Hi, I am looking to learn and try different forms of meditation to better myself and my control the self. Have I joined the right club. Oh and I don't have to...
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rainbowtoh
Sep 13, 2001 12:51 am
Hi, I am looking to learn and try different forms of meditation to better myself and my control the self. Have I joined the right club. Oh and I don't have to...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Sep 13, 2001 3:59 pm
Dear Tony,<br>Welcome. Right club, right time! Of course you don't have to be American. Meditators in more than 50 countries are involved in our web site and ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Sep 13, 2001 4:07 pm
Question:<br>How does dispassion fit in with anger?<br>Answer:<br>Remember the Tao. What it (and non-duality) is about is found in the cliche about a coin...
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eveneon
Sep 13, 2001 4:28 pm
If anger is the opposite of love, then I guess anger would be the same as hate. Or, is anger just an emotion which can turn to hate if you let yourself get ...
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rainbowtoh
Sep 14, 2001 12:44 pm
Sorry it takes so long to reply but I am limited in my access to the web, plus when I'm on most of you are sound asleep. It is great to be personaly welcomed...
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rainbowtoh
Sep 14, 2001 1:29 pm
They say that you need to observe your emotion as if you were looking from the eye of an outsider. But when emotions are strong how can you overcome that surge...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Sep 14, 2001 2:52 pm
Emotions and Visualization<br>When you witness yourself being carried away by your emotional reactivity, two "antidotes" are to visualize your self having the ...
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rainbowtoh
Sep 14, 2001 3:19 pm
Thank you for that advice. Yes we are not our body or emotion. Control of these things will take time and meditation. I will take heed of your advise. I like...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Sep 18, 2001 4:13 am
I work in a hospital psych unit and have seen remarkable things this past week. We have not had any incidences of patients acting out at all. Usually there...
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panneerselvamlic
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Sep 20, 2001 4:29 am
I am practising meditation since last one year.<br>Recently, I experience a noble silence in my mind<br>after considerable time and the mind become<br>stagnant...
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rainbowtoh
Sep 20, 2001 2:32 pm
I have noticed similar things over here. Could it be that people have attained a sense of perception in light of the recent atrocities?<br>It must be difficult...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Sep 21, 2001 4:22 am
Experiencing a noble silence in your mind is inconsistant with stagnation. Be patient. What commonly happens when you meditate and achieve silence is that our ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Sep 21, 2001 4:41 am
Dear Tony,<br>I think you have the right idea. When we take our focus off of our little selfish egoistic outlook and view the world in a wider selfless, truly...
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rainbowtoh
Sep 21, 2001 12:26 pm
It is true that we all gain strength from our experience. When we are down we get back up stronger than before. We also start to learn our own symptoms of ...
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rainbowtoh
Sep 21, 2001 12:42 pm
Anxiety for many of us is a continual presence. Like a hive of bees in the garden we may all of got used to there constant buzz of worry. That much that we may...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Sep 25, 2001 5:49 am
Two sample issues of The Inner Traveler<br>newsletter may be opened from our site, Meditation Station at<br><a...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Sep 29, 2001 3:40 pm
Question<br> How can I concentrate, on not concentrating on meditation, while I am counting reps? Granted, it distracts me from other interruptions in thought,...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Sep 30, 2001 6:09 pm
Question<br>What would you tell a beginner who wants to learn about meditation but is a little intimidated?<br>Answer<br>I would suggest that a beginner check...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Oct 1, 2001 3:21 pm
Question<br> I am a beginner at meditating. Could you please give me a simple, beginners program to meditating? <br>Answer<;br>I suggest that you read the ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Oct 5, 2001 5:08 am
To quote from an article in The Inner Traveler #3..."There is an awareness, a consciousness within you that is a silent Witness to everything your senses react...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Oct 6, 2001 6:23 pm
Question<br>Can meditation help me to lose weight?<br>Answer<br>Visualizing your body as losing weight has been claimed to work for many, and most advanced...
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kims_rainbow
Oct 10, 2001 3:06 am
I'm very new to the whole meditation thing, and I would like to know what exactly do you do when your meditating? I've read that you can ask your spirit guide ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Oct 10, 2001 4:39 am
First, you will need a technique that quiets you inner chatterer. Check out the Archive section of Meditation Station <a href=http://www.meditationsociety.com...
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astro4u2001
Oct 13, 2001 8:53 pm
Hi, I just noticed this group & decided to join. I've been going through a rough time for the past few years & stopped meditating. Recently my husband died & ...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Oct 14, 2001 6:31 am
Dear Astro,<br> I really feel for you and pray for your relief from suffering. I must emphasize my confidence in meditation as being potentially very ...
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astro4u2001
Oct 14, 2001 8:05 am
Dear Bob,<br> Thank you for your response. I cannot do totally silent, sitting still meditation. There are ugly faces & scarey beings that haunt me & it's not...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Oct 14, 2001 3:18 pm
Dear Astro,<br>First, please be gentle with your Self. No chastising, scolding, disgust, or anything negative. Have compassion for your Self and everyone ...
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astro4u2001
Oct 14, 2001 5:40 pm
Thanx Bob,<br><br>I've been seeing a physician & a counselor for the depression but didn't know about Jnana Yoga. Is there a website about it you know of?...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Oct 14, 2001 6:31 pm
Dear Astro,<br>On Meditation Station, the web site of the Meditation Society of America,<br><a href=http://www.meditationsociety.com...
