Category: Spirituality
Taoist Meditation
Taoist Meditation Taoist meditation is an engaging contemplative practice designed to balance Yin and Yang and boost energy flow, yet can be challenging to perform correctly without professional assistance from a master. Students learn to synchronize mindful breathing with gentle, specific body movements that will allow their chi to flow freely throughout their bodies and…
Christian Meditation
Christian Meditation Christian meditation involves spending time considering and reflecting upon God’s Word, leading to a deeper relationship with Jesus and his Spirit. Meditation is an important component of spiritual development, helping one take biblical and spiritual truth to heart and implement it into everyday life. Many spiritual practices and Christian counseling techniques incorporate some…
Christian Meditation
Christian meditation is a form of prayer rooted in scripture that involves three steps: considerations, affections and resolutions. For the consideration part of Christian meditation one meditates upon an emotionally stirring passage from Scripture while asking what Jesus might have to say about it. Meditation may seem unfamiliar to Christians due to its association with…
Last breath
One last breath Don’t mind your frailty too much don’t savor your strength for too long it’s all in you and more. Find it all. If you can’t confront what you don’t think you can handle, then how will you know what you can? Some will open up to you, some will deceive, some will…
Mourning until still mourning until finally morning
That we are even here introduces a polarity; that we will not always be here. That those we love may become a part of our journey introduces a polarity; that they may not always be a part of our journey. Some of them, a greater part than others. When they are no longer here, through…
Musings
Find your way back to who you were before being carried away. The profoundly acute awareness of a child. Where has it gone? Taken from the center of your being. Realization comes swiftly when you steadfastly stay here now. Footprints only show where you have been. Who you are now is the sum of those…
Look both ways before you cross your life
When you set out on a journey, be sure that you know your center is immovable. When you encounter the unfamiliar, take strength from what is always inside. When kindness is hard to find, show it. When you find things overwhelming, realize there’s nothing new under the sun. When you begin to judge the lives…
Keep watch
If you don’t face them today, they’ll sneak up on you tomorrow. Better to have a chance at slaying your demons while you can see them. You know who they are. They have you saying “that’s just the way I am” and they’ll dig it if you’re convinced of that. Then they won’t face you…
Inner light obscured
Who we truly are (beyond body and mind) is pure energy and love. What was before you arrived in an earthly form and what remains after you depart is within you at all times. The full expression of this love (unless you have already achieved enlightenment and still walk the earth’s plane!) is likely stifled…
Grateful
Don’t just say it. Always be grateful. Be grateful for the fact that you exist. Be grateful for the health that you have. Be grateful for the food that you eat. Be grateful for the wonders of nature. Be grateful for the senses that allow you to experience both pain and pleasure. Be grateful for…