Posts Tagged ‘meditation’
Challenges of Sitting Cross-legged For Meditation
If you didn’t grow up sitting cross-legged or don’t practice on a regular basis, it could be daunting. Â Sitting with a straight spine is the most important, so if you have to sit on something, legs to the side, or some variation, the straight spine with the core connected should be the focus. Â Since…
Read MoreStillness In Distraction
How long do we navigate our lives without going inward? Â How quickly do we want to back out of going inward once we go there? Â What an interesting duality. Â Can we find the solutions outwardly? Â At this point, I would say temporarily. Relief by self medicating. Â Take your pick–food, alcohol, drugs, retail therapy, etc. They…
Read MoreDaily Selfseed #6 Touching Inner Stillness
Can you have inner stillness without having outer stillness?  My experience is yes. Is it easier to find inner stillness in a quiet, safe environment?  Most likely in the beginning, but since it is an inner state, one can grow to experience it in all situations.  1:51 Daily Selfseed #6 Touching Inner Stillness HD Wonderful article…
Read MoreHow Timely
In between studying (one more week I hope!), I have been planting Selfseeds into people’s lives. Â The five minute increments are practical and magical to help us navigate through the human obstacle course called life. Â I was reminded of the “human speed bump” where we get stuck, lose momentum and effectiveness for action. Â Success in…
Read MoreAll One And The Same
My early morning has been spent meditating at the Ramakrishna Temple in Jaipur and then I head over to the Mother Teresa House to volunteer. Â One is sitting in the stillness of the Divine and the second is working in the presence of service through the Divine. Â I have never been a religious person,…
Read MoreMeditation In Motion
Even though I am sitting more in my current meditation practice, I find that walking, spinning on the bike, or jogging on the treadmill are useful states for meditation in motion–moving but in a non stressful way. Â Somehow, it almost gives the body and mind enough of a job/purpose that it opens up the ability…
Read MoreMother Nature
Well wishes to the victims of Hurricane Sandy/Frakenstorm and to a safe, expedient recovery! Most of the time, nature is a remarkable aspect of living whether it is sitting in it, walking in it, viewing it, or contacting its’ essence in some mode. Â Even Mother Nature in her extreme mode is stunning and awesome in…
Read MoreRelief From The Restlessness
Direct your mind inward and allow it to contemplate its primary quality, which is simply knowing, being aware. This faculty of awareness-which is mindfulness in its pure state-illuminates all thoughts and all perceptions. It is a constant and fundamental quality of the flow of consciousness. You can experience it even in the absence of thoughts…
Read MoreBenefit Of Being In A Body
After diving into the crucible of the self and sitting for hours in the interior self, I wasn’t sure how living in a body and navigating the exterior world was significant any longer. Â But now I see that it is the testing ground for the transformative work. Â Once I understood that my destiny wasn’t to…
Read MoreVisitors To The Not So Quiet Ashram
People from the US stopped by to see the ashram where I have been studying/meditating for the past 7 months and they were surprised by how “not quiet” it was.  It is quieter than a lot of  places in India, but yes, it is not “quiet” like Westerners like to think of quiet.  It has…
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