Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate Now! Don’t Wait Until You’re Drowning…

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK Meditation ip of the week is a weekly series of very short, easy to remember, and basic  tips on meditation. Please let me know what you think, is it helpful? (This week's tip is an updated, revised, renamed "replay" of an earlier tip that was the first in this series. I received a number of e-mails from readers asking me to include more content in this post. Soooooo, here it is! Enjoy.) This past February, while presenting to a group of hospital administrators, healthcare professionals, nuns, laypeople....you name it, at a Grand Rounds meeting at [...]

2019-10-24T13:57:49-06:00By |Meditation Tip of the Week|7 Comments
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Distraction Doesn’t Matter!

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? While definitions and attributes of meditation may vary between different schools of contemplative and meditative traditions, it's generally agreed that a key component of meditation, if not the defining characteristic of meditation, is a state of non-distraction. I often find that the greatest obstacle to a meditation practice isn't the distraction itself, but my reaction to the distraction that occurs. Does that make sense? While [...]

2019-10-24T13:57:06-06:00By |Meditation Tip of the Week|0 Comments
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Stop Blaming the World for Your Anger and Jealousy

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always gotten. Ever heard that one? You know what it means, but have you ever applied it to your mind? THE BLAME GAME When a thought or emotion arises in your mind based on something outside of yourself like a spouse or peer at work, or even a situation like [...]

2019-10-24T13:56:26-06:00By |Meditation Tip of the Week|4 Comments
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Stop Meditating!

    TIP OF THE WEEK TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? Too often we make time to meditate and then after our session, we get on with life. This week's tip is to do just the opposite; don't make any time for your meditation and just get on with your life. What?! Look, if you're just into meditation to take a break from the world then seriously, why bother? Meditation takes too much time to learn [...]

2022-10-27T19:23:48-06:00By |Meditation Tip of the Week|6 Comments
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Don’t Think, Meditate

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? I'm not sure how many times during the day you find yourself thinking about something that's unrelated to what you're doing at the moment, maybe daydreaming, maybe distracted. For me, there are plenty of times when my mind isn't where it should be or could be. The "could be" is what this week's tip is about. When I find myself staring off into space, or waiting [...]

2019-10-24T13:54:01-06:00By |Meditation Tip of the Week|2 Comments
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate…Even When it Doesn’t Work

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? For many of us who have learned, tried, failed and/or succeeded in meditation, there have been (or still are?) times when our meditation practice goes something like this: Sit. Think. Try to meditate. Work at meditating. Sit some more. Think some more. Work harder. Think some more. Work even harder. Get fed up. Stop meditating....sound familiar? When this happens, meditation can simply become another time [...]

2019-10-24T13:53:09-06:00By |Meditation Tip of the Week|5 Comments
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Meditation Tip of the Week: Investigate the Nature of Thoughts…They’re Not Real!

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF EASY TO REMEMBER, SHORT AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? Many people think that in order to meditate, we have to rid our mind of thoughts and of the things that distract it; that we have to shut out the world in order to come to really know our mind. Nothing could be further from the truth. Meditation isn’t about stopping thoughts or shutting anything out. It’s about being who we truly are in the midst [...]

2019-10-24T13:46:48-06:00By |Meditation Tip of the Week|3 Comments
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