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What is meditation and how practicing meditation can help you?

11/8/2021

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Meditation is a practice that involves focusing one's attention on one object, thought or activity. This allows for a person to become mentally clear, emotionally stable, and calm. The word meditation comes from the root word- ‘medi’ indicating median or center. So basically, meditation allows you to center and stabilize at all levels- physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

Many religious traditions have some form of meditation practices. Meditation (dhyana), which is the earliest recorded form of meditation, can be found in ancient Hindu texts called the Vedas. You can check out Vedic Ways to learn more about this wise ancient culture.

Meditation plays an important role in both Hindu as well as Buddhist contemplative repertoires. Mediation allows one to traverse beyond the usual mental noise to reach a state of calm where, one can truly hear their inner calling… it is an inner space where one can listen to the soul-urge and divine guidance. Meditation is the foundation of any real spiritual practice. 
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In addition, meditation can also provide many health benefits. As mentioned above, a good meditation technique can help you to stabilize and center within your inner being. It can help you to explore the various levels of your emotional and mental levels to reach the depths of your true inner core. Because of this, meditation can have life-changing effects on your spiritual, physical, and mental health. 

Though sitting meditation is probably the widest practiced method, one can also conduct walking or activity-based meditation such as meditative- painting or knitting.

It has been found that folks who regularly practice meditative methods tend to have lower stress levels, experience less anxiety or depression, and tend to experience more joy and vibrancy for life. Meditation has been shown to improve a person’s sense of inner peace, perception and their concept of self-worth and wellbeing.

There are many ways to meditate, and many schools of mediation. It is now easier than ever for you to find the right practice that works for you. You can listen to guided meditations, podcasts, live streams or watch a video about how to meditate. 

In today’s tech-savvy world, you can even download an app which can help you to navigate thru the various steps of a meditation technique. Given our constant involvement with technology and technical devices, there are many times where these very devices are a cause of our physical stress. So, if you choose to use an app to help you during meditation, then do maintain caution to ensure that you are not distracted by the bright screen, notifications and so on. 

As you progress with your meditation practice, you will find that it intuitively starts to connect you to deeper layers of your inner being. This is a slow and steady route and so it is important that one sticks with a chosen meditation technique. Do not jump from one method to another… instead work on bettering the technique or method you have chosen. Work on evolving the method and moulding it to your individual internal makeup and requirements. 

What is needed to obtain all these benefits is the willingness to start a meditation practice and then have the discipline to continue with the method. As you do meditation on a regular basis, you will start to observe slow steady improvements in your health, vitality, and overall life experience.
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Read further:

  • Living our life from "Our Center"- conducting our life as a "living meditation"
  • How can you center within yourself- i.e. be in Yoga-Unison with your own self, those around you and also the world at large?- A simple way to break-free of the 'repeat cycles' of time!!
  • What is Qigong? How can you benefit from this natural method of wellbeing... 
  • How simple needle crafts can help to reduce stress and aid with Earth Friendly- Green Sustainable Living
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Meditation,   Self Development ,  and   Ways To Relax

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Energizing, Invigorating or Relaxing Desk Potpourri (Quick Ways to Energize and Relax series)

2/3/2021

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Here is another quick tip, to energize or relax yourself as you work thru the day. I am saying energize or relax, because some of us have very stressful jobs and in that case, it is nice to have items in our vicinity that can help us to relax and re-invigorate. On the other hand, there are those folks who tend to do work which are repetitive and so, after a little while, it can get a bit monotonous; in which case, it helps to have something energizing to brighten up the day.
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So, what can we do? One of the easy and natural ways to energize or relax while you work is to keep a simple herbal potpourri on your work desk. 
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Take a few twigs of rosemary, oregano, thyme or a few cloves, cinnamon sticks and dried orange rinds and place them in a small plate or a small wide bowl. These two herbal combinations will make a more invigorating potpourri mix.

If you are looking to relax, then you can add herbs like lavender, basil, cardamom and so on.

Dried herbs usually tend to have a stronger fragrance and so are typically used to make potpourri, though there is nothing to suggest that you cannot use fresh herbs. Though, if you are using fresh herbs, then you may want to keep them in a small bottle or vase with water (so they will stay fresh).

Also keep in mind that if you are using completely natural potpourri made from just dried herbs with no extra spray of essential oils, then it is possible that you may not smell it too easily or strongly. Which should help people with extra-smell-sensitivities, though usually, their allergies are because of the synthetic fragrances. Most people like and feel comforted with such natural, herbal aromas.  

As you take short breaks throughout your workday, you can then relax your hand and wrists. Close your eyes and allow them a little rest (as they can get very tired with computer glare, as we all know) and then take a sniff or two of your invigorating or relaxing potpourri mix.
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It should help you to feel re-charged and invigorated (or relaxed, depending on your choice of herbs) so you can continue working the segment with zeal and inspiration!  
​Categories: 
Comfortable Living,   Life Management,    How To...,  Ways To Energize and Ways To Relax

Keywords and Tags:
#energizeyourself #restandrelaxation #RandR #destress #stressmanagement #relaxation #rejuvenate #quickwaystoenergize #energy   #relax #invigorate #potpourri #herbalpotpourri #Frenchpotpourri #lifemanagement
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    Our Journey to "Oneness" 

    It is a journey and like all journeys, it is set with many moments of challenges and accomplishments. 

    But when one's heart is true and the decision is made to "be the best that one can be", then each challenge merely seems like a stepping stone, to be overcome to reach and experience new heights of existential living.

    Hope you find these notes inspiring enough to initiate your own journey...
     
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    Here you will find thoughts, ideas, musings and  insights which make us reflect on the nature of our life and reality. I hope that these will connect with you. 


    These articles address the various insights, lessons and at times modern-interpretations of techniques and methods of ancient wisdom (particularly Vedic Culture) and also Shamanism, Buddhism, Druid- Paganism, Sufi Islam and Taoism. 

    It tries to bring the wisdom of ancient, insightful ways to benefit a modern, evolving and conscious lifestyle.

    Frankly it brings many of the spiritual concepts to  a "real  life" level!!

    Think of this guidance as "Spirituality for the Rest of Us"... folks who  have families,  careers,  material goals & ambitions  and so on... the ones  who cannot simply extrapolate what  typical spiritual gurus and guides say, when they live special monastic lives.  


    Each one of us may have different life situations but ultimately we are all ONE life and we all go thru these myriads of situations, experiences, thoughts and feelings at some point or other in time. 

    Read along and see how these lessons, insights and guidance can help you to chalk out your own path to 'One-ness'- where you are successful, healthy and Happy.   
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