Meditation Notes

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0a9785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Healing Practice</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Healing Practice"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the Practice"><U>About the Practice</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acceuil en français"><U>Acceuil en français</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book a Session / Contact"><U>Book a Session / Contact</U></A>   |   <A HREF="clinical_hypnosis___nlp.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clinical Hypnosis NLP"><U>Clinical Hypnosis & NLP</U></A>   |   <A HREF="therapies___clinical_hypnosis__nlp__gestalt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Therapies "><U>Therapies </U></A>   |   <A HREF="stop_smoking_therapy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stop Smoking Therapy"><U>Stop Smoking Therapy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Free Self Help Tests "><U>Free Self Help Tests </U></A>   |   <B>Meditation Notes</B>   |   <A HREF="a_prayer_for_our_times___james_d_argantel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Prayer for our Times"><U>A Prayer for our Times</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links Resources"><U>Links & Resources</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="0aad2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Meditation Notes</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Good Meditation Practice</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Why meditate?</B></div> <bR> <div> Meditation:</div> <bR> <div> - leads not only to relaxation but ultimately familiarises you with the nature of spirit and imbues your daily life.</div> <bR> <div> - in purifying your flood of thoughts by eliminating their bustle, acts like a hyphen between your spirit and conscience, lifting the latter.</div> <bR> <div> - unifies your physical body and your spirit in an instant: being one, only NOW.</div> <bR> <div> - allows you to change a confused and negative view into a precise and positive take on the moment.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Personal Practice:</B></div> <bR> <div> Meditate without expectation - don't envisage any goal or issue to be taken on.</div> <bR> <div> Don't be too solemn in your meditation practice. Muster a smile and while you do that you even forget that you are meditating.</div> <bR> <div> Educate your spirit/mind in your daily practice to concentrate. Meaning: when you eat you eat, when you sleep you sleep, etc. Don't mix things.</div> <bR> <div> Everything in your daily life is a pretext for mediation. In your travel/movement routines. Like getting from A to B or just doing chores in the house; get into the habit of becoming aware/conscious of each of your footsteps and time them with your breathing rhythm.</div> <bR> <div> Avoid meditating before you go to sleep and also after you have eaten; those are not the right instances to begin meditation.</div> <bR> <div> Do some very light callisthenics (i.e. knee bending) after each meditation session to loosen up and deepen your experience.</div> <bR> <div> You can meditate in any position you wish. It is, however, quite unnecessary to suffer in discomforting positions - they distract more than aid you. In the first instance opt for seated position, alert and precise, in which you can let go and relax.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>.... and how:</B></div> <bR> <div> Find a place suitable for your practice, either in your house or in nature.</div> <bR> <div> Try it with soft music that has a rich bass sound.</div> <bR> <div> Relax with 5 cycles of deep breathing (inhale through nose / exhale through mouth) - don't force it.</div> <bR> <div> Focus your attention on the posture and rhythm adopted through your breathing by visualising the centre of your physical energy pulsing a few centimetres below your navel.</div> <bR> <div> Give over to spirit - don't try to control your thoughts by directing them. Let them rise and sink as they arrive. Observe them (as if they were not yours) without commentary or conceptualisation.</div> <bR> <div> Begin to gradually meditate if you are new to this - begin with once every two/three days and then daily.</div> <bR> <div> There is no time limit as such - it is always batter to have 5 minutes of mental presence then 2 hours of somnification. 20 minutes, so it seems, is the golden middle for beginners.</div> <bR> <div> In you, and nowhere else, can be found all the answers ou seek. Meditation is spiritual essence that animates those areas of your life you want to explore - all by itself.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> n</div> <div> <U>    P    </U></div> <div> © 2003-2011 eXTempora limited - All rights reserved.</div> <div> Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of any component of this site, in whole, in part, or as a derivative, </div> <div> is in violation of applicable US federal copyright laws and international copyright treaties.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>