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The Power of Feeling
Author: George Lockett
We see all the top Scientist and Physicist and Business People, all using their mind to try to understand life and the world around them. What they find is that the more they look into a subject the more they realise how little they actually know.

Yet the true process of knowing is not in understanding, it is in being. It is through your feeling and releasing, relaxing and centring your energy that you can truly know whom you are. Take a deep breath and stay conscious of your breathing as you reach out with your feeling.

This works best with your eyes close using one's imagination, creating images with your feelings and expanding your consciousness outwards. You can imagine your energy field connected to the Earth and being as one with the planet. As you do this you may realise that your consciousness is margining with that of the planet and you are helping the planets own consciousness to wake up and become aware of its' Self.

You can expand again and feel the connection to the Sun and Moon and all the planets of our Solar System. Astrologers have known for years of this connection and influence. It is time now for us all to wake up and put our energy in tune with planet Earth and the Solar System. Just allow yourself the freedom to dream and feel the connection.

We should not limit ourselves to imagining that we are just connected to the Solar System. We are part of a much bigger system and we should feel the connection to all the stars and planets in the Milky Way and the Whole Universe. Then expand further and feel all the Dimensions and the Parallel Universes and the Whole Omniverse. There is truly no limit, but the more we feel connected the more support we will have in our daily lives.

I have made some meditation recording to help with this if you would like to try them. Just follow the link and instructions on the page: http://www.healergeorge.com/guided_meditation.htm
I would recommend listening to the second one first; "Connecting to Earth and Universe - Guided Meditation" as this is a good general meditation and will balance and align your energies with both the Earth and the Universe.

You can email me at healergeorge@ntlworld.com if you have any questions or requests.

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Message channelled by HealerGeorge (C) Copyright 2005, All Rights Reserved.
Visit our website for more information and previously published ebooks to read, Guided Meditation CD or MP3 file. Request Absent Healing at:
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The Power of Feeling
Author: George Lockett
We see all the top Scientist and Physicist and Business People, all using their mind to try to understand life and the world around them. What they find is that the more they look into a subject the more they realise how little they actually know.

Yet the true process of knowing is not in understanding, it is in being. It is through your feeling and releasing, relaxing and centring your energy that you can truly know whom you are. Take a deep breath and stay conscious of your breathing as you reach out with your feeling.

This works best with your eyes close using one's imagination, creating images with your feelings and expanding your consciousness outwards. You can imagine your energy field connected to the Earth and being as one with the planet. As you do this you may realise that your consciousness is margining with that of the planet and you are helping the planets own consciousness to wake up and become aware of its' Self.

You can expand again and feel the connection to the Sun and Moon and all the planets of our Solar System. Astrologers have known for years of this connection and influence. It is time now for us all to wake up and put our energy in tune with planet Earth and the Solar System. Just allow yourself the freedom to dream and feel the connection.

We should not limit ourselves to imagining that we are just connected to the Solar System. We are part of a much bigger system and we should feel the connection to all the stars and planets in the Milky Way and the Whole Universe. Then expand further and feel all the Dimensions and the Parallel Universes and the Whole Omniverse. There is truly no limit, but the more we feel connected the more support we will have in our daily lives.

I have made some meditation recording to help with this if you would like to try them. Just follow the link and instructions on the page: http://www.healergeorge.com/guided_meditation.htm
I would recommend listening to the second one first; "Connecting to Earth and Universe - Guided Meditation" as this is a good general meditation and will balance and align your energies with both the Earth and the Universe.

You can email me at healergeorge@ntlworld.com if you have any questions or requests.

About the Author

Message channelled by HealerGeorge (C) Copyright 2005, All Rights Reserved.
Visit our website for more information and previously published ebooks to read, Guided Meditation CD or MP3 file. Request Absent Healing at:
www.healergeorge.com

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What does Meditation music do to you?
Author: Werner Boersch
Personally I belief that it is possible for anyone to live a life of happiness, inner peace, and outward success, no matter what their present or past circumstances.
There are very real methods anyone can use to achieve these things—if they are willing to make the necessary changes in how they see themselves and their relationship to the rest of the world, and take the necessary actions.

All traditions of meditation flow from one premise: that the entire universe is made of one all-encompassing energy, intelligent and aware, existing forever as the source of everything. Because there is nothing outside of it, say the mystics, because of its completeness, this energy has nothing to get or need, nothing to fear. Simply because it is its nature to do so, this one energy continually spins itself out as the entire, infinite universe. The very nature of this energy, it is said, is contentment, love, peace, happiness, and perfection.

