People often have a misguided perception about meditation. It can be understood why as it is still a mystical branch of spiritual technique despite its growing popularity.
Maria Duval suggests a person to try out "classical meditation" if you have not meditated before as it is one of the simplest meditation that doesn't require any special equipment or place.
Maria Duval tells me that classical meditation is so simple that I don't even need to concentrate.
All you need to do is to sit in an upright position, relax your body, and close your eyes. You can start by doing this for a few minutes once or twice a day and gradually increase the time you meditate. Remember don't try to control your thoughts just watch them pass by. You can find a free meditation timer online that will help you monitor your progress. A meditation timer is great because you don't have to constantly look at a clock.
When it comes to learning meditation there are so many options. You don't have to go out of your way to choose a meditation that requires hours of hard work. The meditation you choose should be easy to perform and should not require that you spend hours sitting around.
I like to start things of simple, and so should you. You should choose a simple path to learn to mediate and use it for around a year before you migrate to something that requires more time and is a bit more difficult.
Thanks Maria!
9.11.09
Classical Meditation
5.11.09
On flows and tides
We go against the tide when we try to fight reality, and resist change. Change is going to happen, whether you like it or not. Struggling against the changes life brings is not going to achieve anything but frustration and stress.
Going with the flow enables us to become fluid and flexible. Taking on a free-flowing attitude allows us to be like water. Water is the most powerful substance, able to wear away the hardest of obstacles and to pass through seemingly impassable places.
This doesn't mean that you have to allow yourself to be swept in directions that are not in line with your goals and desires. It is just not smart or productive to try and row your little raft against the strong current of life. That is a sure way to get shipwrecked!
When you are swimming in relatively calm waters, there are many choices you can take without fighting the natural flow of the universe. And at every turn of the tide offers us opportunities for learning, growth, and adventure, so go with the flow and enjoy!
30.10.09
December 21, 2012
Nothing grabs the attention more than a good end of the world prophecy, but this time this one makes you take notice, which is the 2012 prophecy.
Mayan's 2012 prophecy states that end of times will occur on December 21, 2012. As history points you, this ancient tribe was extremely proficient in looking at stars and celestial alignments. Astronomy was their forte and they built calender based on star movements. Yes, this calender ends at this date.
What's so special with December 21, 2012?
Well, it turns out that there is a very special galactical event occurring - once every 26,000 years. The event is the alignment between Earth, the Sun and the Milky Way Galaxy. On that day, the winter solstice, the sun will line up with the direct middle of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Personally, I love a good prophecy or conspiracy. It peaks the interest and makes you wonder. Much like Y2K was going to be the end all for modern humanity, 2012 will mark a new age in science too. To that extent, the prophecies are correct that one time will end and another will start. That said change will bring doomsday is extremely doubtful.
29.10.09
Meditative gains
It doesn't need a genius to know that you can feel and look better when your body is well rested. Now, you can even feel and look better and even rejuvenate your body through meditation.
Maria Duval repeats to me in her latest reply that meditation can be very fun, resting and healing for my tired soul. For example, she says I can use meditation to rest my mind from the busy schedule and hyped up emotions accumulated during the day.
Meditation can also help you quiet your physical body's intellectual and emotional chatter and allow your higher consciousness to affect your creativity.
Like anything you use your body for, meditation requires practice. The more you meditate, the clearer your system will become. The healing, rejuvenating qualities of meditation will become apparent in your appearance and behavior. The release of stress will bring a new sense of well-being, even if you only meditate for a short time.
Meditation has brought a sense of peace and well-being into many people's lives, and it can work for you. All you have to invest is a little time to feel, look and be a happier you.
Thanks Maria Duval.
26.10.09
Comes from your within
Do you feel scared or highly at ease? You believe that outlook of life should be in abundance, joy and happiness or scarcity, pessimism or regret?
As you know, Maria Duval stresses to me the importance of focus in right area. If you put your thoughts on fear, fear will engulf your life in its various forms. If you focus on good side of life like laughter, joy and happiness, plenty of it will enter your life conversely.
I strongly believe that feeling joyous should not be a rare experience we only experience some of the time. That should be the attitude of life. Wonderful things should happen to us too!
It is actually damaging to you to focus on anything other than joy. That may be a dramatic statement to make but it's true. You own happiness is at stake every time you focus your attention on anything other than feeling happy!
Tell yourself to feel happy in life, it has to come from within. And when you do hit this wonderful state when you are living a consistently joyful life experience - nothing can ever touch you.
22.10.09
Inner Guide - Your Best Friend
I feel it rather important to pay attention to what we are feeling. Each one of us has some spiritual access to guidance from the Higher One, provided we choose to let go of our ego and spend time to listen to what it says. Very often, it is right while we are wrong.
Maria Duval
says that we would rather put our trusts in logic than hearing to this natural instinctive voice. She feels this is unfortunate.Do others really know us better than we know ourselves? Shouldn't we be own our best judge? After all who knows us better than we know ourselves? Your inner is always there to offer you guidance and help. It will become louder the more you listen to it.
Have you ever been in a situation where you felt you were in danger? A kind of churning feeling in your gut that warned you to stay away? Many people have reported being unable to explain this feeling. They listened to it and later found out it prevented them from some kind of trouble.
This is your inner voice. Your intuition. We all have it. All you have to do is practice trusting and allowing your voice to be heard.
The more you listen to it and honour it, the more it will help you out. It will become your new best friend.
19.10.09
Friends and Good communication
Friends are people we like to be with when we are in need, feeling lonely, or requiring a social company. They make you feel better. A company of friends make you feel more "accepted", and as a result, your ego is propped up when you are in a group that accepts you.
Sometimes friends could be a pain in the butt, but they make us smile. They help us avoid and solve our problems through the advise that they gave us, and at the same time, they are always here in our side especially in times of trouble. This matter is done because of good communication with them. But can you imagine, if you do not have a good communication with the people you care about, then life will be such a mess.
To me, Maria Duval seems like a personal friend to me - more like a personal guide rather.
To be good friends, both parties must be willing to share life, happiness, joy and problems. Don't bottle your problems up. Share them with others whom you trust. No one can be alone all the time, we're not an island in the middle of nowhere. With this situation you can visualize the bad effect of having bad communication with your friends. The first thing that you must do first is to have a better communication with your peers. I can say this thing because I've already experienced it just like you.
