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Russell Simmons on Meditation

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:38:09 +0000

iPhone Meditation App

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:01:15 +0000

There are now a myriad of apps for relaxation, visualization and meditation. In 2010 the Mayo Clinic put their best foot forward with an app, but after sifting through user reviews and countless blogs MyMeditation seems to have bubbled to the surface as one of the best. You can peruse the details here in the iTunes Preview, or simply search for Android or iPhone Apps for Meditation and try something of your own taste.

In the meantime here’s an overview of just one person’s experience with digital assists for Meditation.

A movement toward an empathic civilisation

admin — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:00:47 +0000

From The Compassionate Life, by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama:

One point I should make here is that some people, especially those who see themselves as very realistic and practical, are sometimes too realistic and obsessed with practicality. They may think, ‘The idea of wishing for the happiness of all beings, of wanting what is best for every single one, is unrealistic and too idealistic. Such an unrealistic idea cannot contribute in any way to transforming the mind or to attaining some kind of mental discipline, because it is completely unachievable.’

…They feel there is simply no point in thinking about all beings since there is an infinite number of them. They may conceivably be able to feel some kind of connection with some fellow human beings on this planet, but they feel that the infinite number of beings throughout the universe has nothing to do with their own experience as individuals.

…What is important here, however, is to grasp the impact of cultivating such altruistic sentiments. The point is to try to develop the scope of our empathy in such a way that we can extend it to any form of life with the capacity to feel pain and experience happiness. It is a matter of recognizing living organisms as sentient, and therefore subject to pain and capable of happiness.

…Such a universal sentiment of compassion is very powerful, and there is no need to be able to identify, in specific terms, with every single living being in order for it to be effective.

…Given patience and time, it is within our power to develop this kind of universal compassion.

Empathy in action

admin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:57:46 +0000

I have a little torn magazine clipping hanging above my desk that I refer to almost daily. Unfortunately I don’t know who the quote is from, but it’s worth sharing.

What is a skill that all people should possess? “Empathy and the will to help others. Someone said — not me — but someone said that the point of life is helping others to get through it, which I like very much.”

A Warm Embrace… Enough Said

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:26:57 +0000

The Great Bell Chant narrated by Thich Nhat Hanh

Get On Board

admin — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:55:17 +0000

We are currently recruiting our fund raising team. If you’d like to play along and help bring Meditation to the masses, visit us at Crowdrise.com/meditation to join our team!

We’re on a Mission

admin — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:04:16 +0000

Meditation. It’s a good idea. We like it. We hope you like it. It’s helping lots of people live their lives with greater quality, which is a key inspiration behind Meditation.com. Quality, of course, is a very subjective thing and that’s one of the beauties of meditation. We interact with lots of different people and one common theme among the folks we meet that meditate is that meditation helps them touch their true personalities, the essence of who they are, which is a pretty remarkable and subjective thing. It’s one of the central reasons we are creating Meditation.com, to bring this benefit to as many people as possible.