The totality of this energy, say the mystics, is who you really are; your seeming separateness, an illusion. Saints and sages have for centuries attempted to describe to humankind a state of awareness where this feeling of oneness with everything in the universe is the predominant experience.

For thousands of years, curious seekers have responded to these explanations by asking, "If I am this one, infinite energy, the beginning less and endless totality of everything, if I really am Love itself, then why do I feel so bad? Why do I have so many problems? Why don't I feel the peace and happiness you say is my true nature?"
And the mystic invariably would answer, "You do not experience your true nature because of your mind. Your mind keeps you from the experience of what truly is."
These explanations state that the one energy of reality, at the moment of creation, polarized itself into a seeming duality—good and evil, male and female, up and down, here and there and all other pairs of seeming opposites. This duality, however, is more apparent than real. In each pair of opposites, each part is dependent on the other for its existence, like two sides of the same coin. "Cold" is meaningless without "hot"; "good" makes no sense without "bad". According to the mystical philosophies of the East,it
is the tension between these pairs of opposites, in your mind, that actually causes the universe to manifest.
This tension between opposites is also reflected in the human brain.
The brain, divided into two hemispheres, right and left, has the same dual structure—made more acute by the fact that in virtually all people the two hemispheres are unbalanced, a state called brain lateralization.
Since the brain filters our reality in this split-brain way, we tend to see things in terms of duality rather than the oneness spoken of by mystics.
Of course, today we know that this is true—the mind does indeed act as a filter, coloring our view of reality just as colored glasses give an illusory tint to what we see. As we grow up, our brain is programmed that some things cause pain and should be avoided, while others bring pleasure and should be sought.
Our brain will always filter reality to confirm that its predominant beliefs and associations are the truth.
No wonder we don't see the universe of love and harmony described by saints and mystics!
If the brain could somehow learn to operate in a more coherent, holistic manner, if the two sides of the brain could somehow balance, interact more, and function, as one, then possibly our experience of reality would be different.
The more lateralization in the brain (in other words, the more tension between polar opposites) the more feelings of separation, fear, anxiety, and isolation. In fact, as we shall see, only a lateralized brain can continue to entertain the types of beliefs that result in dysfunctional and addictive behaviors and the painful feelings that accompany them.

But our brain should not be considered like an organ what produces our
consciousness, we should consider it instead like the product of our consciousness.
The connections between the cells in our brain become created following the necessities of our consciousness.
In this way, our brain evolves and produces his self and our implicit consciousness.
Therefore, must our mind be seen as a potentiality!

Modern brain research indicates that long-term meditation does in fact balance the brain, creating a synchrony between the two hemispheres.
They discovered that electrical brain wave patterns of meditators changed, in periods of deep meditation, to a single, coherent pattern, indicating that both sides of the brain — ordinarily out of phase — were working together in a balanced, synchronous manner.
This and other research has demonstrated that this balancing, or synchronization, of the hemispheres of the brain happens in all forms of meditation. The degree of hemispheric synchronization can be very precisely determined by measuring the meditator's brain wave patterns with an electroencephalograph (EEG) machine.
Any kind of focusing will bring about a degree of brain synchronization (i.e. meditation). The greater the focus, the greater the synchronization (and the deeper the meditative state). The mystic, then, sitting to meditate, balances the brain through some form of focusing, whether by repeating a prayer or mantra, keeping the attention on the flow of the breath, staring at a candle flame, or by using one of many other techniques. Whatever the technique, the effect on the brain is substantially the same—brain synchronization, and after much practice, transcendental experience.
So just what is this transcendental awareness? Is it becoming some kind of a blob of undifferentiated guru that wants to sit and stare at its navel instead of going to work in the morning, or some kind of robed, smiling person handing out flowers in the airport? Contrary to common Western mythology about such things, persons operating continually in this type of awareness (a kind of 24-hour-a-day state of meditative alertness sometimes referred to as "the awakened mind") are more productive, happier, and capable of more intimacy, more creativity, and more wholeness. Since the filter through which they view reality does not split everything in to categories based on arbitrary early life programming, they see life more objectively, without fear and judgment, without a need to manipulate others, without need for approval—in short, without the limitations of mental programming. This is, in fact, a state of peak performance. And, when the brain is in this highly synchronous and coherent state, it produces large quantities of pleasure-causing petrochemicals called endorphins, making the whole experience very pleasurable!

