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Category Archives: Meditation
Relax: Let Go and Let God
Relaxation is how most traditional practices start. As you can see even our dog practices it. Yoga, most martial arts, meditation, prayer, are amongst those that start with relaxation. Yet at the same time in most advanced cultures, relaxation tends … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Being Present, Consciousness, God, Meditation, Prayer, silence, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Unity
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ATTRACTION, REPULSION, OR NEUTRAL: BEING MORE CONSCIOUS
ATTRACTION, REPULSION, OR NEUTRAL A meditation technique suggests that when thoughts or fantasies arise, rather than push them away or get lost in them, simply notice if they are “attractive, repulsive or neutral.” Initially this creates some space from them. As … Continue reading
Posted in Being Present, Consciousness, Emotions, joy, Meditation, Relating, Spirituality, Truth
Tagged attention, awareness, being present, bigotry, choice, consciousness, judgment
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FAITH
When I write, what I end up with is usually quite different from where I started. After starting a couple of different themes, I decided this blog entry would be on my understanding of faith. Initially I wasn’t thinking of … Continue reading
Posted in God, joy, Meditation, Prayer, Religion, Spirituality, Truth, Unity
Tagged Affirmative Prayer, awareness, Buddha Nature, choice, consciousness, divine, expression, faith
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Spiritual Practice in Daily Life
For a spiritual practice to be substantial it must be more than reading ‘holy books’ or even praying, chanting or meditating. These may be necessary but unless we take the underlying values and perspectives that come from such teachings and … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Attitude, Being Present, Emotions, God, Learning, Meditation, Pets, Prayer, Relating, Religion, Respect, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Unity
Tagged being present, choice, consciousness, dog, fear, God, learning, love, Meditation, prayer, Religion, Spiritual, spirituality, Unity, values
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Eyes Open & Shut- In Meditation & Life
From the Zen tradition, I learned to meditate leaving my eyes cracked open a little. Most other practices seem to be done with closed eyes. The Zen approach makes sense when you understand meditation as a practice in being fully … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Attitude, Being Present, Buddhism, Compassion, God, Gratitude, Meditation, Prayer, Religion, Spirituality, suffering, Uncategorized, Unity
Tagged attention, being present, Buddhism, choice, consciousness, fear, God, gratitude, Meditation, prayer, presence, spirit, Unity
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God or Principle?
When I pray with people, I usually ask whom or what do they pray to; is It God, the Universe, Higher Power, Principle, Spirit or whatever? Actually the Prayer Chaplaincy training says to use your own terms, not the other’s. … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Being Present, Buddhism, Compassion, God, Gratitude, Learning, Meditation, Prayer, Religion, Spirituality, Truth, Unity
Tagged attention, being present, Buddha Nature, Buddhism, choice, consciousness, faith, fear, God, gratitude, Meditation, prayer, principal, Spiritual, Truth, Unity
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Affirming We Are Whole
I visited my parent’s graves in Caesarea, Israel, with my husband Allen and my brother Glenn this past Tuesday, July 8th. I had not been to their graves since my last trip 4 years earlier. We had come to Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmation, Attitude, Being Present, Emotions, God, Gratitude, Israel, Love, Meditation, Prayer, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Affirmation, being present, consciousness, God, gratitude, love, prayer
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Namaste: From God to God
“Namaste” is a common word of greeting or parting in India and Asia. I first learned its meaning as the verbal form of bowing to another. In some cultures who bows first or last, and how deeply, is based on … Continue reading
Posted in Being Present, Buddhism, God, Meditation, Relating, Respect, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged attention, being present, bowing, Buddhism, choice, consciousness, God, Respect, Spiritual, spirituality
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Prayer Revisited
This spring I volunteered to become a prayer chaplain at Unity San Francisco. A year ago, I could not have imagined it. Meditation was the center of my spiritual practice, and prayer was something I did not really understand. Wanting … Continue reading
Posted in Being Present, Buddhism, God, Gratitude, Learning, Meditation, Prayer, Religion, Spirituality, Truth, Uncategorized
Tagged being present, God, heart space, Meditation, mindfulness, paryer, peaceful, Religion, Spiritual, spirituality
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Reclaiming God
I gave up God many years ago. Like most people, I was brought up in a religion–Judaism in my case–that defined God through holy books. The holy books were read and defined according to traditions, and religious leaders. With rare … Continue reading
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Tagged being present, Buddhism, choice, faith, God, Religion, Respect, spirituality
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