There are many books about meditation being sold today. For starters, choosing among the many books the one that can provide you with everything you need can be very difficult. In fact, there are even books that can be considered useless and of no importance. So before purchasing any book or CD on meditation, it would be best to check their customer reviews first, just make sure that it is an independent review and one that is not biased.

The book and CD of Stephan Bodian for only about $16.50 is such a great deal for meditation beginners. According to many reviews, this book is of great value and it contains all your needed information about meditation for starters. The book is simple, direct, and offers a lot of recommendations. Aside from that, you can read with ease. There is no other book that covers as much subject on meditation as Meditation for Dummies.  Read more...

Abundant evidence exists to show that energy of form is attracted by, stored in, and emanated from model representations of the Great Pyramid. Years of investigation reveal that we are dealing with a multitude of energies, even though various researches tend to give the phenomenon a single name.

The Egyptians are perhaps best known for their use of pyramid energy to protect the dead. However, for centuries pyramid energy has also been used for healing purposes.

Pyramid vibrations affect our own auras, and it has been shown using Kirlian photography that the aura is brighter and larger after exposure to the pyramids and also Quartz crystal. The Quartz crystal can produce a force field of healing negative ions while clearing the surrounding atmosphere of positive ions.

It also tends to eliminate or cancel out the effect of radiation and radioactivity. You can surround yourself with the pyramid energy by placing the Quartz pyramid on your desk or holding it whilst Meditating.  Read more...

Your Best Life Awaits You, Be Involved in Scripture Meditation Now

Are you not satisfied with your present life? Are you dreaming that someday you will be able to live a rewarding life? Perhaps you’re aspiring for a stronger marriage or a better job, gratifying relationships, and a happier family life; whatever your wishes and intentions are, all those things are realizable.

Most people would write down their dreams and goals hoping that someday all their dreams will eventually come true. Although all those things are important, it’s not easy to pursue such dreams. This is because your everyday life is always crowded with routine demands from work, family, community, and etc. Oftentimes, you focus on other priorities and that’s why you can’t easily break away from all those things.

If you want to experience and break out and see what God has intended for you, it’s really very simple. Try reading the scriptures and you can learn a lot. In fact there’s the so-called scripture meditation. You can even find sites about it and by reading the scriptures or the Holy Bible you can greatly improve your way of life.  Read more...

What Is Color?

Color is light energy manifest! Light (as far as humans can perceive it) is made op of wavelengths in 7 visible colors. Think rainbow-red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. When light hits an object (say a car, a flower or a painting), some of the wavelengths get absorbed by that object- while others bounce off of it. The wavelengths that bounce off enter into our eyes, get interpreted by our brains and we perceive CoLoR! There’s a whole amazing process that takes place within our eye-to-brain system that is totally worth learning about if you are interested… try a simple Google.com search for “how we see color” for more info.

What makes color so magical?

That’s a great question and one that there are as many answers to as… well, color combination! I have my own feeling about color healing and I will share it with you here. Color, much like plants, gemstones, planets, stars, locations and sounds carries a specific vibrational pattern- think of this as it’s signature. Everything in the natural world from healing herbs to quartz crystals have a vibrational signature.  Read more...

Meditation is synonymous to serenity. It’s a process which involves concentration on a sound, your breathing, or an object. The idea of meditation is to concentrate or focus your thoughts on a single relaxing thing over a certain duration of time. Usually, it can last for about fifteen to thirty minutes.

Meditation is also considered as a skill. So, it is necessary to practice regularly to achieve satisfying and positive results. Meditation done for longer periods of time can help you build some good experiences.

Meditation’s ultimate goal is to achieve a constant state of the mind. As you master doing your meditation, your mind can achieve the tranquility of water in a windless place. With a still mind during the meditation process, your inner self will be revealed. Once your mind is distracted, do a couple of breathing techniques to achieve calmness. You will fail the entire process if your mind thinks of other things including internal gossip, mental commentary, or analysis.  Read more...

