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    Meditation Awareness
    Meditation Awareness
    Meditation Awareness
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    Meditation Awareness

    By Elizabeth Banfalvi

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    This is my second book in a series of meditation books. This book deals with increasing awareness within the meditation. There are simple exercises to create more focus and mindfulness. Learn to use the easy steps to help the body relax and enjoy the process. Each of my books is about different aspects of meditation and how it relates to the individual person. It is simple to read and is a guide on how to approach the process of meditation while dealing with different topics. Each book builds on the previous book. Each book contains a series of meditations for sitting, laying, standing and walking. It contains suggestions on how to incorporate different aspects like journaling and thought processes. Each meditation guides the person in a point by point process incorporating the physical body as a guide. Meditation is a journey and I have written these books as a simple guide to learn and enjoy the process.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElizabeth Banfalvi
    Release dateJun 10, 2012
    ISBN9780981364278
    Meditation Awareness
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    Elizabeth Banfalvi

    My name is Elizabeth Banfalvi and I have been teaching meditation since 1996. I enjoy teaching meditation and I learned as much from my students as I hoped they learned from me. I enjoy watching my students changing and gaining new insights about themselves. I started writing my books in 1998 and have written 6 books so far. I am looking forward to adding more on a variety of topics. Enjoy the journey with me.

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      Meditation Awareness - Elizabeth Banfalvi

      Meditation Awareness

      Book and Cover Design: Brian Lehen Graphic Design Ltd.

      Cover Illustration: Augustin Lehen

      Illustration: Lisa Li

      Copyright: 2010 by Elizabeth Banfalvi

      All rights reserved

      www.elizabethbanfalvi.com

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      You can only change what you are aware of!

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Awareness

      Awareness exercises

      Balancing

      The Power of the Feet

      The Labyrinth

      Preliminaries

      The Meditations

      Final Thoughts

      Introduction

      In the first book, I talked about the physical body and preparing for meditation. Now we are taking the next step and increasing awareness. The first book included a series of exercises to get your body moving and to become aware of your body movements. This book is about bringing a stronger awareness to your physical body.

      How often have you asked or been asked How are you? and answered fine! I realize that not everyone wants to know if I have a headache or to summarize my last operation but are we aware of how we are feeling. How often do we go to the doctor and are able to tell him where we hurt or what is going on in our lives? If we think about it, he can’t help us if we aren’t aware of our problems or feelings. Imagine how much quicker he can help us if we can easily tell him what’s wrong. There is a greater power within us in knowing how we feel physically.

      My students are my best teachers. I have certain questions I always pose to them each session and I am not disappointed. I get them to acknowledge that awareness isn’t easy and they start to think more about themselves and how they are feeling. My philosophy is you can’t change anything you aren’t aware of.

      The questions are:

      Tell me something about yourself without using marital status or career?

      What was the last thing you did just for yourself that made you really happy and didn’t concern anybody else?

      If you could make up a statement about yourself starting with I am e.g. beautiful, smart, happy, etc. what would it be?

      An affirmation is something which you say to yourself to initiate change in your life or to change your frame of mind. What would your affirmation be?

      The hardest is: At the end of your life if you could write your own epitaph, what would it be? This is not what you want other people to think of you but how you want to remember your life.

      It amazes me how difficult each of those questions are for students especially when I mention not using titles or that it doesn’t concern anyone else. Everyone can relate what they want for others and how they want to be perceived but find it difficult to say how they want to feel.

      I am always sad to see how mindless our society is becoming. We are taught to rely on others for assurances but not self-worth. We are told to work at 110% but what is left for us? We are connected every minute of every day by electronic gadgets but so disconnected with the people and sights which surround us. We listen and watch what is happening on our stock markets, fashion capitals but fail to listen and see what is outside our windows. We worship big cars, big homes, rich and fancy celebrities but reject what we own or see in the mirror. We are constantly changing and altering everything around us but fear change in what we are comfortable with in our lives. It amazes me how lost we have become.

      I sat on a commuter train one time and watched an executive man in a rich suit reading the stock prices. Across from him sat his teenage son. I watched this lovely young man trying to talk to his father through the newspaper held between them. After a few attempts, the son sat back disappointment clearly on his face. What a shame? Here was a beautiful opportunity this man had to connect with his son but he read his daily newspaper instead. How many times I heard this beautiful young man excitedly saying Dad and then trying to engage his father in conversation but his father

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