Balance The Mind — Harvard neuroscientist: Meditation not only reduces stress, here’s how it changes your brain – The Washington Post

Meditation’s benefits may derive from its impact on the shape of the brain, thickening parts associated with mind-wandering, memory and compassion, and shrinking the fear center

Source: Harvard neuroscientist: Meditation not only reduces stress, here’s how it changes your brain – The Washington Post

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Daily Words of the Buddha for February 13, 2017

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Pāli Word a Day for February 13, 2017 — ākāsati — to shine

Ubhinnamatthaṃ carati,
attano ca parassa ca;
paraṃ saṅkupitaṃ ñatvā,
yo sato upasammati.

Knowing that the other person is angry,
one who remains mindful and calm
acts for one’s own best interest
and for the other’s interest, too.

Saṃyutta Nikāya 1.188
Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika

Meditation (9 hours!):  OM SO HUM Mantra sung by CHOIR ** EXTREMELY POWERFUL ** Mantra Meditation Music ॐ M1012 – YouTube

MEDITATION: OM SO HUM
(9 hours … play this in the background at home or while you sleep!)

So Hum is derived from Sanskrit and literally means “I am That” . it means identifying oneself with the universe or ultimate reality. As we meditate on this, we realize that we are all one, we have all come from one Infinite Source, and a part (Ansh) of that infinite source is present in all of us. We are all connected.

“You are the same as I am” OM is the sound of universe. Om So Hum ~ I am the universe, I am part of it, I am connected to that Infinite source.

See you folks on the Astral … Flying high on the Wings of OMMM!

Daily Words of the Buddha for January 27, 2017

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Pāli Word a Day for January 27, 2017 — anāvattin — one who does not return

Jayaṃ veraṃ pasavati.
Dukkhaṃ seti parājito.
Upasanto sukhaṃ seti,
hitvā jayaparājayaṃ.

Winning gives birth to hostility.
Losing, one lies down in pain.
The calmed lie down with ease,
having set winning and losing aside.

Dhammapada 15.201
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Daily Words of the Buddha for January 24, 2017

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Pāli Word a Day for January 24, 2017 — ropaka — sapling

Anatthajanano doso,
doso cittappakopano;
bhayamantarato jātaṃ
taṃ jano nāvabujjhati.

Hate brings great misfortune,
hate churns up and harms the mind;
this fearful danger deep within
most people do not understand.

Itivuttaka 3.88
Gemstones of the Good Dhamma, compiled and translated by Ven. S. Dhammika

Meditation

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“Any Bodhisattva who undertakes the practice of meditation should cherish one thought only: ‘When I attain perfect wisdom, I will liberate all sentient beings in every realm of the universe, and allow them to pass into the eternal peace of Nirvana.’ And yet, when vast, uncountable, unthinkable myriads of beings have been liberated, truly no being has been liberated. Why? Because no Bodhisattva who is a true Bodhisattva entertains such concepts as ‘self’ and ‘other’. Thus there are no sentient beings to be liberated and no self to attain perfect wisdom…The Buddha has no doctrine to convey. The truth is ungraspable and inexpressible. It neither is nor is not … All Bodhisattvas should develop a pure, lucid mind that doesn’t depend on sight, sound, touch, flavor, smell or any thought that arises in it. A Bodhisattva should develop a mind that alights nowhere. The mind should be kept independent of any thoughts that arise within it. If the mind depends upon anything, it has no sure haven…When I attained Absolute, Perfect Enlightenment, I attained absolutely nothing. That is why it is called Absolute, Perfect Enlightenment.”

~ Diamond Sutra

Affirming Meditation

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“I observe tempestuous emotions arising within me. At the same time I become aware of my body sensations. I draw closer and closer with the breath. Emotions that would overwhelm me like a furious storm are soothed and calmed with every breath. What I would call unpleasant sensations subside within my body.”

417Hz Release Subconscious Fear & Trapped Negative Energy Dissolve Unwanted Patterns – YouTube

RELAXATION AND RELEASE MEDITATION …

417 Hz – The revelation of truth allows the listener to release and convert the appearances of difficulty and setbacks, bringing order and inner listening to new heights of personal self-transformation.

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The tone from this Solfeggio scale produces energy to bring about change. This frequency cleanses traumatic experiences and clears destructive influences of past events.

Pathworking Meditation: Your Intentions for 2017

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Play this MP3 audio track for ambiance while contemplating the following thoughts and ideas, and keep your journal handy to write down whatever comes to mind after you’ve performed this exercise …

 

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” ~ Buddha

 

Changing your life, even in small incremental ways, can only happen effectively when you start with yourself. It’s no different with happiness. After all, creating a happy life comes by making a decision to see yourself, others and the world around you in a certain way.

