soul study

Moving From Wisdom Rather Than Fear

In a simple sense the whole point of being aware is to be free of resistance of the mind so that one can move freely in accordance with inner guidance and inspiration. The mind’s resistance is a constant obstacle that seems to stand in the way of our seamless expression of our full potential. Anxiety, worry, panic, phobia, stress are some terms we use to define the resistance created in our being from “mind’s fear”. Is mind’s fear necessary to survive? Not at all, in fact it’s mostly a huge hindrance to survival, though it may look as if its fear is protecting you (or so the mind says) it’ mostly just hindering you from living fully. “Wisdom” is necessary to survive, mind’s fear is unnecessary. A lot of people confuse fear and wisdom, and hence they are not able to distinguish between what’s the call of wisdom and what’s the resistance of fear, in them. The only way to be free of this confusion is to be free of the resistance of mind’s fear, so that the voice of wisdom is all that remains.

My Meditation Tips (very thorough!)

Hey interwebz, I’ve gotten a lot of messages asking about meditation and any tips/techniques/forms I use personally, so I decided to write this up for anyone who may be interested. I think through taking classes with a great instructor and a lot of trial and error I found a lot of good tips and pieces of info (that goes beyond the basic crap) that may help people who are interested to learn or know more. Here we go!:

There are so many different forms of meditation. What I personally use and what I feel anyone can learn in about five minutes is the technique of mantra meditation. I’m sure you heard of mantras, like the most popular “ohm” one that many like to use. I was taught by another instructor who has been meditating her entire life, and she gave me a personal mantra to use for myself, which is common. It’s sometimes said that your mantra is very sacred and shouldn’t ever be shared with anyone, and you shouldn’t even say it aloud. From what I have learned, the reason is for the word to be heard only inward, and can trigger the meditative state quicker once you have been using it in that way for a while. This whole technique is generally for words that have been used for a long, long time in history and have sacred meanings, however I believe anyone can use a powerful common word or statement that can do the same thing.