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It's Time to Make America Meditate Again.
Zen? TM?
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Short Mindfulness Meditation Practices
Meditation is taking the time to get in touch with our true nature. It is a simple effort that becomes effortless as we do it more and more. The effort comes in simply taking the time out of our hectic lives. The rest is easy, although it may not seem so at first. When we first begin to meditate, our minds resist. We are used to a constant chatter in our minds. Our thoughts are often uncontrolled. We worry about our studies, jobs, finances, relationships, our “to do” lists…etc. The list goes on and on. All of this belongs to the physical world. The practice of meditation helps us temporarily let the physical world go so that we can begin to see ourselves as we truly are — spiritual beings.
Short-Meditation Exercises
Sitting meditation intro | 4 min
Breath awareness | 5 min
Body scan | 5 min
Word & phrase intro | 4 min
Word & phrase | 5 min
Breath awareness | 10 min
Body scan | 10 min
Body scan | 15 min
Walking meditation moderate pace | 6 min
Pain meditation | 15 min
(mp3-links at site)
Meditation is taking the time to get in touch with our true nature. It is a simple effort that becomes effortless as we do it more and more. The effort comes in simply taking the time out of our hectic lives. The rest is easy, although it may not seem so at first. When we first begin to meditate, our minds resist. We are used to a constant chatter in our minds. Our thoughts are often uncontrolled. We worry about our studies, jobs, finances, relationships, our “to do” lists…etc. The list goes on and on. All of this belongs to the physical world. The practice of meditation helps us temporarily let the physical world go so that we can begin to see ourselves as we truly are — spiritual beings.
Short-Meditation Exercises
Sitting meditation intro | 4 min
Breath awareness | 5 min
Body scan | 5 min
Word & phrase intro | 4 min
Word & phrase | 5 min
Breath awareness | 10 min
Body scan | 10 min
Body scan | 15 min
Walking meditation moderate pace | 6 min
Pain meditation | 15 min
(mp3-links at site)
