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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival => Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board => Topic started by: Lupita on March 28, 2008, 09:35:41 AM
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Tell me what you think.
It would be wonderful if we can start our day with relaxation, meditation and positive affirmations. Our thoughts create our feeling and our attitude. Our attitude will be reflected towards us by others. If we want to elicit a positive response from others, we need to reflect and have a positive attitude. We can have a positive attitude by choosing to have positive thoughts. We can start by doing affirmations, meditation and relaxation visualizing our goal.
IN my case my first goal is inner peace. But before that I would like as a step towards that, to be able to not to wear my emotions in my sleeves. To be able to prevent from people to push my buttons. So, that has been my problem forever, my mother pusses, my friends push, my students push them.
Check this out. I am trying it, and if somebody else likes it, it would be wonderful. Let me know what you think, dear friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3sr-gwxA5c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu-qZugHXfc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AhmX9CBRVk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8YQjLIryI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QETqNwmmIms&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QETqNwmmIms&feature=related\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwTz0QJYovg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-KDXWsepI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqfXpbyCZg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yvlrNl3Xc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmt4qqB1Cps&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-bwoUxovGM
Tell me if you have meditation exercices, I would love to try them. And of you have websites to visit for positive affirmations, I would love to try them, and slides, and videos, anything that luft me up before the day, or after a bad day.
Love to you all, God bless you!!!!!
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In AA, most people try to start out the day with the Serenity Prayer and meditation. I have to admit I don't right now. But I love my mornings. I get up earlier than the kids, make heavenly hair-raising coffee, play a bit of whatever online game, watch the dog snore for a while.
For me that is like meditation. It sets the mood for the day. I give the kids plenty of time to get ready so we don't have any squabbles and running around (although my son manages to take 20 minutes to put on a pair of socks :))
I think the morning routing should be about what sets you up for a good day. What would relax you in the morning?
Love, Beth
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Dear Beth, thank you so much for you response. I read the detachment thread or parts of it, also watch some videos of relaxation, or listen to positive affirmations CD. Also will start mirror work. But when I get to work still, students push my buttons and fiends and mother, and choir rehearsla people, etc.
So, I am trying, My pray today is:
I will not react to others buttons pushers.!!!!!!
Did you check the videos I quoted? You might like them, check them out and tell mw what you think.
God bless you Beth and thank you.
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Silent Meditation
"...knock and the door will be opened to you." Matthew 7:7
This might be helpful. I started it yesterday in the morning. Later in the evening I allowed a person to push my buttons, again. Now I am using the power of intention. I am telling to my self, I will not react, I will not.
Tell me friends what you think.
God bless you!!!!!
A Pure And Simple Doorway To Spiritual Truths
If you've been wondering what meditation is all about, I herewith provide you with one powerful method of beginning a fascinating inner journey.There are many teachers whose forms of meditation seem complicated and exacting. Simple is better...at least in the beginning. I've been meditating for several years, and I almost always use the following very simple technique.
Bear in mind that the terms spiritual and religious are not one and the same. You don't have to believe in a Mother/Father God to effectively meditate. A willingness to experience and explore other states of consciousness is sufficient.
By going within, we are demonstrating a willingness to experience the unseen. Set a high ideal, and what you experience during meditation will be designed perfectly for wherever you are in your development, and will be given to you to the same degree that you desire to know and experience. As we begin to learn, it's important to be flexible, because Knowledge is progressively given. Truth is revealed in layers relative to our ability to understand. Know that whatever you are given for Truth is your current truth, and while we share what we've learned, we respect the current Truths of others ~ the idea is to share.
I suggest that you print out and read this through a couple times before beginning. You might highlight key words to help you remember the sequence, and use the margins for notes if that helps you get an overall grasp. After you've done this technique a couple times, you'll see it's very simple.
With this and any other meditation technique, feel free to modify where it suits you to do so. There are as many ways to meditate as there are people who meditate! Go with what feels right for you, and know that you are loved and guided and protected as you search within.
I wish you Truth, Light, Joy and Peace on your journey.
The Setting
Begin by setting aside at least a half hour for this exercise, a time you can be alone, quiet and uninterrupted by the doorbell, the telephone, other family members, etc. Insulate yourself: This is YOUR time to be with yourself and explore. Music may be played at low volume, just be sure it's a smooth and free-flowing kind of music, such as the sound of ocean waves. Light a candle, if you wish, to help create a peaceful mood. Sit in a chair you can rest your head back against, place both feet on the floor, hands in your lap. Relax. After reading and becoming familiar with the following steps, close your eyes to promote an inward focus.
