Is Meditation Too Much Time And Trouble?

If you haven’t meditated before, you might think it’s too much trouble to learn. If you do meditate, you know it can be difficult to find the time to do it consistently. So is there really a meditation you can learn right now that can be done in 45 seconds? There is.

Three Deep Breaths

Try this: breath through your mouth, and notice how your chest expands; then breath through your nose and you’ll notice how your abdomen goes out more. You see, breathing through the nose causes the diaphram to pull the air to the bottom of your lungs. This delivers a good dose of oxygen into your bloodstream, and into your brain. It also tends to relax you.

This is why meditators breath through their noses. It’s healthier, and it is the basis of this forty-five-second meditation. You simply close your eyes, let go of your thoughts (to the extent possible), and take three slow, deep breaths through your nose, paying attention to your breathing.

The Rest Of The Story

Now, this won’t get you into a deep meditative state, especially if you’ve never meditated before. Is this a reason not to do it? Not at all. You’ll get what you get out of it, and that almost certainly includes a clearer mind and a reduction in stress.

Make it a ritual. For example, each time you get into your car, quietly do your three deep breaths. Having a regular “trigger” like this to remind you will keep you from procrastinating so often that you eventually forget to meditate altogether (isn’t this typical when we don’t make a habit out of the things we want to do?).

Want it to be a deeper experience? There’s nothing wrong with just enjoying the relaxation created by three deep breaths, but you can go further, if you wish. Longer meditation will help, of course, but that isn’t the only way.

If, when you have more time, you learn mindfulness, how to relax more fully, or better ways to let go of distractions in your mind, you can more effectively use that forty-five-seconds. You may even be able to get to that “alpha” state (brain wave frequecy of 8 to 12 hertz) during your short meditation.

Don’t worry if some say this isn’t “real” meditation. We walk before we run, and not everything has to be difficult to be of value. Why not do a forty-five-second meditation right now?

Steve Gillman has meditated and studied meditation for over twenty years. You can visit his website, and subscribe to The Meditation Newsletter at: http://www.TheMeditationSite.com/newsletter.html

Such as my defeat overwhelmed me, so did my love for creating websites! I have four of my own presently. I use these as therapy, you can find your own hobby that keeps your mind at a happy level and life is good.

Before finding peace in my life, this is what caused my grief.
I had my life as I had known it completely destroyed. I was to have some basic minimally invasive or laproscopic female exploratory surgery. Which is normally always successful, unless your gynoclogist pierces your bladder with the tool. Three days later I was completely shutting down, not knowing what was wrong with me. I did call the doctor to try to explain I was ill, but he just called in some pain pills and told me I was just recovering from the surgery. The pain pills, along with the fever from all the infection inside of my body kept me knocked out, I slept for days. My boyfriend, who is my husband now, got really concerned and called another doctor and was told to rush me immediately to the ER. He did as instructed and I was saved by this action. I spent 10 days in the hospital being cut completely down my front, starting at the naval. My organs were full of infection. I had to be put back together, and also had bladder repair surgery. I was out of work for 4 months with home health care nurses, the works. My personal credit which I had worked so hard to create in outstanding fashion was destroyed and hasn’t recovered as to this day yet.

This happened in 2001. It is now 2005, and I had yet another surgery from the extenuating problems from the first surgery. I had to have a complete hysterectomy, my female organs never operated correctly again. I had at this time also, double hernia repair because you become susceptible to hernias whenever your stomach walls have been cut. I had scar tissue growing around my intestines from the first surgery, so my bowel was entwined. This was also corrected at this time. I had three surgeons in there with me. My recovery time was four months once again. My personal credit report is a nightmare, I don’t know if I can ever repair it? I am feeling much better these days, but I still can’t completely shake the depression. I take medications to help this condition.

As I stated, in this article before I explained all the tragedy, I have found things that make me happy to keep busy with. I love the internet and learning from this wonderful avenue of communication! This communication is also healthy for repairing my faith in this human race, good therapy! My websites supplement my income and help me to make ends meet.

I am a strong individual and I will continue to fight back against a system, I don’t understand, our laws at times, seem to protect the criminal? So be it, I have my complete trust in God and myself. I welcome any questions through my email address-lsmacstreasures@aol.com. Thank You! Have A Wonderful Day!

My personal story, by Linda S. McRae

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You have a real “something” to give to the Universe. You may not know what it is right now. You may know exactly what it is but are afraid to do anything with it. You might even be afraid of what the world will say about it.

Do not fear! If you have a talent, idea or something special you want to do then you need to do it. Why is that? Simply, because if you have a talent, idea or something you want to do then it is something that was given to you by the Universe.

The Universe is total goodness, love and is forever giving. I is the Creator. It is God. Ok you don’t have to believe that right now. But the spiritual world is the real world. It is the source of everything we have on earth.

That is getting a little deep. But what all this means is that you need to find what is unique about you. You need to ask yourself “why am I here?” What you need to do may be something very simple. You might think that you have no talent or real ability. You are probably right! You don’t have to be sports superstar, famous actor or someone who is know throughout the world. Consider yourself lucky because these people sometimes can’t handle fame and fortune. They become trapped in their own famous life with no way out.

But you have the opportunity to help someone. You have the ability to read this. Maybe you can read his to someone else and encourage him or her! You don’t have to move a mountain to be successful in life. You may just have to be a tour guide and help others to the base of the mountain.

So after all those words do you still want to know how to release the potential within you? Simply ask yourself what makes you the happiest when you give it to someone else. You have your answer. You need to give you!

OK that may seem too simple, but really everything that is outside of you most other people can get for themselves if they try hard enough. But they can’t get the great things that are within you unless you release them and let them go.

So, you can release the untapped potential within you…just by being you. With effort and a little talent you can change millions of lives or just one. Even if you make one life better (yes…human or non-human) then you will have released the untapped potential in you! Get excited about doing that every day of your life!
Thank for reading my article.

TAKE CARE,
RICK
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