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What is Guided Meditation?
Even the avid meditator may have trouble quieting the mind and
focusing their thoughts on a mantra. In meditation it is important to
remember there is no 'wrong way' to meditate, but when your mind begins
to chatter about your day, your fears, future plans, you will need to
lead it back to that focus and keep your mind clear in order to find
peace and energize yourself. Guided Meditation is one way to meditate
easily, especially if your mind is always active. It is an especially
helpful tool for beginners.
In Guided Meditation, the
facilitator, either in the room or on a CD, will gently lead you on a
journey with their voice, giving your mind guidance in your meditation.
You may be taken down a path where you will be asked to use your senses
in your mind's eye to feel like you are really there, and you may even
gain insight about yourself or a problem you are trying to solve.
Symbols
are a key element to Guided Meditation. They help us discover more
about how our mind works. For example, if you come across a body of
water in your vision, you will be asked to take note of its depth,
color, clearness, width, even how you are compelled to interact with
it. Later, you will discover the water was a symbol of your intimate
relationships and how you see them. A vast lake would tell you that
relationships are a very important to you and a big part of your life.
If the water is dark, it may be hard for you to see people clearly and
thus creating trouble in your relationships. If the water is shallow,
you may be, too.
You may then use these insights to help improve
your daily life. Perhaps you will put more focus on relationships and
try to have a deeper relationship with someone you love. Or you may
want to call up old friends or join a group and bring more people into
your life. You can always change the way you live your life, but the
key is to understand what the reality is. Guided Meditation is a
profoundly helpful tool of self-discovery as well as a way to relax and
create peace of mind.
A Sample Guided Meditation- Sit comfortably, breathing deeply, in through your nose and out
through your mouth, you will continue to take deep breaths until you
are feeling very relaxed.
- Imagine yourself walking down a path
through a forest. This forest is a safe, warm place. The weather is
just right and you feel at home. You enjoy the breeze on your face and
the beauty of the landscape.
- Look down at your feet and scan up
your body, what are you wearing? Are you holding anything? How do you
feel in this moment? Who are you? Be present in this moment.
- As
you begin to walk, look around you. What does the path look and feel
like? Are there many trees around you? Do you see or sense animals
nearby? What else do you see or hear?
- Soon you come to a
stream. You stop to be refreshed by dipping your hands in and sipping
from its purity. How does the stream flow? What details do you notice
about it? You may take a moment to enjoy the stream.
- As you
begin to walk again, you come to the edge of the forest where an animal
meets you. You greet the animal with your hand, touching it and uniting
with it, for it is a long time friend. Who is this animal? Do they have
a name? Ask. Does your animal have a message for you? A gift? Take a
moment to enjoy being in the presence of this beautiful creature.
- Now
it is time to go. You say goodbye to the animal and walk back down the
path. As you reach the starting point, you feel yourself back in your
body, your bottom in your seat, your feet wiggling. Begin to breathe
deeply again until you are able to feel present in the room again. And
when you're ready, open your eyes.
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Which Sun Sign is the Worst Driver?
By Nancy R. Fenn
The number one worst drivers were Geminis, "typically described
as restless, easily bored and frustrated by things moving slowly,"
explained Warren Duke, Suncorp's national manager of personal insurance.
"They had more car accidents than any other sign."
No astrologer would argue with that description of the twins sign! But
what about the other signs?
According to a news release dated February 10, 2002 @ SUNCORP
website, Duke said the study was carried out as part of Suncorp's
annual review of claims but there was no intention to use astrology
to factor an individual's motor insurance premium.
"We always look for trends in claims to see if there are ways to
reduce our pricing, but there is no intention to introduce astrology
as a rating factor for motor insurance," he said.
Second and third place holders for this dubious honor were Taurus and
Pisces. "Taureans were thought to be obstinate and inflexible,"
said Duke, "while Pisceans could be risk-takers and dare devils."
Your personal astrologer would offer other explanations. First Taurus.
Yes, Taureans can be obstinate and inflexible. But they are also the
most introverted and self-absorbed of all the signs. Their natural path
in life is to think about their own body -- its immediate comfort and
needs -- and to deal with only the most tangible and immediate of realities.
Their thinking
as drivers may run like this. My stomach is full, the temperature in
the car is pretty good, the noise level is good, I'm riding right at
60, I don't have to use the bathroom for at least another hour and there's
plenty of gas in the tank. At a very fundamental level, the world outside
the chassis of their car may not exist at all.
