and teaching the Truth during this time.  According to such yoga lore, the following meditation was one that Jesus learned and mastered, which further enhanced his great power to heal and cure others.

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