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relaxing music To Thine Own Self Be True

A supermarket is a good place for studying individuality. Every
person’s looks, manner, and dress are very different from every other
person’s. The unique choices of foods that people make can easily be seen.
After only a minute or two of shopping, each person can easily identify his or
her own shopping cart and see how unique each other person’s is. By the
time a person gets to the check-out counter, the differences in choices are
even greater.

Although I want to be pleasing to people, I need not try to be so to the
point where I am pretending to be someone I am not. If I am not an
extrovert, for example, I am not an extrovert, and I am still equal. I respect
what the processes of life have provided for me. Those who want to make
me something I am not (and cannot be) are at fault for being
uncompassionate. They see human beings in a limited way, wanting
conformists rather than individualistic persons.

I can consider how fascinating it is to be unique and different. I can
take pleasure in differentiating myself from other people. I can consider
learning more about my individuality – what I can do, what and whom I like,
and what I want, all of it part of the enormous complexity that is I. When I
look down on myself, I look down on a product of creation. In looking down
on myself, I am confusing some disliked characteristic with my whole self.
Taking the larger view, I can only respect this magnificence that is a human
being. As Nietzsche said, “At the bottom every man knows well enough that
he is a unique human being, only once on this earth, and by no
extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in
unity as he is ever be put together a second time.”

Since I am complex beyond even my most complex knowledge and
most detailed imagination, I can take it as a challenge to let the processes of
life operating in me have their way. Each of us is fortunate to have direct
contact with one of the amazing creatures of the universe. We can, by being
authentic, show it respect. I am in Nature/life not as someone I might be or
should be but as someone I am. Life gives its blessings freely when I take it
just as it comes in all its variety and richness. I do not turn away from it
because of the shocking harm it does. Rather, I turn toward it, finding in it
marvelous benefits along with disappointments and sorrows.

The processes of life operate continuously, in the present, presenting
me with new circumstances almost minute to minute. All one’s discoveries
about life come as one lives them, now. Bad feelings generated in the past
were possibly appropriate in a former time but are no longer appropriate. I
can, with effort, learn to relegate them to the past. Once I do so, I can live
creatively, dealing with what is new. When we live creatively in the present,
having suffered in the past is irrelevant. I do not have to be attached to the
past.

Compassionate, I realize that no one is at the center of existence. Any
person has as much right to his or her own life as any other. In addition, we
are responsible for living our own life.

Astronomers tell us there is no center of the universe. They say that the
universe grew like cells grow, by division, so that something of the original
cell is in every cell in the organism. Just as there is no original cell, there is
no center. Subjectively, however, there is a center. Each person looks out on
the universe from this center. Everything in the universe is counted from this
center – I am a certain distance from my neighbors and a certain distance
from town. Things are in front of me, on the side of me, or in back of me.
Everything that occurs in the universe occurs in relationship to my position in
the center. Subjectively, where I am is the center, and there is no other
center. Subjectively, I am of first and foremost importance. No place is more
important, no person more important.

Here at the center, I experience two kinds of reality – known reality, which is
the reality within the ken of my senses, and presumed reality, which is the
reality that I know about but don’t currently experience. When practicing
breathing or walking meditation, the person focuses on known reality, the
reality he or she experiences here and now. In the words of Sherlock
Holmes, the little things are infinitely the most important. Furthermore, the
more significant known reality is, the less significant presumed reality
becomes. When we live the life of the senses, we live primal life, which we
share with all sentient creatures. It is in this condition that insight and
understanding arise. Our culture does us a disservice when it elevates the
life of the mind above the life of the senses.

We also live primal life when we recognize that life is continuously changing.
The senses are short lived. Sight and hearing are especially short lived.
When we read, for instance, the visual impressions of the words that we
read change many times a second, and the same can be said when we listen
to music or to someone talking to us. The mind gathers sense impressions
together into meaningful wholes, but the parts are fast changing. Our
tendency is to overvalue the gatherings of the mind and to undervalue the
sense impressions as they occur. (The mnid clonouitunsy cteraes oedrr out
of cahos. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer
in what oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny that the frist and last ltteres are
at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it
wouthit a porbelm.)

People that are easily distracted undervalue known reality and overvalue
presumed reality. Although each is at the center of existence, he or she
doesn’t feel at the center. Knowing that some people are, objectively, more
important in some dimension than I am, I sometimes focus on objective
importance, ignoring the fact that, subjectively, I am of first and foremost
importance. In any effort to gain self-respect, I must consider the fact that I
am at the center. It is both my right and my obligation to be at the center so
that I care properly for this amazing colony of cells of which I am the leader.
When I accord more importance to another person than to myself, be it a
spouse or a child or anyone else, I show disrespect to myself.

Not only am I at the center, but it is impossible for existence to be
otherwise. I must be at the center, and only I can be at the center. I know
of life only what I know of life, from inside. I am the head of only one mind
and body. I have direct access only to my consciousness and no other. Any
wish I have to experience the consciousness of another person is hopeless. I
can only be who I am in these few cubic feet of the universe at this time of
this make-up and inheritance and upbringing and personality and character.

There is a story of two persons who were dying of thirst in a desert.
One of the two had a glass of water that could save only one of them. The
philosopher telling the story asks, “Should the person drink the water to
save himself or herself, or should the person give the water to the other
person?” The philosopher advises, “Each person has a primary obligation to
his or her own life. Your life is your first responsibility. Drink the water
yourself.” This advice respects each person’s life. I am responsible for a
magnificent creation. Who I think I am is only a small portion of who I really
am. The colony of cells that I head is greater than I know. I am its only
direct custodian.

It might be said by some that this way of thinking is selfish.
Selfishness, however, shows disrespect of others. When I am selfish, I serve
myself at the expense of others. When I respect myself, on the other hand, I
show respect toward myself without showing disrespect toward others. If I
were to sacrifice myself, I would show disrespect toward myself. In the
story, the philosopher advises against self-sacrifice, but there is no
disrespect shown toward the other person.

Since I am at the center of existence, my values are at the center.
When troubled by the effects of being excluded, for instance, I can remind
myself that I
believe what I believe, regardless of cajoling, persuasion, belittling, and
scorn. As a person at the center, I conform to social conventions only if I do
so without self-sacrifice. When people say that I am “supposed” to do this or
that, I think twice. Objective judgments do not exist. All judgments are
subjective.

Knowing that I am an expression of Nature/life, I can stand up for myself.
In such a case, I am standing up not for my small ego but for something
larger and much more complex. Mature people are naturally interested in
themselves. I take sides with myself in a dispute. I naturally protect my
rights and interests. I am interested in being equal with other persons, and I
promote this interest in the face of any effort to downplay me.

This natural interest in oneself is closely related to the instinct for
survival. Everyone knows the instinct for physical survival. There is also an
instinct for the survival of the self. I naturally like what I think and feel and
want to promote it in the face of any effort to downplay it.