Unless there is something medically wrong with them, all women will have a menstrual cycle. The vast majority of women also experience premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Their hormones are all over the place. Many women want to know how to improve hormone harmony naturally during PMS. Some men may want to know, too, so they can help the women in their lives.

* Start with a low-fat, high fiber diet. Beans and lentils are great choices to add during your monthly cycle. They are rich in B vitamins, high in fiber, and provide a number of minerals your body needs. Some people also believe they increase the level of serotonin which calms the brain. If you’re eating lower fat foods, you’re also helping your body produce less estrogen which may ease some of PMS’s symptoms – including anxiety and irritability.  Read more...

As you grow older, your priorities become redirected. Before, the greatest problem you could possibly have is what to wear on your school/ office wash day. Fast forward, the hurdle youre facing is a 2-year old child. Fast forward again, you look in the mirror and realize that all those worrying and problematizing finally took their toll on your skin.

Its about time that you know yourself more and pay less attention to your outside appearance. After all, what really matters is how you feel inside. A rich man can feel that he still needs to get richer; so in principle, he is not rich at all. However, a poor man can be more contented than a millionaire and at the end of the day, the poor man becomes happier. Lets cruise through what keeps one young by not applying a wonder cream or doing a wonder work-out.

MEDITATE  Read more...

Lie Without Saying A Word – Tips on Staying Youthful

Stop waking up in the morning and dreading having to look in the mirror because you look old. Instead, wake up to a relaxing full-body stretch and yawn unapologetically. Smile afterwards. If maintaining a youthful state-of-mind was as easy as that, everybody could just wake up to a good mood. Well, that can be a start. However, staying youthful means more than just those fancy chemicals advertised on TV promising you a youthful glow after seven days or so.

If you really want to take it seriously, first, you examine the things and the values which are attributed to being old. Examples of such are being no fun, unfashionable, irritable and weak. Lets dissect these attributes and turn them 180 degrees around.

SAY YES TO FUN!

Remember when you were a teenager? When the world seemed to lack boundaries and when rules are made to be broken? Feel that rush. I am not suggesting you become a criminal. Its just that when we get older, our priorities become tweaked. Readjust them again and insert some fun into it. Eat street ice cream once again! Have a Big Mac once in a while!  Read more...

One good telltale of our real age is our mental capacity. We expect that as we become grandmas and grandpas, our intellectual performance can never be the same with its prime years. But why does this happen? And what can we do to avoid thinking like we are old-aged already?

THE PROCESS OF AGING

Our neurons are non-regenerative. That means they do not divide to reproduce more of its kind. Once they die, they cant be replaced with another one. As we age, these brain cells of ours start to reduce in size and in number. This reduces our ability to call to mind some things that we have learned, including those in school, and even those details when we were younger.

A neurotransmitter called acetylcholine also declines as we age. This neurotransmitter is directly involved in memory and conveying of messages from a cell to another one. Moreover, because of the stresses that we have, the hippocampus, our memory bank, diminish in function.  Read more...

“I really want to help make a difference in our world, it just breaks my heart when I see (insert ‘hungry child’, ‘war’, ‘abuse’, ‘homelessness’ or a myriad of other social ills) but I just don’t have the (insert ‘time’, ‘extra money’, ‘resources’) to make a real difference.”

I hear that nearly every day, from both folks who are online contacts and real-world friends and neighbors. My answer? HOGWASH!

Whether we realize it or not, we are ALREADY making a difference in our world with every action, and non-action, with every word spoken or held back, with every choice, with every smile, with every frown, with every thank you. So if we’re already making a difference, why on EARTH wouldn’t every single one of us strive to assure that difference is a positive one?

So, for all of those who truly do not see how they can make a positive impact, for those who cannot think of ways to make a difference, and, for all you masters of excuses, here are 55 *easy*, simple, free or no-cost ways to help heal our world and our people. (This list started off as 20 ways and I had to make myself stop at 55!)  Read more...