Since freeway
driving requires spatial perception and processing of much abstract
information (speed, flow and distance, this is counter to their natural
way of processing the world around them.
Pisces,
in the number three position, is the other sign that lives in a world
of its own. Duke describes them as potential risk takers and daredevils.
However, there are other signs we would nominate much more readily for
a description like this.
Pisceans
are the gentle dreamers of the zodiac. They may spend many hours a day
in fantasy worlds, escaping the painful realities of life on the physical
plane and more often than not the pain of being in a physical body.
They often experience the whole manifest world as an illusion and their
presence in it as temporary and of little importance.
This Piscean detachment from the physical can lead to unconscious feelings
of invulnerability or invincibility, also to unconscious feelings of
victimization and sacrifice. If you are momentarily deluded into thinking
you don't have physical limits, and that your life is but a fleeting
moment in the eternal life of the soul, you can respond to situations
of physical danger in illogical ways. Or, at the very least, be slow
on the uptake.
Please don't take these descriptions as critical. The qualities of Taurus
and Pisces are invaluable in their proper spheres of influence. Astrology
is not a critical tool. It is a tool of enlightenment. Something you
read here and become conscious about may save your life.
Duke continues, "Capricornians [sic], who came last on the list,
[are] typically described as patient and careful."
No argument with that from the professional astrologer. It's no surprise
Caps are the safest behind the wheel. They're the safest at everything!
Their patience and sense of responsibility are legendary. Imagine the
thrill I felt when I divorced my Gemini husband and began dating a Capricorn.
I couldn't believe how much safer I felt in the passenger seat.
The great middle ground of this survey is held by sun signs in this
order:
4. Virgo
5. Cancer
6. Aquarius
7. Aries
8. Leo
9. Libra
10. Sagittarius
11. Scorpio [and ... Capricorn]
Is this what you would have expected? There's something else fascinating
about this list.
The folks
at SunCorp MetWay would have no way of knowing it but the signs in the
tenth and eleventh positions are the exact opposites of those in first
and second positions. This tells us a great deal about polarities, doesn't
it? Scorpio is opposite Taurus and Sagittarius is opposite Gemini.
Sagittarians
may stay safe in their cars the same way they do in life, by having
highly developed neutral or higher minds (Ninth House). Another name
of this mind is intuition. The highly developed sense of flow and good
timing characteristic of Sagittarians is what makes them the lucky sign.
Furthermore, their minds are right at home dealing with traffic patterns,
flow and spatial relations.
Scorpios,
on the other hand, may stay safe because they are intimately involved
with the inner lives of others in the same way their opposite sign Taurus
is defended against this information. Scorpios are sensitive to energy
- whether it is a foot away or thousands of miles away -- and can feel
someone "coming up from behind" at many different levels.
Scorpios know if you've had a fight with your wife the night before
or if you're thinking about embezzling or having an affair with your
best friend's husband. That's why we always feel like they can see right
through us. They can.
Scorpios
would be the drivers who would instinctively "wake up" in
time to let a cocaine addict pass them at 90 or give a wide berth to
a passive aggressive soccer mom hassling two kids in the back seat and
a phone conversation with her husband all at the same time.
Where does
your sign fall in this survey? Whatever your sun sign, let's all learn
from this survey and be safe on the road!
Visit Nancy at www.BeMyAstrologer.com.
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Greetings!
It is my pleasure to invite you to join my new group - Houston Meditation Circle! I
will be teaching meditations from around the world, including visualizations,
mindfulness, Sufi, Integrated and much more! You will enjoy the powerful effect
of group meditation as well as gain personal insight and peace of mind.
Meditation is the key to enhance your Psychic Abilities, to not only see
others, but to begin to truly see yourself. It is the most effective way to
quiet the mind in order to hear your own answers and go on a journey of
inner-growth and self-discovery.
I encourage you all to join and practice meditation every day, in any way that
you can, to gain maximum benefit of your own gifts and enjoy a more peaceful
existence.
Blessings to you all,
Ingrid ~*~
To join, visit us at
www.meetup.com/meditationcircle
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Starting July 20th, I will be available at Enchanting Times for walk-ins or appointments every 
All Clarity Creations Healing Essentials are now 
Often times we would like to change our lives or be happier, but we
are not necessarily willing to take any steps to make it so. Our desire
does not create a drive to expand, but instead, makes us unhappier that
we are not living up to our own ideal Self.
In light of the many changes and challenges the Earth has to face, I have started a group focused on bringing together light workers of the world with the purpose of global and Self healing,
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A Healing Touch
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