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An introduction to breathing meditation, a simple and clear pathway to inner peace...

A guided meditation by Mark Golding

Pain is part of life, suffering is optional . Cultivating equanimity in the face of difficulties

Working With Difficulties

From the Plum Village dharma talk given on March 20, 2014

Four Qualities of Happiness using Pebble Meditation

In every moment there is the opportunity to see that your true nature is happiness. There is no need to seek for what is already yours. The treasure is within you.

Spend quiet time alone contemplating nothingness
See that you are perfect in this moment
Accept things as they are and be gracious
Change is a constant
Thoughts will come and go
You are much bigger than you know
Practice being still
The felling you have that everything is OK is not wishful thinking
In the morning be aware of the morning Grinch telling you that everything is miserable, you are miserable, it’s all miserable.
Who or what is that voice inside you?
Enquire, be curious and know your true Self

Happiness Now

 Ram Dass leads a 35 minute meditation, originally recorded January 1981, in Sydney Australia. 

Ram Dass guides a soma (divine nectar) meditation, focusing on drawing the living spirit in through the breath and body - and releasing the stuff in you that is keeping you from being with the universe: fears, negativity, doubt, inadequacy, anger, loneliness...replenishing your body with healing energy. Release the things you don't need in order to be in the spirit. 

Soma Guided Meditation With Ram Dass

Social psychologist Ellen Langer's unconventional studies have long suggested what brain science is now revealing: our experiences are formed by the words and ideas we attach to them. Naming something play rather than work, or exercise rather than labor, can mean the difference between delight and drudgery, fatigue or weight loss. One of the earliest pioneers in drawing a connection between mindlessness and unhappiness, and between mindfulness and health — along with figures like Jon Kabat-Zinn and Herbert Benson — she describes mindfulness as achievable without meditation or yoga — as “the simple act of actively noticing things.”

Learn more at http://www.onbeing.org/program/ellen-langer-the-simple-act-of-noticing/6332.

Ellen Langer — Science of Mindlessness and Mindfulness

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Shanti betyder fred. Mantraet gentages 108 gange. 
Fra CD'en ‘Mantras for Precarious Times’ af Deva Premal. 
www.DevaPremalMiten.com 
Forfatter: Traditional. 
Udgiver: Prabhu Music©. 
Med tilladelse/licens fra Prabhu Music©

Om Shanti Om (Peace) (4:06)

Global financial war as outlined in professor Chossudovsky’s article, Wall Street Behind Brazil Coup d Etat; the role played by the IMF and World Bank in the economies of debtor nations, the Real Plan in Brazil, the imposition of the Washington Consensus; loss of national sovereignty, neoliberal institution funding of grassroots movements; the main corporate actors of the New World Order; the function of propaganda and the process of global impoverishment and destruction of nation states. 

Aired: June 22, 2016
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Global Warfare: Is the US/NATO Going to Attack Russia? - Michel Chossudovsky, #346 [FIXED]

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Neoliberalism and the New World Order  - Michel Chossudovsky , #347

The clash of civilizations versus a clash of histories; Islamic terror versus false flag terror; evidence and analysis of false flag terror at the Orlando Pulse Nightclub; the Strategy of Tension and False Flag Terror; common characteristics of false flags; evidence of false flag terror in Orlando, Paris, Nice, Munich, Dallas and Baton Rouge.

Originally Aired: October 26, 2016
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Recent False Flags  - Kevin Barrett , #352

"Hillary Clinton: Wall Street's Losing Horse? Constitutional Crisis? What's the End Game?" is discussed; who is behind Wikileaks; FBI Director James Comey responding to a crisis; WSJ reports Clinton bribery of number two man at the FBI; dissent within ruling powers including the armed forces and intelligence agencies; next US presidency will be a dysfunctional one which might lead eventually to a situation of martial law; unfolding political impasse; rising geopolitical tensions abroad; the possibility of nuclear WWIII; potential suspension of constitutional governance; Hillary Clinton's extensive criminal record will haunt her.

