Meditation

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Contemplation – Contemplation and meditation

In Christianity, contemplation refers to a content-free mind directed towards the awareness of God as a living reality. This corresponds to what in Eastern religion is called meditation. In Christianity, however, meditation refers to a specific, directed mental exercise, such as visualization of a religious scene or consideration of a scriptural passage. Contemplation as a [...]

Joyboard – Guru Meditation

It is rumored that, early in the development of the Amiga computer operating system, the company’s developers became so frustrated with the system’s frequent crashes that, as a relaxation technique, they attempted to sit perfectly still on the Joyboard so not to engage any of the latches on the bottom of it. It is further [...]

OneTaste – Orgasmic meditation

Orgasmic meditation is a term coined by Nicole Daedone and used by OneTaste members to refer to a mindfulness practice they developed in which the object of meditation is finger to genital contact. “OMing” is practiced in pairs, with one practitioner gently holding and stroking the genitals of the other, and both focusing their attention [...]

Ishayas – Comparison with Transcendental Meditation

Ascension has the following similarities & differences from Transcendental Meditation: Similarities: * Use of a puja ceremony * Mental recitation of a phrase * Similar theory of consciousness (7 levels, etc.) Differences: * TM uses a non-English mantra; Ascension Attitudes are given in the student’s native language * TM students receive one mantra; Ascension has [...]

Psychology of religion – Religion and meditation

The large variety of meditation techniques shares the common goal of shifting attention away from habitual or customary modes of thinking and perception, in order to permit experiencing in a different way. Many religious and spiritual traditions that employ meditation assert that the world most of us know is an illusion. This illusion is said [...]

Ainslie Meares – Meditation research

He came to use meditation as a means of treatment of psychosomatic and psychoneurotic illnesses in the late 1960s. Developing on his expertise in medical hypnotism, Meares came to develop an interest in meditation as a treatment for the psychological component of their chronic organic pain. In time, he began research on the biological mechanisms [...]

One Power – Meditation

There are two main forms of meditation as presented in the series when referring to the One Power. They are the “Flame and the Void” and “The Rose Bud”. The Flame and The Void The Flame and the Void is a conceptual idea used by beginning male channelers to harness the male half of the [...]

Trance – Spirituality

The Vaishnava Bhakti Schools of Yoga defines ”samādhi” as “complete absorption into the object of one’s love (Krishna)”. Rather than thinking of “nothing”, true ”samādhi” is said to be achieved only when one has pure, unmotivated love of God. Thus ”samādhi” can be entered into through meditation on the personal form of God. Even while [...]

Tanzania Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center – Services

The center offers a nursery school for poor local African children. It is a special project created to help the African community. The medium language is English. The age for the kids is from two and half years to six years old. From 1996 up to now, the center has been sending Tanzanian students who [...]

Joaquim Chissano – Transcendental Meditation

In 1992, Joaquim Chissano learnt the Transcendental Meditation technique. Two years later, he ordered all military and police recruits to learn and practice the technique, and 16,000 soldiers and 30,000 civilians were taught the more advanced technique of Yogic Flying. Chissano said: “First I started the practice of transcendental meditation myself, then introduced the practice [...]









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