(The next several steps are my version of those used by the Edgar Cayce Organization in Virginia.)
Exercises To Prepare For Meditation
(1) Head and neck exercises to relax
A. Let your head drop forward and return to upright position (3 times)
B. Let your head drop backwards and return to upright position (3 times)
C. Drop your head to right then to upright (3 times)
D. Drop your head to the left then upright (3 times)
E. Drop your head forward and rotate to the right (3 times)
F. Drop your head forward and rotate to the left (3 times)
(2) Breathing Exercises
(Use your fingers on each side of your nose to breath as indicated.)
A. Think 'strength' while you breathe in through your right nostril and out
through your mouth (3 times)
B. Breath in through your left nostril and out through the right nostril (3 times)
Simultaneously, imagine your energy centers are clear and strong ~ invite Truth into them.
(3) Statement of Loving Indifference
If there are any with whom I am not at peace, I acknowledge their value, even as I have value. I choose to see and do that which will bring peace and harmony between us.
(4) Statement of Protection
As I open myself to the unseen forces of grace, beauty and might, I throw about myself the protection found in my desire for Truth and Light.
(5) Begin To Focus On The Inner Teacher
I have learned that reciting a powerful prayer at this point in preparing to meditate will quicken all of your energy centers and stimulate a balanced flow of positive energy throughout your whole energy system. Below is my version of the Lord's Prayer, aimed to achieve a more non-denominational appeal for the visitors to this page. You don't need to use this, of course! Use whatever feels right for you.
Dear Mother/Father God, who art in my Center, hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth and within me.
Give me this day my inner sustenance,
And forgive my debts as I forgive my debtors.
Leave me not in temptation,
And deliver me from misunderstanding.
For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory forever.
And so It is.
(6) Set an ideal for your meditation.
Keep your ideal short and specific. Recite it until other thoughts are cleared from your mind. Recite and focus upon it until you begin to FEEL the word(s), not just say them. The more you get into the feeling of your desired objective, the "deeper" you'll go. If you are an atheist, an example for ideals are:
"I seek higher consciousness"
or, simply focus on one word, such as
"Love"
For those who feel or know there is an unseen power, examples are:
"I seek the I AM"
"Please give me Your Light, Love, Joy and Peace as I seek my Inner Teacher."
(Some meditators focus on relaxation, creativity, guidance, etc. during meditation, and this is fine as long as you understand that these and endless other "gifts" will come automatically when you set an ultimate ideal, so set your sights high!)
(7) When you've repeated your ideal to where your mind is clear, "go into the silence"
Try imagining your mind resting in the area of your heart, or imagine yourself sitting in the vast silence of the universe (floating in space), or you might focus your attention just above and between your eyes. You'll find the technique that's right for you as you explore meditation.
LISTEN and LOOK and FEEL in a relaxed manner. You will attain a physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually healthy, higher state of consciousness.
For new meditators, you might set a timer for, say, 15 minutes. Select a timer that has a gentle sound, otherwise you might get a jolt! After awhile, omit the timer and just meditate until you feel you're done.
Even the most seasoned meditators will find their minds roaming! When this happens, please be gentle with yourself. Our minds can resemble the two year old who wants our attention as soon as we get on the telephone. It simply needs to be reminded and trained.
Firmly but gently "Shhh" your mind,
tell it you can think about that later,
then repeat your Ideal until you're clear again.
The more you can be in the silence the better, but please remember that a roaming mind is not a sign of an inability to meditate...it's a sign that you're human and learning like the rest of us.
(8) When you're finished, keep your eyes closed and bring yourself into the present.
First and foremost, enjoy the peace and calm you've achieved.
Feel the chair beneath you, begin to hear the sounds from outside, notice your breath. Observe sensations in your body. These things help to "ground" you. Take as long as you want and need.
(9) Closing
Establish a closing routine for yourself. One idea is to
(a) pray for others;
(b) pray for yourself;
(c) then, recite or read the 23rd Psalm.
(If you don't believe in these things, simply create a closing that's right for you.)
Happy Travels!!!
Make a tape
I encourage you to make a tape of this technique. Listening to your own voice giving instruction has a special teaching significance for your mind. Making the tape is easy!
Tips:
Run a minute or two of 'lead time' on the tape to give yourself time to get settled;
Read slowly and allow yourself time to do each step;
If you like, play music in the background as you make your tape. (Some recommendations are Enya ~ Memory of Trees, or any music made for Reiki or meditation.)
