How to meditate, for people who can’t silent their thoughts.

 

How to meditate, for people who can’t silent their thoughts. 

Meditation is undoubtedly an excellent method to reduce stress, anxiety, and achieve inner peace. However, for many people, the idea of meditating can be daunting, especially if they are not able to silence their thoughts. In this blog article, we will discuss some tips and tricks on how to meditate if you are struggling to quiet your mind.

1. Focus on your breath: One of the most effective ways to meditate is by focusing on your breath. Pay attention to the sensation of your breath as you inhale and exhale. Whenever your thoughts start to wander, gently bring your attention back to your breath.

2. Guided Meditation: Guided meditation can be an excellent tool for beginners who are new to meditation. There is a variety of guided meditations available online that can help you focus on your breathing and guide you through the meditation process.

3. Counting Meditation: Another technique that can help you to focus is counting meditation. To do this, simply count your breaths as you inhale and exhale. Start with a count of one and then gradually increase it to ten. If your thoughts wander off, start over again.

4. Mantra Meditation: Many people find it helpful to use a mantra, a word or phrase repeated during meditation, to help them focus. Choose a mantra that resonates with you, such as "I am calm" or "I am at peace." Repeat it silently to yourself as you meditate.

5. Practice Daily: Consistency is key when it comes to meditation. It is recommended that you practice meditation for at least a few minutes every day. Over time, you will notice that it becomes easier to quiet your mind and focus.

In conclusion, meditation can be a powerful tool to help reduce stress and anxiety, but it can be challenging if you are unable to quiet your thoughts. By following these tips and techniques, you can learn how to focus and meditate effectively. So, start incorporating meditation into your daily routine and enjoy the many benefits it has to offer.

Grounding and Centering Meditation

Grounding and Centering Meditation

This is a quick grounding meditation. You should practice this to balance your energy, release anxiety, or any time you feel like screaming.

Sit peacefully and relax. Let the ground or chair support you. Let your muscles go. You don't have to exert any effort to sit there. Take in an easy, deep breath...and let it out your mouth, parting your lips slightly as you exhale. 

Let your arms feel heavy, pulling down your shoulders. Breathe... Let that heavy feeling flow down your torso and legs, so you feel heavy and relaxed all the way down to your feet on the ground.

Now picture and feel roots growing from your feet down into the ground. Just like a tree's roots...going down into the layers of cool dirt...growing around rocks...traveling further and further down into the earth. Let the roots grow as deeply as you wish.

Now feel the healing, rhythmic energy of the earth itself flowing up through your roots...slowly traveling up...through your roots, up to your feet and quickly filling your entire body. Feel this positive, grounded, earth energy throughout your being. Take in a deep, cleansing breath... and release.

When you are ready, open your eyes and know that this grounded energy will remain with you throughout your day.

Enjoy!!!

By Kalpesh Dave.

Violet Flame for Improving Relationships

Violet Flame for Improving Relationships

Do you have a problem with a co-worker who irritates you? Do you have a relationship with a friend or family member that’s a little rocky? Or do you just want to nurture a relationship that’s going well? The violet flame can help you. It is able to transmute the negative energy of resentment, anger and blame because it has the vibration of mercy and forgiveness. You can use the violet flame to help take the rough edges off difficult relationships and harmonize your interactions with others.

Use the following exercise to focus the energy of the violet flame into any relationship you wish to improve. If visualization is difficult for you, just think about the words of the affirmations as you say them.

Before starting this exercise,you need to find a place where you won't be disturbed.Sit comfortably in a straight chair,with your spine and head erect,legs and arms uncrossed and feet flat on the floor.Rest your hands on your upper legs,with palms facing upwards.

STEP 1    Think of a relationship that you wish to improve.

STEP 2    Go within and consciously draw all your attention and energy to   the point of your heart. You may want to place your hand over your heart to help you focus your attention there.

