Description
Table Of Contents
List of Exercises/xi
Introduction
What Exactly Is Meditation Anyway? 1
Your Mental Meditation Equipment
1 Why Meditate? / 13
Meditation Goals
2. Getting Ready to Meditate / 21
The Meditation Setting
Clothing
Choosing Your Meditation Posture
Eyes Open or Closed?
Tips for Making Your Meditation More Comfortable
But It Hurts to Sit Still
3. Concentration and Awareness / 33
Development of Awareness
Unconditional Positive Regard
Insight and Intuition
4. Be Kind to Yourself / 41
5 .Getting Past the First Step / 49
Focus of Attention
What to Expect
Benefits of Shamata Practice for the Beginner
6. Experiencing Insight and Intuition / 57
7. Altered States of Consciousness / 65
Meditation Goal
The Role of Medication
How Much to Meditate
8. Thinking About Thinking / 81
Personality Types
Representational Systems
Confused Yet?
9. Yoga and Meditation / 91
Yoga Practices
Yantra
Mantra
Visualization
10. Kundalini Meditation / 101
11. Walking Meditation / 111
Labyrinths
12. Athletic and Other Kinds of Performance / 119
Performance as Meditation
13. Dream Meditations / 127
Using Meditation to Call a Dream
14. Tarot and Other Archetypal Meditations / 137
Studying Tarot Using Meditation
Other Meditations on Archetypes
15. Healing Meditation / 145
Healing Others
When Physical Healing Is Not Possible
Healing with Color
16. Finding What Works for You / 163
Distractions
Combining Meditations
17. Identifying Personal Meditation Goals / 173
Using Meditation to Quit Smoking
or Eliminate Any Drug Habit
Weight Loss and Meditation
18. Deepening Your Spiritual Life / 185
19. Mapping Your Personal Creative Process / 193
20. Labeling / 201
21. Creating a Meditation Space / 207
Cushion or Chair
Table or Shrine
Wall Decorations
22. Soul Mate Meditation / 213
Opening to Your Soul Mate
23. About the Divine / 221
Afterword
Space and Clarity / 231
Glossary / 233
Bibliography / 237
Index / 241
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