Making Your Tape:
1) Read the headlines and text of items #1 through 5, then the headline for #6.
2) Allow the tape run for about 20 minutes (this will be your meditation time).
3) Read #8 into your tape, leave a space of a minute or two, then prompt yourself for your closing routine (9), leaving spaces of time where applicable.
"Once, having been asked when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, '...nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom is within you."
Luke 17:20-21
"And it shall come to pass...that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young...shall see visions. Even upon the menservants and maidservants in those days, I will pour out my Spirit"
Joel 2:28-29
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I am at school right now - so can't chek out the links until later, but I will.
Neck rolls are a great idea - I always have tension in my neck, even when I feel relaxed!
Thanks for the suggestions!
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Thank you Grat. Cant wait for your feed back.
My pray for today:
I will not react to button pushers. I will not react to button pushers. I will not react to button pushers. I will not react to button pushers. I will not react to button pushers. I will not react to people trying to play with my emotions. I will not react to people trying to play with my emotions. I will not react to people tryig to play with my emotions.
I will descount the negative and focus on the positive. I will not listen to negative comments.
I will ignore negative comments. I will ignore negative comments. I will smile and continue my way. I will smile and continue my way. I will smile and continue my way.
In the name of Jesus I Pray.
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Yes, meditation is great in the morning, if you can stick with it.
For YEARS I've been trying to improve myself and introduce a HEALTHY start of the day.
I've done:
yoga
meditation
exercises
swimming
talking walks
rope skipping (yes)
Truth is, I'm not very active in the early morning and I could never keep it up. I've always slipped back in my oh so comfortable routine. I roll out of bed, get ready, buy a few newspapers down the road, then go to the neighbourhood café and take my seat. We all have our seats you see, at that time of the day. There are 3-4 customers, all with their own reading, we just nod but don't break silence. Everybody still gets to stay in their own world for a little while. It's a transition zone. As soon as I enter, Mrs. Maria prepares coffee for me (she's a very sweet, motherly type) and brings it to me with a fresh croissant. It's lovely. I skim through my papers and after a while I'm ready for my day.
So much for a healthy, invigorating start...
Bee
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Thank you for your answer Betel. The way you describe it, it sounds romantic, poetic, I can feel the smell of your coffee, and I can taste the butter in your bread. If you taste it and enjoy it, that it self, is a form of meditation. It sounds great.
That is why Louise Hey pays so much attention in her teachings about the choice of words we make when we talk, when we write and when we describe things, feelings, emotions or people.
We can embelish a cup of coffee and enjoy a simple seating at a coffee shop to smell and enjoy the scent of the almond decaf, or the colombian strong coffee or feel the wind caressing our skin or when floating in water, waves of water move the hair follicules and that it self feels like a caress. That is meditation.
Betel, loved your post. Thank you.
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Yes Lupita, it is a very peaceful moment in my day. A poetic (how nice of you to say that) stillness, followed by nervous free jazz, LOUD, with a lot of screeching for the rest of the day.
Ah well...
Thanks for your reply, Lupita.
Bee
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Hi Lupita,
I have too many squirrels in my head to meditate successfully, and I'm near-comatose in the morning.
So I'm thinking of a moving meditation. There's a nearby T'ai Chi class at 8:30 every MWF morning, at the senior center (acck, I qualify!). I'd have to leave the class 15 min. early to make it to work on time, but I think it would be a wonderful thing to do.
Thanks for reminding me. I may start it next week.
Good luck with this resolve, I think it's a wonderful idea.
Please keep us posted on how it helps you center for the day.
love,
Hops
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Hey Lupita,
I read this post and my immediate reaction was WOW, you sound wonderful. I haven't had the chance to check out all of your links but I plan to at the first chance I get.
When I read your post, it struck me that even though you are very upset with everything at work (as I would feel the same in your situation), I think you sound wonderful. To me, your posts are showing how much of a survivor you are….. Fighting for courteous treatment. Not just for you, but I think you are fighting for those kids as well (and it sounds like you are the only one).
It is hard to let go of the fight for ourselves isn’t it? This post shows me that in some ways you are focusing in that direction. Like my situation with my M, where I finally “threw in the towel” I came to a point where I realized that I couldn’t change her, that I could never, ever expect fair let alone courteous treatment. The only thing I could do, was to change my internal landscape to what I wanted it to be – it seems to me with this post that you are at the same place? We can’t always get fair and decent treatment from others, and when that happens, all we can do is change how we react to their behavior.
