Larry's Blog – October 2009 Archive (7)

The Dalai Lama says that meditation is the cure for every problem. That seems a bold claim to make. When we consider the various small and large problems in our lives, it doesn’t seem that meditation could resolve them. What can sitting in silence, counting our breaths do about the pain we feel in our bodies, or the fear we experience when we face death, or the lack of purpose we sometimes feel, or even the bread we baked that did not rise as it should have? How is meditation a solution for… Continue

Unfortunately, as stress accumulates our own health and fitness goals are often sidelined. We again place what we desire and want for ourselves back on the shelf, because our lives become over stimulated with other obligations. Beating stress is a difficult task, but we have the power and control to survive the holidays and the end of the year frenzy by making just a few changes in our own habits and ways of thinking.



Stress is defined as anything that stimulates you and increases… Continue

Upon waking meditate on these positive thoughts



I am a peaceful person,



Try to experience the stillness of when peace of my inner mind





I have a peaceful mind .............I am a peaceful person ............



My mind is filled with peace .............. I radiate peace to the world ...............



I feel the wonderful gentle waves of peace flowing across my mind ..........



As these peaceful thoughts emerge in my mind I feel… Continue

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement.… Continue

Sit down, relax your body, feelings and thoughts by whatever methods you know. A few minutes of calm deep rhythmical breaths will make you more relaxed. When advanced on the path you will not need all these preliminaries. Now try to look at your thoughts, as if from the outside, as if they are not yours. Watch your thoughts calmly, without using force, and without being carried away by them or being emotionally involved with them. Whenever you find yourself deviating from the meditation and… Continue

Do you often find yourself feeling drained or lacking in energy? Is there someone that you just can't seem to get over or stop thinking about no matter how much you try to let them go? Or how about those folks at work who just seem to drain the life out of you?



Did you know that you have invisible cords of energy going from you to other people and from them to you? Unless you use meditation to sever them, you have energy cords attached to you that you do not need. You cannot get rid… Continue

Meditation on DESIDERATA

Go placidly amid the noise and haste.

And remember what peace there ay be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all

persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others,

even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations

to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become

vain and bitter; for always… Continue