I have written a lot of articles about Gemstones, rocks and Crystals for this site that describe which ones are best for prosperity, love and protection. If you look back in the archives here, you will find lots of information about Gemstones, Crystals and semi-precious stones and their magical purposes.

This article teaches you how to make optimum use of these natural allies of the spirit.

First of all, when you go to a new age or gem store, you will usually find baskets or drawers filled with various kinds of Gems. Tumbled stones are usually the cheapest and feature lumpy rounded surfaces. Points are Gems that have been cut so that they resemble a geometric shape or a small tower.

The most important thing is to pick up the stone and see if it feels right in your hand. One stone might feel somehow better than another. The process of feeling energy from an object by holding it is called psychometry.  Read more...

Color healing, light therapy and chromotherapy are all terms used interchangeably with Color Therapy, which is a set of principles used to create harmonious color and color combinations for healing. This form of energy medicine is based on the belief that the human body is composed of energy fields.

When the energy is properly distributed and circulating freely, the body is healthy. Imbalances or abnormal amounts of energy are believed to indicate an excess or deficency. Color is energy. The energy vibration of that color is what you need, in the moment, in order to improve and balance your physical and emotional state.

Chakra Balancing, Aura Cleansing, Colorpuncture, Light Therapy and Color Therapy modalities of healing are profound and are great integrative therapies that can be used in conjunction with many other forms of health care.

History of Color Therapy

Color Therapy is a technique of restoring imbalance by means of applying color to the body. It was a popular method of cure even in ancient times. Some 2,500 years ago, Pythagoras applied color light therapeutically and `color halls were used for healing in ancient Egypt, China and India.  Read more...

What a lofty goal it is to try and ‘heal the world’, dontcha think?

Sometimes when I step back and look at the big picture of where our world is, the hatred, discrimination, hunger, oppression, war, crimes against humanity or simply our neighbor, it completely overwhelms me and boggles my mind.

All you have to do is watch 20 minutes of news to get a taste of what is wrong with our world and our people and to have the thought creep in, “it’s hopeless, what can *I* do to change all this?”

Many of us sit in our offices, homes and cars listening to news broadcasts and wondering just that. And this thought is often followed by “I’m just one person, I don’t know how to fix this.” And ya know, that is true. No one person can fix anything but him or herself.  Read more...

Now modern research agrees: color can positively affect our state of mind and health.

Here is a list of common ailments and symptoms, with the colors that can be helpful in healing them. We also include several easy ways to use colors for healing. It’s all right here:

We do not recommend that you use Color Therapy instead of allopathic medical treatment, but as a helpful partner along with more conventional therapies.

Red: anemia, cold, leukemia, numbness

Orange: agoraphobia, alcoholism, Arthritis, common cold, Constipation, Depression, fatigue, gallstones, gout, Kidney Disease, Liver Disease, Rheumatism, muscular stiffness, ulcers

Yellow: Arthritis, jaundice, Rheumatism

Green: Angina, chest pain, gastric ulcer, Heart Disease, peptic ulcer, trauma, tumors, warts

Turquoise: abscess, Acne, Asthma, boils, cold sore, dermatitis, Eczema, fatigue, fever, hay fever, pneumonia, stings, stress, swelling, Tension

Blue: Anxiety, Acne, Asthma, backache, blisters, Bruises, burns, cough, cramp, dermatitis, earache, emphysema, Flatulence, gallstones, German measles, glandular fever, hay fever, hernia, herpes, hiccups, influenza, itching, laryngitis, lumbago, mumps, PMS, sneezing, sores, sprains, stammering, stiffness, stings, stress, sunburn, Tonsillitis, toothache, wheezing  Read more...

Keep it Simple

All crystal healers develop their own style of healing. The reason people choose Crystal Healing can give an indication of the approach they might later adopt; some choose Crystal Healing because of their love of Crystals, some to enhance other disciplines, and some because of their connection to the power within Crystals. This initial impulse will often direct them towards the mass of information and advice commercially available.