I have a visualization that I use when I am stressed. I started using this when I first woke up to who my M really was. I am in a cave overlooking an ocean – it has light shining through from pockets above, and is fully furnished with every conceivable comfort – including my laptop ;). There is a waterfall and pond with tropical fish running through it. It is a place where I am perfectly safe, and no one is allowed to enter unless I give them permission. This is my recharge place.
I also use deep breathing – breathe in a dddeeeepppp full breath, and then release it sllllooowwwllllyy – as though you are breathing through one of those tiny little stir straws. It really helps me.
I also started a quote file at the time when I broke from my M, these quotes helped me focus back to the reality of my situation when I started to slide backwards. They touched me in one way or another depending on what I was going through. Here they are (in no particular order):
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"A time comes in your life when you finally get it. When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out - ENOUGH!" - Virginia Swift
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A toxic person is anyone who has poisoned your life, who is not supportive, who is not happy to see you grow, to see you succeed, who does not wish you well. In essence, he or she sabotages your efforts to lead a happy and productive life.” - Lillian Glass, PhD
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"Trying to get her to understand, empathize, or genuinely apologize for the pain she caused was an utterly fruitless endeavor - she could not relate to anything outside of consequences that directly affected her." (not sure of source).
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"Insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result."
Albert Einstein
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Whatever happened to “If you got a problem fix it?”
It has disintegrated into “I got a problem I need to whine"
(Don’t have the source - I needed this one as a kick in the butt ;)
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Trying to understand the truth of what is taking place with an abuser can inspire a level of obsession in the victim that consumes their life.
Why? Because there is hope that if we understand it, we can fix it or accept it. If you are in a situation of abuse, there is no fixing the other person, and there is ABSOLUTELY no accepting it!
(Don’t have the source)
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"Religion is for people afraid of going to hell.
Spirituality is for people who have been to hell and back and lived to talk about it."
(Don’t have the source – and please, no offense meant to anyone here – this is my personal philosophy about traditional organized religion.)
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"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.“ - Maya Angelou
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When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose
(Bette Midler – The Rose. I think of sunblue when I read this quote - there is hope sunblue.)
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"Fear is the path to the dark side.
Fear leads to Anger.
Anger leads to Hate.
Hate leads to suffering."
Yoda in the movie Star Wars – need to look up author.
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I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain
From Dune – have to look up the author.
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“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” - Albert Camus
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Love you Lupe – you do sound really, really good!
Peace
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Peace, thank you so much for sharing your quotes. I loved this.
Just watched an AMAZING show on BookTV (CSpan 2), called In Depth, that was a series of interviews with famous writers in their homes and offices, talking about their writing methods.
It was an inspiration and a comfort. (GS, one guy writes in the corner of his bedroom and an old card table is his filing system. It looks cluttered and nuts. But the same man, a Lincoln scholar, is also the head of communications at the Met. Amazing.)
Then there was Shelby Foote, who has a bed in his office...and a lovely old scholar who grows orchids, so many more. I loved it.
Occurs to me there were no women. Grrr. (Then again, they were frying the bacon so the Writer couild write.)
Where's my wife? I want a WIFE!!!!
Hops
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(Forgive my sidetrack Lupita.)
OMG Hops - I so wish I had seen that show. I am reading a Shelby Foote book now. My original draw to him was one of my favorite authors, his childhood friend, Walker Percy. I have come to see that it is not the clutter it is how I feel about it. I am getting to a place where I am transcending the shame about my current status. It is such a marvelous transition. For two days I have been able to do this and to hold onto it. I am confident that the necessary action will begin to follow very soon and once it begins it will have a power of its own.
Lupita - I think you are really onto something. I am learning to pronounce outloud pos. affirmations until they take root. I am drowning out all doubt and listening only to the positive. I refuse to entertain doubt about reaching my goals. Set backs will no longer devastate me. They will only be minimal sidetracks.
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GS...check your TV schedule and maybe it'll be shown in your area soon?
In Depth airs each weekend at the following times:
LIVE on the first Sunday of the month at 12:00 PM ET
The first Monday of the month at 12:00 AM ET
The second Saturday of the month at 9:00 AM ET
Foote talked about Walker Percy...how close they were.
xo
Hops
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Dear Finding Peace, your post is inspiriting me. I have to confess, I am on spring brake, and during this spring brake I have been in intensive care, all day listening to tapes, reading books, just trying to feel good. A CD that helped me a lot was W. Dyer, The power of intention. Loved it. I listened to his four Cds in a day. And it works. I need to learn to not to react to button pushers. Enybody can push my buttons, you just can try and you will do it. So I am working on that.
