This is the choice – you can make your mind into a comical place or a cosmic space. For it to become a cosmic space, you must keep all the lies down – then Truth will flourish by its own
Cultivating the skills is the real key to advancing in meditation, not just the addition of more and more techniques, although knowing techniques is important.These skills work together, like fingers on a hand, and bring one ever closer to meditation, samadhi, and Self-Realization. There
Two methods have been tried in order to understand and cure the disease called man. One is medicine, and the other is meditation. Recently, there was one report published in a daily newspaper: We would not have believed in this information
Using mindfulness and concentration is not really a process of gluing together two systems. Because of various teaching lineages pulling them apart and creating the appearance of separateness, it can now seem that we are integrating two systems. It is
A student went to his meditation teacher and said, “My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs ache, or I’m constantly falling asleep. It’s just horrible!” “It will pass,” the teacher said matter-of-factly. A week later, the
Have you ever asked yourself this question? If so, welcome to the club! Whenever we are trying to reach a goal or destination, we want to see signs along the way that we are headed in the right direction. We
WE can see the close and astounding inter-relationship between the two practices, the practice of Marma being inherent in the Yogic postures. In all the higher yogic practices as well, like the various pranayama and mudras, as well as concentration
Deeper examination of the mind reveals its presence at the marma sites. Each energy point is relate to manas, the sensory mind and directly communicates perception, thought and emotion. Every marma is also related to buddhi, via cognition, retention and
Life can be really lived only in the present. Therefore, the first step of this technique is to develop awareness of a present reality: the breath entering or leaving the nostrils. The breath may pass through the left nostril, through
It is natural to seek profound experiences in meditation, especially when you have just begun meditating. Did you know that just by ensuring a few simple things before you start meditating, you can actually have a deeper experience in meditation?
