Tag: mindfulness

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…

How to Use Sacred Sound to Develop Higher Consciousness

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In our modern world, chaos and distractions abound. Life literally feels “noisy”. People crave inner tranquility to squelch the inner chaos that rises up daily in their minds and hearts. We want relief, and we want it NOW. Unfortunately, that’s just not how inner peace works, nor has it ever worked that way. This quest for inner harmony isn’t new. The search for sustainable inner peace has always been a part of the human experience. And Sacred Sound has always been a method for developing it in cultures all around the globe. In this article, we will delve into the…

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…

Learn this Fast and Easy Way to Stop Repetitive Negative Thoughts

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Are stressful thoughts and negative emotions often on a loop in your head? It’s not fun. In fact, it’s stress-upon-stress that seems to take on a life of its own. It begins with feeling anxious about something and then your thoughts and feelings seem to spiral into a vortex of stress and negativity. It can feel as if you have no control and instead are being held prisoner by your own negative thoughts and emotions. Does this describe what you or someone you care about is experiencing? This article will help get this negative jumble of thoughts and feelings under…

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…