I know that I start working on Monday and I will sound different on Monday night. But if the Lord helps me and I can detach, I will feel well.
Please, FP read my thread on detachment, at the end I put together a series of articles on forgiving the unforgivable. Our mothers for example. Also, Louis Hay is very good, listening everyday Cds, it helps.
It helps so much that I even promised my son that I will have a good attitude towards his GF and GFM. And, I am telling you. GFM is totally NPD, to my perception. Just like my mother. She is very triggering to me. But, before I see her on Sunday I am going to read my thread on detachment,, read it loud and listen to my Cds.
Thank you so much for your resposne FP, you always encourage me. God bless you.
Hi Hops, meditation should be a discipline, something to do everyday. Of course it is my mouth that is talking. I am meditating because I am on spring brake, but I will try to do it. Maybe at 5:30 AM or before going to bed. I don’t know. Let us see. I will hypnotize my self. But I know, I will be running late, stressed out, etc. NOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I do not want to be stressed out. I want to be detached, and that is what meditation is for. I will try Hopy. Will let you know of my progress.
Dear GS, you did not side track anything. It is perfectly appropriate and I will never get mad at a person as sweet as you. Thank you so much for your response.
Dear GS, yes, I am up to something. I decided that my goal was inner peace. Not to be a doctor or to be accepted in a job, but to have inner peace, to feel well, to feel good. That is all I want. To love my self and feel; good about my slef. That is the secret.
So, that is what I am doing. How do we feel good? NOT BEING OFFENDED. BEING A HOST FOR GOD AND NOT A HOSTAGE OF OUR EGO. If we forgive, we will feel good. If we do not get offended, we will feel good. Making peace with injustice? Well, if you cannot change the injustice, you have to put it behind. For example, I do not agree for the way women are treated in Afganisthan. But there is not too much I can do. After all I have to survive my self. So, I pray to God to help them and after that I have to care for my self. I have to care for my self, help my son, pay my bills, keep my job, get a new job for next year, clean my house., etc. But, just one day at a time.
Too much BS? Maybe. Let us see if I talk the same way on Monday night after sixth period. I will pray for that class. But I will feel good today. Only today. Now. Right now.
If anyone wants the names of the CD s that I am listening, I will be glad to give them to you.
Love to you all. God bless you.
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BY DADAJI J. P. VASWANI
This meditation lasts 15 to 20 minutes. It is a meditation of SIX steps. Each step will take roughly two and half to about three minutes. I will first explain to you all the steps and then you can start.
The FIRST is the step of rhythmic breathing. Breathe in slowly, easily, evenly, and deeply and then breathe out slowly, easily, evenly, and deeply. Within three minutes you should be able to breathe in and out about ten times. But you need not count. I will do the counting for you. And when the three minutes are over, shall ask you to move on to the second step. As your breathing becomes rhythmic, your tensions will relax. It may be better if you blend the repetition of “OM” with your breathing. As you inhale, take in the breath, utter the sacred syllable “OM” silently. Then exhale, take out the breath and as you do so, utter the sacred syllable “OM” orally i.e. with sound.
The SECOND is the step of detached observation. In this step, as an observer you have to watch the movements of the mind. Detach yourself from the mind. This is very, very important. You are not the mind. You are only watching the mind. What is the mind doing? What thoughts is it entertaining? You are not the mind. You are not thinking those thoughts. Just watch the mind. Observe the mind without any judgment, without any criticism. You are but a silent observer; observe without judgment, without criticism. You will find that as you detach yourself from the mind and just keep on watching it, its movements, gradually the mind will cease its activities.
Then we come to the THIRD step. The third step is the step of serenity, the step of peace. In this third step, you may imagine yourself as a rock in the midst of an ocean. Waves arise. They dash against the rock. The rock is unaffected, is calm, tranquil, peaceful, serene. Waves arise. Waves are the distracting thoughts. They dash against the rock. The rock is unaffected, calm, tranquil, peaceful, serene.
Then we come to the FOURTH step. It is the step where you realize your oneness with all that is, all men, all creatures, all things, all conditions. You are not apart from others. The others & you are parts of the one great whole. You are in every man, in every woman, in every child. You are in every unit of life, in every bird and animal, in every foul & fish, in every insect, in every shrub, in every plant. You belong to all countries and communities, all races and religions. You are at one with the universe. This type of meditation will fill your heart with loving kindness & a spirit of compassion so that a stage may come when you will not wish to snuff out the life even of the smallest insect.
