Meditation:Pathway

to Well Being

Four aspects:
Physical
Mental
Emotional
Spiritual

Increases energy
Relieves stress
Reduces fatigue
Relieves insomnia
Reduces blood pressure and cholesterol
Reduces anxiety
Balances hormones
Improves self-confidence

Emptying or concentration of the mind

Focusing
Mindfulness
All spiritual traditions have some
connection with the practice of
meditation

 Stress Management
o Decrease in cortisols
o Increase in endorphins
Decreases Self-Judgment
Diminishes Judgments of Others
Increases Self-Esteem
Creates Inner Peace
Changes Your Environment

Doubt
Fear
Self-loathing
Rage

Joy
Kindness
Love
Encouragement

Trust
Belief
Criticism
Serenity

What are some of your own

mental habits?

 Body
o Alert, erect
o Relaxed
Breath: connects the soul to Higher

Consciousness
Mind
o
o
o

Resists stillness
Natural state is peace
Ego wants us to think

Body
Breath
Mind
Non-Judgment

One of the keys to happiness is to stop the habit

of self-judgment and self-hatred.
When we stop judging ourselves we will stop
judging others.
Where there is no judgment, there is peace.

We go into meditation with a commitment

That the body will remain still

That the breath will be calm
That the mind will be at peace, in spite of its habits
THAT WE WILL NOT JUDGE OURSELVESNO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

Both sides of the brain are always active.

The left brain is the language and analysis

side.
The right brain in the side of art and feeling
of euphoria and bliss.
Close the language door,
Open the love window
~Rumi

The clear sky is always there.

Clouds come and cover the sky.
But wind can blow them away.
Clear sky remains.
Clear mind, the mind at peace, is always present.
Thoughts come and obscure the peace of clear mind.
Mindfulness practice can blow the thoughts away,
gently, with ease, and without judgment.
Peace remains.

 To still the language side of the brain so

that the right brain can be heard and felt.

A mind at peace, filled with joy, is our

natural state.

 Beta Normal state; multi-tasking

Alpha - Focused mind; waking up
Theta Dream state of sleep; creative;
deep meditation
Delta Dreamless sleep; unified

consciousness; oneness; rest and

rejuvenation

 A worldwide 40-day spiritual practice

period for all people

January 15 February 23 each year

since 2008
Thousands of participants

What nine months does for the embryo

Forty early morning
Will do for your growing awareness.
~ Jelalludin Rumi

Guided meditations online:

Christian Contemplative Prayer

Tibetan Buddhist Meditation
Sufi Universal Meditation
Mindfulness/Vipassana Meditation
Interdenominational Meditation
Children (four minutes of stillness for world peace)
Mindfulness Practice for Teens
Meditations in non-English languages

 for yourself
for your family
for the planet

The world will never be at peace until peace lives in

the heart of each and every person on the planet.
~Pope John XXIII (1963)

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