Author: Tina

The Benefits of Meditation

In a world filled with turmoil and stretched lives, wouldn’t a deep sense of peace and tranquility, that bubbles into a steady stream of inner joy be a refreshing change?   Meditation is a wonderful tool to create this state of inner joy and tranquility.  It does not have to be a discipline of strange … Continue reading “The Benefits of Meditation”

Meditating womanIn a world filled with turmoil and stretched lives, wouldn’t a deep sense of peace and tranquility, that bubbles into a steady stream of inner joy be a refreshing change?

 

Meditation is a wonderful tool to create this state of inner joy and tranquility.  It does not have to be a discipline of strange leg positions and forced quiet.  It can be a gift of pure joy and contentment.  It is like receding from the world into a space of quiet solitude; a place where nothing nags at you for answers and you feel reassured that everything will work out for the best.

 

If you have tried meditation and found it difficult, then you did not do it right, or you misunderstood what was expected of you.  Meditation should be effortless and relaxing. It is a creative process and there are as many different ways to meditate, as there are people who would like to try.  Once you understand some of the basics of meditation then you can be creative and design your own routine, one that feels wonderful to you.

 

The point of meditation is to still the busy mind, which releases stress immediately. Once you stop thinking so much you will find that within you is a place of calm and peace, it will feel like coming home to yourself.  Anyone can do it, if you find the right approach.

 

Meditation is being used in business to calm the body, release stress and allow revitalized energy to flow through the system.  It’s not just a strange religious practice anymore.  The therapeutic and physical benefits of meditation have been studied and proven.

Studies of meditation in the workplace show:

 

  • Increased productivity
  • Increased job performance
  • Increased job satisfaction
  • Decrease in desire to change jobs

 

“Meditators report that they are healthier, happier, more functional and more enthusiastic about life when they include meditation practice in their daily schedule.”

Roy Eugene Davis

“Many, today, are turning to meditation to reduce the effects of stress and anxiety, to grow in awareness, to improve their health or emotional stability.  They achieve the results they are looking for.  “

J.P. Vaswani

Meditation can be simple and easy to do.   It will balance out the busy and stressful lives we are living.

 

Meditation is effective for personal reflection, life guidance and healing.   It is an amazing tool with business applications that will create clarity of mind and enhanced creativity.  With benefits in so many areas of our lives, is there any reason you don’t just jump in and start today?

 

 

Return to Eden

Was there really a Garden of Eden?  It was said to have been a place of perfect peace where we lived with God, the Divine spirit and creator.  In the Garden we supposedly knew no pain and lived in simplicity and grace.  What really happened to that garden and why did we leave?  Were we … Continue reading “Return to Eden”

Return to Eden banner smallWas there really a Garden of Eden?  It was said to have been a place of perfect peace where we lived with God, the Divine spirit and creator.  In the Garden we supposedly knew no pain and lived in simplicity and grace.  What really happened to that garden and why did we leave?  Were we really booted out for eating an apple?

 

Our nature is such that we must know for our selves.  We are not content to know of possibilities, we want experiences.  So apparently we chose to understand good and evil for ourselves.  We ate from the tree of knowledge because of our desire to explore beyond the garden.  We wanted to walk through some choices that were not good for us, even deliberately painful.  Why?  Because we long for experience.

 

Thus we set off to know and understand what was beyond the peace we had eternally lived in. We invited the worst of the worst to see what it could really be like.  We wanted the opposite of what we knew.  And thus we have created a world where everything is possible and pain and suffering are felt by all…because we asked for it.

 

But what if….

What if we never actually left?  What if we just let our mind wander, wondering what it would be like?  What if we just felt guilty for eating from the tree of knowledge and wondered what it would be like outside of our perfect garden of peace and serenity?  What if this became the era of questioning?  What if we started to daydream about the possibilities?

 

“…the Bible says that a deep sleep fell upon Adam, and nowhere is there reference to his waking up.”  A Course in Miracles

 

Perhaps the Garden of Eden is a metaphor.  It describes a state of being.  Perhaps it is a place we can return to at any time.  It is our home.

 

We can know pain and sorrow.  We can know crisis.  They are exciting and make us feel alive.  We can also know peace, serenity and joy.  It seems as though we have chosen pain and fear for so long that most of us have forgotten the way home.

 

Healing and a return to the state of Eden is only a breath away.  You lived in it for eternity and it seems you just don’t remember.

 

When you breathe very slowly and deeply, and still all the questions in your mind you will find home.  There is this familiar feeling, a peace that settles in.  Then it comes,… this state of calm and a feeling that everything is all right.  You begin to remember that it was all just an experiment.  You begin to have this familiar feeling, that reminds you of  where you really belong.

 

The more time you spend in the calm and silence the more you remember the truth of your time in the mystical place called Eden.  Then you decide how much time you will spend at Home in Eden and how much of your time will be spent playing the game of life, of good and evil, of seeking and achieving.

 

But the game loses its power over you as you realize it is not real.  The more you know of Home, of Eden,  the less you are distracted by the games of life.  Life here begins to be less satisfying when you have awakened a deep truth of peace and serenity.

 

I would like to encourage you my friends to return to Eden, even just for a visit.  Remember who you are.  Get out of the game, the experimenting with pain and suffering, loss and guilt.  It is not necessary.  You have gotten lost in your quest for knowledge and experience.

 

Return to that State of being called Eden and we shall all live together in harmony and peace and all will be forgiven.