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It is estimated that the first evidence of life dates almost 4 billion years ago. This evidence supported by geologist and scientists after studying the oldest rocks ever found date to 3.85 Ga, or just 3.65 Ga. The 200,000 years difference doesn’t matter to us but to the scientific world the discrepancy matters because the...… Continue Reading>>>
This next piece may seem a little controversial at first, even a little censorious, but that is not the intention. If you can listen to your heart as you read you’ll see there is an underlying message that may change your outlook on the inner and outer spiritual you. We all have principles and causes...… Continue Reading>>>
“Stop!” “It’s over” “Just calm down” “Please sit down here just for a while” “Everything is OK” “Now breathe slowly in through your nose, that’s it, now out through your mouth. Again… follow me in…out, and one more time” “There.” “Now tell me what happened. What angered you so?” Has this happened to you, or...… Continue Reading>>>
Can you recognise these traits within your own personality? Does anger rise because someone didn’t give you what you want? Does your day get ruined because someone stole “YOUR” parking space?” Does your impatience grow to boiling point because someone didn’t answer your mumbled question quickly enough? Do you get aggravated because someone spoke to...… Continue Reading>>>
If you think you are thinking too much, then you probably are, by focusing on just one train of thought allows an encyclopedic explosion. By focusing on a thought, the mind, in a kind of obliging way will attempt to help you make a decision about the present thought by producing the next thought, hoping...… Continue Reading>>>
Musings from the Heart
Health and Lifestyle
Finding your Life Energy Our days are filled with stress; it’s a manic world of deadlines, traffic… [More]
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Shanks’ Pony: Meaning – One’s legs, used as a means of transport. If we delve in to th… [More]
10 Ways to Exercise without Sweating – why Secondary exercise is the key to counteracting thos… [More]
Hard Fact - During an average 16-hour day, most of us spend nine to 10 hours sitting down. If that d… [More]
We can certainly feel calm on a weekend, or while sitting watching TV. Maybe you’re active and a r… [More]
When our friend was diagnosed with type 2-diabetes, his endocrinologist was kind and thoughtful in h… [More]
The latest culinary status symbol is rustic food. And the fact it’s apparently good for you is… [More]
Go Green
Ever wondered what the real benefits of going GREEN are? Do you think about free trade coffee, organ… [More}
Why Go Green? 1. Get Real: No you don’t need to go raw, vegan or vegetarian, but real food is fu… [More}
The subject of going green is a wide as it is long. So let’s delve right in aND place a few thou… [More}
Meditation
When we are in deep meditation and completely aware in this moment, stealthy watching what is arisin… [More]
Many people start a meditation practice to gain awareness of their true-self or deepen a spiritual c… [More]
Bringing Meditation in to your Daily Life gets you Noticed A pure and simple meditation practice is … [More]
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Set Yourself Free is a full length Guided Meditation for experiencing deep relaxation and mental clarity. Downloaded from The Guided Meditation Site My wife Jill brought this one for our daughter who was studying for a double degree, she was getting … [Read Full Review]
The Wise Heart: Jack Kornfield A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology This was a hard book to digest……at first. You see, I like many I am not a practicing Buddhist, but I adhere to Buddhist principles of meditation, gratitude a… [Read Full Review]
Mindfulness, Bliss and Beyond : A Meditators Handbook by Ajahn Brahm I first came across Ajahn Brahm 5 years ago; I was going through a cycle of seeking and had hooked in to the Thai Forest Tradition of Buddhism. I had come across this particular Tha… [Read Full Review]
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn This 10th Anniversary edition of the inspiring and practical guide to meditation includes a brand new afterword and an audio-exclusive interview with the autho… [Read Full Review]
Paul Wilson’s The Quiet – Is something special and takes my #1 position. The beauty of this book is in the simplicity. Firstly, the main concept of the quiet is about finding that core of peace within yourself. This book is about practice, not do… [Read Full Review]
Deep Inner Stillness: This was my first purchased guided meditation; I used this before I had a meditation practice. I had been to a self-help seminar with my wife, Jill, and a lot of talk centered on relaxation and using visualisations to assist i… [Read Full Review]
The main question that is raised by people beginning meditation is what we should experience as a result of meditation. The answers to this far reaching question are scattered all over the web, in books, throughout endless seminars and gurus. I would… [Read Full Review]
I have been a runner for what seems like centuries, and way before I discover the subtle Chi-Running technique one of the major problems I had was muscle relaxation and freeing my body of stress. I originally used a Buddhist body scan (download for f… [Read Full Review]
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