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Meditation Archives

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Nov 10, 2015

Meditating, starting a business, falling in love and other how-tos

It's been six whole months since I have blogged. That was the longest hiatus I have taken since I started blogging shortly after leaving the monastery 7 years ago. In that time lots have happened. One of the biggest developments is that I have a brand new website. You're looking at it if you are on my site now. My first blog post after my long absence is to share with you an event that I recently ...

Nov 10, 2014
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Bringing Life to Meditation

Recently in privately training someone how to meditate I spent the first 3 days not even talking about meditation. There is a lot to learn before one even begins to sit down to meditate. Everybody is in a rush these days. Even in a rush to learn to meditate. They know what the
May 8, 2012
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How/when are you aware of the effects of meditation?

Affects of meditation come not from prolong practices rather more from quality practices. Sitting for long periods in meditation not necessarily produce result if the meditator does not know what he or she is doing. There will be benefits from this but not significant. When a qu
Apr 27, 2012
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How long should I sit for when I meditate?

A couple of days ago we gave a response to the question "What are one of the first things to do when one wants to begin a meditation practice?" and we ended the blog post with the question “How long should I sit for?” Here's our response to that question. Well if you've never m
Apr 25, 2012
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Meditation's first steps (Part 1)

What are one of the first things to do when one wants to begin a meditation practice? I often get asked this question. One of the first things you should do is to make an appointment with yourself each day. The appointment with yourself involves sitting down for a period of time
Mar 12, 2012
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Meditation Workshops in St. John and St. Thomas, USVI

This coming weekend I'll be conducting a series of workshops in the US Virgin Islands. I would love for you to join me if you are on the islands. Below is the schedule of workshops plus links (click the workshop name) to further details on each of them. St. Thomas 16 March, 7p
Mar 9, 2012
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How do I concentrate better?

The following question came in on email to me and below is my response. How do I concentrate better - I manage a good quality 5 mins at most with minor drifting but then my mind wonders massively after this...? The best way to learn how to concentrate better is to practice it m