The natural interest in oneself can become attenuated by adverse
experiences. Such attenuation is common in families. Some families treat
their children as servants – the child is asked to fetch things for the mother,
who sits in matriarchal ease, or is expected to be a companion to a parent.
Sometimes, a parent will lean on the child, complaining to the child about
the other parent or looking to the child for compliments. In such a family,
the child is taught to have an interest in pleasing family members at his or
her own expense. In an extreme case, the person learns to pay little
attention to what he or she likes and what he or she wants. He or she
becomes like a person described in Who Am I This Time? by Jay Martin
(Norton): “I see myself now as a patchwork collection of defenses, tricks,
illusions, with no dignity. Now, since the defenses are tumbling and we get
nearer to me I get more and more concerned: there isn’t a me. The sum
total of me is in the illusions, and I’m afraid when we strip all these away,
there won’t be anything there. I’m just tricks and illusions. Maybe the fact
that I speak of “I” means there is a me, but it’s so small it’s totally
insignificant. I was born and my body grew, but I never did….It’s like I died
when I was a child – but that’s my secret. I came back to fool everybody.
Everybody thinks I’m still there – but I do it with mirrors. How deep is a
reflection?”

Having an interest in oneself is having an interest in what one likes
and what one wants. I see myself as unique and individual. Consequently,
what I like and what I want are unique and individual. Discovering my likes
and wants is a fascinating challenge. I do not assume I should or can be the
same as other people. Rather, I assume I am different. I can learn from
others, but what I like and what I want are personal to me. I take the
broadest view of what it is to be human – I am always more than who I think
I am. I am more than any group I belong to – I am more than being a
Christian or Jew, black or white, gay or straight, or man or woman. What I
like and want are in their overall configuration different from any stereotypes
of any groups I belong to, just as anyone’s basket of groceries is different
from anyone else’s.

When I pay attention to what I like and what I want, I discover that I
am enjoying myself. Enjoying oneself is the opposite of self-sacrifice. It is
enjoying one’s personality. Standing on my own ground instead of on other
people’s, I find a balance, which is the natural state of the organism. It is
like getting into a warm bed and pulling the covers over my head – I am
myself in my own universe.

Self-compassion ennobles a person to the point where he or she
realizes that he or she truly is wonderful. I see that I am worth defending
and
promoting, in spite of my failings. Seeing that I am wonderful, I can endure
my imperfections, allowing them to be.

In the background are the words, “I stand up for what I believe in. I
have concluded that I have a right to my opinions, and I stand by that
conclusion. My self-doubting side will try to weaken me, but I defend my
position.”

I justify myself against prejudice, whether it is against my sex, social class,
race, ethnic group, or sexual orientation. The strength of prejudice comes
from the false idea that there is indeed something wrong with some
characteristic, and I make a stand against buying into it. I say the words,
“You are (male/female), (male/female) is OK, you are equal. You are
(white/black/red/yellow), (white/black/red/yellow) is OK, you are equal. You
are (straight/gay), (straight/gay) is OK, you are equal.” I oppose thoughts of
self-doubt that come from the victimizing side of the mind by saying, “I raise
you up. You are equal. I push back and, in so doing, square off against
prejudice.”

I value my self-liking above anyone’s dislike, in the face of every
complaint, criticism, scorn, prejudice, and rejection. I remind myself,
“Self-liking is not negotiable. It is paramount, above all other values. It is
not available to anyone’s attack.” I depend on myself. I assert my values. I
assert my value. I am not a straw in the wind, buffeted by others’
disapproval – I stand up for myself in the face of others’ disapproval. Who I
really am might not be well thought of by others. However, with my
understanding of the complexity of human beings and the inevitability of
human imperfection, I stand up to those who think ill of me. I, in turn, have
a low opinion of their prejudice.

I deliberately assert the rightness of authenticity. I am as I am, not as
I wish I were. It is my self-doubt that undermines my being as I am, that
causes me to value others above myself. My pretenses are a mask that
demeans the magnificence of being a unique human being. I honor
Nature/life itself by being exactly the way the processes of life have provided
for me to be. I take a stand against acquiescing to others’ shaming and in
favor of promoting my interests as a unique, independent human being.

The chief reason a person gets defensive is that, when other people
challenge him or her, he or she feels weak (inferior). One popular challenge
is, “How do you know that?” “Well, I don’t really know it for a fact, but . . .”
“Ah ha, you don’t know what you’re talking about.” Ignoring the basic truth
that everyone has a right to his or her own opinion, the challenger thinks he
or she has won if I can’t support my point as a fact.

Although we have been taught, “You have to” and “You must show
proper appreciation” and “You must give thought to the needs of others,
when we stand up for ourselves we have the option of not having to, not
caring, and taking our fair share. These are options that often serve the self.
As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in “Self-Reliance, “There is a time in every
man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that he must take
himself, for better or worse, as his portion.” The same is true of every
woman. “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” “Life only
avails, not the having lived.” That fact “forever degrades the past.”
“Discontent is the want of self-reliance. It is infirmity of
will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer. If not, attend
your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired. Our sympathy is
just as base. We come to them who weep foolishly and sit down and cry for
company, instead of imparting to them truth and health in rough electric
shocks, putting them once more in communication with their own reason.”

Achieving philosophical maturity is no small thing. When we see how
vulnerable some people are to proselytizing, we realize that philosophical
naivete is the norm. Some people are ready to believe almost any notion.
The person who sees the error in irrationality and who holds to rationality is
an unusual person. The scientific thinker is a free person in a way that no
dogmatic person can be. We purposely test limits, because we know
that they come not from on high but from human beings, like ourselves. We
grow in self-knowledge, not bowing to conditioning and dogma but always
learning, about ourselves and about our world.

Mature people are naturally interested in themselves. I take sides with
myself in a dispute. I naturally protect my rights and interests. I am
interested in being equal with other persons, and I promote this interest in
the face of any effort to downplay me.

In a person with an abundance of negative thoughts, memory and
imagination have been kept in check, because they have seemed to take the
side of the negative thoughts – awful memories have come to mind, and
nightmares have haunted sleep. Once peace has been made with negative
thoughts, however, memory and imagination can be let off their leash – “I
give memory and imagination their freedom. I don’t fear them the way I
used to. I give them free rein.”

In this freedom a person does not know what he or she will hear or
see. The voices and images come from life itself, out of the processes of life.
Life itself is in me and I a part of it, engaged in it. I listen for its voices. I
seek gifts of new thoughts, feelings, ideas, images, and attitudes in a region
beyond my view of myself. In my view of myself I know what to expect,
knowing, as I think, who I am, but, when I look for gifts beyond who I think
I am, I look into a strange territory where I discover more than I had
conceived.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

Types of meditation
Loving-kindness meditation. With the many types of meditation to try, there should be one to suit most individuals. …
Body scan or progressive relaxation. …
Mindfulness meditation. …
Breath awareness meditation. …
Kundalini yoga. …
Zen meditation. …
Transcendental Meditation.

