Category: Meditation
Notes on the practice — sitting, walking, focused attention, open awareness, and the small daily disciplines of quieting the mind enough to hear what’s underneath the noise.
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Unexpected Aftermath
This hurricane has stirred up a lot. Anxieties about future hurricanes after such strong ones this early in the season. Dust and other pollutants. Emotions. I won’t look at the next “interesting” tropical waves heading this way, at least not for a couple more days. Please, I need a break from the media frenzy! And…
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Meditation: Things I Need to Know
From the upcoming book, Inside the Dream: My Romance with Meditation (Article originally published in 2007) My spirit guides don’t want me to be sad about my closed heart. From the Bookshelf Christian Meditation — how to draw closer to God through meditation. Available direct from the author → I go into a meditation—what else…
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6 Ways to Treasure Yourself (Including My Own Favorites)
Cooling off on a hot summer’s day last year, with my bare feet in the fountain on my patio. Photo used with permission. It’s easy to get caught up in everyone else’s world and forget to pamper yourself a little. In fact, pampering yourself can feel downright selfish, even if you did just put in…
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Discover Serenity by Decluttering Your Home, Mind, and Life
Decluttering your home, your mind, and your life can help you find serenity. Meditation and clearing out clutter are two paths to peace of mind, more time, and less stress—and that means more happiness. If someone says “peace of mind” and “inner peace,” you know exactly what they mean, even though the words themselves have…
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July 2009 Full Moon and Eclipse Ritual/Meditation
The July Full Moon in Capricorn, aka the Buck Moon and sometimes called the Thunder Moon, occurs on July 7, 2009 at 4:22 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about telling your story the way you want it to be, even if it’s not always the way it’s…
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May 2009’s Full Moon Rituals and Meditations for the Flower Moon
The May Full Moon, aka the Flower Moon, occurs in Scorpio on May 8, 2009 (May 9 elsewhere) at 11:01 PM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. This Full Moon, I feel, is all about…speaking our truth and using that truth as a sword to separate ourselves from that which would hold us back.…
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Maybe Prayer Isn’t What I Thought It Was
A recent study conducted by a sociologist at Brandeis University found that prayers in the study fell into three categories: 28% — Gimme 22% — Hey, thanks 28% — Gimme and by the way, thanks Yes, I was a little…appalled. I’d never really thought about prayer in this way before, breaking it down into the…
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Winter Solstice Comes Early?
Around the riverbend, life is sometimes pretty amazing. Inexplicably, things suddenly seem shinier than they have in previous years. Given the state of the world at the moment—and the state of my current social trend toward being, well, unsociable after several of my dearest ones had to move away—I had thought this would have been…
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Spiritual Exhaustion: Clearing and Confronting in Dreams
Have you been absolutely exhausted recently and can’t figure out why? Extra sleep and vitamins aren’t cutting it? I’ve been that way for a couple of weeks, and I’ve cheerfully blamed the guy I’m seeing because he’s been exhausted, too. But my Shannon called from college and has also been exhausted, regardless of the luxury…
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1 August 2008 Solar Eclipse: Rituals and Meditations for the New Moon in Leo
To hear about eclipses and moon phases, plus other good stuff, sign up for our RSS feed (right column), bookmark us, or follow us on Twitter, now available.) Every time there’s a New Moon, Full Moon, or an Eclipse, I get thousands of search engine hits from readers looking for rituals/meditations and information on the…
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Past Life Regression: Just Another Day in My Lives
Some people describe their past life regressions as they would a movie, and you can almost hear the soundtrack crescendo-ing in the background. Maybe they see it that way, too. I don’t. I get flashes of sight and emotion, sometimes scents, too. Sometimes they’re quick flashes and sometimes they last for several seconds and the…
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Between the Scorpio Moons, Life Shifts Fast
To put it in Star Wars jargon, I’ve felt another shift in The Force recently. Here we are, half-way between two Scorpio full moons with a Taurus Sun and it’s at a new moon in Taurus. There’s been a tug in a particular direction for the past week as Saturn turned direct and a definite…
