http://healingeasy.com/blog "Learn to live a natural and spontaneous life, contentedly." Wed, 07 May 2008 13:27:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If the mind is afflicted by an adverse condition, think the opposite. http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/05/07/todays-thought/ When spiritual growth becomes your primary aim, it helps to become more spiritually minded.  Surrounding your self with people of a similar aim (Make sure this isn't done simply to pacify feelings of being alone.  Otherwise, you might find your self in the company of those who profess an interest ... http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/03/23/becoming-spiritually-minded/ When sitting to meditate, it is important to remember the main point of meditation.  The techniques, whether they are mantras, breathing exercises, etc., are just a technique to still the mind and emotions.  The most beneficial effects occur after the techniques have stilled or at least quieted your awareness and ... http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/02/28/stillness/ This weekend we spent at the CSA meditation retreat in Lakemont, GA.  I was reminded of the importance of being with people that you want to be like.  I want to be like Roy Eugene Davis, and so I find it beneficial to be with him.  It is the clarity ... http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-value-of-people/ Meditation is an excellent method of training you to experience the stillness of your being.  When you can experience it sitting silently for a while, try to remember what that stillness was like while interacting with the situations in your life.  Meditate regularly, (daily, at the same time if possible), go ... http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/02/22/meditation-as-training/ First sit in a comfortable position with the back straight. Close your eyes and look slightly upward gazing into the darkness of your eyelids.  Upward gazing will keep you alert and awake.  Take a few deep breaths, and feel the air come in and leave your body.  With each exhalation ... http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/02/20/meditation-explained/ Here are clips from a talk given at Namaste Yoga Center in Asheville. http://www.healingeasy.com/yogarecordings http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/02/18/kriya-yoga-talk-21708/ There are some good points in this video.  Please enjoy...  http://video.stumbleupon.com/?s=ithct48cqw&i=ufcchmyxqsuj9vwsemax http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/02/15/some-good-points-are-here/ I have seen time come and go Smoke rings in the sky This is the last time But only I know, that is a lie Whither has it blown me Over arching mountains vastness Gentle sentinel, always shining Green even in winter's fastness Drums beat the hurt In the heart of a quiet mead A song, sweet singing, lullabies Old things ... http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/02/08/1/ II.19 “Non recognition of the existence of Supreme peace in the heart and assumption of the reality of imaginary factors, are both born of imperfect knowledge and the consequence of perverted logic.”                In this verse, what is referred to as the heart is the essence of one’s being.  It is ... http://healingeasy.com/blog/2008/02/07/vasisthas-yoga-ii19/