In order to accelerate the personal growth process, can you take advantage from the results of modern brain research and use the combined method between meditation and brain wave stimulation with scientifically
developed meditation music, what stimulates your brain in a more effective and faster way than traditional meditation. By doing that you'll exclude any upcoming difficulties regarding focusing your mind and concentration.
Music is harmony; start practicing your meditation with harmoniouslyhttp://www.meditationsession.com meditation music!
http://www.meditationsession.com

This article may be freely re-published on your website or in your ezine as long as nothing is changed and the resource box is included at the bottom of the article and all links
within the resource box and the article remain active for the duration of the publication of the article.
Copyright © by Werner Boersch 2004

About the Author

Studied Psychlogy in Germany
on the University of Dusseldorf,
practicing Yoga and Meditation
since several years
Owner &Webmaster
http://www.meditationsession.com
Discuss your experiences
http://www.meditation-session.blogspot.com

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What does Meditation music do to you?
Author: Werner Boersch
Personally I belief that it is possible for anyone to live a life of happiness, inner peace, and outward success, no matter what their present or past circumstances.
There are very real methods anyone can use to achieve these things—if they are willing to make the necessary changes in how they see themselves and their relationship to the rest of the world, and take the necessary actions.

All traditions of meditation flow from one premise: that the entire universe is made of one all-encompassing energy, intelligent and aware, existing forever as the source of everything. Because there is nothing outside of it, say the mystics, because of its completeness, this energy has nothing to get or need, nothing to fear. Simply because it is its nature to do so, this one energy continually spins itself out as the entire, infinite universe. The very nature of this energy, it is said, is contentment, love, peace, happiness, and perfection.

The totality of this energy, say the mystics, is who you really are; your seeming separateness, an illusion. Saints and sages have for centuries attempted to describe to humankind a state of awareness where this feeling of oneness with everything in the universe is the predominant experience.

For thousands of years, curious seekers have responded to these explanations by asking, "If I am this one, infinite energy, the beginning less and endless totality of everything, if I really am Love itself, then why do I feel so bad? Why do I have so many problems? Why don't I feel the peace and happiness you say is my true nature?"
And the mystic invariably would answer, "You do not experience your true nature because of your mind. Your mind keeps you from the experience of what truly is."
These explanations state that the one energy of reality, at the moment of creation, polarized itself into a seeming duality—good and evil, male and female, up and down, here and there and all other pairs of seeming opposites. This duality, however, is more apparent than real. In each pair of opposites, each part is dependent on the other for its existence, like two sides of the same coin. "Cold" is meaningless without "hot"; "good" makes no sense without "bad". According to the mystical philosophies of the East,it
is the tension between these pairs of opposites, in your mind, that actually causes the universe to manifest.
This tension between opposites is also reflected in the human brain.
The brain, divided into two hemispheres, right and left, has the same dual structure—made more acute by the fact that in virtually all people the two hemispheres are unbalanced, a state called brain lateralization.
Since the brain filters our reality in this split-brain way, we tend to see things in terms of duality rather than the oneness spoken of by mystics.
Of course, today we know that this is true—the mind does indeed act as a filter, coloring our view of reality just as colored glasses give an illusory tint to what we see. As we grow up, our brain is programmed that some things cause pain and should be avoided, while others bring pleasure and should be sought.
Our brain will always filter reality to confirm that its predominant beliefs and associations are the truth.
No wonder we don't see the universe of love and harmony described by saints and mystics!
If the brain could somehow learn to operate in a more coherent, holistic manner, if the two sides of the brain could somehow balance, interact more, and function, as one, then possibly our experience of reality would be different.
The more lateralization in the brain (in other words, the more tension between polar opposites) the more feelings of separation, fear, anxiety, and isolation. In fact, as we shall see, only a lateralized brain can continue to entertain the types of beliefs that result in dysfunctional and addictive behaviors and the painful feelings that accompany them.

But our brain should not be considered like an organ what produces our
consciousness, we should consider it instead like the product of our consciousness.
The connections between the cells in our brain become created following the necessities of our consciousness.
In this way, our brain evolves and produces his self and our implicit consciousness.
Therefore, must our mind be seen as a potentiality!

