Seven-time world surfing champion Layne Beachley discusses the mental health challenges she’s faced in her life, how the ocean and surfing have been emotionally healing for her, and the benefits of surf therapy for mental wellbeing.
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I began teaching myself to meditate about 6 weeks ago, and I have become very interested in the chakras. I use your cd set “Balancing the Chakras” each time I meditate, and I have read 2 books on the chakras and auras, as well as searched on the internet for an answer to my question. I meditate in semi-darkness seated in front of a mirror. I use the mirror because at the outset of my meditation, I saw colors – mostly red and dark blue and bright white, sometimes orange and once I saw pale blue, yellow and green. I also see a fuzzy white aura that follows the shape of my form, and it expands and contracts. The colors appear randomly, varying in size and intensity. Sometimes they float and sometimes they sparkle like a tiny gem. Here is my question: Is this a positive sign or a sign that something is amiss? If I actually see these colors are outside of my body, does it mean the energy from those chakras is leaking or lost and my mind-body integration is short-circuiting? I have seen only one reference to my question, and it stated that this was not a good sign. I can say, however, that seeing the colors is a wondrous and calming experience. I am very new to this path, but I know I was meant to be here.
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There is untapped creativity inside you that will enrich your life if you learn to identify and remove the creative blocks in your way. Identify Your Creative Block and Thrive! By Lien Potgieter Untapped creativity is detrimental to your life, relationships, business, and career. If you believe that you are not creative or that there is no need for creativity, you could even become obsolete. According to the World Economic Forum, the Future of Jobs report creativity will be third on the list of the top ten critical skills by 2020. In the short space of just five years, creativity has moved up seven places from ten to number three. You can increase your creative intelligence (CQ) despite the outdated notion that people are either right- or left-brain dominant. New research shows that we need to use both sides of the brain to be successful. Unconventional paths often lead to brilliant solutions. Color, which you find all around you, could act as a catalyst to identify what exactly is causing you to feel, think or believe that you can’t connect the dots. Many problems can be solved, and challenges overcome with the help of these vibrational energies. How can color help? By becoming aware of the colors in your environment, you can pinpoint your creative block. It is a simple yet powerful method. Your color attractions and rejections demonstrate where you are stuck: Physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. Only when we know what the heart of the matter is can you take action, unblock your creativity, and live a life of success and happiness. Tell-tale signs of a creative block and how to overcome it How do you know where the block is? Here are a few signs to look out for. Body: If your block has a…
A lot of people suffer from putting things off. It maintains them from residing satisfied lives and getting to their whole probable. There are many concepts driving the thing that makes people delay doing things and ways to stop, but number of hit the fingernail for the go and present the purpose, that’s: Locate Your…
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Are certain events in life set? For instance, is your death set – if you are going to die in an accident, is that something that has been predetermined, and if so can you change that by becoming more “awake” – or is it something you have been creating with your thoughts? Same with the people in your life – are relationships predetermined?
Guest post by Mallika Chopra
As my phone exploded with texts from friends about the college admissions cheating scam, my reaction was sadness and non-surprise. It also forced me to reflect on my own achievement orientation and parenting style.
During meditation, we should not develop a mind which accumulates and holds on to things, but instead we develop a mind which is willing to let go of things, to let go of burdens. Outside of meditation we have to carry the burden of our many duties, like so many heavy suitcases, but within the period of meditation so much baggage is unnecessary. So, in meditation see how much baggage you can unload. Think of these things as burdens, heavy weights pressing upon you. I like to begin at the very simple stage of giving up the baggage of past and future.
Abandoning the past means not even thinking about your work, your family, your commitments, your responsibilities, your history, the good or bad times you had as a child…, you abandon all past experiences by showing no interest in them at all. As for the future, the anticipations, fears, plans, and expectations let all of that go too. This future is known to the wise as uncertain, unknown and so unpredictable. It is often complete stupidity to anticipate the future, and always a great waste of your time to think of the future in meditation.
When you have abandoned all past and all future, it is as if you have come alive. You are here, you are mindful. This is the first stage of the meditation, just this mindfulness sustained only in the present.
Ajahn Brahm, Sustained Attention on the Present Moment