Meditation is a habitual process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts. You can use it to increase awareness of yourself and your surroundings. Many people think of it as a way to reduce stress and develop concentration.
Basic meditation music simply provides a way for an individual to go deeper with their meditation by adding a new layer to their experience. … Unlike many other music forms, the binaural beats work with the brain to develop a frequency most associated with relaxation.

Brainwave Entrainment Stop Feeling Unloved – Use Brainwave Entrainment

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Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.
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Brainwave entrainment is a scientifically proven neuro-technological tool that can stop the negative feelings of being unloved, by changing the dominant brainwave frequency in your mind.

Feeling “unloved” is something that all of us at one time or another, have probably felt. Hopefully, that feeling was short-lived. In reality though, for some of us, this sad and destructive feeling is a daily reality.

This sadness can lead to depression and even more feelings of being unloved. Most of us need to feel a real connection to someone, and desire a relationship that makes us feel valued and loved.

Unfortunately, receiving love from “outside” forces, meaning outside of yourself, will not remedy the feeling of being unloved.

Everything has a frequency and vibrates. Think of it as everything having a Universal Product Code (UPC).

Thoughts have a frequency that also vibrates. According to the Law of Vibration, everything vibrates and nothing rests. Vibrations of the same frequency resonate with each other, invoking the Law of Attraction, like attracting like energy. Everything is energy. Thoughts are energy.

Feeling unloved, having thoughts like these, attracts even more thoughts of feeling unloved, and before you know it, the Universe provides evidence that you are unloved.

If you could change your thoughts, you would stop feeling unloved, and the Universe would back you up. Sometimes the brain seems to get stuck on certain thoughts, and the only way to disengage those thoughts, is to change the frequency of the brain. If you can become “unstuck”, you can change how you think of yourself and change your experiences. If you change how you think of yourself, and maybe actually love yourself, the Universe will match that vibrational frequency, and provide the evidence that you are indeed, lovable.

Brainwave entrainment introduces specifically designed brainwave patterns to the brain with the intention of altering your state of consciousness, derailing any “stuck” thinking. The brain naturally mimics any stimulus that is repeated and is rhythmic, which entrainment is, changing its dominant frequency.

Thoughts of feeling unloved, which have been bathed in the stress hormone Cortisol, can be changed by altering the vibrating frequency of your brainwaves. Once your brain has altered its frequency, activating a different area of gray matter, new feel-good chemicals will be released, and your negative thoughts will disengage and lose their power.

Once those negative thoughts are powerless, new positive thoughts can be introduced, and with repetition, will forge new neural pathways in your gray matter, changing negative to positive.

Stop feeling unloved. Brainwave entrainment will help you find the “lovable” you.
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain? ?requency following?response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

This ?requency following?response of brainwave entrainment can be seen in action with those prone to epilepsy. If a strobe flashes at their seizure frequency, the brain will ?ntrain?to the flashing light, resulting in a seizure.

On the positive side, this same mechanism is commonly used to induce many brainwave states; such as a trance, enhanced focus, relaxation, meditation or sleep induction. The brainwave entrainment effectively pushes the entire brain into a certain state.

Brainwave entrainment works for almost everyone. It is a great way to lead your mind into states that you might usually have difficulty reaching, allowing you to experience what those states feel like.

THE HYPE
There is a lot of marketing hype around brainwave entrainment. It is sold with promises of increasing IQ, promoting weight loss, ?ind-tripping? enhancing creativity, concentration, inducing spiritual states and more.

While these claims are not entirely true, they are not altogether false either. In practice, the claims are based on an overly-simplistic view of how the brain and the brainwaves function.
THE RUB
People are very seldom deficient in a certain brainwave type in all areas of their brain. Usually the distribution is much spottier, with an excess in one area and a deficiency in another.

We are all different, especially when it comes to the distribution of our brainwaves. Boosting a certain brainwave state may be beneficial for one person, and emotionally uncomfortable for another. Without knowing each person? starting position, entrainment can be rather ?it and miss?

If brainwave entrainment leaves you with unwanted side-effects (see below) or discomfort, you?e probably encouraging a range of brainwaves that are already excessive in some area of your brain. The way around this is to get a brain map to see what your brain? strengths and weaknesses are, and see what (if any) brainwaves could use some encouragement.

brain waves Natural Relaxation Techniques for Anxiety

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While we may suggest consulting a doctor before trying anything to help you fight anxiety, there are certain relaxation techniques for anxiety that are universal. Of these topmost in the order sits meditation. It’s the best known method to fight stress and anxiety so far. Meditation is all about conscious channeling of thoughts from the negative and depressive reflection to equally positive and uplifting form of contemplation. Choice of place matters the most important role in yielding best possible results for meditation. It is always preferred that one chooses a quite place for any form of meditation that allows one to gather thoughts without any disturbance. While meditating one must relax and try and find a place that is soothing and fills your heart with all the positive thoughts.

Music is a therapy for every soul. Every one loves music of one or the other genre. Listening to good music has since long been rightly touted as the next best relaxation technique for anxiety. A good soothing music helps you unwind and soothes your tired nerves. Besides there’s plethora of relaxation music available on the stands in the market specifically aimed at fighting anxiety and helping people relax. For best still in the wake of all the technological advancements you can simply download some of the best music of your choice from the internet and freely indulge yourself in it to relieve stress and anxiety.

Socialization is probably one of the next best things one can think of to fight stress. Instead of sitting alone fighting your inner thoughts in a dark dungy room one needs to move and seek help. Share your thoughts with members of the family or your close friends whom are close and feel comfortable. Letting out your thoughts through meaningful conversation will not only relieve stress and anxiety but also help seek solution to problems you may be facing in your life. In case you do not feel like taking to anyone around you then there’s still another relaxation technique for anxiety. You can very well pen down your thoughts in a notebook. This way you would not only feel relaxed but also keep your little secrets to yourself just in case you didn’t want to share them with anyone.

Breathing they say time in and out is probably the best relaxation technique for anxiety. It is therefore time now and then that we breathe deeply so as to fill our lungs with fresh air and then release through our mouth. Doing so, helps get rid of stress.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

brain waves Journey to Optimal Health: Rebounding

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Meditation music is music performed to aid in the practice of meditation. It can have a specific religious content, but also more recently has been associated with modern composers who use meditation techniques in their process of composition, or who compose such music with no particular religious group as a focus.

