Time for Awakening

Everyone is multi-tasking these days. They are tethered to their “Crackberries,” iPhones, iPads, smart phones and computers, so they are sending eMails at all hours. Even when they are supposed to be “at leisure,” they are mailing and texting during meals at restaurants, movies, baseball games, family outings, while driving, during classroom lectures, in the [...]

Stare at this beautiful image as you listen to John Serrie’s beautiful music. I suggest you eliminate other distractions while you watch this to get the full effect. The combination of the visual and the audio is truly stunning. The colors are similar to those I associate with the first, second, sixth and seventh chakras. [...]

People who meditate tend to have lower stress levels, less anxiety, healthier blood pressure and more happiness than people who do not meditate. Meditators tend to have a stronger ability to focus and concentrate. As little as 15 minutes per day can be beneficial. In meditation, we silence the mind. We let go of the [...]

Back in 1984, I took a “Meditation” class. It was supposed to put us in touch with our Guidance. I had already been doing sitting meditation, having learned it at a Buddhist University near my house. I enjoyed the peace that came with it and I still practice it today. This “new” meditation I was [...]

Jon Kabat-Zinn has a PhD. in Molecular Biology and teaches mindfulness meditation as a technique to help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain and illness. His methods were featured in the Bill Moyers PBS special called “Healing and the Mind.” Kabat-Zinn deeply understands and explains very well why we benefit from meditation in terms of [...]

By now we all know that “Om” or “Aum” is the Universal sound, the vibration. I heard this Mantra, called the Gayatri mantra by Deva Premal. It begins each sutra with “Om.” It is the most amazing thing that when I play this mantra I smell incense like Nag Champa, though I have no incense [...]

This is a very long (1:49:24) video of a talk by film director David Lynch at UC Berkeley on the topic of “Consciousness, Creativity and The Brain.” He is joined by Quantum Physicist John Hagelin, Ph.D as they discuss opening up to new ways of thinking. They talk about opening to infinite possibilities. They are [...]

I was lucky enough to find this book in March 2007, when I was going through a personal crisis. I read it twice. I am now reading it again. The wisdom contained in this book goes far beyond words. (Odd for me to say, I know, since a book is a collection of words.) A [...]