16 October 2018

Effortless Meditation


The art of doing nothing
Effortless Meditation is one of the rare occasions when we are Not Doing Anything
A space to recognize the Natural Perfection of Simply Being
Without any resistance to whatever is present

The method is simple
Just sit in a noble was as the Buddha
Just Breathe Naturally
& Just BE

Effortless Meditation has no technique
No Judgement
No Goals or Aims
Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is field of Pure Presence
The Silent Aware Witness
No effort to change anything
No effort to remove or transform anything

Effortless Meditation is the Ultimate State of Rest
Beyond all Duality

Effortless Meditation help to realize that Peace is already fully present and complete
When we can fully accept the NOW Present Moment
AS IT IS

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15 October 2018

10 Scientific Health Benefits of Meditation



10 Scientific Health Benefits of Meditation

             1 - Meditation helps regulate anxiety disorder and helps to remain calm under pressure
             2 - Meditation increases grey matter in the brain making us wiser
             3 - Meditation helps reduce drug and alcohol abuse and abstain for longer
             4 - Meditation improves our attention and focus bringing clarity into our life
             5 - Meditation help reduce perception of strong pain and improves our ability to manage
                  chronic pain
             6 - Meditation helps manage ADHD and helps us concentrate for longer
             7 - Meditation reduces risk of heart diseases and stroke and reduces blood pressure
             8 - Loving & Kindness Meditation improves empathy and helps create positive
                  relationships
             9 - Meditation helps overcome sleep disorders and improves our quality of sleep
            10 - Meditation creates an inner state of deep peace and a sense of well-being

WE LOVE MEDITATION
           

14 October 2018

Neuroscientist Shannon Odell reveals how Meditation could lead to a longer life span



Contrary to the popular stereotype, meditation isn’t just for hairy, granola-loving hippies. In fact, the science is pretty conclusive: Meditation can significantly benefit all brains. Shannon Odell, Inverse’s resident neuroscientist, hung out with the founder of the New York Meditation Center for the day in order to find out more about all of these benefits.

One of the most prominent advantages of meditation is in memory and attention. Longtime meditators show increased performance in cognitive skills for focus-based tasks. Even among Alzheimer’s patients, just eight weeks of meditation showed significantly increased memory function and cognitive performance among subjects. So, if you’re finding it hard to remain focused on this video, maybe it’s time for you to take up meditation.
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Meditation can also lead to an increase in the ability to emotionally regulate. While emotional regulation may sound easy enough on paper, in practice, it can be incredibly difficult and have a significant impact on your mental health. The practice of meditation, however, leads to greater control of activity in the amygdala — also known as the area of the brain that controls how we respond to potentially threatening situations — and in turn, the intensity of our emotions.
For beginning meditators, claiming to not feel anything is a pretty common line of thought. Studies have shown, however, that even when subjects thought nothing was happening, there was still significant brain activity. The act of meditation has proven that sitting still and trying to clear your head will ultimately lead to more positive effects on the brain.
It can seem difficult to get into the right mindset, but Michael Miller of the NYMC says that “noise is no barrier to meditation,” so don’t worry if you have loud roommates or live directly under train tracks. What’s important is learning how to meditate on a regular basis.
WE LOVE MEDITATION

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Beth Inglehart What do you do when that person is you?
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Cyril JosephYou manage the membership, moderators, settings, and posts for WE LOVE FRESH-AIR. Beth Inglehart - Trust and believe in yourself that you can change for the better and keep trying every day to the best of your ability... :-)
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Beth Inglehart Cyril Joseph that has not worked so far....
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Cyril JosephYou manage the membership, moderators, settings, and posts for WE LOVE FRESH-AIR. Beth Inglehart - Then try something bigger that you have not done before - like (1) Move to a new house or city, (2) Hire a Life Coach or Counselor, (3) Go for 2-3 Week Long Spiritual Retreat, (4) Seek Help from Trusted Friends and Trusted Family Members, (5) Volunteer at some Local Non-Profit to gain new perspectives, (6) Join Fitness Class to improve healthy and diet and (7) much more. This is your LIFE and only you can MAKE A DIFFERENCE by taking RIGHT ACTION... :-)
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Beth Inglehart Cyril Joseph these are perfect suggestions. However, I hear you say, "run away from the problem." We have been doing this our whole lives, life after life and it has only lead to pain, suffer, violence and war. 