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Little over a year ago you wouldn’t have known me, or rather I didn’t know myself, because I was beginning to feel so stiff and sore that rather than being 45 in my brain I was 65 (my real age being somewhere in between). Winter is a difficult time to keep fit in Ireland, and in fact in many parts of the world, because of cold weather and darkness both of which give us what may seem at the time a reasonable excuse not to go out. Before I started my journey to optimal health I gave in to those ideas not to move rather than appreciating how good movement felt. Physical fitness exercise is a habit, and we all know that good habits are easier to break than to build. My nephew told me years ago it isn’t how well we exercise that counts it is how well we go back to it when we’ve stopped. In this second of a series of articles on what has worked in my journey back to optimal health I want to consider the fine art of rebounding. Rebounders, or small trampolines, provide enough buoyancy for even older joints to do cardiovascular exercises without stress to the joints. I teach water aerobics which I like a great deal because it doesn’t wear on the joints, I like rebounding for some of the same reasons. As with most of what I write, this article makes use of the three steps of action research (discovery, measurable action, and reflection) which I find useful in discussing any growth producing process.

Discovery

Several things come together for the reason that I appreciate rebounding. First, I sometimes suffered from achy legs. I discovered the burning, almost itchy, discomfort was due in large part to a lymphatic drainage problem. Lymph circulates just underneath our skin and is an internal cleansing system when it works properly. When it gets clogged, as it often does for people who fly a lot, it backs up causing pressure and pain. There two ways to take care of a lymphatic drainage problem, one is to have an overhaul by a person knows what they’re doing and who, through using light massage, gets lymphatic drains running again. Rebounding is the other way.

Rebounding also adds to the alkaline reserve of the body. Since, as I discussed in a previous journey to optimal health article, keeping a proper alkaline balance in my body seems to be a key for weight loss and health, you can see how the two go together. But there are lots of other things it does:

· It increases the gravitational load as we simultaneously strengthen the muscles and skeletal systems while our joints are protected because of the soft buoyant surface.
· It strengthens the heart, and improves both circulation and lung capacity
· it definitely increases coordination
· it enhances digestion, elimination, curtails critique, minimizes the risk of colds
· after rebounding you sleep better, feel like you have more strength and vitality

Measurable Action

Becoming comfortable on a rebounder comes in stages. I teach water aerobics so many of the movements that you see in the books are similar to what I am used to, and things I’m comfortable doing within the water. However being on land jumping up and down is a slightly different and I found that my center of gravity changed. Therefore the first thing to do is to jump lightly until you get comfortable moving on the rebounder – then progress to harder moves. Once comfortable, you can jump higher, cross your elbows to your opposite knees, do jumping jacks, etc.

The trick seems to be to keep it up for over 15 minutes to have sufficiently raised your heart rate and begun to lower the resistance to lymph movement throughout your body. For me, the answer was listening to Kelly Howell’s Brain Sync technologies tapes. Listening to her guided meditations, I get a good dose of positive affirmations and at the same time easily making it past the 15 minute mark when it comes to rebounding.

Reflection

I often say the body likes to work. It’s hard to make our brains believe that though when we’re in the middle of winter doldrums, or feeling old. I found rebounding to be fun because it challenged my sense of balance. I found it challenging enough to catch my interest. Also, I used music and guided meditations to keep my interest going.

To be completely truthful, given the choice of riding my bike or rebounding, the bike always wins. However as I write this, it’s below zero Celsius, the road is covered with ice, and the health club isn’t open because their staff can’t get in. Today is the day I break out the rebounder. I recommend it as a useful tool to have in your battery of tools to keep you healthy. They take up little room, some even fold, and can be easily stored. As I said when I started this article keeping a habit is harder than building one. If you have lost the habit of regular exercise rebounding is a gentle and interesting way to get back into it and if you have a good habit for regular exercise, rebounding is a great way to keep it going when other circumstances make exercise tough.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

brain waves 10 Ways to Get Out of a Biz Funk

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That sure was a very uncomfortable place to be! However, I knew I could handle the situation because that was certainly not the first time something like that had happened to me. There are many things you can do to get out of a funk. Here are the ten tips that I personally found helpful for myself.

1. Turn to a motivational expert: If you are like me, you probably have a collection of books and audios that have inspired you in the past. Revisit them. Or go to a library and pick up an inspirational book that you have been curious about. This is exactly what I did this time. The book was Happy for No Reason by Marci Shimoff, and it instantly lifted my spirits. Highly recommended.

2. Talk to other soloprenurs: It sometimes helps a lot to speak and open up with people who understand your business. I network with other solopreneurs and found that I could get motivated just by talking with them. Just yesterday, I had a chance to have a coffee with a friend who is also a solopreneur, and man, I was motivated after listening to his plan for 2010.

3. Change the posture to change the mood: More and more experts are now pointing out the strong connection between body and mind. If you spend most of the day in front of a computer feeling you are stuck in a funk, get up on your feet. Lie down in a couch to brainstorm instead. Or get out and take a walk. Instead of typing up a business plan, grab a pen and paper. Making physical changes could really help you unstuck. Just give it a try.

4. Get a good night sleep: Not so long time ago, while I was trying hard to be a good mom/wife as well as a successful solopreneur, I used to stay up until 2:00am on many nights. Sure, I was able to get a lot of stuff done, but after doing that for a while, I found myself tired and not very productive during the day. I’ve finally come to the conclusion that human beings are meant to have plenty of sleep! Lack of sleep is simply not healthy, physically and mentally.

5. Look at your eating habits: You hear many moms blaming sugar for their kids’ hyperactivity, but we rarely think about how foods could affect our mood (well, except for alcoholic drinks, I guess). Aren’t you taking too much sugar in your diet? Or, maybe too much caffeine just to get that perk, only to get exhausted afterward? Think about eating healthy alternatives that would give you some real energy.

6. Exercise: This is in line with “change the posture” above. Taking short breaks during the day to stretch yourself, or even better, taking a long break to get out and do some fun physical activities can really help you get out of the unmotivated state. You do not need to go to a gym. Just take a brisk walk or jog. Or even a Wii Fit (My favorite, LOL).

7. Meditate: I recently learned about the “happiest person in the world” Matthieu Ricard from one of my clients and have been fascinated about him. People have pointed out one of his big secrets to be calm, focused, and happy is his daily meditation. Your “funk” may be a sign that you should pay more attention to your mind, and meditation is a great way just to do that.

8. Watch a movie, read a book, sing a song… Entertain yourself: Have you watched a movie that made you smile for the rest of the day? Movies, books, and music all can have a great positive impact on our feelings. I’ve been reading Diary of a Whimply Kid with my boys every night, and boy, that book cracks us all up and helps us go to bed in a great mood. Just try it! (No, you don’t have to read the Diary, LOL. Choose whatever that would make you smile.)

9. Count your blessings: Acknowledging the things you are grateful for is a great way to empower yourself. Just this past November, I’ve participated in a fun project called “30 Days of Thanks” and blogged about what I was thankful for every day, which turned out to be a great experience for me. You do not need to blog, just keep a gratitude journal or put up a big sheet of paper on a wall somewhere and keep writing down what you are grateful for every day.

