Meditation: Go Deep Quick! Pt 2

Learning to meditate can be somewhat challenging. If you really want to develop these skills, it isn’t terribly difficult, but it will take some time and effort. Using traditional methods, it can take years to make significant headway. Students are often left to meditate with very little guidance. Some just sit in place for hours wondering if and when anything will happen for them. Eventually, this will yield results, but few of us have the patience for such methods. This is the 21st... Read more »

Real Growth: Reward Yourself!

It is very easy, particularly for students of meditation to get lost in austerity and ascetic practice. There is something to be said for learning to accept and transmute discomfort and pain, but it will drastically increase the momentum of your practice if you learn to reward yourself. Ultimately, no learning will take place without the subconscious mind getting involved. The subconscious mind handles long term memory. Typically, the conscious mind tends to bounce around day-to-day rather whimsically.... Read more »

Secrets of Super Learning Pt 4

We tend to be very driven. When we are consciously aware of and in control of this quality, it can be very useful. Of course, being aware of and in control of your compulsions, impressions, and experiences might be better described as ‘driving’. For most of us, we are ‘driven’ as opposed to ‘driving’. When this is the case, it is hard to truly learn anything new… we attempt to understand it in terms of what we have already learned. In order to really... Read more »

Meditation: Go Deep Quick! Pt 1

Meditation can be a very long path. If you are a serious student, you will practice for the rest of your life. Sometimes it takes years to make significant headway. Frequently, students just sit in silence wondering what is supposed to happen… if they do it long enough, eventually the change in consciousness will come. This is why some choose to forsake the rest of the world; this allows them to focus entirely on their inner journey. Of course, there are other ways. There are quite a few... Read more »

Techniques How To Meditate

Many people have asked about different techniques how to meditate. There are a variety of different ways, but the basic principles are universal. Meditation in some form or another seems to be a part of most cultures. The methods and techniques are different, of course, but the practice of meditation in some form is found almost everywhere The most common techniques of meditation as a formal practice most likely developed somewhere in the East. India is the most probable birthplace of formal meditation... Read more »

Hypnosis Myths Exploded - The Secrets and Benefits of Self-Hypnosis

Over the years, hypnosis has picked up all sorts of weird associations from stage hypnotists, the media and superstition. This is a great shame, because in reality, hypnosis is your single most effective tool for change - ranging from smoking cessation and weight loss, to pain and management stress. Hypnosis is your birthright, and you should know how to use it so it doesn’t use you. Here we dispel the biggest hypnosis myths. Hypnosis Myth 1: All hypnosis is the same. As with anything, hypnosis... Read more »

Using the Internet for Stress Management - Anxiety - Meditation - Hypnosis - Relaxation - Sleep

Since 1997, Herbert Benson, of the Harvard Medical School, has reaffirmed that “Sixty to ninety percent of [doctor-patient] visits are prompted by conditions related to stress.” Especially in today’s world, stress management is truly vital to emotional, relational, and overall physical health. As a psychologist, I understand that most tend to consider meditative exercises as too difficult to learn; and too time consuming to practice. Although activities like watching television... Read more »

Enlightenment By Design: Discover The Real You!

What is enlightenment? How does one design a path by which he or she can achieve enlightenment? Enlightenment is a vague concept, and that might be part of its power. Debates often rage on the subject when it is actually just a misunderstanding of terminology between the different traditions. To paint a clear picture of what you are seeking, you have to ask yourself “What is it that I want to be able to do that I can’t do right now?” You might also ask “What is the difference... Read more »

Real Meditation: The Nature of Liberation!

I teach a variety of different skill-sets from a variety of traditions. The goal of the whole thing, however, is liberation… freedom. Currently, most of the people in the world are slaves to their programming… neurological slaves. Whatever patterns are in their nervous system, are basically who they are. Most of us have no idea what patterns we are living out. There are methods of changing this. Some call it creating ’space’. Some call it discovering the ‘true... Read more »

Real Yoga: Voyage Into The Self!

Yoga has become an interesting fitness trend in America. Incidentally, Yoga can be an excellent way to get in shape, lose weight, etc. If this is all you do with Yoga, though, you are missing quite a bit. Yoga is another method of contacting and expressing the self through the body. If you pay attention, going through these exercises will give you a chance to become more familiar with your body. When you learn to maintain a state of deep focus (through Yoga or any other exercise), you will begin... Read more »