When you turn your attention inward, you can begin to experience that deep quiet from which true happiness springs, flowering in moments of inspiration, elation and happiness. The more you nurture yourself, the more capable you are of growing strong and coping with the stresses that threaten your well-being.

Picture yourself this week in the midst of a vast canyon. Feel the sun on your face, imagine the smell of the air, the earth below you as you sit, and breathe deeply. As you do, contemplate your place in this environment and how this makes you feel in relation to your everyday world. What small changes might you see that you can make in your world to impact your happiness and well-being?

When you are finished, turn to your journal to write them down, and consider them when setting your intentions for the coming year.

Light Body Activation

You have forgotten you, but are continuing to remember. Your LightBody gives you access to you in your truest and purest form.

The human mind “learns” and the soul REMEMBERS as an energetic body of consciousness. These too are in direction opposition to each other, yet have a nexus point where infinity meets in the middle.

When one can truly see all separation within, they will have remembered that they have never been separate at all.

The human mind creates separation within self, from self and transmitting to an outward reality viewed as the physical manifestation in the materialization of all things and others. “Remembering” is a state of BEing as one’s own energy self. It is a state of consciousness. It is felt as one transcends the physical reality/bodies and exists as ONE unified body of consciousness. It takes one to the moment of creation or even before.

To actually MERGE into a body of consciousness as nothing but just an energy, “leave” your physical body & observe all of humanity from the point of “before creation” is a mind-blowing event that one attempts to comprehend, but cannot even fathom with a logical mind. In a way, there is no reason to speak of it, while also understanding the importance to share.

Everything and nothing exists all in one moment. The vastness & the simplicity almost contradict each other in a place where there is no contradiction. And describing with words that where words don’t exist, well….. (I believe I wrote as “messages” were received during this state, so I will share if so.) To exist as a “dot”, to expand in & out to see all as nothing or all as one, to observe the gridwork of humanity, of separation, to feel the love of all as one being, brings tears to my eyes as the very thought of what has been created here to “live” out in the physical.

Emotions are all over the place, in the most amazing way. One moment is playful, while the next is serene and silent. All moments are in love, observance & service even more now, for the “reality of this” continues to expand in every moment. New realizations of what we all are here to do changes with new understandings of remembering continuing to come through.

This is a place of appreciation, humility, honor and trust. It is one of purpose that transcends all human limiting thoughts and beliefs.

This is a place that is achieved through honor & integrity that one builds from within. Do we still exist here in human form? Yes we do. Do we trip & fall? Yes we do. Do we judge it? No. Do we serve humanity more than ever before. Indeed. Do we see things as we did in the physical? Never again.

Each new integration “period” starts with a glimpse of what one is integrating into. It provides for one to keep one moving forward to “achieve” that which they have “unlocked” of their previous, earlier & higher existence. For those who’s hearts are opening and awakening, this will be a continual journey within to seek that which you have yet to understand. This is a visual reality of geometry shapes, spirals, hearing what cannot be heard and, feeling with our entire being and transmitting out to assist all others as the brilliant & bright energy that we all are here, as one.

When all realities have merged at the highest vibrational frequency, all bodies of consciousness then unify as one. This IS your Light Body.  Embrace it, as the reality of it is now in your own remembering and ability to continue to release.

About Anger – by Zuli Masi

boatA Lesson About Anger … by our very good friend, Zuli Masi, a former Buddhist monk living in Chile …

 

A monk decides to meditate alone, away from his monastery. He takes his boat out to the middle of the lake, moors it there, closes his eyes and begins his meditation. After a few hours of undisturbed silence, he
suddenly feels the bump of another boat colliding with his own.

With his eyes still closed, he senses his anger rising, and by the time he opens his eyes, he is ready to scream at the boatman who dared disturb his meditation. But when he opens his eyes, he sees it’s an empty boat that had probably got untethered and floated to the middle of the lake.

At that moment, the monk achieves self-realization, and understands that the anger is within him; it merely needs the bump of an external object to provoke it out of him. From then on, whenever he comes across someone who irritates him or provokes him to anger, he reminds himself, “The other person is merely an empty boat. The anger is within me.”

Daily Words of the Buddha for January 05, 2017

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Pāli Word a Day for January 05, 2017 — nibhā — shine, lustre, splendor

Maraṇenapi taṃ pahīyati
yaṃ puriso mamidanti maññati.
Etampi viditvā paṇḍito,
na mamattāya
nametha māmako.

At death a person abandons
what one construes as mine.
Realizing this, the wise
shouldn’t incline
to be devoted to mine.

Sutta Nipāta 4.812
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu