Christian Meditation, Sacred Silence

Are you a Christian who would like to know how to enjoy the benefits of meditation, but are afraid to try it because you believe it is not compatible with Christianity? If so would you like to see what the gospels have to say on the subject?

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you (Matthew 6:6)

There is a general mistrust of meditation by Christians. This stems from the fact that meditation is seen by many Christians to be an occult practice, and there is no doubt that it is practiced by occultists. However, the gospels mention that Jesus practiced meditation, and as the passage above points out, Jesus encouraged his followers to meditate as well.

How does Jesus encourage his followers to meditate? The passage offers 3 simple steps.

Step One: Go Into Your Room. This Means Have an Open and Receptive Heart.

Jesus did not mean literally go into a room. Most people who lived during Jesus' time lived in open houses with one room, shared with many people. Jesus was speaking symbolically. The room is the human heart, the seat of intuition, desire, and emotion. Jesus is telling us that the first step is to have an open and receptive heart, to believe and expect that God can be found through intuition, and feeling. This takes trust, but this trust is not misplaced and in fact it is the only way that you can see the Father, who is unseen.

Step Two: Close the Door. This Means Silence the Objective Mind.

The objective mind needs to be silenced. There is nothing wrong with our objective mind, and in fact it has an important function to play. However, it gets in the way during prayer and meditation, because it constantly chatters, judges, and tries to keep us totally focused on the life of the senses. Praying to the Father means opening ourselves up to a higher mind and communing with it on its terms. We must close the door on our objective mind and the experiences of the senses, and open our hearts and minds to another reality.

Step Three: Wait For The Father.

If you approach meditation with an open mind and heart, and are able to effectively silence your objective mind, then you will be ready to commune with the universal mind, which Jesus calls the Father. Jesus tells us the Father will see us in secret (that is while the objective mind is quiet) and will reward us with His presence. At this point, you will be establishing a relationship with the universal higher mind through direct contact with your mind and heart. And at this point transformation becomes possible.

As you can see, Jesus offers a method of meditation which is effective for communing with God. There is no doubt that as a Christian, if you follow these steps, you will meet God in the silence of your heart and mind.

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Emotional Freedom Therapy, The Key To Emotional Freedom

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Can Emotional Freedom Therapy really alleviate the suffering caused by irrational phobias, anxiety, depression, and traumatic emotional stress?  Does it work quickly, safely, and effectively and can it be used easily by anyone?

Emotional Freedom Therapy, or EFT as it is known, is a cutting edge energy therapy technique that is quickly becoming the therapy of choice for many respected psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors,  and other clinical professionals.  EFT is also being used effectively by many professionals, business leaders, and athletes as an effective tool for increasing performance and positive growth.  The amazing thing about EFT is that not only is it effective for dealing with a host of emotional problems, but it works amazingly fast, and its effects appear to be long lasting.  More comprehensive studies need to be done, but it appears that EFT works, and the best thing about it is that the patient can, in most cases, heal themselves.

EFT is new, however its roots go back thousands of years to ancient healing systems such as acupuncture and acupressure.  All these healing systems subscribe to the same basic philosophy; that good health is related to balancing and freeing the flow of energy in the body by applying pressure, or needles (or in the case of EFT tapping) to pressure points or meridian channels in the body.  When you encounter a negative experience, especially a negative emotional trauma, your mind stores the memory of the event and the emotions which were attached to it.  The negative emotion causes a neurological disturbance which, if repressed and not dealt with properly, can lead to further problems such as depression, phobias, anxiety, and depression.

The negative experiences are relived every time a stimulus from life triggers it.  And each time it is relived, the damage becomes more ingrained, as the person suffering believes that this is normal for them, that they were born this way, and there is nothing that can be done to solve the problem.  Unfortunately, most people are often unaware of what the root of their problems are.

Emotional Freedom Techniques seek to unblock the effects of negative emotional trauma by using a finger tapping technique on certain meridian points while concentrating on the issue at hand.  Unlike traditional acupuncture you do not use needles (especially effective if you suffer from a needle phobia), and instead of applying pressure, the tapping is designed to unblock the neurological pathways that are blocked.

