What is Meditation?
So far we have talked mostly about the effects of meditation. Now it is time to ask the question, “What is meditation and how does it work?” “A candle does not flicker in a windless [...]
Meditation for Healing Chart
RELIEF FROM STRESS • Japa (for complete rest due to immersion in non-ego) • Breath-Dhyana (for a trance-state) ENERGIZING • Reverse Meditative Breathing (which directly stimulates the intrinsic energy or Chi) • Nei Kung (which [...]
Dangers in Meditation
Many meditations can be sexually stimulating, arousing the Kundalini force and causing the Chi (intrinsic energy) to flow dramatically. Particularly in Chinese and Japanese meditation, we bring the flow of life force to the center, [...]
Summing Up
The purposes of this book are basically three: (1) to show how true meditation heals our ills; (2) to offer instruction in various types of meditation, indicating their probable effects; and (3) to offer a [...]
Chanting
There are innumerable types of chanting, and the practice is very strong and beneficial, whether we chant in Latin (Gregorian Chants), in Sanskrit, in Chinese, in Tibetan or in Japanese. Generally we chant in groups, [...]
Moving Meditation
Of all the meditations, it seems the ones most fitting for busy, modern people are the moving meditations. It is easier to move joyously than it is to sit quietly and attempt to control the [...]
Epilogue for Meditation For Healing
Throughout the world there is an evolution in consciousness beginning to manifest in many areas of life. There are many aspects of this evolution actualizing everywhere: the increasing interest in spiritual and liberational pathways, the [...]