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Carolyn Smagalski
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Ancient Daoists practiced the Art of Meditation, or quietude,
in order to connect to the world. They believed that, when
you train your mind to be silently aware, you open up a field
of possibilities that would not be available to you on the
lower plain of thought. By not commanding thoughts to occur,
you experience, directly and immediately, the forces of
creativity and magnetism found in the higher levels of human
consciousness.
Deepak Chopra speaks of this phenomenon in his book, The
Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. He points out that
"trees do not try to grow - they just grow; flowers do
not try to bloom - they just bloom..." It is our
inherent nature to experience success and satisfaction in our
life and in our work.
If we desire for this to occur, we must find the one thing
that we do that is unique to our own personality - the one
thing we can do better than anyone else on the earth - that
one thing that makes great amounts of time pass without
seeming like more than a minute - for, in that, we will find
true success.
Meditation is a continuous process, and can be said to have
three stages: relaxation, interiorization, and expansion,"
wrote John Novak in Lessons In Meditation.
Relaxation involves centered breathing and focus.
Interiorization has to do with your level of concentration on
the state of being. Expansion is that state of absorption
when your level of consciousness is in readiness to accept new
ideas. This can be a very empowering experience.
You might call it the "day of rest" phenomenon. You need that
"down time" in order to create more effective "up time." Ted
Turner is famous for scheduling a 2 week block of time,
boarding his boat with no paperwork, no cell phone and no
computers, and allowing himself a "mental break" to just
"be." He comes back refreshed and able to focus with
astounding acuity.
Quietude has the "power of force" within its whispering
breeze. It is like the softness of water that slowly wears
down a rock.
Structure the time in your life so you will have time for
quiet focus. Replenish yourself. It doesn't matter when you
choose to have this time. It only matters that you do.
You will be amazed at the power you draw from within.
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