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Stop stressing, start living

(August 2, 2010)

Our lives are frenetic: a giddy round of ceaseless activity. In fact, we are in danger of becoming what medical pioneer and meditation expert Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn calls “human doings”, instead of “human beings”.

More and more people are finding that meditation is the perfect antidote. What is meditation?

Meditation is an ancient practice. Anthropological studies show that various forms of meditation have been used in nearly every culture and religion since the beginning of recorded human history. It seems that we are genetically programmed to spend time in silent contemplation.

Meditation is not about withdrawing from the world, but rather about engaging with it more fully so that you can awaken to the beauty of each and every moment. Every time we worry about the future or fret over the past, we are missing the moment right in front of us and, as Kabat-Zinn reminds us, “we only have moments to live”.

The benefits of being here now

1 Meditation calms the mind

The sages compare the mind to a monkey – constantly chattering, and never able to stay still. Meditation trains the monkey. A calm mind generates inner peace, which has a positive effect on our relationships and workplace. A clear mind is able to focus efficiently on one task at a time and the increase in concentration leads to better results in all areas of life. Television is the junk food of the mind. Meditation masters agree that the quick succession of passing visual images gives viewers mental indigestion and a short attention span. They claim that the mental discipline of meditation reverses this adverse effect and enables practitioners to master focus and singular attention.

2 Meditation boosts your immunity

Numerous studies have shown that meditation increases resistance to viruses. A study of male runners conducted in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that six months of meditation practice lessened the suppressive effect that strenuous exercise has on the immune system. Proponents of a popular form of meditation, transcendental meditation (TM), claim that it also reduces levels of cortisol, the stress hormone that numerous studies have linked to high levels of systemic inflammation and chronic disease.

3 Meditation boosts your energy

Breathing oxygenates every cell of the body, from the brain to the vital organs. When we are stressed our breathing becomes shallow, and we deprive our body of sufficient oxygen, making it susceptible to health problems. Deep breathing raises levels of blood oxygen, which optimises health in many ways. It can go so far as to improve fitness and mental performance and stimulate digestion. Complementary health guru Dr Andrew Weil says, “If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly.”

Meditation teaches you to breathe deeply. One way to do this is to breathe in deeply through the nose and hold it for a second before breathing out through the mouth. This makes your breathing much more defined and keeps it focussed, so that you do not forget and start breathing in a more shallow way.

4 Meditation eases anxiety and stops panic attacks

Jeffrey Brantley, author of Calming Your Anxious Mind (New Harbinger) says that with a little perseverance meditation can eradicate anxiety, panic attacks and phobias. The practice of meditation brings an accepting and calm view of yourself and your present situation. With meditation you become aware of the tension and stress you are holding throughout your body. This allows your mind to accept tension and not misinterpret it as a signal to start panicking or feeling anxious.

5 Meditation makes you happy

Stephan Bodian, author of Meditation for Dummies (For Dummies), which has sold more than 150 000 copies worldwide, has been teaching meditation for 35 years. He swears that regular meditation sends your serotonin levels soaring. He says, “studies using brain-imaging technology show that meditation, even for a short time, will substantially and measurably increase your happiness (also known as subjective wellbeing) and your enjoyment of life”.

 

Greinin birtist hér


Žżšir nokkuš aš reyna aš breyta öšrum? Brot śr vištali viš Sigvalda Hjįlmarsson

 

-Žżšir nokkuš aš reyna aš breyta öšrum?

-Ég hef aldrei haft neina löngun til aš breyta öšrum, finnst slķkt fjarstęša og upphaf sundurlyndis, kśgunar og styrjaldar. Gleymum žvķ ekki aš mestu glępir mannkynssögunnar hafa veriš framdir ķ góšum tilgangi - eša svo héldu žeir sem frömdu. En ef einhver hefur hug į aš breyta einhverju sjįlfur višvķkjandi sjįlfum sér og žvķ sem honum kemur viš žį stendur honum til boša aš lęra af minni smįvęgilegu reynslu. Žaš er allt og sumt. Enginn fręšir eša upplżsir svo gagn sé aš nema meš žvķ sem hann sjįlfur er. Žarfasta góšverk hvers og eins ķ žįgu mannkynsins er aš taka sjįlfan sig ķ gegn. Žannig hygg ég aš unnt sé aš breyta heiminum aš einhverju marki. Vandinn er aš vera hollt fordęmi.

 

Séršu žaš sem ég sé? Brot śr vištali viš Sigvalda Hjįlmarsson sem birtist ķ hausthefti Ganglera įriš 1983. Spyrill var Birgir Bjarnason.


What is kundalini? eftir Gabriel Morris

 

More than fifteen years ago, when I was twenty-two, I experienced something known as a “kundalini awakening”. When it happened, I had no idea what had occurred. I didn’t have a spiritual teacher or guru on the somewhat meandering spiritual path I’d embarked on a few years earlier. I’d started practicing hatha yoga, read voraciously everything from "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" to Carlos Castaneda, meditated alone in the desert, practiced deep emotional release, went to workshops and spiritual gatherings, and in the process met many others also reaching for a higher state of consciousness and a more meaningful experience of being.

It was still completely out of the blue and totally mind-blowing, however, when I experienced my kundalini energy awaken, or arise. There are many, many different types and expressions and experiences of spiritual awakening. Sometimes it’s simply a revelation or epiphany that leads one in a completely different direction, one focused more on spirituality and inner searching. Spiritual awakening can mean seeing angels, or contacting and channeling an alien entity. An experimental trip, such as in a teepee ceremony or sweat lodge, can lead to discovering and embracing a previously unknown part of oneself; or to communing with some aspect of the divine. Spiritual awakening can lead to the ability to see people’s auras, talk with the , or leave one’s body and explore the astral planes.

Kundalini awakening, however, is something else. It can come about as a result of some of these other experiences, as it did in my case. And it can also lead down the road to activating some of these otherworldly phenomenon, and others. In essence, kundalini is simply energy. Specifically, it is spiritual energy, which resides in every human being. Kundalini means literally “coiled serpent”. Figuratively speaking, the coiled serpent represents a reservoir of spiritual energy which lies at the base of the spine, in the root chakra, coiled up because in most people it is latent or potential spiritual energy which the person is for the most part unaware of.

Through yogic or other spiritual practices, or sometimes due to subconscious individual efforts or even completely randomly, this energy can be awakened in an individual; in which case the energy is tapped into and begins flowing upwards from the root chakra through all the chakras along the spinal column, culminating in unification with the uppermost crown chakra at the top of the head.

 

 

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