Category: meditation
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Tidings
Good tidings The Christmas season is almost upon us And yet, we still struggle with depression, and unrest. What do you do to stay positive amidst all of the earthly brokenness? I have found Christ in a way never experienced before. I have been reading the Bible, praying, and giving of my time and $…
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loving myself first
I wonder why more people don’t take the time to figure out who they truly are. Don’t wonder, underneath the skin and brain and ego, what they would become without it? I don’t wonder. I know. I would be Love I would be Love. In its purest form; without the anxiety and depression, hatred and…
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4 things I’ve learned since starting meditation in October
I’ve been meditating for two-ish months now, first for 20 minutes twice a day, now for 40 minutes twice a day…in a month I’ll be meditating for an hour twice a day, time permitting. Here’s what I’ve learned since starting back in October: What does your meditation journey look like? What’s been the biggest challenge…
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things are about to change
I’ve been working through some medication changes with my doctor and things have been appearing bleak to me. I’ve been sleeping over 12 hours every night, struggling with my mind & thoughts, not exercising enough or meditating, and overall managing a pretty negative self-image. I’m going to start practicing the 5-4-3-2-1 rule to start waking…
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surrender
The mind is filled, no SWIMMING with little fish, big fish, sharks even. “Be happy, you deserve it.” “No one gets you, don’t bother trying.” “You’ll never find happiness, no matter where you look.” The hunter bird in me begs to dive to the bottom of the ocean and find a fish…but my consciousness says…
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The Beauty of Bipolar – it wakes You up
I’m not saying that bipolar isn’t the most challenging, heart-wrenching, stare-into-the-abyss-and-scream mental illness there is, but I AM saying there’s a reason for it. And I will explain why in the following: Bipolar disorder is, first, and foremost, a mood disorder. It affects our moods, and as Adyashanti, popular meditation and spiritual teacher, points out,…
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I am not my mind
It sounds so ethereal, and from one’s perspective it could be. I was sitting at a campsite in the Grand Canyon, reading Eckhart Tolle quotes. Being someone who has suppressed MUCH negativity because of the fear of being ‘bad’, at this point in my life I was depressed, borderline suicidal, and had much social anxiety.…
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We have 2 choices, really, when responding to struggles
First, we can choose to approach suffering and the atrocities of this world by responding to hate with more hate and divisiveness within each other. (Or, we can respond to these situations through witness consciousness, which I’ll get to, below!). Right now I have jarring emotional responses to two specific global issues that come to…
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9 Reasons I believe it when Gabby Bernstein says “The Universe has your back”
Full disclosure, I don’t know Gabrielle Bernstein personally, but it sure can feel like I do…she speaks with such eloquence and in Truths where I identify. As someone who struggles with my mind and polarized thinking (I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder), she has plenty of advice on how to shed the egoic delusion…
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