10. Surrender and go with the flow: I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. If none of your efforts to get out of the funk works, maybe you are meant to be in a funk for a few days or longer to grow bigger. It’s like that dreadful “Terrible Two’s” (that my youngest is going through right now, I might add) – It’s annoying, inconvenient, and frustrating to parents, but all kids eventually grow out of that stage, and when they do, they are more mature. And you know what they say… You often feel very uncomfortable when you are ready to go up to the next stage of life. Maybe it’s the same with business.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

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There are many types of meditation and within each type there are individual interpretations. For some, it’s following the breath and for others it’s quiet reflection or self-awareness. A mantra, which is the repetition of a sound or prayer, is a primary part of the meditative tradition of yoga. The mantra works as an ‘instrument’ of the mind, focusing it, creating in it a space or stillness, which becomes the source of well-being, peace and unconditioned joy.

As you begin exploring the practice of mantra meditation you may, at first, find it to be a bit mechanical or repetitious, but as your practice evolves you will discover your meditations to be anything but boring or tedious.

Over time your mantra will become a part of you, it will flow naturally and continuously. You will begin to notice that it changes as you practice, it may grow louder or softer, faster or slower, the rhythm may change and follow the breath or instead it may follow a pattern of its own. The pronunciation may become unclear and it can even begin to sound as if you are hearing it instead of repeating it.

When you reach this effortless repetition, you have reached a level known to the adept yogis as ajapa japa. Reaching this stage of effortless effort, your practice becomes filled with true joy and you begin to experience the field of quiet expanded awareness.

To reach this state requires practice and arises only after some considerable experience with a mantra. How do you get to a place of ‘effortless effort?’

As you develop a regular mantra meditation practice you will begin to develop a deeper understanding of self, you will begin to peel back the layers of your mind as awareness of your desires, fears, hopes, aspirations; all of your submerged thoughts float to the surface. And with each meditation you witness your life as it unfolds and as it does a deeper spiritual awareness grows.

The mantra provides the mind with ‘something to do’ and keeps it from becoming distracted; it acts as a centering device creating a space for the everyday mind to rest in. One of my favorite analogies is music. In the same way that a beautiful piece of music can so engage the mind that you become part of the music, the mantra can so engage your mind that you slip in to pure awareness.

There are meditative practices where a teacher will give you a personal mantra, but there are many traditional mantras, as well.

Each of the great wisdom traditions have mantras which you can choose from. Some examples are; from the Buddhist tradition, Om mani padme hum (“May the blessed union of practice and wisdom awaken”) or from the Christian tradition, Kyrie eleison (“Lord have mercy”). One of the most popular mantras from the Vedic tradition is the Gayatri mantra (“May my mind be guided by divine light”). One of my personal favorites is the very simple so hum mantra; a mantra that has no meaning attached to it. One of the advantages of using a mantra that has no meaning is there is less likely hood of the mind getting distracted and keep our attention at the level of the mind.

There are usually three phases that you can progress through when developing a mantra practice. The first is linking the sound to the breath (which is one of the reasons I like the so hum mantra, because it’s very natural to repeat ‘so’ on the in breath and ‘hum’ on the out breath). The connection of the breath and the mantra deepens your concentration which helps keep the mind from wandering.

In the second phase your begin to let go of the attachment to the breath and begin to concentrate on the sound alone. Once this begins to happen you will notice that the rhythm of the mantra will flow at its own pace. Your breath will continue to be even but your awareness will be on the mantra. This is a more subtle form of the mantra process, you have let go of the support of the breath and begin to rest wholly within yourself.

In the final stage, as the mantra becomes a part of you, it will begin to naturally flow faster and the articulation of the syllables may become distorted and unrecognizable, yet, you remain fully aware and present to it. Eventually it will be as if you are listening to it, not mentally repeating and it will fade into silence, the only thing left is you as pure awareness.

The, especially, the ego mind, can be very persistent and is a master of distraction. There are other tools we can use to help further our efforts in placating the mind. One is to use a mala, a string of a 108 beads used to count repetitions of your mantra. Another way to deepen your concentration is to connect the sound of one mantra to the next, eliminating the gaps between the sounds. This will leave little opining for the thoughts to slip in.

As with all form of meditation, there will be ‘puppy training’ phase where you will need to continually keep returning to the mantra as the ‘puppy’ mind wanders off. This would be extremely tiresome if it wasn’t for the fact, that even in the earliest stages of the practice, the results are genuine feelings of peace.

The good news is that with regular practice the pace of the mantra will increase and you will notice a deepening of your concentration and best of all the process will be effortless. Over time, you will also notice that your mantra will arise within you at unexpectedly. By this time your mantra will be an old friend, someone you will feel at peace with when they are around.

Mantra meditation is not a means to instant enlightenment. However, you will experience the benefits of this meditation right from the start. In the end, your mantra will become more than a practice, it will awaken you to your true nature, the real you, which is whole, loving, peaceful, creative and filled with joy and purpose.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

Brainwave Entrainment How to Open Chakras Using the Brainwave Entrainment Benefits of Revolutionary Frequency Technology

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Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.
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If you are looking for a great cleansing Chakra approach, then you should consider audio brainwave stimulation tools. Opening Chakras is the key to achieving balance and awakening.

Read on the learn how to open Chakras, for cleansing and balancing, using some revolutionary frequency technologies. If you find that a stretch to grasp, you should know that in the Journal of Neurotherapy in 1999, Thomas Budzynski, Ph.D. reported a case study which proved the positive effects of brainwave stimulation using brainwave entrainment. In that study, college students increased their GPA and notably, their GPA continued to increase following the completion of the treatments.

The Chakra system is the base upon which most other energy and spiritual development are based. Directing spiritual energy through the body, opening, clearing, cleansing, and balancing is the foundation of energy healing. So learning how to open Chakras is a vital component of the treatment of the body’s energy flow.

Brainwave entrainment is very beneficial for all of these objectives. There are three main tones or beats which form the heart of this healing treatment.

Binaural Beats

This involves two frequency waves – one for each ear. The two frequencies cause the brain to compensate, creating a third frequency wave. For each different energy wheel, different waves are employed. The outcome is significant stimulation, equivalent to a very powerful balancing ritual.

Monaural Beats

As the name suggests, in this treatment tones of equal intensity and frequency are used. Because the brain does not have to compromise and process two signals, this treatment is easier on the brain. The high intensity of the waves proves excellent for clearing. While only one frequency is used, it is important to note that there is an optimal frequency for each of the Chakras.

Isochronic Tones

This is the leading edge of energy healing using brainwave entrainment. Similar to Monoaural beats in terms of a single appropriate pulse frequency, these differ only in terms of the pulse speed. However, the higher pulse speed has been shown to improve energy healing, as the brain is forced to coordinate with the higher rhythm.
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain? ?requency following?response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

meditation music Psalm 1 – Memorization – The Secret to Meditation

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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.

