Meditation Tip

Patanjali states that yoga is the stilling of the changes in citta, which we usually and fairly acceptably translate as “mind”. The first step in meditation is therefore not to make thought occupy itself with any particular image. It is to stop thinking or at least stop what we have hitherto described to ourselves as thinking.

Meditation is not a technique for processing ourselves into some kind of advantage. People who represent it as a technique and want to teach us how to do it may sometimes help to rid an individual of some personal illusion or inhibition, much as a clinical psychologist may do; but , beyond that, we must ourselves be aware of what we are doing and not just be guided by an image in somebody else’s mind.

From Some Thoughts on Meditation
by Hugh Shearman

Lateral Thinking

Push the Car
A man pushed his car. He stopped when he reached a hotel at which point he knew he was bankrupt. Why?

Did you Know

that a newborn baby sees the world upside down because it takes some time for the baby’s brain to learn to turn the image right-side up

Moment of Zen

“The highest knowledge is to acknowledge that we know nothing”
– Tao Te Ching

Lateral Thinking

Friday

A man rode into town on Friday.
He stayed for three nights and left on Friday.
How is this possible?

Moment of Zen

“A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.”
– Anonymous

Meditation Tip

To meditate, one must break away, however briefly, from the world. Turn off your cell phone and pager, disconnect the fax machine, shut down the computer and turn on the answering machine, allow no interruptions during this special time.

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Moment of Zen

“Facts are many, but truth is one”
– Rabindranath Tagore

Meditation Tip

A Yogi must avoid the two extremes of luxury and austerity. He must not fast, nor torture his flesh. He who does, says the Gita, cannot be a Yogi:

He who fasts
He who keeps awake
He who sleeps much
He who works too much
He who does not work
None of these can be a Yogi.
[Gita]

– Swamy Vivekananda

Asana

Adho Mukha Svanasana – Downward Facing Dog

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