What is Life? A Meditation, Podcast
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"What is Life? A Meditation," Podcast
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August 25, 2008
What is Life? A Meditation
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.
Thomas Merton
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I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery
than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
Kat Cathey
Most of us habitually try to control all aspects of our lives: our relationships, our work environments, our health, our finances, etc, but usually we don't succeed. We do this to feel safe and secure. We do this so that we can be happy. But the irony is that in tenaciously holding on so hard, we waste most of our precious energy in trying to control things. We exhaust ourselves trying to anticipate what may happen and we squeeze all the joy, creativity and spontaneity out of life.
By spending so much energy trying to make sure that everything and everyone follows a specific script that we have in mind, we miss a myriad of opportunities to really enjoy and experience Life. We never allow for Life to simply come to us! We are constantly trying to force it to "go our way." We leave no room for wonder and magic.
We always want to know what is going to happen next, but by doing so we limit the boundless possibilities that are available to us. Life isn't a script to be followed word by word, but a new, fresh potential waiting to be expressed or actualized, moment to moment.
It is only when we allow for the unexpected and unknown to happen that "magic" or "real Life" can happen. All that is new, fresh and joy filled can only be found in the "unknown." The "known" is stagnant, old and calcified.
Embrace the "unknown" and there you will find Life! Tenaciously hold on to the "known" and there you will find stagnation!
Allow for the mysteries of life to delight you! Learn to live in the moment and be free! Learn to trust that it is all there for you! Each moment will take care of it self! Become a Master of the mysteries of Life.
Cease trying to work things out with your mind,
it will get you nowhere.
Let your whole life be led by Intuition and Inspiration
Let your whole life be a Revelation.
Eileen Cady
In order to allow yourself to be in the moment, to experience the mystery and magic of it all, experiment with the following. Whenever you can, just stop; take a couple of deep breaths; then become aware of your body by doing a brief body scan from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. This will bring you into the present.
Then allow your attention to be simply in the present only focused on the rise and fall of your abdomen as you breathe in and out. Suspend all thought and then just feel. Don't think! Feel! And ask and allow for an insight or an inspiration to reveal itself to you! And then sit back, with your mind disengaged and then absorb and enJoy whatever insight or inspiration you receive! It may come as a thought, an impression, an image or a feeling.
In this way you can live in the moment and allow the mystery and magic of Life to enter your experiences. In this way you can live Life to the fullest and be a Master of your Life and no longer a slave of circumstances.
If you haven't already, feel free to join my membership area and get a free audio talk on meditation and a free 6 minute guided meditation. As well, my meditation CDs go into greater depth regarding how to make this connection with the core of your Being and with your Self. If you have interest, my CDs can be found at: http://www.learnmastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm
Also, my book and audio package, Magical Keys to Self-Mastery: Creating Miracles in Your Life, is a primer on Meditation and Intuition: http://www.MagicalKeystoSelfMastery.com
August 22, 2008
Compassion: A Meditation, Podcast
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"Compassion: A Meditation," Podcast"
(length 6:06 minutes)
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August 18, 2008
Compassion: A Meditation
Meditation is the art of learning how to tend the sacred ground of your life.
Meditation connects you with your inner world.
By meditating you learn how to care for the garden of your mind.
First, you learn to identify what is growing there.
Then you learn how to nurture and plant what you want
and weed out what you do not want.
Yanni Maniates
Mother Teresa once said:
"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."
The one thing that we cannot get enough of, the one thing that there is no possibility of ever overusing; of ever over receiving or of ever over giving is Compassion or Love. As the saying goes; "No matter what the question; Love is the answer."
Whenever you find your self caught up in your negative thought patterns, or your negative emotional states, being self-critical or critical of another, or enmeshed in your negative imagination or worry; sit back and drink in Compassion. As you drink in that Compassion all the tension and negativity will start to release. And then you will remember and accept that your natural state of being is that of feeling and being in the Embrace, of being at Peace, of being in Love!
It's quite easy to do, actually! Find a quiet place and moment, close your eyes, take a few deep cleansing breaths and then just imagine someone you love, be they a loved one or an esteemed spiritual teacher/master, and "see"/imagine them right there in front of you. Look into their eyes, the mirror of their soul, and then just feel their love flowing to you. Open up your heart to feeling their care, compassion and unconditional love for you. Hold this image and feeling for a couple of minutes. And in just a few minutes, you will feel so refreshed! You can do this a couple of times a day, too!