The problem is that some of it is contradictory. So how does the novice healer, or someone who wants to experience Crystal Healing for themselves, make the right choice? I found that I needed to focus on three areas of development at the same time. A trinity if you like. It consisted of the practical: a diploma course.

The personal: developing my own intuition, discrimination and spiritual power. Lastly the esoteric; I visit a deep trance medium who is able to bring through a crystal teacher from the casual plane. All three levels were equally important, especially the personal development because without that I could easily have given my power away.  Read more...

Crystals or Gemstones are potent sources of energy which can be used as an aid to healing. During a Crystal Healing therapy session, universal energy is channelled through the healer and this energy is magnified with the use of Crystals.

Each crystal has unique properties that deal with specific issues.

The Crystals used in healing are chosen, not by the healer, but by the client’s higher self. This is done by making a connection with the client using a pendulum and a method known as dowsing. There are many methods of healing with Crystals. Some, such as relieving a headache or toothache, can take as little as five minutes while full healings can take between 60-90 minutes or longer.

What can Crystal Healing heal?

Essentially, Crystal Healing helps you heal yourself. This is not a quick fix or an alternative solution to conventional medicine but a complimentary therapy. Crystal Healing works with physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual problems with a view to removing the dis-ease and making you at ease with yourself. This in turn will bring relief from physical pain and help you move your life forward.  Read more...

Elderly people respond to mental health differently than younger people. They are prone to developing more psychological disorders and can cope less effectively to triggering factors of mental impairments.

Let’s first take a look at how an old person lives-

Retiring could be one of the most enjoyable but dreaded years in the life of a person. Anybody who no longer has definite roles to take apart from being an older member of the society begins to question their own importance, sometimes even existence. Since a retired person no longer holds a job, he is free to use his time on any activity he chooses. The problem though is that he cannot establish a certain activity that would make life for him enjoyable for the rest of his life. He also feels that he is no longer important since his children who used to depend on him have already taken up their own lives, sometimes living him without company.  Read more...

When you hear people say meditation, there is a great chance that you will often think of Buddhist monks humming with their hands on their large beads. You will also imagine bald people in yellow robes reaching enlightenment. You have to consider that meditation isn’t only done by bald monks in yellow robes in order to reach enlightenment and know about Buddha’s words of wisdom, you have to consider that other religions, such as the Christian religion also practices meditation but in a very different way.

The Christian bible tells Christian followers to think about God’s word. You have to consider that what you think about affects the action you take. The mind is a powerful part of your body that can control your mind. So, by thinking about God’s words about the great things you have to do in order to benefit other people and help people who can’t help themselves, you will be making a good thing on society.  Read more...

The United States of America is considered to have one of the best penal systems in the world where it is enforced by people who work with the law. The US government tries really hard in order to enforce their laws against drugs and make an example of drug dealers and users by putting them away in prison. Perhaps, the US government tries too hard.

Today, there is a great book that you should read that states how people can be wrongfully incarcerated by the US system against drugs. This book is called the I Chong: Meditations from the Joint. Authored by Tommy Chong, a well known comedian who acts as Chong in Cheech & Chong, this book is a must read if you want a little humor on your reading. This book has been reviewed by book critics as entertaining and must be read by everyone who likes a little comedy.  Read more...

Today, there are a lot of people who finds it hard to relax. You have to consider the fact that in today’s very hectic life that people live in today, you may also find it hard to relax. Some people even have a hard time controlling their emotions but you have to remember that you should control your emotions in order to function well in society. However, controlling anger can be a very hard thing to do.

Even the simple reason of being stuck in a traffic jam or getting your hitting your toe to a hard object accidentally is not enough to overreact. However, you have to face the fact that people do overreact to situations like this. Who wouldnt? You get late for work and get a hard time from your boss because of a traffic jam, you too would be angry.  Read more...