Steps to Happiness Series: #3 Embrace Silence Through Meditation

Continuing the Steps to Happiness Series, we're now up to #3: Embrace silence through meditation

Meditation is the practice of quieting your mind and connecting with The Source of All. Whenever someone comes to me with a problem, my immediate advice is: Go meditate on it. There is so much power in just clearing your mind of all that clutter and mind chatter. Meditation allows good energy to flow to you and puts you in a deeper state of consciousness.

Here is a video of Deepak Chopra explaining what meditation is...


I've been meditating every day for the past couple years and have seen a dramatic improvement in my attitude and abundance. What started it for me was reading Wayne Dyer's book: Getting in the Gap: Making Conscious Contact with God Through Meditation (Book with CD)

I've talked about meditation quite a bit here in the past, so I'll simply point out all those posts which will explain the importance and benefits of meditation:

• Attracting Everything Good Into Your Life
• Meditation and Deep Breathing For An Abundant and Happy Life
• How to Regain Your Energy and Natural Vitality
  

Is this your first time here? You may want to read the past articles in the 10 Steps to Happiness Series:

Step 1: Being Aware of Your Body
Step 2: Live in the Moment

How To Regain Your Energy and Natural Vitality

As I get older I'm starting to notice that I don't quite have the energy I had when I was in my 20's. Back then I was going to college full time, working as a store manager full time, and I still made time to party about three times a week! However, that's all I changed...but I realized that it doesn't have to be this way. I could regain that energy back with a few consistent actions. Here's what I've been doing to stay energized and revitalized:

1. Meditation. Meditating every morning and night has helped tremendously in my energy levels. Even during the day as I sit in front of the computer I will take 5 minutes to do a deep breathing exercise. I close my eyes and as I breathe in, I say to myself, "I am now breathing in positive energy..."

2. Exercise. I used to exercise everyday when I was in my 20's, but now it's more like 3 times a week. Even a walk around the block is enough to get the blood circulating and keep me energized. You'll notice a change in your attitude when you exercise!

3. Eat right. Get good portions of vegetables and fruits - organic is best!

4. Take vitamins. I found out about this website, Choice Nutritionals, that offers Natural Vitality vitamins and organic essential oils that dissolves energy blocks.

What do you do to stay energized?

Related Posts:

• A Healthy Life is a Wealthy Life

• Dance Your Way to a Better Life

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Hypnosis For Self-Improvement

Most of us think of hypnosis as a stage act or some form of entertainment where someone swings a watch in front of your eyes and you go into some kind of "trance", but did you know that you could use hypnosis to bring about positive changes in your life? Hypnosis is very much like meditation. Some people use it to relax. You can also use hypnosis to become more focused, more creative, lose weight, stop smoking, become more confident, sleep better, stop nail biting, cure difficulties in personal relationships, find a soulmate, etc.

You've probably experienced a form of hypnosis when you get in the car and drive home from work, but don't even remember the trip. That's because you were in "auto-pilot". You've also experienced hypnosis when you became really involved in a book or movie.

Now before I go into what hypnosis entails and how you can use it to live "The Good Life", let's dispel some myths about it:

1. You do not lose control of your body. During hypnosis a subject is fully aware of his/her environment. Think of your trained hypnotist as a coach or guide - not someone who wants to gain control over you.
2. Hypnosis is not dangerous. You cannot do anything that goes against your moral values.
3. You cannot get "stuck" in hypnosis. If anything, some people end up falling asleep during hypnosis or they come out of it when the coach stops talking.

Hypnosis, also known as hypnotherapy or hypnotic suggestion, is a state wherein the brain waves become relaxed. One enters an altered state of consciousness where suggestions are "planted" into the subconscious mind. There are different techniques used in hypnosis to help you gain more control of your actions or behavior:

a) The hypnotherapist talks in smooth, calming tone offering suggestions that will spur you to take action
b) The hypnotherapist uses guided imagery to help bring about your goals and aspirations. I came across this great guided imagery/meditation at YouTube this weekend which I highly recommend.
c) Self-hypnosis

Many of our bad behaviors are caused by negative thinking and with self-hypnosis, you can change that negative thinking into positive thinking. However, these three elements must be present in order for those behaviors to change:

1. Motivation. You must be motivated and desire to change the behavior. When you are motivated you are more likely to take action.
2. Self-talk. This is where positive affirmations come into play. They must be repeated on a daily basis.
3. You must believe it. Whatever you are suggesting to yourself must be believable to you. Start off small and then work your way up to bigger dreams and goals. If you want to lose weight, it will be more believable to lose 5 pounds in one week versus losing 20 pounds in one week. Make goals that leave no doubt in your mind.

I remember my first experience with hypnosis. I was in eighth grade and just "for fun" the principle had a hypnotherapist come to our school for our Friday assembly. He put the entire student body in a hypnotic state and had us sitting up and down, up and down in our chairs. Then I remember feeling my arms rise up at his suggestion... That's when I knew that hypnosis really worked!

For a demonstration on hypnosis, check out this episode of Criss Angel. He's one of my favorite people to watch in action...



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Meditation and Deep Breathing For an Abundant and Healthy Life

What I have found to be the best preventative medicine and an overall way to live a healthy life is meditation, or deep breathing. I believe that I haven't had a cold or been sick in three years because of the daily practice of meditation. As a matter of fact, I haven't even been to the doctor in I don't know how long! People say that you should go to the doctor for yearly checkups just to make sure you don't "have something", but I trust that the meditation that I do is good enough to fight any of the negative energy that may have crept into my body. Besides, I feel that sometimes it's just better that you don't know. It's in knowing that causes more worry - which isn't good for the disease. If I think I'm healthy at all times, then it will be so...

The air we breathe is the life force that provides us with the "medicine" and energy to survive. When we cut ourselves on the finger or get a scrape on the skin, eventually that wound heals, right? It's that same energy that can heal the inside of your body as well.

Here's a simple tip for deep breathing during meditation...

1. Picture yourself as a balloon, inhale, and feel yourself expand
2. Hold it for about 3 seconds
3. Breathe out slowly, feel yourself deflate and relax like a balloon

This is an exercise that I would recommend to someone - especially one who is suffering from mesothelioma. Having to talk to mesothelioma attorneys or mesothelioma lawyers, plus having to mentally deal with this cancer can put the body in a state of stress. If you live in the state of Illinois, make sure you have an Illinois mesothelioma lawyer who can make it a more peaceful process.

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