The FIFTH is meditation on your immortality. In the fourth step you have realized that you are not merely in your physical body. You are in all that is, in the experience that we call death. It is the body that drops down, the physical body. But you will continue to be, even when the body has dropped down, you will continue to be in every grain of sand, in every drop of water, in every ray of sunshine. Death cannot touch you. You are immortal. If you are at one with all humanity, then even if there is one human being alive, you are alive. If you are at one with all living creatures, then even if there is but one creature breathing the breath of life, you are alive. Yes, you are immortal, immutable, eternal, deathless!
And now we come to the FINAL, the last, the SIXTH step. In this step you breathe out peace and happiness, goodwill and bliss to all. May all be happy and full of peace and bliss. Think of all who dwell in the Northern lands and pray in the heart within: “may all who dwell in the Northern lands be happy and full of peace and bliss.” Then think of all who dwell in the Southern lands and offer the prayer “may all who dwell in the Southern lands be happy and full of peace and bliss.” Likewise, “may all who dwell in Eastern lands and all who dwell in Western lands, may they all be happy and full of peace and bliss.” Breathe out peace and goodwill to all. May all be happy and full of peace and bliss. All living things whether they be near or far, tall or tiny, rich or poor, educated or illiterate, whether they be born or are still in the womb unborn, may all, all, all be happy and full of peace and bliss. May those that love and those that for some reason or the other are unable to love you, may those that speak well of you, and those that for some reason or the other are unable to speak well of you, may all, all, all, without exception, be happy and full of peace and bliss. You are in them all. It is only when they become happy that you are happy. May all be free from disease, ignorance, sorrow. As you get up from this meditation, you will find that you yourself are happy and full of peace and bliss.
And now if you are ready, we shall begin with the meditation. Sit in a relaxed posture; as far as possible, the back, the neck and the head should be in a straight line. In the beginning you may find it difficult to bring them all in a straight line but do it as far as possible. Above all, be relaxed. Relax your body. Relax your muscles. Relax your limbs and now let us embark on this interior journey, a journey that takes us within, a journey that in due course may change our lives and fill us with tranquillity, with peace and bliss and make us instruments of GOD’S help and healing in this world of suffering and pain.
The FIRST step, the step of rhythmic breathing. Therefore, breathe in slowly, easily, evenly, deeply, as deeply as possible and to make your breathing deep, one thing that will help you is, when you exhale, try to breathe out as much as possible. Now take the first step: Empty the lungs as far as possible. Now inhale. Take in the breath and utter the sacred syllable “OM” silently. Then exhale, take out the breath and as you do so, utter the sacred syllable “OM” orally, with sound. Begin: Inhale............(PAUSE)..............Exhale, “OM”............................(PAUSE) “OM”.......................................................................... ..........................(PAUSE) “OM”.......................................................................... ..........................(PAUSE) “OM”.......................................................................... ..........................(PAUSE) “OM”.......................................................................... ..........................(PAUSE) “OM”.......................................................................... ..........................(PAUSE) “OM”.......................................................................... ..........................(PAUSE) “OM”.......................................................................... ..........................(PAUSE) Some of you feel so relaxed and at peace that you would love to be in this state for a longer period. When you do your individual meditation, you can increase this period.
Now we come to the SECOND step; it is the step of detached observation. Detach yourself from the mind, watch the movements of the mind. Don’t get involved with the mind. You are not the mind. You are only a silent observer. Watch the mind without any judgment. No judgment. This is very, very important. Only observe the mind. Watch the movements of the mind. Watch them. Don’t get involved with the mind. You are not the mind. You are only a silent observer. Watch the movements of the mind even as you would watch the movements of a little child who is trying to be naughty. Don’t pay attention to your breathing. Only watch the movements of the mind, sitting easily in a relaxed posture. Watch what the mind is doing...................................................................( __mins of silence). Don’t pay attention to the breathing. Only watch the movements of the mind. Watch as a silent observer. Watch without judgment................(__mins of silence). Be relaxed. See that the muscles around the eyes and those around the mouth are relaxed. Relax, relax, relax, relax...........................................(___mins of silence). The next three mins are over. We have had in all a little over six minutes of meditation.
