Worst case scenario thinking… is it worth it? The theory is simple; imagine the worst thing that can happen and then try to imagine what you’ll do when it happens. In most people’s cases though, it just leads to an inner state of unrest and anxiety. The entire insurance industry is based on such an […]
Downtime associated with being emotional can range from minor (and a little irritating like when you get upset while driving and it affects your mood for a few minutes) to debilitating (depression that can last for weeks or more). Meditation is the most effective and most natural way to curtail time spent in lousy moods. […]
No matter how long you’ve been meditating nor how inspired you might feel, there are days when your meditation practice can feel like a chore. This is totally normal. It can be tempting to get very analytical. Who wouldn’t want to move through dry periods as quickly as possible? For the spiritual seeker, it is […]
Visualization Techniques for Athletes may make all the Difference Search the internet for famous athletes who meditate. The list includes Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Derek Jeter. I suspect there are hundreds of superstar athletes who meditate because using a conscious approach to visualization will enhance performance in sports. Many greats will affirm this […]
Don’t Assume Lotus Position is the Best Posture for Meditation. It might not be. If you just Google ‘meditation’ you might conclude that the best posture for meditation is to sit on the floor, cross legged. Almost all the images on the internet of meditation feature a person sitting in Lotus or Half Lotus Position. […]
You Can Manage Negative Thoughts if you are Willing to Accept This Idea Almost all people seeking out meditation want to manage negative thoughts to some extent. Why is this? How did our minds get so far off base? Perhaps you’ll remember an ad campaign that began in 1972 that stated; A Mind is a Terrible […]
Do We Create Reality or Do We Affect Reality by our Choices? Understanding the Difference between Creating Reality and Influencing Reality will have a Profound Effect on your Visualization Results by Andrew Shykofsky This idea of creating reality leads a lot of people into frustration. In my early days of using visualization, i […]
When is the Best Time to Meditate will Depend on your Schedule For beginners just starting out, meditation poses many challenges. Gaining control of the mind is hard enough so I recommend you make a strong effort to take on the easy stuff first like figuring out when is the best time to meditate to […]
There Are Aspects of Spirituality to Organized Religion but Finding God Within will Require Meditation Spiritual teachers are so often identified as Eastern. We in the West associate spirituality with certain countries or cultures like Tibet, India, or Asian traditions such as Chinese or Japanese. Movies portray ancient masters as Asian men in robes, very […]
When we speak about purification in a spiritual context, extreme ideas often come to mind. Perhaps you have heard of asceticism. Asceticism is the to denying the physical body all comforts in the pursuit of greater spiritual joys through deeper experiences. If you Google the term asceticism, you are likely to see pictures of emaciated […]