Meditation
Breathe
So simple, and yet so effective. Take a few deep breaths, and then for a few minutes, just focus on your breathing. Concentrate on your breathing as it comes into your body, and then as it goes out. It has a calming effect, especially if you continue to return your focus to your breath when your mind strays. It also allows other thoughts to just float away.
Note: some people might call this meditation, but that word scares some people off, so we’re just going to call it breathing.
The Sweet Spot
Isn’t it an exhilarating feeling when you are able to blur the world around you and calibrate your brain to get lost in the work you’re doing? Whether you call it concentration, focus, escapism, flow, meditation or even work-induced trance, you have to admit that it’s a sweet spot.
If you are having trouble finding a focus, or if it seems hard to focus your energy with any intensity, here is a simple exercise that I found at Moksha Mantra.
A simple concentration exercise
You can practice the following concentration exercise to hone your focusing skills.
Sit in a quiet room or a quiet place and make sure you will not be interrupted. Focus on any object or image. It could be a painting or a photo or even a candle. But, ensure that the object you focus on is not repulsive. Expect that your mind will mind wander. This is fine. Whenever you get distracted, gently bring your focus back on the object. If you find yourself becoming tense, simply relax and breathe. And gently bring your focus back on the object. Practice this exercise for at least 15 minutes a day.
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This could be tweaked a bit for the project by using an image or collection of images that symbolize or identify those circumstances, situations, and things you’d like to bring more of into your life.
A Nice Violet Flame Meditation
From the Daily Om, here is a very simple and very nice Violet Flame Meditation:
Adding a violet flame meditation once in a while to your daily practice is a lovely way to feel a fresh sense of peace. The violet flame is a powerful tool anyone can use in meditation. It helps release negative karma, raise your consciousness awareness, the frequency of your vibration, and accelerate your spiritual growth.
Energy can’t be erased but it can be changed, transmuting negative into positive, darkness into light. This allows you to make the choices you feel negatively about become positive, while also changing your emotional experience. Physically, the violet flame releases emotions and energy pent up within that make you vulnerable to illness and disease.
The violet flame in meditation uses a combination of affirming thoughts and visualization.
Once centered, begin by surrounding yourself with white-and-blue protective energy. You may even want to call on archangel Michael for his protection while you go into this powerful spiritual state. Then repeat thoughts such as “I am cleansed and purified by the violet flame.”
Picture a huge bonfire before you, its immensity making you feel small beside it, and marvel as the colors flicker between purple, violet, and bright pink. Sense its warmth while noticing that it will not burn you. Step into the flame, letting it surround you entirely while also filling the spaces in your body, your thoughts, even the cells and molecules within you.
Once there, focus on the positive things you’d like to create in your life or your hopes for others. Visualize the violet flame in the midst of the scenes as they unfold in your mind. You may want to ask that the power of the flame be multiplied to assist those in need.
When you have finished your meditation, be sure to close with gratitude. The violet flame is a powerful tool that should be used consciously and with intent. Forgetting to close with thanks keeps you connected and may lead to the unintentional misuse of this energy. It is always a good idea when finished with any spiritual practice to give thanks as this creates closure.
Saints and adepts throughout the ages have known how to use the violet flame, but it is available for all to use to raise our awareness and, eventually, that of all mankind.
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