Modern brain research indicates that long-term meditation does in fact balance the brain, creating a synchrony between the two hemispheres.
They discovered that electrical brain wave patterns of meditators changed, in periods of deep meditation, to a single, coherent pattern, indicating that both sides of the brain — ordinarily out of phase — were working together in a balanced, synchronous manner.
This and other research has demonstrated that this balancing, or synchronization, of the hemispheres of the brain happens in all forms of meditation. The degree of hemispheric synchronization can be very precisely determined by measuring the meditator's brain wave patterns with an electroencephalograph (EEG) machine.
Any kind of focusing will bring about a degree of brain synchronization (i.e. meditation). The greater the focus, the greater the synchronization (and the deeper the meditative state). The mystic, then, sitting to meditate, balances the brain through some form of focusing, whether by repeating a prayer or mantra, keeping the attention on the flow of the breath, staring at a candle flame, or by using one of many other techniques. Whatever the technique, the effect on the brain is substantially the same—brain synchronization, and after much practice, transcendental experience.
So just what is this transcendental awareness? Is it becoming some kind of a blob of undifferentiated guru that wants to sit and stare at its navel instead of going to work in the morning, or some kind of robed, smiling person handing out flowers in the airport? Contrary to common Western mythology about such things, persons operating continually in this type of awareness (a kind of 24-hour-a-day state of meditative alertness sometimes referred to as "the awakened mind") are more productive, happier, and capable of more intimacy, more creativity, and more wholeness. Since the filter through which they view reality does not split everything in to categories based on arbitrary early life programming, they see life more objectively, without fear and judgment, without a need to manipulate others, without need for approval—in short, without the limitations of mental programming. This is, in fact, a state of peak performance. And, when the brain is in this highly synchronous and coherent state, it produces large quantities of pleasure-causing petrochemicals called endorphins, making the whole experience very pleasurable!

In order to accelerate the personal growth process, can you take advantage from the results of modern brain research and use the combined method between meditation and brain wave stimulation with scientifically
developed meditation music, what stimulates your brain in a more effective and faster way than traditional meditation. By doing that you'll exclude any upcoming difficulties regarding focusing your mind and concentration.
Music is harmony; start practicing your meditation with harmoniouslyhttp://www.meditationsession.com meditation music!
http://www.meditationsession.com

This article may be freely re-published on your website or in your ezine as long as nothing is changed and the resource box is included at the bottom of the article and all links
within the resource box and the article remain active for the duration of the publication of the article.
Copyright © by Werner Boersch 2004

About the Author

Studied Psychlogy in Germany
on the University of Dusseldorf,
practicing Yoga and Meditation
since several years
Owner &Webmaster
http://www.meditationsession.com
Discuss your experiences
http://www.meditation-session.blogspot.com

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EASTERN AND WESTERN PERSPECTIVES OF MEDITATION
Author: Manoj Dash, BHMS,Ph.D.
General.
The word 'meditation' is by now fairly well known though it conveys different meanings to different people. A dictionary definition1 shows that the word is derived from the Latin (meditate-meditari), meaning 'to survey, observe, contemplate'. In order to understand meditation, this paper presents the Eastern and Western perspectives along with the differences and common features.
Western perspectives.
Interest in meditation began in the West with the introduction of the technique, Transcendental Meditation which is derived from principles in traditional yoga texts, but has been modified for contemporary practice2. Meditation was described based on physiological studies as a state of 'alertful rest'3,4, and a strategy to control the level of arousal5. Practitioners of meditation were also interested in the possibility of meditation giving them special powers (siddhis), to control the involuntary functions such as body temperature regulation6 or levitation7.
No single technique has been described. According to one description8, there are two main forms. The more common form has been called concentrative, involving focusing on a single, unchanging stimulus. The less common form of meditation has been called 'opening up', in which the practitioner of meditation attempts to broaden awareness to include all forms of sensations. Many scientists believe that despite mystical and spiritual connotations, there is nothing unique about the meditative state9, which is comparable to resting or relaxing.
To understand the Western perspective of meditation, it is important to understand the historical background of meditation and contemplation in the West. This is closely linked with Christian contemplative prayer which dates back to the 4th century (approximately). At the time of the Reformation contemplative prayer declined or disappeared among Protestants, and went into long decline in the Catholic countries. Under the influence of rationalism, the mystic direct experience of God became suspect. By the 19th century the contemplative prayer tradition had almost disappeared except among the cloistered Catholic religious orders, and it was marginalized even there. Christian contemplative practice began to revive among the Benedictines and other monastic orders. During the mid-20th century interest in contemplative practices increased, with the most popular writer on the subject being the Cistercian monk Thomas Merton10.
Lectio divina, translated as sacred reading, was likely brought to the Western Christian Church from Egypt, Syria, and Palestine in the early fifth century. It was recommended for both lay persons and monastics in the early Christian centuries. Lectio divina as it is traditionally taught, has four parts or elements:

