Christmas Music From Another Room – Relaxing Snowstorm And Christmas Fireplace Ambiance

Before acting on a situation my usual position is to meditate on it and listen to how it should be resolved. This is the power of sitting quietly and listening to the inner voice which speaks to us and solves problems. It is the reason why we may go to bed puzzled over an issue that seems to have no solution but in the morning the answer is there ready to be enacted on.

Lie down and close your eyes. On each inhalation, picture a white light spreading from your heart throughout your body. Picture its soft light providing warmth and healing to each part of you.

Life today has become very fast paced; everyone is in a hurry to get to places, get things done and what not. If you ask someone to just sit down for a little chat, you’ll mostly hear- “Where is the time?”

Meditation, particularly mindfulness meditation, has become exceptionally popular over the last couple of years. While meditation can be extremely simple, there are a number of common mistakes and misconceptions about meditation that you’ll want to prevent if you’re brand-new to the practice.

The word “enlightenment” is one of those New-Agey, mysterious words that I wanted to understand the moment I heard it. The more I heard about this vague concept of becoming highly spiritual, the more elusive it seemed to be. It was like trying to catch a butterfly: it kept flitting out of reach the more I chased it. Months after I’d put all the asceticism behind me, it occurred to me, out of the blue, how the Buddha had attained enlightenment. The illusive answer had been right in front of me all along… why hadn’t I seen it?