Category: Meditation

Unlock Secrets to Spiritual Development with Cosmic Energy

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Cosmic energy meditation is a style of meditation that utilizes visualization techniques to help practitioners focus on deep experiences of spiritual discovery and evolvement. If you’ve not heard of it, but find yourself reading this article, chances are good that you’ve already been developing a spiritual meditation practice on your own.  Perhaps when you looked to the internet to help you expand and deepen that practice, you encountered a wealth of interesting information about mindfulness and mindfulness meditation before you came across this article. Or, perhaps the opposite happened, and you’ve found this article because you’re curious why everyone you…

Explore 4 Types of Visualization Meditation for Self-Transformation

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Welcome to the world of visualization meditation, a practice that combines the art of meditation with the life-expanding power of imagination. Not fantasy, but imagination. In this article, we will explore four distinct types of visualization meditation techniques that can help you relax, reduce stress, enhance your overall well-being, and embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery. Through these visualization practices, you will tap into the metaphysical realm of your mind, harnessing its creative abilities to cultivate a deeper connection with yourself, the world around you, and the cosmic realities that exist beyond the boundaries of your physical senses. Let’s…

10 Wiccan Benefits of Cosmic Energy Meditation

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Cosmic energy meditation is a practice that focuses on tapping into and harnessing the cosmic energy that surrounds us. This energy is the essential, all-pervading force that flows through everything in the Universe, near and far, within you and within the world that appears to be outside of you. It’s a practice that aims to connect with this energy and channel it for personal growth, healing and evolvement. Unlike other types of meditation practices that typically focus on calming the mind and body, cosmic energy meditation is more focused on energy work, spiritual alchemy, and individual experiences of mysticism and…

3 Ways Breathing Exercises Support Sleep, Creativity and Spirituality

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Breathing exercises improve relaxation, focus, and oxygen flow to the brain, enhancing creativity. They reduce stress and anxiety, remove major roadblocks to clear thinking, and boost overall cognitive function. In other words, they make life feel better. In this article, we’re going to touch on 3 main ways you can use breathing exercises: to prepare for sleep, to stimulate creativity, and to support spiritual pursuits such as meditation and prayer. Breathing Exercises and Sleep Many people seek out breathing exercises as a natural and non-pharmaceutical way to promote better sleep. There are several reasons why breathing exercises may be helpful…

How to Keep Meditating When You’re Angry at Social Injustice

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How do you keep meditating in the face of rage against injustice? It isn’t easy to consider anger and outrage in a meditation practice. Any meditation practice. And certainly not one in which you try to focus on universal love. I mean, who wants to love their enemy? Someone who destroys the values that you hold as important. No one, that’s who. But are the benefits worth the effort? The answer to every question is always love. I believe that, I know it to be true. But when you feel the breath of the enemy on your face, do you…

5 Easy Ways to Stop Unwanted Thoughts in Meditation in 5 Minutes or Less

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When many people first begin a meditation practice, the biggest questions often circle around the logistics. How can I create a space of time to make a meditation practice? Do I have to do it every day? How long every day? How can I make it a regular habit? Will I be able to do it? These are all valid questions, and answering them becomes a highly individual experience. But there’s a bigger, more long-lasting challenge to growing your meditation practice. Nearly everyone grapples with this, not only in the early days of creating a practice but often during every…