Meditation is taking control of your mind by
directing its
awareness towards something else, like your breath. Remember we are
trying to strengthen our PEACE of mind muscles. This can't be done
without peace. It's like trying to lift weights without the weights.
Meditation is the mind-body tool that will remove fears, reduce
cravings, strengthen self-awareness, and increase our ability to
make proper choices when perceiving a stressful event.
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Buddha
"All that we are is a result of what we have thought. What we
think we become." Buddha
"Hatred does more damage to the container in which it is stored
than to the object on which it is poured." -Unknown
Stress
Stress is an integral part of everyone's life. It seems the more
you try to avoid stress, the more stress finds you. Stress is not
something to be managed. Stress is an everyday fact of life. What
needs to be managed is our response to stress. One of the most
powerful ways to do this to to learn how to meditate.
BEing
Depak Chopra aptly said we are human "be"ings and not human "do"ings
. We certainly have perfected our ability to juggle multiple balls
at one time. However, we have not perfected our ability to quiet our
mind and truly become a human BEing.