STEP 3    Breathe deeply several times until you feel calm and centered.

STEP 4    Give the following prayer out loud.

By the power of the light and love within my heart,
I send forth Violet Flame to the heart of:

_________________________________________
(name of person to whom you are sending forgiveness)

I ask that the Violet Flame of forgiveness also be delivered by angels to everyone I have ever wronged and to everyone who has ever wronged me.

STEP 5   Concentrate on the image of the Violet Flame.Close your eyes and see this image in your mind.

STEP 6   Now see the violet flame surrounding and interpenetrating your heart.

STEP 7    Next, visualize sending the violet flame from your heart to the heart of the person with whom you are seeking resolution.

STEP 8    See this violet flame expand until you and this person are sealed in an ovoid of pulsating violet flame.

STEP 9    Continue your visualization while giving the following affirmations for about five minutes. Speak them out loud, rhythmically and energetically.

1.  I am loving, lovable and loved.
2.  I accept others for who they are and who they are not.
3.  I joyously forgive others and myself and I set myself free from the past. I am at peace.
4.  I love and accept myself exactly as I am now.
5.  I attract loving relationships into my life.
6.  I love.  I am love.
7.  I respect and care about others.
8.  I am grateful for the people in my life.
9.  I deserve love in my life.
10. I love everything about myself.

STEP 10   Give the following prayer out loud.

"I am grateful, O God, for the release of light into this relationship. I ask that the action of the violet flame be expanded for the resolution of discord among all people on earth. Fill every heart with peace and mercy. Please protect me and all those serving the light. Let my prayers and affirmations be fulfilled according to your holy will."

Observe the results:

1)The next time you see the person you've been praying about, notice any changes in your relationship.

2)Continue giving this exercise as long as needed to improve the relationship. 

----Stay Blessed----

-Kalpesh Dave

The 100 Benefits of doing Meditation

The 100 Benefits of Doing Meditation

(A) Physiological benefits 

1- It lowers oxygen consumption.
2- It decreases respiratory rate.
3- It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.
4- Increases exercise tolerance.
5- Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.
6- Good for people with high blood pressure.
7- Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.
8- Decreases muscle tension
9- Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc.
10- Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms.
11- Helps in post-operative healing.
12- Enhances the immune system.
13- Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress
14- Enhances energy, strength and vigour.
15- Helps with weight loss
16- Reduction of free radicals, less tissue damage
17- Higher skin resistance
18- Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
19- Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.
20- Decreases the aging process.
21- Higher levels of DHEAS (Dehydroepiandrosterone)
22- prevented, slowed or controlled pain of chronic diseases
23- Makes you sweat less
24- Cure headaches & migraines
25- Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning
26- Reduced Need for Medical Care
27- Less energy wasted
28- More inclined to sports, activities
29- Significant relief from asthma
30- improved performance in athletic events
31- Normalizes to your ideal weight

32- harmonizes our endocrine system
33- relaxes our nervous system
34- produce lasting beneficial changes in brain electrical activity

35- Cure infertility (the stresses of infertility can interfere with the release of hormones that regulate ovulation)

36- Builds self-confidence.
37- Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behaviour.
38- Resolve phobias & fears
39- Helps control own thoughts
40- Helps with focus & concentration
41- Increase creativity
42- Increased brain wave coherence.
43- Improved learning ability and memory.
44- Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
45- Increased emotional stability.
46- improved relationships
47- Mind ages at slower rate
48- Easier to remove bad habits
49- Develops intuition
50- Increased Productivity
51- Improved relations at home & at work
52- Able to see the larger picture in a given situation
53- Helps ignore petty issues
54- Increased ability to solve complex problems
55- Purifies your character
56- Develop will power
57- greater communication between the two brain hemispheres
58- react more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event.
59- increases one’s perceptual ability and motor performance
60- higher intelligence growth rate
61- Increased job satisfaction
62- increase in the capacity for intimate contact with loved ones
63- decrease in potential mental illness
64- Better, more sociable behaviour
65- Less aggressiveness
66- Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction
67- Reduces need and dependency on drugs, pills & pharmaceuticals