Originally Aired: November 2, 2016
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Political Crisis In The United States  - Michel Chossudovsky, #353

We decided to make this podcast to help regular people who want to learn and practice meditation. This style of meditation is non-denominational, and we believe it can be used in conjunction with -- or separate from -- any set of religious or spiritual beliefs. The first episode is a basic meditation that uses the breath to enter a deep state of relaxation and peace.

This audio is most effective through headphones. While the instruction works through speakers, the audio includes tones that are designed to help enter a relaxed state, using a technology called 'binaural beats', that sends messages to the right and left sides of the brain. Thus, it works best through headphones. A word of caution though: For some people this can be very relaxing. While inherently safe, you might fall asleep, so please don't listen to this podcast while driving!

What is Meditation?

In its simplest sense, meditation is sitting still and breathing. You might sit, stand or lie down -- some forms of mediation even involve movement -- but the idea is to break away from habitual movement, such as fidgeting, and the impulse to 'do' something. By focusing on the breath, we focus on the most important aspect of life. We wouldn't survive long without breath, so why not spend a few moments paying attention to our breathing?

Why Meditate

Since you are listening to this podcast, you probably already have your own reasons why you want to begin or continue a practice of meditation. Here are a few of my reasons: I meditate because it energizes my spirit, body and mind, and brings me closer to the source of who I am. By focusing on my breath, I carry that breath into the core of my being. This has a healing and calming effect. Meditation also brings me clarity. By stepping back from a situation or problem, I can then approach it from a new angle. Finally, not only does it help break habitual patterns of movement and 'doing', it also helps me break out of unhealthy patterns in my life.

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One - A Basic Meditation

Three minutes breathing space

Once upon a time we assumed the brain stops developing when we're young. Neuroscientist Richard Davidson helped overturn this idea by studying the brains of meditating Buddhist monks. Now he's working on conditions like ADHD and autism. He focuses not on fixing what is wrong, but on rewiring our minds with life-enriching behaviors.

Investigating Healthy Minds with Richard Davidson (June 23, 2011)

This is an introduction to awareness of breath with instructions given throughout the medition with short periods of silence. 18 minutes.

Awareness of breath--full instructions

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This session is Guided by swami niranjan anand saraswati.

Yoga-nidra was experienced by Swami Satyananda Saraswati[citation needed] when he was living with his guru Swami Sivananda in Rishikesh. He began studying the tantric scriptures and, after practice, constructed a system of relaxation, which he began popularizing in the mid 20th century.[3] He explained yoga-nidra as a state of mind between wakefulness and sleep that opened deep phases of the mind, suggesting a connection with the ancient tantric practice called nyasa, whereby Sanskrit mantras are mentally placed within specific body parts, while meditating on each part (of the bodymind). The form of practice taught by Swami Satyananda includes eight stages (Internalisation, Sankalpa, Rotation of Consciousness, Breath Awareness, Manifestation of Opposites, Creative Visualization, Sankalpa and Externalisation).

Teachers such as Osho[4] and Anandmurti Gurumaa define yoga-nidra as a state of conscious deep sleep. One appears to be sleeping but the unconscious mind is functioning at a deeper level: it is sleep with a trace of deep awareness. In normal sleep we lose track of our self but in yoga nidra, while consciousness of the world is dim and relaxation is deep, there remains an inward lucidity and experiences may be absorbed to be recalled later. 

..." the ultimate state of yoga nidra in which the conventional barriers between waking, dreaming and deep sleep are lifted, revealing the simultaneous operation of the conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind. The result is a single, enlightened state of consciousness and a perfectly integrated and relaxed personality."

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Yoga Nidra Guided Meditation

Mindfulness exercises are proven to steadily increase health, wisdom and happiness. Our effective multi-media exercises train mindfulness for everyday life.

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