Meditating follows repentance

Unfortunately, it is easy to misunderstand this teaching and to hope for the benefits and promises of Psalm 1 by meditating on God’s word without first turning away from sin. However, eliminating sin comes first according to the psalmist. For those in fellowship with Christ, this may mean a simple confession of sins and a request for forgiveness, even as Jesus taught us to pray, “Forgive us our sins.” For others who have become enslaved to sin, whether or not they are Christians, a more intensive solution must be implemented. Merely patching Bible meditation into such a life will not be sufficient. Effective meditation and fellowship with God can only come about after we have decisively turned away from sinful behavior and begun walking in the Spirit. Doing this is a precondition to delighting in the Word of the Lord.

Habitual, life dominating, indwelling sin need not enslave Christians and part of a game plan that sets one free involves a deep immersion in God’s word. However, such immersion does not exercise power in the life of one who is unwilling to crucify his flesh and dedicate his members (faculties) to righteousness, as Paul clearly teaches in Romans 6-8. Such a one will be drinking clean water from one cup and deadly poison from another. If you are unclear on this issue or expect study and meditation on God’s Word to automatically overcome indwelling sin, I suggest that you consider another article that I have written on this specific subject.

Meditating is not the same as studying.

Clearly, the study of God’s Word is a useful and necessary exercise. Done with the proper spiritual motivations, it teaches us sound doctrine and makes us wise to salvation. However, the Scriptures themselves tell us that studying is an incomplete and somewhat dangerous activity. The Scribes and Pharisees in Jesus’ day were the ones least likely to follow him. This is because studying is essentially an intellectual activity. By engaging the mind we learn, but learning can easily become a deadening exercise. Disconnected from an obedient heart, studying Scripture produces negative outcomes, such as religiosity, pride and rebellion. As Paul wrote, the letter kills. Clearly, the generous promises of Psalm 1 are directed specifically to those who meditate upon the Word, rather than to those who merely study.

Meditating is not the same as reading or hearing.

There is a similar problem with simply reading Scripture. For most of us, reading God’s word is an integral part of our devotional activity. For those without literacy or who do not have the availability of Scripture, which is the norm in human experience, hearing is equivalent to reading. Both hearing and reading may involve dedication and energy but need not produce a righteous response. In fact, Jesus specifically condemned those who hear, yet refuse to obey. For that reason, merely reading through the Bible on a regular basis or exposing oneself to even the finest Bible teaching does not guarantee a beneficial result.

Inevitably, those who continue in sin while maintaining or increasing their knowledge of truth develop hypocrisy, spiritual stagnation and hardened hearts. We must avoid absorbing truth without letting it affect how we actually live. The apostle James described this as being double minded. In contrast, meditating is by its very nature designed to permeate every part of our lives.

Memorization is the key

Clearly then, Psalm 1 is not referring to simple studying, reading or hearing the Word of the Lord. In fact, many have taken those roads without success. Something much more powerful is going on in the life of one who is meditating on God’s word. Yet, how exactly should this be done? To me, first and foremost, meditation as described by the Psalmist results from memorizing Scripture. This somewhat neglected activity was presented very early on through Moses when he said, “You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.” (Deuteronomy 11:18,19)

Joshua condensed this with the related teachings of Moses in a way that undoubtedly laid the foundation for Psalm 1, This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. (Joshua 1:8)

Although studying, reading and hearing the Word of the Lord can profit, such activities do not fully engage the heart. It is only as we meditate on the Word of the Lord to the degree described by Moses that it exercises full impact on our innermost being. Until we have memorized a passage of Scripture, it remains fleeting and subject to distortion. We are apt to be as those who look in a mirror and then quickly forget the image we have seen. On the other hand, once Scripture is firmly committed to our memory, we can draw upon it or the Holy Spirit can bring it to our remembrance as He desires.

When we meditate, we are mixing a knowledge of that which has great spiritual power with all the other parts of our mental arsenal while being led by the creator of the Universe and the author of the life giving text. Application takes place as the mighty and powerful Word of God does its cleansing and strengthening work guided by the Holy Spirit.

The way our minds work

Our minds are certainly the most complex and wondrous parts of our being. With one part of our mind we direct functions like breathing and heart rates. We have barely any control over this subconscious activity and it works in ways we can only imagine. On the other hand, we do attempt to control other parts of our mind, directing it to work, study or concentrate on what we are doing. Between these two extremes is where most of our inner lives take place. Our minds have an incredible ability to take us into all kinds of areas, some of which we control and some of which seem to have a life of their own. This is the area of our imagination, our dream lives, recurring thoughts and obsessions. This is where we really live.

It is this part of our minds that we need to bring under the control of our God and Creator. We fool ourselves if we think we can control it ourselves. Inevitably, left to our own devices, our thoughts will wander into sins such as worrying, pride, bitterness, lust or greed. Eventually, as we turn this “member,” as the Bible calls this and all of functions, over to one of these sins, we become a slave to that sin. The only true freedom from such inner slavery is through the freeing action of becoming a slave to God and to righteousness. As Bob Dylan sang, “you gotta serve somebody.” Being free in an abstract sense is not an option.

We have a responsibility to make our inner default meditation focused on things above, not on things of the earth. Some may argue that this advice is unreasonable and that we have no choice but to dwell on a variety of important items like our health, business, sports, family, or politics. Others see no escape from constantly dwelling on sinful thoughts or being “scatter brained.” However, only of the one who marinates his mind in God’s Word is it said that whatever he does will prosper. Or as Jesus taught, He who loses his life will find it. Keeping our inner focus on godly thoughts is the way to succeed in every other part of life. Confusion on this issue comes from a refusal to accept that everything that is in us, our hearts, minds and souls, were designed specifically to be drawn in deeply and primarily by the flawless Word of God. It is sad that even among those who claim to know God there are so many who choose not to do this.

The Bible describes this process as bringing our thoughts into captivity to the obedience of Christ. This inner life we all live is the music that the rest of our lives dances to. The very best music for this purpose is Scripture. If we impress Scripture into our thoughts and make it our constant default meditation, then we will be living in the Spirit and abiding in Christ. Jesus uses a similar word picture as that found in Psalm 1, when He says that abiding in this way makes us like living branches drawing our sustenance from Him.

The importance of transforming our minds

This explains why Jesus directed His teaching towards the inner movements of the mind and our thought lives. He taught us not to lust, not to worry, not to be greedy, to be humble, to love others, to forgive and to pursue righteousness. Obedience in all these areas is not achieved by outward action. It requires action of the heart. There is no other way to conform to His will than to be inwardly and actively considering and applying the truths that he has set before us. Further, Scripture is exactly suited to provide nourishment for our inner lives so that we can achieve these results. Nothing else is comparable.