We move to the THIRD step. It is the step of serenity and peace. I imagine that I am like a rock in the midst of an ocean. Waves arise; distracting thoughts come to me. They dash against the rock; but the rock is unaffected, unmoved, calm, tranquil, peaceful, serene. So many waves come. Perhaps I have done something during the day which I should not have done. Let that not disturb me. I am a rock in the midst of the ocean, unaffected, unmoved. Perhaps I have not done something which I should have done something which I should have done. Let that not disturb me either. I am a rock in the midst of an ocean, unaffected, calm, tranquil, peaceful, serene: calm, tranquil, peaceful,..............................................( mins. of silence). Some past memory comes to me. Let that not affect me. I am a rock in the midst of the ocean: calm, tranquil, peaceful, serene: calm, tranquil, peaceful, serene........................................................................ ............ ( mins of silence.) Don’t pay attention to your breathing. Don’t watch the movements of the mind. You have only to imagine that you are a rock in the midst of the ocean, unaffected by anything that may have happened, unaffected by anything that may happen. You are like a rock in the midst of an ocean - calm, tranquil, peaceful, serene; calm, tranquil, peaceful, serene..................................................( mins. of silence).
We now come to the FOURTH step: It is the step of realizing the oneness with all that is; all human beings, all creatures, all birds, all animals, fish and foul, insects, even mosquitoes, all trees and shrubs and plants. I am one with them all. I am in the lowliest of the low, in the poorest of the poor. I am in the meanest of the mean, in the most wretched, the most miserable. I am in him. He is not apart from me. Oneness, oneness with all. Out of this cometh true love. If I am one with all, I am in the lizard of which I am afraid. I am in the cockroach which I want to kill. I am in all; I am in all; I am in all. How can I kill anyone? How can I criticize anyone? How can I judge anyone? How can I think ill of anyone?....................................................................... .......( mins of silence). I am in all that is. What a wonderful feeling this is. No-one is apart from me. Everyone, everything is a part of me. For I am the universal self: “TAT VAM ASEE.” That art thou. Thou are not the physical body that thou has worn during this period of earth incarnation. Thou art that, Thou art that; Thou art that, the universal self. Relax, relax, relax. Let your backbone be straight.( mins of silence)
And now we come to the FIFTH step. If I am in all, if I have realized my oneness with all, I can never, never die. It is only when I feel I am this physical body that I live in fear of death. Now I can challenge death. Death, you cannot touch me! You can only take away the physical body. But I am in all. So long as there is one human being alive on earth, I am alive. So long as there is one creature that breathes the breath of life, I am alive. So long as there is a leaf fluttering in the wind, I am alive. I can never die. I have never died. I am eternal. I am immortal. I am immutable. I am deathless. I am in every ray of sunshine, in every drop of rain, in every grain of sand. I am one with all that is...............................( mins of silence) By now your breathing has become deep. Be relaxed; see that your spine is straight. See that there is no tension in the muscles around your eyes and around your mouth. See that there is no tension in the muscles of your legs. Relax, relax, relax .............................................................................. ........( mins of silence). You are not the physical body. You are not the body-mind complex. You are the universal self, the oneself that is in all. In all that is ..................( mins of silence)
And now we come to the FINAL step, the SIXTH step: the step in which we breathe out love and goodwill and peace to all: “I love you all, I love you all”. Let that aspiration come out of the very depths of my heart. In the measure in which I give love to others, love will flow back to me and I will always have plenty of love to give to everyone who meets me. Love all in the Northern countries, in the Southern countries, in the Western countries and in the Eastern countries: “I love everyone, I love you, I love you and I pray that you all may be happy, full of peace and bliss”........................................................................ ..........( mins of silence) “I love those that love me and also those who for some reason or the other are unable to love me. I love those that speak well of me and also those who for some reason or the other are unable to speak well of me.” Actually call out someone by name - someone who you think does not love you, does not speak well of you and say “Mr. X, Y, Z, Mrs. X, Y, Z, Miss X, Y, Z, I love you, I love you, I love you all. May you all be happy and full of peace and bliss. ....................( mins of silence)
By GOD’S grace, our period of silence is over. And now let us rub the palms of our hands together and gently, very gently, softly, very softly, touch them on the eyes and open them.
OM, BRAHMA KIRPA HEE KEWALAM, KRISHNA KIRPA HEE KEWALAM, GURU KIRPA HEE KEWALAM, OM SHANTI, SHANTI, SHANTI.
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I will try Hopy. Will let you know of my progress.
I know you're trying, and you inspire me to try harder, too.