Perhaps look at taking responsibility for abuse to the world rather than running from it. It'll catch up to us all one way or another. Perhaps we should end it for good by owning it.
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Cyril JosephYou manage the membership, moderators, settings, and posts for WE LOVE FRESH-AIR. Beth Inglehart - You are correct. If an individual does not have skills to solve a problem then they will most likely fail at it. So it is better and wise to first develop the skills and techniques to create solutions and after that attempt towards resolving a complicated situation. Taking Responsibility does not mean to fix something that an individual does not know how to fix and later on feel guilty or sad. Taking Responsibility means first learning how to fix something and then fixing it successfully. Children first go to school, college and then after they grow into adults they get a job or run a business. Children first learn the skills needed and then contribute to society when they are ready. Same logic applies in all aspects of life. First we need to acquire the skills and then tackle the big problems... :-) Until then we must learn and develop our skills and abilities... :-)
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01 October 2018

3 Steps to Happiness


Meditation allows the Caterpillar to know it is a Butterfly




Just as a caterpillar doesn’t know it can fly until it experiences its own metamorphosis, most human beings are not sure of their Divinity. They doubt it, unless they are offered a moment of grace where life is experienced in an entirely different way from the habitual waking state reality. A distinct experience of a different dimension often helps us confirm what we may have hoped for or suspected for the bigger part of our lives: that there truly is more to us than what we see in the mirror, or what the world around us is telling us.

Most everybody has had such a moment at some point in their lives. It may have occurred during a breathtaking instant in nature, while experiencing the ecstasy of being in love, at the sight of a newborn baby or even during an accident, when time seems to stand still: The common denominator of such an experience is that the sky seems to open, the usual sensory perceptions appear as extremely heightened or even suspended - and only infinite peace, beauty and stillness remain. Most of the time these glimpses of a different reality are fleeting. They last for a short moment and then we fall back into the habitual human perception of everyday life.

Even though it may have been just a glimpse, something inside gets transformed irrevocably. To touch the space inside that is eternal and infinite leaves a mark in our consciousness. We are reminded of who we truly are: A Divine Being living in a human form for a time. Situations like these are Life’s gifts to help us remember our True Nature and to inspire us to cultivate and live that knowledge.

The normal waking state however doesn’t allow us to live the knowledge of our True Nature. The constant chatter of our minds and the ongoing perception of things and forms are covering the state of unchanging peace that is at the back of all our human experiences. If we want to live a different dimension, we need to cultivate a different state of being, a state that is not rooted in the activities of the mind.

That is what Meditation offers: In simply closing our eyes, we enter a different dimension. We notice that the chatter of the thoughts may still rise and fall like waves in the ocean - yet the ocean itself, the infinite water, is not affected by the waves, movement or objects moving in it. Ocean water remains ocean water, whether is is placid or whether it is churned by a storm. In the same way, we notice that with eyes closed, we are witnessing the coming and going of thoughts, but as the Watcher or Knower, we are not affected by the thoughts or their movement. Once we realize that we Are that Watcher, the thoughts become nothing more than innocuous flow of movement. We notice that our True Identity as that Knower is free from the thoughts and their content. Through practice, our identification shifts from believing that we are the thoughts to knowing ourselves as the Knower, forever Free and Blissful. Thus Meditation reveals that the Knower is infinite, pure and never ever separate from its Divinity - it reminds the caterpillar in us that we are, always have been and always will be Butterflies that fly free...