Thank God

Should you find it hard to get to sleep tonight;

Just remember the homeless family who has no bed to lie in.

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Should you find yourself stuck in traffic; don’t despair.

There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.

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Should you have a bad day at work;

Wishes before meditation

” I love everybody. My love compassion and kindness is for everyone. “
” May I find true happiness.”

” May all people who are close to my heart- my family, my parents, my very close friends; they all find true happiness.”

” May all people on earth- whether I know them or not, whether I like them or not, all find their true happiness. “

“May they all find true happiness. I love them all. Everybody is my friend. No one is my enemy”

An interesting experiment to understand the consciousness within

[This document is taken with admiration and respect, from http://www.meditationiseasy.com/mCorner/self.htm]

Meditation deals with contacting the ‘consciousness‘ within us, which by its very nature is peaceful, calm and rejuvenating.

In order to understand mediation, it is important  to know this ‘consciousness’.

In the spiritual language, this consciousness is known as ’self’ . From now onward I will refer this consciousness as ‘Self’

Here is a very interesting  experiment to know the presence of this consciousness (self)  in you. You can do this experiment right now. In the next 10 minutes you’ll experience the presence of self in you.

A practical test:

Just choose a word , any word. It may be anything.

Omkar – purity in relaxation, power in mental control

What a strange word.  “Omkar” is a wonderful, simple, yet powerful breathing exercise. It is the repeated saying or singing of the word “aum” pronounced as “aauuummmmm” with each breath for 10 seconds or so.

Omkar delightfully encourages:

1. proper & deep breathing
2. it relaxes the mind
3. it concentrates the mind
4. it connects the body with the mind
5. it echos our internal anxiety
6. increase the amount of oxygen in your blood

HOW

1. Take a deep breath in.

meditations for kids

Wow, Amazon.co.uk just delivered my order.  In the order was a CD by Christine Kerr called “enchanted meditations for kids”.  It’s so lovely.  So well done.  Such delightful guided meditations – a mix of relaxation and special friend/security meditations for children.  …and adults?

Another book is “moonbeam” by Maureen Garth.  Such delightful ideas too – inspiring and very positive.