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Meditation

Meditation refers to a family of mental exercises designed to focus attention in a way that interrupts the typical flow of thoughts, worries, and analysis (Shapiro, 1984; Wilson, 1986).

Meditation takes many forms and has many meanings in various cultures. Here we are interested in meditation as a self-control strategy for lowering physical and mental arousal. People who regularly use meditation as a stress reduction technique often report less daily physical arousal and anxiety. Even if meditation is not practiced daily, it may be a useful technique for interrupting worries and fearful thinking (Wilson, 1986).

Meditation takes two major forms. In concentrative meditation, attention is given to a single focal point, such as an object, a thought, or one's own breathing. In contrast, receptive meditation is “open,” or expansive. That is, attention is widened to include a non-judgmental awareness of one's total subjective experience and presence in the world (Walsh, 1984).

An example of this type of meditation is losing all self-consciousness while walking in the wilderness with quiet and receptive mind. Although it may not seem so, receptive meditation is regarded as more difficult to attain than concentrative meditation (Smith, 1986).

Contemplation

          For Emil Varda

Spots we dwells
For while,

People we meet
On the Way...

Call from Unknown
Is a milestone.

World is a pair
Of wings - to unfold,

World might be heavy stone.

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The Beauty

The Beauty dwells in, out - just little sign for You Attention.

Peak Experiences

Blanketed by an azure sky, orange-yellow rays of the setting sun can, at special times, gift us with a moment of such considerable beauty, we find ourselves momentarily stunned, with  frozen gaze. The splendor of the moment so dazzles us, our compulsively chattering minds give pause, so as not to mentally whisk us away to a place other than the here-end-now. Bathed in luminescence, a door seems to open to another reality, always present, yet rarely witnessed.


Abraham Maslow called these "peak experiences," since they represent the high moments of life where we joyfully find ourselves catapulted beyond the confines of the mundane and ordinary. Might just as well have called them "peak" experiences. During these expansive occasions, we sneak glimpse of eternal realm of Being itself. If only foe a brief moment in time, we come home to our True Self.


"Ah," one might sigh, "so grand... if only I could stay here. But how do I take up permanent residence?"

Foreword to the Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now. A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment" by Russ DiCarlo
Author, Towards A New World View: Conversations at the Leading Edge,
Erie, Pennsylvania USA
January, 1998

Souvenirs

A lonely room and empty chair
Another day so hard to bear
The things around me that I see remind me of
The past and how it all used to be
From souvenirs to more souvenirs I live
With days gone by when our hearts had all to give
From souvenirs to more souvenirs I live
With dreams you left behind
I'll keep on turning in my mind
There'll never be another you
No one will share the worlds we knew
And now that loneliness has come to take your place
I close my eyes and see your face

Souvenirs

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