Meditation

Chakras, Sanskrit, and Shakti
Shakti Mantras
by Thom Ashley-Farrand
The efficacy of chanting specific Sanskrit mystical formulas was carefully hidden and safeguarded by Brahmin priests in India for countless generations. Eventually, however, this information leaked to the secular world, and the use of mantras quickly

Meditation - It's Not What You Think
Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness
by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
It might be good to clarify a few common misunderstandings about meditation right off the bat. First, meditation is best thought of as a way of being, rather than a technique or a collection of techniques. Meditation is a way of being, not a technique.

Making Peace with Yourself, Solitude
Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action
by John Dear
A few years before his death in 1999, the great Latin American advocate for the poor, Brazil's Archbishop Dom Helder Camara, was speaking at a crowded church in Berkeley, California. He was asked, 'After facing death squads, would-be assassins

Meditation 101
Diary of a Modern Day Goddess
by Cynthia Daddona
When you hear the word goddess, it conjures up an image of Greek mythology. Names like Venus, Aphrodite and Athena pop into your head. But in this wonderful book, award-winning writer Cynthia Daddona gives us a much simpler definition of a goddess

January, Part 1
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
January, the month of new beginnings and cherished memories, beckons. Come, let winter weave her wondrous spell: cold, crisp, woolen-muffler days, long dark evenings of savory suppers, lively conversations, or solitary joys.

Welcome to You
The Simple Abundance Companion
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
You are beautiful. Right now. Today. Just as you are, just the way you look as you read those three words: You. Are. Beautiful. Say it slowly aloud, as if the phrase were a foreign language, for it probably is. You are beautiful.

Shifting Gears
How to Calm Down: Three Deep Breaths to Peace of Mind
by Fred L. Miller
At any given moment during a typical day, does your blood pressure rise, your pulse rate hit 10 percent over normal, and your breathing seem to stop? Sound familiar? If so, read on.

Promises, Promises
The Simple Abundance Companion
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
During the early seventies I worked in London as a fledgling freelance writer and earned in a flush week about $75. Of necessity, I inhabited a dreary, cheerless cell euphemistically known as a bed-sitter.

Everyday Meditation
Ordinary Magic
by John Welwood, Ph.D.
Spiritual practice and meditation are often thought of as being the province of priests, monks, and nuns-those few individuals who have returned from the preoccupations of day-to-day life. This inspiring book reveals how the simple practice of mindfulness

Catching up with the Dream
The Simple Abundance Companion
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
A dream is a promise you make to Spirit and yourself. Sometimes it takes literally years to keep that promise, whether it's a home, a family, a career, or a lifestyle. Dreams cost sweat, frustration, tears, courage, choices, money, perseverance

Opening the Book of Secrets
The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life
by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
The greatest hunger in life is not for food, money, success, status, security, sex, or even love from the opposite sex. Time and again people have achieved all of these things and wound up still feeling dissatisfied-indeed, often more dissatisfied

In Inner Alchemy
Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart
by Tara Bennett-Goleman
From the window of my London hotel room Big Ben displays itself, a prominent, elegant presence amid the vista of river, billowing clouds, and spreading jumble of skyline. Big Ben has a grandeur as a piece of architecture, but I find my eye drawn more to

Chapter 1 - Moodlings
The Simple Abundance Companion
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Each one of us makes silent promises to ourselves-to lose ten pounds, begin an exercise program, stop smoking, or some other promise we swear we'll keep. Can you think of some promises you've made to yourself and not kept?

The Religion of the Samurai: A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan
by Kaiten Nukariya
Therefore far we have described the doctrine of Zen inculcated by both Chinese and Japanese masters, and in this chapter we propose to sketch the practice of mental training and the method of practicing Dhyana or Meditation.

The Treasure in the Oven
Be Still and Get Going: A Jewish Meditation Practice for Real Life
by Rabbi Alan Lew
For the past ten years, Rabbi Alan Lew has been teaching his congregation how two ancient traditions - classical Jewish writings and Zen meditation - can shed light on each other in electrifying ways.

Written Among the Quadi on the River Gran
The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations
by Scot Hicks, David Hicks
1. First thing every morning tell yourself: today I am going to meet a busybody, an ingrate, a bully, a liar, a schemer, and a boor. Ignorance of good and evil has made them what they are.

Situating Yourself: What Is Our Purpose Here?
Just Listen
by Nancy O'Hara
Like everyone else, you probably are searching for something in this life to satisfy a dream, a longing, or something that you can't even name. As you begin to read this book you may even have an agenda for yourself.

Preparing for Joy
Creating a Life of Joy : A Meditative Guide
by Salle Merrill Redfield
We all want the same good things out of life: happiness, prosperity, love. But we often aren't sure how to get there from here. In the spirit of her bestselling The Joy of Meditating, Salle Merrill Redfield offers a precise guide for learning how to live

A Journey: From Bach to Rock to Chant
Chanting: Discovering Spirit in Sound
by Robert Gass, Kathleen A. Brehony
The ancient art of chanting has long been embraced by the world's great religious traditions as a path to healing and enlightenment, but only recently has Western science begun to recognize its therapeutic effects on the body and mind.

Why We Meditate
How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery
by Lawrence LeShan
This simple, straightforward, yet powerful guide can help you-just as it has already helped hundreds of thousands of readers since its initial publication twenty-five years ago-reap the profound rewards of meditation.