This is why David could write in Psalm 19: The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart, The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. Committing ourselves to God’s Word helps us in reflexively guarding our hearts against thoughts, ideas and images that are harmful and oppose truth. We have long passed the point where we can expect our cultural gatekeepers to filter out the bad stuff. As a result, we have little choice but to give up popular entertainment and even popular news, which is mostly aimed at generating market share rather than informing us. By turning and keeping our focus on the truths in God’s Word, we are inviting full fellowship with God. We become trees that are firmly planted right next to the water so that we have no fear of failure, wilting, or becoming fruitless.

Meditation on God’s word is the best use of our thought life.

Understanding this, we must diligently direct our thought lives so that they become pleasing to God and function as they were designed to do. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in your sight O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. It was for this purpose that God designed our incredibly complex and active thought lives. We are to use these abilities to create, collaborate, imagine and understand. Such functions are fully engaged when we meditate on His Word and surpass anything we accomplish through our physical bodies. It is only our inner life and the faculties of the heart that will survive our body. Should we find ourselves old or disabled, we can hope that our minds will still be working and fully stored up with God’s Word. Our goal should be to be filled with all the fullness of God, so that we are always ready to shed these fragile mortal frames.

We also know that our inner lives are intensely private so that no one other than God can know what we are thinking at any time. Only He searches our hearts. He has a keen interest in the inner lives of those who are his children. In a very mysterious sense, God designed the inner workings of our reason, emotions and imagination so that they can function in a way that He is eager to participate in. We should not be ashamed to have our inner lives transparently open for Him or anyone else to see. This is done by diligently bringing our hearts into intimate fellowship with Him and by meditating on the Word He has provided for this purpose. As a practical matter, then, we must be sure to not use our thoughts to sinful ends.

It is only in Christ that this can be achieved. Unless He has set us free, we will remain in the grasp of sin with no hope of deliverance. However, having been set free, we must put to death our bad habits and not fall into bondage again. Runaway sinful thoughts are a sure way to slip into a bondage that can seem inescapable. It is by presenting our members, especially our thought lives, as slaves to righteousness that we accomplish this. There may be a variety of ways to go about this. However, it is clearly God’s will that meditating on Scripture is a primary means to this end.

Enhancing memory is now a growth Industry

An entire industry has sprung up in recent years to assist those getting older, primarily baby boomers, promising to enhance memory skills. This is based on the observation and belief that one’s ability to memorize can be strengthened. Along that line some take up mindless exercises including the game of Sodoku solely for this purpose. There are also competitions held to determine the champion with the best memory, which involves memorizing random, useless things like the card sequences in a shuffled deck of cards.

Christians should take up the challenge of memorizing Scripture, not primarily because it will enhance our mind functions, but because it grafts new living power into their lives. The Word of the Lord is called the sword of the Spirit and is used by Him to strike corrupting sin from our lives. It can do this because it is living and powerful, sharper than any two edged sword. The impact of implanting this living agent into our inner lives is incalculable and continually beneficial.

How it worked for me.

Let me tell you about my experiences with this. Most of my life, I have had poor memory skills. I have trouble remembering names and phone numbers. In a connected world this is usually not a problem. I am in the tax business and when I first started, I knew those who could easily recite relevant tax codes and regulations, walk over to a wall of books and pull down the right volume to refer to. Fortunately, the volumes have vanished and nimble computer searches have replaced them. The same can be done with Scripture. Merely Googling a key phrase will quickly lead you to any scriptural passage you seek.

Recently, I acquired a “GoBible,” which is a small audio Bible that can be dialed into any verse. At about the same time, I committed to working out on a treadmill for about half an hour every other day. I determined to combine the time spent on the treadmill with systematically listening my way through the Bible. This worked out great and is a practice that I still continue to great profit. At one point it struck me that I could use my GoBible as a way to memorize Scripture. Some, such as my wife, can readily memorize things that are written. She can somehow “photograph” it and then visualize it later. My mind does not work that way. Phrases and words get all mixed up when I try. As a result, the cumulative number of Scriptures committed to my memory was pathetically small.

Philippians 4: 4-9 is the passage that I first chose to memorize. Included here is the teaching that prompted me to this action in the first place. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things. I started out just listening to these verses over and over. Then I painstakingly memorized each verse by backing up and replaying the audio until my recollection matched word for word what I was hearing. To my amazement this worked great even though it was very time-consuming. Listening to the rhythm of the words and sentence patterns made it possible for me to commit a passage to memory and to eventually keep it there indefinitely.

Discovering this new ability, I set a goal of committing to memory other passages and eventually selecting one favorite part, large or small, out of every book in the New Testament. Narrowing down which ones to memorize was a great exercise by itself. I am more than half done with this and am making steady progress. Along the way, I took a detour and started adding certain passages from the Psalms as well. Granted, this is not remarkable. Many are way beyond anywhere that I will ever be because they have done it much longer. For example, when Billy Graham and Grady Wilson were preparing for their ministry both memorized the entire Gospel of John so that they could recite every other verse to each other starting at any point.

Choosing the New King James Version.

It was really no contest for me as to which version to use when memorizing. The New King James Version is the most current update to the venerable King James Authorized Version. If you want to read about how the original translation came into being, I recommend Adam Nicolson’s book called God’s Secretaries. Here we learn that a primary task given to the 17th century translators was to make sure that the final translation sounded great when read publicly. Since those selected to do the work were all accomplished linguists, getting the meaning right was not the main issue. Further, unlike modern translators, they were not distracted by textual criticism, using the traditional original language texts that were widely accepted at the time.

When the translation committee for a particular section of scripture would meet, each member had already thoroughly digested the passage beforehand. Everyone involved was thoroughly skilled in the use of Elizabethan English, the most splendid and evocative English ever used before or since. Taking turns, they would recite their finished product before the committee. Then, together, they would deliberate until they had hashed out the very best sounding translation by incorporating the most accurate and pleasing English possible. That is why no rough drafts survive. No one bothered writing it down until it had been decided upon orally.

As T.S. Eliot, who was among the version’s many admirers put it, the KJV has “auditory imagination… a feeling for syllable and rhythm, which penetrates far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word.” Modern versions which start from scratch cannot hold a candle to the vocabulary and phrasing of the majestic Authorized Version which is widely recognized as the greatest literary document every written. The NKJV, built upon the original masterpiece, is certainly the most beautiful and fluid modern English version available for use when memorizing.

Nevertheless, I have stepped away from the NKJV at times. Sometimes I prefer to revert to scripture song versions, when I am familiar with them, such as Psalm 23. These add another dimension to the text and help with recall. Also, the NKJV is sometimes not clear when the underlying original language is not easy to decipher. In those cases, I dig around until I come up with a version that makes better sense. An example of this is Psalm 16:5.

