Do you find that your mind drifts away to many things as you are sitting down to meditate? Is your meditation session more like a ‘thinking’ session rather than a quiet ‘being’ session? Are you having trouble focusing in meditation? You are not alone. It is the nature...
It is said that we have an average of about 70,000 thoughts per day. Most of these thoughts are about our interactions with people and situations in our everyday lives—what we experienced in the past, what we are experiencing in the present and our plans for the...
Symbols are commonly used while performing spiritual practices such as prayer, self-introspection, contemplation and meditation. Symbols are objects or images that help the mind focus on abstract concepts such as peace or compassion. Or, they are used to represent the...
The practice of meditation has been taught and explored exhaustively in eastern spiritual traditions. In this article, I will be sharing the basic meditation techniques as they are found in Vedanta, the spiritual science of life. When – the best time to meditate...
There are as many ways of meditating, as there are meditators. But they all have one thing in common—reaching a peaceful state of mind and body. Whether your idea of meditation is focusing on a particular object or symbol, listening to a guided visualization, bringing...
