This comes to mind today, because, growing up, Christmas was a time of big family gatherings at my grandmother's house, and she would spend hours "reading tea...
"MEDITATION – THE DIVINE ELIXIR OF LIFE" GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. THE LATEST VOLUME OF THE SPIRITUAL WEB SITE www.ahwan.org (or...
Excerpt from Balance in Meditation by Ven. Pannyavaro An image often used to describe the practice of awareness is that of walking a tightrope. In order to do...
From a cosmic perspective, time doesn't exist. It's a devise we use to explain aging and decay, and the sun rising and setting (which of course, it doesn't do...
Ran across this quote yesterday. It's one of the pleasantly startling realizations of Awakening: "If you don't see God in everyone, you don't see God at all." ...
I had a kidney stone on at around 1 year back, and I have gone through the evere pain. I had taked the medicines and since 6-7 months there in no pain at all...
As the fletcher whittles And makes straight his arrows, So the master directs His straying thoughts. Like a fish out of water, Stranded on the shore, Thoughts...
There is a common phase meditators go through, and that is that when the light of introspection is pointed to the subconscious, the dark negative stuff there...
i have been meditating for 2 days. 20 minutes a day. listening to music, relaxing music. i feel the breath getting shorter and shorter when im doing it. and i...
actually VERY new i plan on starting tomorrow. i need some advice/help. is it better to listen to relaxing music? my household is kindof eratic. i am 20 years...
http://www.the-covenant.net Check out just about anything there, but the New Prattlings for November are a good place to start. They are, as is all the...
From the Sunday Phila Inquirer: Mind over matter In making a case for life after death, maybe Socrates had the right idea. Dinesh D'Souza is the author of...
I'm posting this just as I received a minute ago in an email. Thanks, John for the wisdom. ... Thinking "Out of the Box" Many hundreds of years ago in a small...
DEIFYING MATTER "You admire the little electric lamp on your table; have you learnt to admire the glorious sun which sheds light in the whole universe? "You...
Is it just me and my being unfamiliar with these venues, or are they the biggest ego tripping ever? I do have a Facebook account and only got that to be able...
An excerpt from MEDITATING ON NON-SELF: A Dhamma Talk Edited for Bodhi Leaves by Sister Khem There is nothing that is secure. Nothing to hold on to, nothing...
We received an email today about a Buddhist Meditation Centre in England that said it "is authorative (as it put it in bold letters)and 10 years old. We have...
Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913] Found at sacred-texts.com Ignorance, Folly Ignorance is the greatest poverty. Ignorance is death in life. There is no...
Relax wherever and in whatever way you have come to know best lets you meditate without your mind, body, or emotions distracting you. Visualize a healing,...
LORD HELP ME! Lord help me to relax about insignificant details beginning tomorrow at 7:41:23 AM EST. Lord help me to consider people's feelings, even if most...
"So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they...
Welcome to the Mystic Kitchen Today we are going to bake some Mystic Muffins... We'll need some flour, baking soda, baking powder, milk, a pinch of salt, sugar...
Breathe In – Breathe Out By Bette Rose Every day, we all have so many things to remember. But there's only one thing really worth remembering – to breathe....
One of the many benefits of living a meditative lifestyle is that when one of life's curve balls throws us off balance, we recover much more quickly. This is...
We've had so may emails lately expressing the same idea..."I will wait for my Enlightenment until it's ready to grace me, but I want greater Peace ASAP". As a...
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the...
FROM THE HEART http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mysticheartmeditation/message/520 If one professes openly to having 'heard' the wisdom whisper from the heart,...
The Art of Defying Death By Elizabeth Kadetsky From theNew York Times 10/18/09 On a misty spring night in 2005, I approached my apartment, on a tony block on...
