| Pascal said "All of humanity's problems stem from | | | | Simply, mediation requires you to empty your |
| man's in ability to sit quietly in a room alone". | | | | mind. Meditation can be done alone in a quiet |
| Some people may think this is too simplistic, but I | | | | environment, your surroundings keep distraction |
| certainly agree that a quiet mind is the foundation | | | | minimized. All you have to do is sit down |
| or garden of inner peace. And inner peace is | | | | comfortably, close your eyes and focus or pay |
| something quite attainable, converts into outer | | | | attention to your breathing, in and out, in and out. |
| peace. Starting with your surroundings and | | | | Now as thoughts enter your mind you gently |
| radiating outwardly. | | | | think " that's nice", and allow then to go, bringing |
| There are many techniques for quieting the mind, | | | | your focus back to your breath. Continue to do |
| some can even be overwhelming at first, | | | | this over and over again. You will train yourself, |
| remember we think over 50,000 thoughts a day, | | | | over time, to keep your focus on your breath as |
| techniques such as reflection, deep breathing, | | | | you release your thoughts. |
| visualization and contemplation. | | | | This is not as easy as it sounds, remember those |
| The one I use regularly and that is most | | | | 50,000 thoughts a day, thoughts will be sneaking |
| universally accepted is meditation. | | | | when one is released to try to full the stillness. |
| In just five or ten minutes a day, you can train | | | | Rare is the beginner who is able to focus full |
| your mind to be quiet and still. | | | | attention for more then a few seconds. The gift |
| Once you have realized this stillness it can be | | | | is to become an effective mediator by being |
| utilized in your daily life. By making you less | | | | gentle on yourself and to be very consistent. |
| reactive and irritable, your awareness is more | | | | Don't be discouraged or doubtful either. You see a |
| responsive, giving you greater perspective to see | | | | few minutes each day will give you abundant |
| and feel things as little occurrences instead of | | | | benefits, over time. |
| crisis. This is were the pursuit of abundance is | | | | I use variations of traditional meditation to make |
| enhanced. | | | | meditation more fun and more effective for me, |
| Meditation will teach you how wonderful it is to be | | | | you can learn these too, if you like. |
| calm by giving you the gift of total relaxation. In | | | | I don't know very many people that I would |
| short, it teaches you to be at peace. | | | | consider to be at peace with themselves and their |
| There are a great many variations and different | | | | lives, and that are not successful in their lives, |
| forms of meditation, (subjects for up coming | | | | who have not spent at least a little time every |
| articles of mine) | | | | day in meditation. |