Do You Ever Feel Like Life is One Big Conspiracy…to Wake You the F- UP!??
Do you ever feel like life is just one big conspiracy to wake you the f* up from your distractions and habits?
Meditation and Compassion for Nurses
Science Proves that Meditation Works! You've probably read it before, either on this site or somewhere else, that meditation can foster compassion (there's even scientific evidence proving this!). And, we know through scientific research that meditation works to effect changes in the brain as well. So, through meditation, learning to know one's mind and know one's heart go hand-in-hand. When you come to know your mind, your heart follows and vice versa. Okay, so assuming that's the truth, how can you learn to take better care of yourself through the art of meditation? How can you learn to be more [...]
What is Meditation: Is Thinking the Same As Awareness?
Many people believe that in order to meditate, you have to free your mind from all thoughts, and enter into a blank, trance-like state. If you do this, you'll be in a trance-like state, but you won't be meditating.
How to Meditate: Meditation is the “Effortless Effort”
The "effortless" part of learning to meditate comes from getting to know your meditative mind, again and again. And that comes more frequently when you let go of all of the ways that you think you should meditate.
Meditation and Compassion: Nursing from the Heart of the Awakened Mind
Even though this post is written with nurses and healthcare professional in mind, its content may be valuable for anyone who reads it. Give it a read and see. Let me know whether it works for you, regardless of what profession you're in. Enjoy!
What Meditation Really Is: Michael Imperioli on Meditation, Great Video!
When you hear the name, Michael Imperioli, many of you may think of the actor who played the part of Christopher Moltisanti on the hit series, The Sopranos. What many of you may not know is that Michael is also a committed practitioner of meditation and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.
What Is Meditation? Sometimes It’s About Failure!
For many of us, when we begin to meditate (or even if we've meditated for a while), we can experience a certain amount of "failure" while trying to meditate. Even if we've been successful in the past, our efforts may be met with what we believe to be failure. But, what if failure weren't an option? What if there was no such thing as "failing" at meditation? What if meditation included failing to meditate?
How To Meditate: Distraction In Meditation Doesn’t Matter
What is most wonderful about this whole process is that even when you find yourself getting swept away and coming back to your meditation after what seems like hours, you can use that "coming back" as your meditation practice. That is, the practice of meditation means getting used to practicing even as your thoughts and emotions arise and you find yourself getting distracted.
Why Meditate? Are You Tired of Being Angry, Sad, Jealous, or…Exhausted?
Do your feelings and emotions rule you? If you're like me or if...you're human, then you've probably experienced anger, sadness, jealousy (or envy?), or emotional exhaustion. And, if you're like me, you're happy and grateful when those emotional states and feelings go away, right?! What do you do when you experience strong emotions? How do you deal with difficult feelings that just won't go away? What do you do when these experiences persist even when you try to push them away?
How To Meditate: Ten Reasons Not to Meditate!
This post is inspired by my friend Erric Solomon, blogger and administrator on the site, What Meditation Really Is. His post, Ten Reasons Why We Should Never Meditate, inspired me to write a similar post. I know that this site is loaded with advice and how to meditate, where to meditate and why you should meditate. But...maybe you shouldn't meditate. Maybe meditation is really a waste of time, a waste of time that you could be using for other things like surfing the internet, watching TV or playing video games (the list goes on, doesn't it?!) Here is a list, [...]