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This is Part XX of a twenty-two part mini-course in Meditation in which I discuss the benefits of Meditation, how to best do it and use it and then lead you in a guided meditation at the end. In order to get the most out of these blogs and podcasts, it would be best for you to go back and start with the first blog entry on January 25, 2009.

In conclusion, regarding the many different meditation techniques that are out there, I have been teaching meditation for twenty years and practicing for forty. From my point of view every type or school of meditation is just a technique. Whatever you are most comfortable with and whatever works best for you is the right one for you to do. That is my take on it. So, if a technique works for you, it is the right one! And if at times you need to change the type of meditation you are doing, then certainly do so.

But I have found that working with the breath is the place most meditative traditions begin and that is why I am focusing on it in this mini-course. If you can master this one simple technique, you are well on your way to a much more health full and peace full life.

And finally, I have come to see that meditation is the greatest tool or gift that I have been given in my life because it has taught me to find the deep well of peace that dwells within me and to discover the ground to my Being. It has taught me to be the Master of my mind and thus the Master of my life. It has taught me how to come to know my Self, that is, my Higher Self--my "most significant other."

There is so much more I can say, but I hope this brief introduction to meditation has been helpful.

Blessings and Peace!

Remember: Peace of Mind is a Breath or a Thought or an Image Away

In the next blog post, number XXI, I share with you directions on how best to meditate. In the concluding blog post, number XXII, I post the text of a 5-6 minute abdominal breathing meditation that I have recorded for the June 25, 2009 podcast. EnJoy!

This is Part XX of a twenty-two part blog.

Please go to the following link if you have interest in my award winning book on Meditation and Intuition: http://www.MagicalKeystoSelfMastery.com/

As well, if you have interest in my Meditation CDs, please go to the following link:
http://www.LearnMastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm

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This is Part XIX of a twenty-two part mini-course in Meditation in which I discuss the benefits of Meditation, how to best do it and use it and then lead you in a guided meditation at the end. In order to get the most out of these blogs and podcasts, it would be best for you to go back and start with the first blog entry on January 25, 2009.

So, again, as I mentioned earlier, meditation is very much like the numerous personal hygiene habits that you already practice such as taking a shower, brushing and flossing your teeth, washing your clothes and keeping your house clean. Meditation is like taking your daily shower or keeping the house of your mind clean. I would not go without doing this.

When you hands are dirty, do you wash them? When your thoughts are junky, do you clean them up? Why not?

Lastly, I would like to address an issue that comes up a lot for people who are beginning to meditate or starting up again. One of the things they often say to me is how can I find any more time in my already jam packed day to do this - it is going to stress me out even more?

Again, as I mentioned earlier there is enough time in the day. There really is! You don't have to sit in meditation for an hour--though if you want to, you certainly can--but you can find time to meditate in the car or when you waiting in line or in those in between times in your day. You just have to remember.

Give yourself a break from all your incessant thinking to calm down and refresh your mind and body. As you build this habit into your life, you will come back to it more and more because it gives you life and energy.

In time, more and more you will learn to respond from a place of a deep conscious full breath, rather than from a place of hyperventilation. You cannot have a negative emotion or thought when you are breathing deeply and fully. Your mind is as clear as it can be when you are breathing fully and deeply.

So, why not live your life clear? Why not live your life with your brain having as much oxygen as possible so that you can make decisions with all of its capacity engaged? As well, you can be physiologically a lot less tense and so much relaxed and balanced.

This is Part XIX of a twenty-two part blog.

Please go to the following link if you have interest in my award winning book on Meditation and Intuition: http://www.MagicalKeystoSelfMastery.com/

As well, if you have interest in my Meditation CDs, please go to the following link:
http://www.LearnMastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm

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This is Part XVII of a twenty-two part mini-course in Meditation in which I discuss the benefits of Meditation, how to best do it and use it and then lead you in a guided meditation at the end. In order to get the most out of these blogs and podcasts, it would be best for you to go back and start with the first blog entry on January 25, 2009.

As I come to the conclusion here, I feel that I must mention the following given that there is usually quite a bit of resistance to practicing meditation regularly.

There are times when we sit down to meditate and we find that our mind is in super hyper-overdrive. [By the way, this happens to me, too, and I have practicing for over 40 years.] Even when this happens to you, just stay with it. Don't give up. Just observe the patterns of thought that you are having and do the best you can to simply observe the thoughts and patterns. In doing so, you are at least taking the edge off of them and eventually you will learn how to better and better detach from them completely.

As well, do not resist the thoughts you are having either because "what you resist, persists." What you must do is to allow the thoughts to flow by and away from you. In other words, don't identify with the thoughts and end up getting caught up or enmeshed in them. Just observe them as neutrally as possible. Even if something comes up in your mind that needs to be dealt with, just let it go for now and know that it will come back later when it is the proper time to deal with it. Eighty percent of what we worry about never happens anyhow, so why be in overdrive thinking about "stuff" all the time!

As well, it is worth noting in this regard that a lot of our internal dialogue is self-critical. As you practice meditation, you'll notice that you are constantly dumping on yourself or you are projecting that dumpy dumpster stuff out onto somebody else. It is not doing you any good if you are dumping on yourself or another. Actually it is just dumping catabolic stress hormones into your system. And like the Buddha said, if you hold anger or resentment toward someone else, it is like taking hot coals and holding them in your hand. Why in heaven's name would you want to do that?

This is Part XVII of a twenty-two part blog.

Please go to the following link if you have interest in my award winning book on Meditation and Intuition: http://www.MagicalKeystoSelfMastery.com/

As well, if you have interest in my Meditation CDs, please go to the following link:
http://www.LearnMastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm

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In this and my previous blog post I am commenting on a passage from my favorite spirit being, White Eagle. White Eagle is a wonderful soul who was channeled by Grace Cook. There is a wealth of published material available if you want to explore his teachings. For more information go to http://www.whiteagle.org

White Eagle was known as the Gentle Brother because of the tender, loving, yet very powerful spirit that his words and presence embodied. He cut to the chase in all that he said, speaking with a simplicity, yet with a directness and a power that cut through all illusions. His goal was to awaken us from the sloth of our ego and help us instead to take flight with the wings of our Soul.

I would like to continue by commenting on the following passage which is a continuation of the passage in my previous blog post:

We speak as one of you, we suffer as you suffer. The thought comes to us: ‘But why should you, a spirit, suffer because we suffer?’ Because, my brethren, love gives us understanding, it makes us feel with you, as you feel. Yet although we feel with you, and understand you, and absorb from you your heartaches, your sorrows do not weigh us down, because love is the divine transmuter. Love is the alchemist which transmutes the base metal of earthliness, the pain and passions of earth. Love transmutes all this, absorbs it and changes it into pure gold.

This is why you feel strengthened after contact with your guide, and you know that all is well. Your guide has brought you the light and love of God which reigns supreme in the heavenly state, and you are uplifted and strengthened and blessed by it. But you have to learn yourself to receive the cup and transmute the sorrows and sufferings of your earthly life. The Christ in you has to transmute and redeem you; then the lower self passes away and no longer has any power over you.