What to memorize

There are a variety of ways that you can pick verses to memorize and, fortunately, there are no wrong choices! All scripture is profitable. I am drawn to verses and passages that speak directly to my heart. These will not be the same ones that will speak to you. I also have determined to learn verses in context, so that they encompass a complete thought found in a passage. Some of these passages have long been very familiar to me but had never been fully impressed upon my mind. Here is an example. Galatians 5:22 lists the fruit of the Spirit. Although I could always name some of these, I could never recall them all from memory. Now, I am able to recite these along with verses 23 and 24, which complete Paul’s thought on this subject.

The effect on my life

The affect on my life of taking up the practice of memorizing Scripture has been profound. Like many men deep in their fifties, my nights include periods of wakefulness. In the past, this time was either wasted or misused. A thought life that is not filled with Scripture is one that is easily distracted and prone to sin. Anxiousness, lust and other sins of the mind must be constantly guarded against. On the other hand, I now draw from my small but growing library of memorized passages. Reciting and meditating on these Scriptures is invigorating and fundamentally transformational.

Beyond that, I find that I continue the same practice during the day. Whether in the shower or driving my car, my “alone time” is used either to brush up on or learn new passages. For example, while planning a recent five-hour drive to work with a particular client, I determined to use this time to memorize I Corinthians 13. With the help of my trusty GoBible I accomplished this by the time I had completed the round trip. After quite a few rehearsals since, the great “love chapter” is now pressed into my heart so that my recollection is becoming automatic and precise.

Now, I can identify with David as he lay on his bed or woke up in the morning meditating on God’s Word. The instruction in Deuteronomy makes perfect sense to me as does the love and devotion for the Word expressed in passages like Psalms 119 and 19. Moreover, I find an increasing dislike for popular entertainment and “news”, whether radio or TV. Like with other exercises, I have found that memorizing Scripture is something that becomes easier with practice. Sometimes I do not even need my GoBible! It may be that God has given to each of His children a specialized capacity to obey Him in this regard. I urge you to identify an approach that works best for you and to commit yourself to a practice that guarantees success.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

sleep meditation Simple Ways To Relax Your Mind

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1. Drink lots of water.

Yes, drinking plenty of water each day can by some means free you from stress. Make it a habit to have a bottle of water with you.

2. Try to meditate.

Soon as you lie down in bed, discard all bad thoughts in your head. Start to visualize a peaceful place and enjoy its tranquility. This is challenging at first but do not give up. Soon as you are able to focus, this should be easy.

3. Play some unwinding music.

To help keep your calm – and to eventually make things simple for you despite your problem – play slow or soothing music every time you are in your bed. Let the song get into you – and not your problems. Appreciate it every day. If you understand how to play the piano, then that is better.

4. Enjoy the beauty of your garden before you go to bed.

Do not make watching the television or searching the Internet your last adventure before bedtime. Think about something comforting like sitting down outside and admiring the sound of silence and the greeneries in your garden.

5. Herbal tea is also a key.

Herbal tea can bring you in a restful state. You may not be used to drinking it but you require a cup of it to keep you calm.

6. Have a warm bath.

Take a warm bath before you sleep. For optimum relaxation, combine the water with a few drops of lavender essential oil. Enjoy every moment inside your bathtub; never dash. You may also think about sprinkling a few drops of the essential oil into your bedding and pillow.

7. Do yoga poses.

There are particular yoga poses that allow you to eliminate the tensions in your muscles and for that reason relax your mind. Make a research over the Internet or join yoga classes. You may work on them a few hours before you go to sleep.

8. Perform deep breathing.

Close your eyes and begin to inhale then exhale deeply. Do not let yourself to be distracted by anything that surrounds you; just focus on your breathing. Perform this as frequently necessary or until you feel you are already relaxed.

Cancer patients suffer from stress since they allow it to be so. They think too much regarding their condition, how they are going to live and the families that they have. We cannot blame them. But we can aid them by motivating them to carry out some relaxation methods. Some of them are listed above. These works efficiently for them; hence, they are also regarded as among the alternative cancer treatments.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.

sleep meditation Sound Oasis Sound Therapy System and How To Create A Spa Atmosphere at Home

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The Sound Oasis Sound Therapy System is a unique sound machine with many sound recordings. It can be used to create a relaxing atmosphere at your home or workplace. The thing that makes this sound machine unique is the great variety of features that allow you to customize the sound completely according to your own personal preferences.

The Sound Oasis Sound Therapy system has 12 natural sound recordings. They are very relaxing and soothing sound recordings that will help you get in a relaxed and peaceful state of mind. 6 of the sound recordings are mainly sounds from nature such as rainfall, ocean and wind. The other 6 are recordings of clinically proven therapy sounds from some of the most popular doctors and therapists of the world.

In addition to those 12 sound recordings there is an extra sound card called Spa Retreat, which has some extra long soothing and meditative sound recordings that are excellent for creating a spa atmosphere at home.

It is definitely the sound system that makes this sound machine stand out. It has an incredible sound system, the sounds are high fidelity and different sound themes for spa, wellness or relaxation. Besides sound, this machine doesn’t really stand out. The alarm clock is not impressive and neither is the snooze effect, which is not adjustable so the length cannot be changed. Quite strange for such an advance sound machine so it is clear that it is the sound that has been in focus in the production of this device.

Where to Use A Sound Oasis Sound Therapy System

The many advanced sound recordings and customizable settings makes this sound machine very useful in several different settings. Naturally, many people use it at home as it is very relaxing at evening time and may people with sleeping problems have had good results with this sound machine. It has a sleep enhancement technology that lull people to sleep and many reviews will confirm the actual effect of that.

Besides using it for sleeping you can also use it in your living room to create a relaxed atmosphere or even in your bathroom for a real spa experience.

However, there are also many other situations where this sound machine can be useful. If you are a natural therapist, healer, massage therapist, beauty technician or the owner of a spa or clinic then the Sound Oasis Sound Therapy System can be a very handy device at your workplace. It is excellent for creating just the right atmosphere without having to change recordings often as you can just change the sound card or the theme of the sound machine.

There is no easily recognizable patterns or loops in the sound machines and there is no risk of interruptions or irritation like when a CD gets stuck and just repeats at the same place again and again. So besides contributing to the right atmosphere, it will also give a more safe and relaxing atmosphere for your clients for example during a massage or a healing where the right state of mind is of utmost importance. A massage should not be repeated.

Finally, babies and children can also have a great benefit from having a sound machine in the room where they sleep. Many small children calm down easily when they hear relaxing music or just some sort of background music or white noise. That way they feel safe and protected because they feel that there is somebody close to them. Babies enjoy slight noise because they have been used to listening to their mother’s heart beat and the sounds inside the belly, so complete silence is not really something many babies enjoy. So if your children are not easy to put to rest in the evening then you can try putting a sound machine in their room.
Listening to music while you are meditating – not a good idea. … Anything you do with the thought that you are meditating is meditating. There are many ways to meditate. Personally, I find music to be distracting, but paying attention to sounds in your environment is part of insight meditation.