The Power of Mindfulness: a four-week course starting Feb 3, 2014

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by Mark Tillotson

 

Do you want to be calmer, happier, and experience more freedom from stress? Mindfulness has been clinically proven to reduce stress, promote feelings of wellbeing, and improve mental and physical health.

The next Power of Mindfulness online course starts February 3, 2014. It’s a four-week meditation course that’s accessible 24 hours a day, every day of the week, wherever you are. All you need is an internet browser. You can even participate on an iPad or other mobile device.

The convenience makes this perfect for people who don’t have meditation classes nearby, or who work irregular hours or who can’t travel because of illness, childcare arrangements, etc.

The course is web-based, and involves readings, guided meditation MP3s that were specially recorded for this course, a discussion forum, and email exchanges with the teacher, Bodhipaksa.

Weaving together the latest scientific research with ancient Buddhist wisdom, this four-week course provides a comprehensive introduction to living mindfully. It’s not just about the skills of meditation. You’ll also learn how to take what you learn into action. This course gives you the tools to gain more insight into yourself, and be more at ease and content through life’s ups and downs.

For more information, or to register for the course click here to go to the online store.

 

Wildmind Buddhist Meditation 

Grunnnámskeið í hugleiðslu - Tíbetskur búddismi

 

 

Grunnnámskeið í hugleiðslu 

 

Grunnámskeiðið hefst 18. febrúar 2014. Skráning á [e-mail]. Námskeiðið verður kl 20:00 á þriðjudögum.

 

 

www.hugleidsla.com  

Sahaja yoga - Við bjóðum upp á ókeypis hugleiðslunámskeið

 

Á hverjum mánudegi kl. 20.00 er boðið upp á ókeypis jóga hugleiðslu. Byrjendur er velkomnir fyrsta og þriðja hvern mánudag í hverjum mánuði. Komdu þér í fullkomið jafnvægi á nátturulegan hátt. Vertu þinn eigin meistari. Sjá: http://sahajayoga.is/ 

 

 

Námskeið í innsæis hugleiðslu (vipassana)

Núvitund byrjendanámskeið

Innsæis hugleiðsla vipassana (IMS) 

Mánudag 11. feb. kl. 19.30

Innsæis hugleiðsla vipassna er frábær leið til að efla núvitund og skapa heilbrigt og gott líf.
Kennd verður grunntæknin í innsæis hugleiðslu og fjallað um kennslu Budda um rót þjáningarinnar og hvernig við getum lifað meðvitað í kærleika og hlúð að lífinu í öllum sínum margbreytileika.

Kennt í Yogavin Auðbrekku 2
Mánudag 11. feb kl. 19.30 – 21.30
Kennari Ásta Arnardóttir

Frítt / Frjáls framlög / Dana
Allir velkomnir

 

Zazen leiðbeining fyrir þá sem vilja læra að sitja Zen hugleiðslu

 

 

Mánudaginn 13.janúar kl.19:15 verður Zazen leiðbeining fyrir þá sem vilja læra að sitja Zen hugleiðslu. Áhugasamir vinslamlega skrái sig með því að senda póst á [e-mail].

 

Á laugardaginn kemur 11.janúar kl. 9:15 verður Ástvaldur Zenki með ræðu/kennslu. Allir sem hafa áhuga á kynnast zen hugleiðslu eru hjartanlega velkomnir.

 

www.zen.is  

 

Happiest man on earth

 

 

 Happiest man on earth is a Buddhist monk. 

 

Sjá hér:  

http://www.bbncommunity.com/happiest-man-on-earth-is-a-buddhist-monk/

Do not believe everything you read or hear

Do not believe everything you read or hear. It is stale and has no spark. Think, question and put it to test and turn into your personal experience. If you believe blindly by faith, you are making yourself a victim or get brainwashed and block your spiritual growth.

 

Yogi Shanti Desai 

Eckhart Tolle TV í janúar

This month, Eckhart discusses the realization and the expression of our essential nature, beautifully describing how our lives lead us to and change us through awakening. Eckhart teaches us about how the realization that comes without any spiritual teaching can be so profound, because we are often so frustrated by our surface reality. Eckhart explains that when thinking subsides, all that is left is an alive presence, which has enormous depth.

		In this issue, Kim answers questions on the challenges that we face in life that prevent us from awareness, and how to communicate with presence.

This month, Eckhart answers several questions from audience members.

	What’s a day like in the life of Eckhart?

	I’m challenged by inner resistance.

	Why did I survive a near-death experience?

	What is the heart’s role in awakening?

	Can you comment on the realm of desire?

Eckhart describes how the awakening of consciousness can lead towards a deeper knowing that cannot be put into words. In this issue, Eckhart describes the power of stepping out of thinking in order to reach a new state of awareness. Eckhart helps us gain an appreciation for the realization and the expression of our essential nature.

Topics Include:  • Letting go of our inner     resistance  • Learning how presence arises    and thinking subsides  • Building trust in our own     path in life  • Relinquishing the need to    understand  • Discovering the    disentanglement of    consciousness from form

... you will discover extraordinary riches which no government can tax ...

You see, you are not educated to be alone. Do you ever go out for a walk by yourself? It is very important to go out alone, to sit under a tree—not with a book, not with a companion, but by yourself—and observe the falling of a leaf, hear the lapping of the water, the fishermen’s song, watch the flight of a bird, and of your own thoughts as they chase each other across the space of your mind. If you are able to be alone and watch these things, then you will discover extraordinary riches which no government can tax, no human agency can corrupt, and which can never be destroyed.

 

Krishnamurti

The secret of Shiva and Shakti

 

The secret of Shiva and Shakti
Shiva and Shakti are one and the same.
There is no place that He is not.
There is no place that She is not.
They are one and the same.
She is in every thing.
She is in every word.
She is all there is.
See Her in all things.
Hear Her in all sounds.
Know Her in all thoughts.
Feel Her in all feelings.
She is all there is.
She is the one in the three worlds.
Shiva and Shakti are one and the same.
That is the secret. 

 

 Ljóð eftir Swami Jnaneshvara  

 

Guest: Is Divine Mother [Shakti] related to the Lord within?

Swami Rama: Virtually, they are one and the same. There are two aspects of the Lord. One is silent aspect, dormant aspect, another is expressive aspect. That creative aspect is called Mother; that silent aspect is called Father, of the universe. One is called Shiva, the other is called Shakti. Without Shakti, nothing can be created. This universe was directly created by Shakti. Though, so by Shiva. But Shiva, without Shakti’s help, cannot create the universe. One is unmanifested power, another is manifestation. That which manifests is called Shakti, that which remains in unmanifested form, though it is still there, is called Self-existent power, that is Shiva. And that which manifests itself, is called Shakti. This fine discrimination is there.

~ From Swami Rama’s Saundaryalahari lecture 4 (click here to watch the Youtubes)