Emotional Freedom Therapy is not a magical cure for every disease, however it shows real promise for helping people achieve emotional freedom.

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The True Meaning of Life Is Goodness and Abundance

There are many people who believe that life is nothing more than a cauldron of trouble and problems, from which there is no escape. Most people never stop to ask themselves whether this belief is actually true. But what would you say if I told you that it is only true in so far as a person believes it to be true? Would you believe me?

The world around us is very real, however it is also in many ways an illusion. For example, life appears to us to be quite orderly and stable, however at the quantum level the physical processes of life and the universe are actually random and unpredictable. Also, matter appears to be stable and solid, however it is in fact made of electrons and protons, which are units of energy. What does this tell us?

It tells us that life is not what it appears to be or what we believe it to be, based upon the information of our five senses. As a result, the beliefs we have and hold so dear about life are based upon faulty conclusions and faulty understandings. In fact, many scientists and philosophers have concluded that the only thing we can be certain of is that we have consciousness, that we are having some kind of a subjective mind experience. Everything else exists in our minds as beliefs, which may or may not be true.

This is amazing and liberating information. It means that if we believe that life is meaningless, cold, full of trouble and toil, this is the very life we will get. And if we believe in the goodness of life and our ability to overcome it, then this is the life we will experience. If it is not in the mind, then it cannot be in life.

The first step then is to believe that greater things are possible, that life is fundamentally good, and that life has meaning and purpose. And this is not just a mind trick, it is really the way things are. It is beyond the scope of this article to go into a long dissertation explaining why this is so, however one simple statement will perhaps shed a little light on the subject. Ask yourself, why would I desire good in my life if there was no good to desire? The universe is governed by good, and the badness and evil we experience exist because of what we think and believe about life. Evil is disorder and chaos, the effect of wrong thinking. If we cease to think evil and believe it, it will disappear, revealing the foundational goodness of the universe.

Life is not a cauldron of problems and misfortune. But do not take my word for it. Test it out for yourself. Purchase a good meditation and positive affirmation program and see for yourself the goodness and abundance that life is waiting to bring to you.

Mindfulness Meditation - Living in the Moment and Feeling Happy

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Mindfulness is a meditative practice which seeks to help the practitioner to live in the moment. It is based on eastern meditative practices, specifically Buddhist techniques, which train the mind to experience life in the now. The philosophical belief that is the foundation of mindfulness practice is that human beings are much more than what they appear to be on the outside, and that this earthly experience we call life tends to cloak or veil our true nature from us. As a result, mindfulness practices attempt to focus our minds away from the illusion of earthly life, and onto our true nature, our hidden self. The idea is that by living in the moment, and discovering our authentic self, we will feel and be happy.

A simple example of mindfulness practice would be, as I sit here typing this article, I could practice by emptying my mind of everything except the act of typing. This would ground me in this moment, and would help train my mind not to wander into worrying about the future (like considering when I will publish the article, or will anyone want to read it). Then as I move onto another task, I would become completely immersed in that until that is completed. This practice will help me gain control of my thoughts and feelings, thus leading to mental freedom.

As you can see, mindfulness exercises can be very effective for gaining control over negative thought patterns. For example, a great deal of the mental anguish people experience is caused either by brooding over past mistakes and problems, or from worrying about the future. Mindfulness exercises can soothe the anguish by helping train the mind to accept the hurts and mistakes of the past, and to work on what they can control right now in order to make the future better. And for many people suffering from depression and anxiety, or other forms of neurosis, meditation and mindfulness practices have been demonstrated to be extremely effective at reducing, or curing altogether, these mental ailments, helping them to feel happy again.

The benefits of mindfulness practice are obvious. The only problem with this practice is that it cannot always be easily integrated into the life of a non-monk (which of course makes sense, since these techniques were developed by monks, for monks). Also, mindfulness is seen in Buddhist philosophy to be an end as well as a means. And as a Christian, I feel that mindfulness is a means to achieving an ever expanding conscious awareness of how the Spirit of God is working through me, and in my life and the lives of others. Mindfulness cannot work for me as end unto itself.

