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

Four Qualities of Happiness using Pebble Meditation

Welcome to Episode 3 of The Daily Meditation Podcast! The first week of this daily podcast will be all about laying the foundation of your meditation ritual. In this third episode you explore your breath -- a meditator's best  friend. You learn two different breathing techniques that instantly calm you. They are so simple to do that you can do them all day long.

Be sure to head over to www.SipandOm.com for the Weekly Slow Down Guide with all the techniques that I share this week. You'll also find a Meditation Bundle waiting for you there that includes a Meditation Journal, A List of Affirmations that Work, and The Guide to Top Herbal Teas for Stress Relief. Settle yourself in for 15 minutes of peace, energy + clarity.

Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com.

Episode 003 Your Breath

Intuition and inner wisdom begin in the first and second chakras. Before you develeop that deep inner knowing you must feel secure and grounded in who you are. Be guided in a powerfull chakra mediation to tap into your deep wisdom.

Episodes 071-077 guide you as you explore different meditation techniques to tap into your intuition.  The answers are within you, and all you need to do is to sit quietly enough to listen.

Be sure to pick up your Weekly Slow Down Guide with all the meditation techniques used this week, and your free Meditation Bundle at www.SipandOm.com. Every week at The Daily Meditation Podcast we explore a theme to give you more peace, energy + clarity. Everyday you discover cutting edge meditation techniques you can use whether you're sitting down meditating or sitting in rush hour traffic. Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. Licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com.


Episode 075 Tap Into Intuition With Your First + Second Chakras

Afternoon Light - Greg Keller

Youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZg8ZcHcwrI

Floating

This two hours of relaxing music was mixed by Jaycee Gelderbloom

Ce deux heures de musique de détente sont mixées par Jaycee Gelderbloom

Méditation Nouvel Âge / DJ Jaycee Gelderbloom / New Age meditation

"Staying Focused In A Hyper World" is the recent book by internationally acclaimed relationship expert, Dr. John Gray. You are in for a treat today because Dr. Gray joins us for an interview all about how to focus your mind. Dr. Gray discusses how focus is pivotal to all areas of your life, including your health, your relationships, and your overall joy in life. Every day this week you'll explore a meditation technique to focus your mind customized on one of the core principles Dr. Gray shares in his book, "Staying Focused In A Hyper World." One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it helps you focus your thoughts so you can live your life more fully. This is part 1 of a 7-Part Meditation Series For Focus, Episodes 457-463. You can find out more about Dr. John Gray and his book, as well as all the meditation techniques shared in this week's series at www.SipandOm.com. As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation. 

For free meditation tools to help you start meditating please head over to my website at www.SipandOm.com, and there you'll find a multitude of free resources to help you on your Meditation Journey. Sample from a selection of resources including: 

*a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest you can join
*a Free Meditation Bundle to get started meditating
*a Free Sleep Technique to Sleep Better
*a Free Instant Calm Breathing Technique
*a Free Guide to Get Started Meditating.

Resources:
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.

#457 Staying Focused In A Hyper World Interview With Dr. John Gray  + Focus Meditation

A Valentine's Day special topic! What is love, really? This psychoanalyst of the Frankfurt school thinks that real love is not something one ""falls"" into, but is an art, an activity, and doing it well requires a disciplined openness and psychological health. Love is the answer to the deep human need to rid ourselves of isolation, but a mere sexual union won't provide real intimacy. To connect the center of your being with the center of another's being, you need to really know yourself and know the other, and this knowing requires an overall openness that amounts to a love of humanity, a feeling of oneness with nature, and an overall orientation toward the good, which is what he considers a mature take on ""love of God,"" which doesn't imply, e.g., a belief in a judging deity, which would be a mature imposition into nature of insecurities about the conditional love of one's father.

So yes, this is replete with psychoanalytic weirdness (and without any clinical basis presented), and very much reflects its time (prurient, sexist, homophobic), but Fromm also puts forward a Marxist social commentary that's very much in line with our New Work and Hannah Arendt episodes, i.e., we need to remake society into the kind of place where loving can be the rule and not the exception, as our current society steers us to treat others and ourselves like commodities to be used, and romantic love as likewise trying to score the best deal, find the best love object and make yourself the most desirable (attractive, successful), none of which adds up to intimacy. Oh, and also, stop watching so much TV!

This recording features the core four: Mark, Seth, Wes, and Dylan.

Recommended prerequisites: Ep. 26 on Freud's Civilization and its Discontents, Ep. 100 on Plato's Symposium. We've also discussed this issue of others' recognition of you on many episodes starting with Ep. 36 on Hegel, but perhaps the clearest statement, most relevant to this episode is Ep. 71 on Martin Buber.

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Erich Fromm on Love as an Art (Part One)

Summer Rain

Guided meditations 7-days a week to sleep better, reduce stress and anxiety, and to be your most productive. Join a Free 100-Day Meditation Quest at www.SipandOm.com, where you're also invited to join a Free Private Daily Meditation Facebook Group to connect with listeners from around the world who follow the weekly meditation series along with you. Learn how to meditate in just 15-minutes as we explore a different weekly meditation theme together. Additionally you'll discover a brand new meditation technique every single day. The meditation techniques help you Manage Stress (Episodes 323-329)during your day, whether you're Managing Anger (Episodes 106-112), Self Doubt (Episodes 225-231), Fear (Episodes 344-350), Addiction (Episodes 386-392), Anxiety (Episodes 176-182), Depression (Episodes 443-449)or need a little extra Confidence (Episodes 190-196). 

Mary Meckley is your certified Meditation Coach.

#457 Staying Focused In A Hyper World Interview With Dr. John Gray + Focus Meditation

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