68- Need less sleep to recover from sleep deprivation
69- Require less time to fall asleep, helps cure insomnia
70- Increases sense of responsibility
71- Reduces road rage
72- Decrease in restless thinking
73- Decreased tendency to worry
74- Increases listening skills and empathy
75- Helps make more accurate judgments
76- Greater tolerance
77- Gives composure to act in considered & constructive ways
78- Grows a stable, more balanced personality
79- Develops emotional maturity 

(B) Spiritual benefits

80- Helps keep things in perspective
81- Provides peace of mind, happiness
82- Helps you discover your purpose
83- Increased self-actualization.
84- Increased compassion
85- Growing wisdom
86- Deeper understanding of yourself and others
87- Brings body, mind, spirit in harmony
88- Deeper Level of spiritual relaxation
89- Increased acceptance of oneself
90- helps learn forgiveness
91- Changes attitude toward life
92- Creates a deeper relationship with your God
93- Attain enlightenment
94- greater inner-directedness
95- Helps living in the present moment
96- Creates a widening, deepening capacity for love
97- Discovery of the power and consciousness beyond the ego
98- Experience an inner sense of “Assurance or Knowingness”
99- Experience a sense of “Oneness”
100- Increases the synchronicity in your life

Meditation is also completely FREE! It requires no special equipment, and is not complicated to learn. It can be practiced anywhere, at any given moment, and it is not time consuming (15-20 min. per day is good). Best of all, meditation has NO negative side effects. Bottom line, there is nothing but positive to be gained from it! With such a huge list of benefits, the question you should ask yourself is, “why am I not meditating yet?”

Chakra Balancing Meditation (Rose Meditation) - चकरा कुण्डलिनी ध्यान

 Chakra Balancing Meditation (Rose Meditation)
 

To balance or "see" the condition of your chakras, I've found this meditation particularly helpful. Starting from your root and after you have gotten yourself into whatever meditative relaxing position you like....

See your root chakra as a beautiful Red Rose bud, completely closed and as you visualize this on the in breath, see it....now on the out breath and slowly, see the rose blooming into full bloom and changing colors to a beautiful translucent rose color, the color of a mauve colored rose. Then breath back in, and see it slowly close again and change to the deep red bud rose again. Do this over and over repeatedly on the in and out breath as described until you feel satisfied. Trust me, you'll know when.

Move onto the sacral chakra, on the in breath see your chakra as a Reddish-Orange bud rose and on the out breath see it blossom into a bright orange rose, the color of a healthy orange fruit. Again continue this process until you feel satisfied.

The solar plexus starts as a soft almost white yellow rose bud on the in breath and as you breathe out see it blossom into a bright vibrant sunshine yellow. Again, continue.

The heart chakra starts as a soft green, the baby green of early spring, rose bud and on the out breath blooms into a baby green with beautiful rose colored tips...once you get this one right in visualizing it usually has a HUGE calming effect. 

 

The throat chakra starts as a light sky blue rose bud and then on the out breath blooms into a deep blue cerulean color rose. See this one as particularly strong in its coloring on the out breath. This will help you to speak your own truth and needs to others.

The third eye starts as a light amethyst colored rose bud and on the out breath turns into a deep purple color blossom and then back again to the amethyst color bud on the in breath.

The crown starts as a beautiful white rose bud pristine and pure on the in breath, and on the out breath see it blossom out into a gorgeous silvery white or gold if you're male, or rainbow colored if you prefer.

If you do this a couple times a week and especially upon rising and going to bed, you will notice a change in your feelings each day. You can also learn to see your chakras this way. The troubled spots will just make themselves known to you either through seeing with your visualization, or through your intuition.

Enjoy!!!

By Kalpesh Dave.