Tag: meditation
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Reliving Happy Memories Improves Our Health
It’s amazing how the body responds to thoughts in the mind, regardless of the emotion, or if it’s the first experience or just one remembered. Thoughts trigger chemical reactions in the brain which set off a chain of physical reactions. We all know how fear results in an adrenaline response causing the heart to pump…
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Monkey Mind
The mind is a truly amazing miracle, isn’t it? And our minds can’t even wholly wrap around the miracle that it is! Thoughts are generated with or without our permission, and on a constant basis. Intangible, creative, often fear-based for survival, our thoughts race and relax, sometimes as a result of high brain survival activity.…
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On my To-Do List: Do Nothing
One of the hardest things for me to do over the years is nothing…to get out of my past and future and just be in the present moment. I remember talking with my spiritual mentor right before a vacation one year, and she suggested I try to be still and appreciate the moment a few…
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Melting into Oneness
I love to read about the magnificence of all that exists and how it came to be as described by the great minds of the ancient masters. And, though my little brain is certainly not at that level, I’m beginning to “get it” from a spiritual understanding. As I read and listen to those great…