Thanks, Lupita.
love,
Hops
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I am listeing to tapes of relaxation and meditation and puts me in a good mood. At the end any incident puts me back in a bad mood. It is a constant battle with my self to feel good. I have been programed to feel bad. My mother gets mad when I feel bad. If I write happy e mails she shuts back with something horrible.
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Just wanted to say that the CDs work. They implant thoughts in your head. My fourth period was bad today and I felt totally detached. Did not suffer.
Sixth period was great, for the first time. I do not know if bible teacher is coaching them, but who cares!
I am not suffering right now. That is the best. For the first time in a long time. I came home and feel better. Just tired, but not sad or abandoned.
The best is to listen to the affirmations over and over and over agian. Louis Hey, Wain Dyer, and suggestion tapes by Bob something, with specila music, it is hypnotic. Loved it.
Love to you all.
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Wow Lupita. Look back at what you wrote on Saturday, "Too much BS? Maybe. Let us see if I talk the same way on Monday night after sixth period." And guess what - you ARE!!!!
Way to go.
I so love Wayne Dyar's book on Intention. I refer to it in my mind daily. It is time to revisit the book again.
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Wow Lupita I am just reading this topic now and I would love to know what CDs you are using. Also I never heard of Wayne Dyer before this board but now I am going to get that book on intention. It sounds really amazingly useful.
Interesting that your mom gets angry when you are in a bad mood, but if you are in a good mood she works to destroy it. My dad does this and I believe he tries to lure me into a bad mood so he can rage at me, and offload all his toxic rage. Please compost if it does not fit.
I want to say - way to go on your experience yesterday especially with 4th and 6th period. I feel so exhilarated for you!
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Interesting that your mom gets angry when you are in a bad mood, but if you are in a good mood she works to destroy it. My dad does this and I believe he tries to lure me into a bad mood so he can rage at me, and offload all his toxic rage.
OMG this is exactly the very dynamic that I am working on. This must be so peculiarly N. This is the craziness that noone else even recognized as it was going on. This is the shame humiliation dynamic that I have been working on and writing about.
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Dear GS, thank you so much for your encouragement. It is a battle. I feel good a few hours and have to listen to CDs for more hours and ten feel bad ofr a few hours, and then have to battle again. It is a constant battle. The only difference is that now I do not feel bad all the time. So, the feeling bad is less and less. Hope that it becomes in a 90% good and ten bad. With a lot of work.
Love to you.
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It works. Today a student who has been disrespectful all year long, saw that I did not get mad and he laught and he kind of connected with me. I gave him permission to seat with his friend and he finished his work and he even told me that he hates her, I know hw was playing and he was smiling. He is connecting with me, just because I did not react to his previous disrespect.
Another student, long time ago told me "I have a picture of my dick, do you want to see it? Everybody laught and I wrote him up. Wg\hen he was called to the office he said that I have a dirty mind that he said a pictures of a wooden deck he built in his house. Lier. But, I detached and now we hav a wonderful relationship and I knid of appreicate him that he does not cause any problem and does all his work. So, I am changing.
Thank you for listening.
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The only difference is that now I do not feel bad all the time. So, the feeling bad is less and less.
Me too Lupita. It is so very, very different. I've been pinching myself to see if I really don't feel bad!! I don't - not today.
It works. Today a student who has been disrespectful all year long, saw that I did not get mad and he laught and he kind of connected with me. I gave him permission to seat with his friend and he finished his work and he even told me that he hates her, I know hw was playing and he was smiling. He is connecting with me, just because I did not react to his previous disrespect.
Another student, long time ago told me "I have a picture of my dick, do you want to see it? Everybody laught and I wrote him up. Wg\hen he was called to the office he said that I have a dirty mind that he said a pictures of a wooden deck he built in his house. Lier. But, I detached and now we hav a wonderful relationship and I knid of appreicate him that he does not cause any problem and does all his work. So, I am changing.
That is incredible. I am so glad for you. What a remarkable change! It is just amazing how the world changes when we change. Why is it so hard? I don't know but I am so glad for you. Love to you - GS
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(((Lupita))) before I go to bed I want to say to you -- Today you did it! I am happy for you and cheer you! What you did to day was important and difficult and all done by you. Well done! Btw, your students sound so maddening!
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I was so happy to read this thread, Lupita.
Detach with love.....
breath.....
be gentle and mindful of our thoughts.
Yup yup yup.
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Thoughts of you, ((((( Lupita )))))
love, Leah
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Lupita,
It's so great to hear the cds are helping you. You work so hard. Bless you! seasons
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I
::crossing out the word need::
want this in my life.
Thanks again for the thread Lupe.
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