Steps involved in Lectio divina:
ActivityDescriptionPurpose
LectioRead the passage, seek the word or GodListen
MeditatioMeditate on the passage and apply it to our own situation and needsReflect
OratioPray in response to the word of GodIntegrate
ContemplatioListen in contemplative silence, open to whatever God may wish to invite or impartReceive

Hence contemplation was accepted though by specific groups of individuals. However meditation was more generally associated with eastern traditions such as Zen and yoga, and many who wished to explore the contemplative life turned to Eastern teachers who were beginning to establish themselves in the West.
Eastern perspectives.
General.
In the traditional texts (the Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita) it has been described that when awake and in the absence of a specific task the mind is very distractible (cancalata), and has to be taken through the stages of 'streamlining the thoughts' (concentration or ekagrata), and one-pointed concentration (focusing or dharana), before reaching the meditative state (defocused, effortless single thought state or dhyana).
Descriptions of each of the states.

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Aura FAQs
Author: Janet Ilacqua

AURA FAQs

Here are some frequently asked questions about reading auras.
I am not seeing any auras

There are several reasons why you are not seeing auras. Here are some of them:
You have not prepared yourself properly.
You are not in tune with the other person's energy. Some people's auras are harder to read than others are.
In this case, make an extra effort and keep in mind that you may not be able to read everyone's energy.
You are either sick, tired, or under stress. At this point, you should postpone reading until you are better.
The person that you are reading is sick, tired, or depressed. When people are sick or depressed, their auras get smaller and less vibrant; hence, they are hard to read.
Aura reading is easier for some people than others. You may need to take a class or buy special equipment, such as aura glasses.
In addition, regular attendance at a meditation group where you can learn to focus your attention and read other's energies is useful.

I am not seeing any colors in auras

It takes a lot of time and practice to see colors in auras. Sometimes, the colors are very muddy and hard to distinguish. Not all auras have colors. The best thing to do is to keep practicing. Eventually, you will see colors.

What do I do to protect myself against negative energy?

If you meet negative energy while doing readings, you need to protect yourself psychically. To do this, imagine your whole body surrounded by white light.

I am seeing entities and energy other than aura

The spiritual realm, on which auras exist, is filled with all sorts of entities, ranging from loving and positive (such as angels) to annoying or even dangerous.
Here are some types of entities that you may be encountering:
Spirit guides and guardians attached to the person you are reading.
Thought forms or psychic imprints. Thought forms can be negative or positive and usually produced by intense brooding. Oftentimes, they maybe indication of physical illness, depression, or mental illness. Many times, they are attached to the individual that you are reading.
Astral travelers. Oftentimes, when we are dreaming or in a coma, our spirits leave the body and travel to other places.
Ghosts--These can be spirits of the person's loved ones or they may have a connection to the house that you are reading in.
The spirits of living people who are either dreaming, in a coma, or engaged in astral travel.
Remember that, in all cases, your focus is on the person to the reader. The first thing you should be is determine their relationship to the person being read. Describe the spirit entities to your client and see if he can identify them. If the energies are at all negative, protect your psychically by surrounding you and the person you are reading with white light.
If possible, address the entities and ask them why there are here and if they have any information, which may help the person, whom you are reading. In any case, whatever entities, you should determine what information they are trying to give to you about the person you are reading.
Can I be a Christian, Moslem, Jew, etc. and read auras?
The belief in auras is not tied to any specific religious tradition. Throughout history, advanced spiritual people such as Buddha, Christ and their immediate students were painted with golden haloes around their heads, because some artists could actually see auras. In Australia remote West Kimberleys, you can find prehistoric cave paintings (right), many thousands of years old, depicting people with golden haloes. All religions have had the concept of positive spiritual energy, the equivalent of the Chinese concept of chi and the Christian concept of grace. Working with spiritual energy help you become a more spiritually balanced person and eventually a better Christian, Moslem, and so

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Bio: Janet K. Ilacqua is a freelance writer based in Tracy, California. For more information about her services, check her website at http://www.writeupondemand.com

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