'Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add but when there is nothing left to take away.' - Antoine de Saint-ExupĂ©ry It is beneficial to contemplate this quote, in order to realise that this is the intention of spiritual and meditational practice. You know intuitively that when you meditate, you are not …
Is Seeing Believing?
âSometimes silence is golden, and seeing is not really the revelation of truth. Additionally, and the old saying âseeing is believing,â is perhaps not as simple as it sounds.â Tony Samara It's important that we begin a meditation by just focusing on letting go. Letting go of the mundane thoughts and feelings that so very …
Choose a Positive Direction: Receive Spiritual Gifts
Meditation creates both an emotional resilience and a sense of inner strength, that becomes obvious with time, but only if you are practicing meditation in the correct way. If you are sitting in meditation, hoping things will change, and letting your mind drift into whichever addictive state it takes you to, then you are not …
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Healing Habitual Mind Patterns
Without boundaries, most human beings (and this means, most human beings) will get distracted by their thoughts, their feelings, by the intensity of the situations going on in their lives, by other people's dramas, and generally by anything that is happening, that engages the mind in some form of communication. Therefore, to create boundaries is …
Responding to Anxiety Effectively
What are you avoiding? What energy are you holding back? What are you actually doing? All of these questions help you to understand that fear in itself is not only a waste of time, but it is not helping you to move forward and address the situation you are experiencing, in a way where transformation …
Calm Within the Chaos
Every time you find yourself in a noisy, reactive sort of state, because someone upsets you, or the situation you are facing is truly upsetting, remember you have a choice. You have a choice to energize that chaotic mode of thinking or behaviour, or you have the choice to transform the space so that, even …
Open Minded Perspectives: Trust Consciousness
Consciousness is all about being open-minded, which means that you are able to see all perspectives. When you see all perspectives, then you even have compassion for the perspectives that limit your consciousness. This is what is so wonderful about the divine aspect of thinking, sometimes referred to as an enlightened aspect of thinking. Compassion …
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Affirmation of Deep Trust Meditation: Transform Negative Energy
Now is a wonderful time to come back to this space of inner stillness. As you breathe in and breathe out, trust consciousness, or as some would say trust the Divine, or trust God. Some might use the term trust the higher aspect of oneself, but whichever words you use, it is beneficial to trust …
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Space of Stillness
Stillness is a very effective way of just being open and receptive to what is truly important for you in your meditational practice. Stillness allows for stress to be reduced, allows for anxiety to be less intense and because of this, of course, allows for spiritual growth and enhances your health and well-being. There are …
Overcoming Self Judgement
Self-judgement is a universal human experience. It's not that you need to judge yourself or have self-judgement, just know that this is a very powerful aspect of ourselves just like fear is inbuilt into our evolution, self-judgement is a universal human experience that can be useful. However, when it's used in the way where self-judgement …