Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Norman Vincent Peale

On our first anniversary of Thursday meditation satsanghas:

The lotus is an Asian water lily. For millennia it has

been considered sacred due to it’s amazing ability

to grow and prosper from the bottom of the muddiest

ponds and lakes to flower above the surface.

Thus providing the paradigm through nature, to reach

to the heavens and aspire to greater things.

There are many reasons to mediate with a group. Here are just some:

- A meditation group is a great way to meet new people but it is also a great way to learn new meditation techniques.

- When meditating in a group you are all taking the meditation voyage together as well as on your own.

- For those new to meditation, a meditation group is a great way to start.

- If you have been meditating for some time, you appreciate group energy and the opportunity to share in a guided meditation.

- A meditation group offers emotional and psychological insights, a depth of awareness, inner peace and a profound and liberating sense of the Here and Now.

- A meditation group show us how to use the life-enhancing power of meditation to recapture the joy, peace, and meaning that is an inherent part of our soul's natural being.

Dear meditation partners, I believe that our first year of a group meditation has fulfilled all of the above intentions and more!
For me, personally, it has been an amazing time of experience, growth and insight.
Thank you, all!

LIVING IN THE PRESENT

Live In The Present Moment

Living in the present moment adds richness and awareness to our lives, yet we choose to live in the future or the past most of the time.
I invite you to examine your own moments and enrich them with awareness.
What to expect when you living in the magic of the present moment?
When you live in the present moment you live in the joy.
When you live in the present moment you drop worry.
When you live in the present moment you are grateful and appreciative.
When you live in the present moment you are peaceful and calm.
When you live in the present moment you lose all sense of time.
When you live in the present moment there is no conflict or fear.
When you live in the present moment nature becomes breath taking.
When you live in the present moment your intuition is your guide.
When you live in the present moment no task is too daunting.
When you live in the present moment your body awakens.
When you live in the present moment your heart is open.
When you live in the present moment your mind is quiet.
When you live in the present moment you are at your best.
Let's all start living in the present moment!

TRUTH: like a spring, it comes from within.

“Knowledge of the truth consists not in proclaiming it but in living it.”
THE RINGING CEDARS OF RUSSIA

“…pride and vanity is a moral sin which leads away from the truth.”
THE RINGING CEDARS OF RUSSIA

give joy

Every single day, no matter who you meet in the day - friends, family, work colleagues, strangers - give joy to them.

Give a smile or a compliment or kind words or kind actions, but give joy!

Do your best to make sure that every single person you meet has a better day because they saw you.

This might sound like it is not connected with you and your life, but believe me it is inseparably connected through cosmic law.

As you give joy to every person you meet, you bring joy to YOU.

The more you can give joy to others, the more you will bring the joy back to you.

- lessons from The Secret

You can do whatever you choose to...

It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

Oprah Winfrey

Happy Spring: let's GROUND ourselves!

Let’s take a deep breath in - hold it- and let it out…

Grounding is the most important meditation technique you can learn. It is the foundation on which meditation is built. Everything is energy and grounding is an energy connector, similar to an electrical ground. It grounds the energy that is you to the energy that is planet Earth. Grounding is simple and powerful. You will discover that grounding creates a strong connection between you and your body, and you and the Earth. Grounding is essential to take control of your life.
Your grounding connection keeps you strong and in touch with your physical creations, including your body. If you are not grounded, you may feel spacey, out of touch, overly emotional, or afraid. Grounding gives you a strong presence in the physical world.
Grounding can also be used to release energy. You can let go of unwanted or excess energy down your grounding cord. Everything is energy, and you can release energy down your grounding cord to remove it from your body. This release mechanism is helpful when you meditate because you stimulate a great deal of energy that you will want to release, and grounding provides an easy avenue to let go of the unwanted energy.

OK – LET’S GET GROUNDED: sit in a chair with your spine as straight as possible, your hands and feet separate, and your feet flat on the floor. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and relax. Be aware of the area near the base of your spine. An energy center is located here which deals with how you relate to the physical world.
ALLOW A FLOW of energy to move from this energy center, near the base of your spine, to the center of the Earth. Be sure that it is flowing from you all the way to the center of the Earth.
SIT IN THIS POSTURE, with your grounding cord flowing to the center of the Earth. Allow time for your body to adjust to being grounded. Pay attention to your body's reaction to being grounded so you know what is happening in your physical world.
BE STILL with your grounding cord for as long as you can. Practice grounding often to incorporate your grounding into your system.
BE GROUNDED at all times, and you will always have your firm foundation. Your breathing can help you relax and allow your grounding cord to flow.
HAPPY GROUNDING!