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Glossary for meditation techniques
« Thread Started on Mar 12, 2008, 7:36am »

Hello dear friends,

I feel it would be a nice thing to have a glossary in here.
Many meditation techniques use mantras and not everyone knows the meaning of the words used.

I will also post the meaning of many terms that we often come across in Spiritual litterature and self-help books.

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Sylvie

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Re: Glossary for meditation techniques
« Reply #1 on Sept 23, 2008, 2:40pm »

I agree! I look forward to info showing up here, then maybe I can figure out what to share from my funny point of view.. he he...

Here's something to MEDITATE UPON anyway:

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“The 10 Commandments of Healing.” They are:
1. BE TRULY PRESENT TO THIS MOMENT. Healing, like love, celebration, awe, wonder and ecstasy, happens in
the now, in the present moment, free from ruminations of the past and fears about the future. As Oliver Wendell
Holmes stated it, “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
And yet I find that I spend most of my time preoccupied with the past or the future. I must come into the present; be
aware of the persons and things that are around me right now.

2. TRUST. Healing involves letting go, a leap of faith, ‘diving not drowning’ as Carl Jung expressed it. Lou Gherig’s
disease patient Phil Simmons called it ‘learning to fall.’ We fall from head, to heart; from egoism and our carefully
constructed defense mechanisms, we fall into forgiveness of ourselves and others, the realization of the staggering
potential of our essential selves, and an awareness of healing connections.
We may experience these connections at four levels: a sense of connection to self (Carl Jung’s individuation); connec-tion
to others (Martin Buber’s ‘I-thou’ relating); connection to the world perceived through our senses (as with music,
or the grandeur of nature); and connection to ultimate meaning, however perceived by that person: God, the Other,
the Cosmos, the More, the unity of all things.

3. ATTEND TO YOUR WHOLE PERSON NEEDS. According to the time-honored metaphoric cla*sification, we are
‘body, mind, and spirit’, or, ‘body, spirit and soul’, depending on you preference. We must care for our needs in each
of these domains every day.

4. OPEN TO DEEPER RELATING. Recall that our inner life is relational in its expression. It is reflected in how we
relate at the four levels noted above.
Within your religious or wisdom tradition seek out teachers who speak from personal experience, not dogma. Go to
depth. As C.S. Lewis observed, “The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and sim-ple
that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.” Lewis continues, “They cannot sound otherwise to those who
have not had the relevant experience: that is why there is no real teaching of such truths possible and every genera-tion
starts from scratch.”

5. LISTEN TO YOUR INTUITION. As Joseph Campbell put it, “Follow your bliss.”

6. CREATE. Identify things you like to do. Make time for your creative side each day.

7. DEVELOP SELF-REFLECTIVE SKILLS. Monitor self, noting your thoughts and feelings. They are not reality.
They are your response to reality. Let go of them and come back to your centre of calm. Work on becoming self-aware
with questioning that asks, “What is my personality type and how does that influence how I feel about myself,
how I relate to others and to the situations I find myself in? What are my defenses - the walls I build to protect my-self,
but that also imprison me?”

8. BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELF. Progression toward healing is slow. Indeed, the goal is never reached. The jour-ney
is everything. You are a unique experiment in creation, with a particular potential to contribute to this world.
What is it that you alone can do, must do, if you are to fully express your potential?

9. THINK SMALL. Give up illusions of control. Recognize that we are all in the same boat, exactly the same boat.
The ego-driven values of Western culture (‘I am number one’; the need for wealth, power and control; the distrust of
all but the physical; the need to be the best in the world in what you do) stand in the way of healing.
Avoid power; neutralize the fantasies it creates in situations where it is bestowed on you. Humility and openness are
essential antecedents to healing; joy, peace and a sense of connectedness its products.

10. CELEBRATE. In the direst of circumstances, boundless peace is to be found within. Recall Viktor Frankl’s
hard-won observation, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to
choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” If Frankl can find life
worth celebrating in Auschwitz, chances are I can find my cup half full, perhaps full to overflowing, here and
now.

from: http://discussion.chopra.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=11713&PN=3

May our sharing information and research about mind-body wellness be totally helpful, useful and fun! And so it is. Amen (and awomen!