However, these problems should not deter anyone from practicing mindfulness, because the benefits far outnumber any problems. And the problems can be overcome. I have been able to practice it in a way that works for me both from a pragmatic standpoint, and a philosophical one. Here is a basic outline of how I integrate mindfulness into my life.

I try very hard to give my complete attention to whatever I am doing, or whoever I am interacting with at the moment.

If I am teaching my class for 65 minutes, they receive the very best I can give them for that time. If my kids want to play, I give them everything I have for that time. I try to limit distractions, and focus my mind only on what I am doing right then and there. Notice I said I try, because it is not easy. But it can be done, and I find when I do it then I am much more productive, and less worn out at the end of the day.

When I meditate, I really have trouble quieting my mind, particularly if I have a busy day ahead. 

So my main focus in meditation is to get my objective mind very still.

Learning how to make my mind still helps me to stop worrying about things I cannot control. It also helps me be very effective at completing the tasks I need to accomplish that day. And, it has helped me learn to control my thoughts, emotions, and impulses much more effectively.

If I make a mistake, I move on and immediately see it as a learning experience.

I do not beat myself up over my failings anymore. Not that I am happy about them, but I try to look at them more for what they can teach me about where I am heading in life, and the spiritual progress I am making. This helps me turn a negative quickly into a positive, it shields me from making the same mistake again, and I do not live in the past brooding over and regretting what happened. I do not expect to be perfect, but I do expect to be aware and present. That is the goal I work towards. I try as best as I can to let things go.

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The Benefits of Meditation: Five Immediate Benefits Even Beginners Can Experience

We often hear about the benefits of meditation, and there are many.  However, the benefits of meditation are often quite subtle, and do not show themselves immediately.  Also, meditation practice take a bit of getting used to, since most people are just not used to sitting silently and doing what seems like nothing.  For the person who is new to meditation, these factors may cause them to give up on meditation.  However, this would be a mistake.  In this article, I would like to encourage people to continue or to take up meditation by pointing out five benefits that immediately happen when you begin meditating. 

First Benefit: Training your mind to be still.

As you begin meditating for the first time, you will notice that your mind is full of chatter.  We often feel that this chatter is beyond our control, that we cannot stop it from invading our minds and distracting us.  However, even a novice learns through meditation to calm and control these thoughts to a degree.  This teaches us a great lesson: that we can control this mind chatter, and with further practice there may come a day when we can be masters of our own minds.

Second Benefit: Me Time.

Meditation forces you to remove yourself from the rat race of life.  There is an old saying about the rat race; even if you win, you are still a rat.  Meditation is a way to reward yourself with stillness, silence, and focused attention on yourself and your needs.  Modern life tries to keep us distracted, busy, and manic.  Meditation recharges, renews, and rejuvenates.  It is true me time.

Third Benefit: Improved Metabolism.

Meditation slows your breathing, heart rate, and reduces blood pressure.  Meditation releases tight muscles and opens blood vessels to help blood flow more freely.  Meditation allows your breath to flow easily and evenly into and out of your lungs.  All of these things have a positive impact on the overall health and well being of your physical body.

Fourth Benefit: Increased Calm and Patience in Life.

One thing you will see immediately once you begin meditating is you are more calm and patient.  There will be degrees to this, and some days will be better than others, however meditation immediately begins to effect a sense of calm and patience in your daily life.  This will have wide ranging effects down the road for your overall health, including reduced stress, increased energy, and a greater appreciation and joy for life. 

Fifth Benefit: Self-Esteem, and a Better World.

Nothing feels better than knowing you are taking control of your life, and doing something positive for yourself, your loved ones, and the world around you.  Meditation is an easy and effective way for any person to begin taking positive action to improve their health and the quality of their lives.  And happy, healthy, and vibrant people radiate positive energy to those around them, making their little corner of this world better for everyone they meet and interact with on a daily basis. 

I hope you begin meditating today in order to enjoy these five benefits immediately in your life.