Compassion is at the heart of meditation because it connects us with who we really are and what is truly at our core. I would urge you to give yourself at least one dose of this daily, even for just a few minutes. You deserve it! Please try it. You will be very grateful you did.
If you haven't already, feel free to join my membership area and get a free audio talk on meditation and a free 6 minute guided meditation. As well, my Meditation CD "Peace of Mind is a Thought Away" goes into greater depth regarding how to make this connection with Compassion.
If you have interest, my CDs can be found at: http://www.learnmastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm
Also, my book and audio package, Magical Keys to Self-Mastery: Creating Miracles in Your Life, is a primer on Meditation and Intuition: http://www.MagicalKeystoSelfMastery.com
August 15, 2008
All is in Divine Order and Timing! A Meditation, Podcast
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"All is in Divine Order and Timing! A Meditation," Podcast
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August 11, 2008
All is in Divine Order and Timing! A Meditation
FAITH
Faith is the bird that feels the light
and sings when the dawn is still dark.
Rabindranath Tagore
Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages where we are, impatient to being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability and that it may take a very long time. And so, I think it is with you. Your ideas mature gradually. Let them grow. Let them shape themselves without undue haste. Don't try to force them on as though you could be today what time, that is to say, grace and circumstances, acting on your own good will, will make of you tomorrow. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be.
Give yourself the benefit of believing that the Divine hand is leading you. And accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.
Teilhard de Chardin
All is in Divine Order and Divine Timing. There is a rhythm and rhyme for all that we experience. If we just allow ourselves the opportunity to slow down and go within and listen to the Silence that is there; there we will see the "bigger picture;" there we will find the answer to all our questions; there we will know that we are "Good;" there we will know that we are held in the "Embrace;" there we will know that "All is well."
There, too, we will know that the Universe is a supportive, nurturing, friendly place and that it is on our side. It is rooting for us.
The "still, small voice" within is your most trustworthy ally! Learn to "listen" to your most "significant other," that is, this "still, small voice" within. Learn to listen to your Self!
By taking the time to slow down each day and go into meditation, you can enter this place of Silence, of Magic, of your Essence and come to truly know Your Self and where you really are in your life. Please try it. You'll be grateful you did!
For everything there is a season,
and a time for every matter under heaven.
Ecclesiastes
Live your life as a Meditation and not as a race.
Let it all proceed at the speed of Grace!
If you haven't already, feel free to join my membership area and get a free audio talk on meditation and a free 6 minute guided meditation. As well, my meditation CDs go into greater depth regarding how to make this connection with the Silence and with your Self. If you have interest, my CDs can be found at: http://www.learnmastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm
Also, my book and audio package, Magical Keys to Self-Mastery: Creating Miracles in Your Life, is a primer on Meditation and Intuition: http://www.MagicalKeystoSelfMastery.com
August 8, 2008
How to Get Things Done! A Meditation, Podcast
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"How to Get Things Done! A Meditation," Podcast
(length 5:18 minutes)
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August 4, 2008
How to Get Things Done! A Meditation
Whenever something comes up to be done, before you jump headlong into doing it; Stop and ask yourself, "How can I make this easy?" "How can this be easy, enjoyable, effortless and elegant?"
And keep asking and asking and asking!
And keep believing and believing and believing that it can be!
And keep expecting and expecting and expecting that it already has been done!
And, lo and behold, this will help you to release the intensity around what needs to be "done" and will allow you to slow down enough so that you can recognize, find and take the easy, enjoyable, effortless, elegant way.
Whatever you consciously ask for, and consciously look for and consciously expect, you will receive.
So, remember to always ask for the "easy" way and you will find it! You no longer need to choose struggle and feel overwhelmed!
See your life as a Meditation and not a race.
Let it proceed at the speed of Grace!
"Seek and ye shall find, ask and ye shall receive."
Slow down and try this technique the next time you feel in a hurry. Create the intention that you can make things happen in a way that is easy and enjoyable for you. You deserve it!
August 1, 2008
How to Fly? A Meditation, Podcast
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"How to Fly? A Meditation," Podcast
(length 5:48 minutes)
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