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"When you feel your chest
contracting,
when there is stress
and despair,

that is a good sign
that you are trying to control
what cannot be controlled.

That is a good sign
that the best thing you can do
is surrender
and allow yourself
to experience what is there.

Thoughts of strategies,
justification and even revenge
could be swirling around
like a hurricane,
offering you something to hold on to.

But it is best to let them go,
to trust and allow,
to be vulnerable and humble
and absolutely pre… Continue

"There really is very little
you need to know about
meditation
in order to meditate deeply.

The simplest of techniques
can take you into
very high states of bliss.

Whether it be simply
watching your breath
move in and out of your body,

silently repeating the name of
a Saint, Guru or God
with every breath,

or focusing on your sense
of existing beyond thought.

It is not the technique
which is so important
but rather yo… Continue

"If you look
at your problems logically,
you will see that the past
is not your problem.

Whatever hurtful things happened
to you a minute ago,
a year ago,
a decade ago,
are no longer here.

But what happens
is the mind replays
the situation
over and over.

And you end up chewing on it,
being totally involved
and identified with it
without ever even
being conscious of it.

All of these incidents build up
& get replayed over and over
and it becomes your identity,
the program that determines
y… Continue