• Library,  Meditations

    Quickie Meditation Tip!

    There’s a false idea that meditation is about EMPTYING your mind, and it’s not – it’s about focusing your  mind. Focus on something – whatever, I don’t care. If it’s your favorite song, that counts. If it’s your favorite physical activity, that counts. If it’s your favorite movie, totally counts! Your favorite daydream or fantasy, yup, yup! It’s in! Even if you are just actively observing all the little sounds, feelings, smells, and stimulus going on around you, that counts. It doesn’t matter what position you’re in, or even that you’re in a position.  You can meditation and walk. You can meditation and dance. You can meditate while singing. The…

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  • Library,  My Life

    Contemplation – Meditation’s Companion

    I’ve been wanting to do a post on Contemplation for awhile now, but saved it up for the second “C” week of the Pagan Blog Project. Contemplation is something that I think a lot of people do unconsciously, but not so much in an intentional way. When you’re trying to meditate and your mind wanders off, you could well be contemplating instead of meditating. Contemplation is just allowing your mind to “chew” on or “percolate” something while the body is in a relaxed, meditative state. This is often something that we do while we’re using the toilet or in the shower – having nothing better to do with it, we…

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