meditate everyday

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MINDFULNESS MEDITATION

incense The following meditation is said to be the meditation taught by Gautama Buddha about 2500 years ago. The primary focus is your breathing. However, the primary goal is maintaining a calm, non-judging awareness, allowing thoughts and feelings to come and go without getting enmeshed in them. This calm, accepting, spacious awareness is your Core Self… your Essence.
Steps of Mindfulness Meditation

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1. Sit comfortably, with your eyes closed and your spine reasonably straight.

2. Direct your attention to your breathing.

3. When thoughts, emotions, physical sensations or external sounds occur, simply accept them, allowing them to come and go without judging or getting involved with them.

4. When you notice that your attention has drifted off and become engaged in thoughts or emotions, simply bring it back to your breathing and continue.

1. Remember… it’s ok and natural for thoughts to arise, and for your attention to follow them. No matter how many times this happens, just keep bringing your attention back to your breathing.

Benefits of this meditation:

• Maintaining your calm inner awareness, balance & clarity in the midst of any situation.
• A gradual shift to a higher level of consciousness… centered in the peace, joy & freedom of your Spirit.
• Increased insight & clarity… seeing things truly, as they are.
• Stress reduction

I’m going to start with this

INNER LIGHT MEDITATION

candleThis is a meditation for connecting you with your Inner Spirit…. your essence or core Self. It uses the light that is already within you as an object of focus. It’s a fairly simple meditation, but is quite powerful, and potentially very deep.
Steps of Inner Light Meditation

1. Sit comfortably with your eyes closed.

2. Look at the "screen" that fills the space behind your closed eyelids.

3. There will be particles, images, or patterns of light on this screen. (Consider anything that is not pure darkness to be a form of light.) Gently focus your attention on the light.

4. Don't try to create or interpret images. Don't attempt to focus clearly. Simply look at the light with relaxed attention.

5. If you feel as though your consciousness is shifting, or you are slipping into a dreamlike state, allow it to happen. Whatever you experience is ok.

6. If you find you have drifted off into your thoughts, simply bring your attention back to the light.

Benefits of this meditation:

• Direct experience of your calm, unbounded Inner Spirit.
• Connecting with your Inner Spirit taps a wellspring of spiritual energy. This energy nourishes & enhances all levels of life… physical, emotional, mental & spiritual.
• When connected with your Inner Spirit, life flows more effortlessly, & you begin to perceive the world as a more supportive, enjoyable place.
• Regular contact with your Inner Spirit catalyzes a gradual shift to a higher level of consciousness… centered in the peace, joy, & freedom of your Spirit.
• Relaxation and stress reduction.
• Increased flow of fuel to the brain.
• Gradual opening of the 6th chakra – the Inner Eye – giving clear insight & inner vision.

Hey, i haven’t even done this once since i made this goal. I beter research meditation because “i don’t know how.”

I’de say 15 minutes a day for now.