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AN ATTITUDE FOR SUCCESS…from lifepositive.com

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Attitude is everything. If you think you can, you most certainly can. Success is
not closeted within some kind of brick and mortar premises. It assumes
the individuality of a complete act executed with perfection. Material
achievements do not define life. We do not remember the sports stars
for the products they endorse but the spirit of achievement they
represent. In the abundance of positive attitude underlies the grandeur
of a truly rewarding and rich life.

Ancient Indian wisdom believes that the most qualifying aspect of success lies
in following the four Purusharthas( tenets) of life. The Purusharthas
are based on the four tenets of artha (wealth,social security), kama
(fulfillment of desire), dharma( principles)and moksha (salvation).
Wealth or artha means earthly possessions and material gains. People
usually work hard
to procure such standards of success, and yet, find themselves wanting
more. Desires condemned by puritans the world over, is motivating force
behind all action that manifests as success. High moral credo or dharma
is a life based on principles. However the crowning glory to successful life is
moksha or freedom from all desires. Artha, kama, dharma and moksha
patterns a rite of passage for an adult life. According to Indian
thought, success depends upon the smooth transition of an individual through each of these passages.

However, the culture factor definitely influences the success expectation among a people.
http://www.lifepositive.com/mind/work/success/success.asp

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Heart-to-Heart Connection ~ Gaia Minute NEW YEAR

Recording of Heart-To-Heart Connection

Guided by Meenakshi

What’s speaking to us is the heart of Gaia. Each of us has felt that heart, we are that heart, and we speak to it.

Let’s settled down in the places wherever we are. Whether we’re walking or sitting..

Heart-to-Heart Connection ~ Gaia Minute NEW YEAR ~guided by Meenakshi

In the wonder of breath, begin to breathe from the earth. A deep breath in, from the heart of Mother Earth.

A long breath out, into the universe. The moon, the sun, the of stars

Today is a very special day because we’re on eve of the new moon. We’re also just a few hours away from a partial solar eclipse, when the moon will come between the earth and sun.

This is a time of inward movement, of understanding everything about ourselves. Our light and shadow. Both light and darkness are in the heart of Mother Earth. Each of them has a beauty which we just have to look into.

 

Take another deep breath in, from the earth and the stars, and a long breath out, connecting to  earth, moon, sun,stars

 

The third breath – deep breath in, from heart. A long breath, breathing light and love into the heart.

 

As you continue to breathe from your heart, see the doors begin to open.

In floats a beautiful soul. Resplendent, shining, pure. Your eyes connect. Your heart leaps. Your eyes may tear up. You’re face to face with yourself. Connect with heart to the wonder of your whole self.

 

Begin to breathe together. The portals of your heart begin to open even wider. See the ascended ones, angels, devas, beings of pure light.  They’re always around you, and they’re entering your heart. Breathe in light from their heart to yours.

 

The light pours into each cell of  your body, and you feel your heart leaping from your toes, ankes, legs, hips, abdomen, chest, throat, neck, face, head.

 

Settling into your space, you feel your arms open, your heart open, your energy open.

 

Exalted ones you have met in your earthly life, the ones living and who have passed on, come into this space. Sages, guides, gurus, spiritual mentors, inspiring teachers, Breathe in the blessings from their heart to yours.

 

Ancestors begin to gather in this space. Grandparents, great-grandparents, Elders. You feel a warm embrace. It holds you close. You feel carefree, like a child.

Gaia.

All the people whom you love, begin to enter into the space of your loving heart. Mother. Father. Brothers. Sisters. Children. Friends.  Strangers whom  you have never met. You feel a heart connection with them all. See them, Know them. Greet them.

 

We’re all sitting in a circle, in that beautiful place. Look around you. What do you sense with each of your senses? What can you touch? Hear? See? Smell? How do you feel inside, in that deepest heart?

 

In the center of the circle is a sacred fire. It arises from the molten core of the earth, hear ever-living heart. Around it is a ring of water. You see dolphins, whales, the creatures of the deep- primeval, intelligent, living, connected.

 

Look up and see the eagle circling overhead, hawk, condor, the birds beginning to gather. Hummingbirds, cardinals, blue jays. Call in all the animals and the birds who are in your life. On the outskirts of the circle, is a forest, rich in life. The wild ones wait there. Fox, bear…which animals do you see? What message do you receive?

 

Fragrance fills the air.

 

The breeze begins to reverberate with a beautiful song of harmony.

 

we are in the now.
we are connected in heart.
we are in the timeless zone.

all our words, our talk, our walk, our paths, our musings, our inspirations,have brought us to this place.

in silence is the message heard
far clearer than the spoken word
heart to heart together resounding

breathe in, breathe out

Gaia is breathing.

 

Every day when I connect to you, Gaia, I am aware of all those who sit with me in stillness. Our connection is Gaia.

 

Slowly wiggle your toes, move your limbs, begin to sway with the energy of the place you are in…and when you’re ready, open your eyes gently, letting the light in, connecting to the inner light that you have connected to in this meditation. Turn your head around, and carry the energy of this connection.

 

Your heart is expanded, and all Gaia is here.

Namaste.

The Sacred Breath

The Sacred Breath guided by Anna

Let’s spend a few moments bringing awareness to our body… if we are sitting on our cushion, or the floor or on the chair … bringing awareness to the body… run the mind though the body … Becoming aware of any tension or any resistance in the body … and letting go… letting go of all tension… all resistance in the body… … Starting at the feet and running the mind all the way to the top of the head… and saying mentally with each out breath, “I let go… I let go”… … bring the awareness to the eyelids which meet gently… the eyelids are meeting gently… behind the eyelids the eyes are soft… … all the muscles in the body are soft and relaxed…

…Bring the awareness to Sound… bring the awareness to Sound… become aware of Sound in the immediate environment… without attaching to the sounds, without trying to name the sound… simply let the awareness move from sound to sound… let the awareness go outside the room and beyond … roaming from sound to sound… … see how far into the distance you can roam… … birds… traffic… animals… sounds of people… perhaps there’s a breeze… … bring the awareness back into the room … now see if you can hear the sound of your own breath… see if you can hear the sound of your own breath… … bringing awareness to the breath that has been doing itself all the time…

… Bringing awareness to the breath, the soft relaxed natural breath… become aware of the coolness in the inhalation and the warmth of the exhalation… the cool inhalation and the warm exhalation… … Bring awareness to both nostrils and and see if you can feel if one nostril is warmer than the other with the inhalation … … bringing awareness to both nostrils and seeing if one nostril is warmer and the other cooler… … now see if you can see if one nostril is more dominant … when you breathe in is one nostril more dominant… throughout the day the nostrils alternate, one being more dominant than the other… then switching over… see if you can see which nostril is more dominant now… … See if you can notice Kumbhaka, the breath retention, natural pause… at the beginning and end of each breath… there’s a little space at the beginning and end of each breath… … it is in this space of Kumbhaka that the next breath is born… observe the breath… The complete breath… The inhalation… Kumbhaka… exhalation… Kumbhaka…

…Become aware Where you are breathing… which part of the lungs you are using to breathe… are you breathing more into the abdomen… or the chest… are you breathing into the ribcage… … is the breath shallow or is the breath deep… Not changing anything, just bringing awareness to the breath… breath awareness… practicing breath awareness… … Is the exhalation longer than the inhalation… or is the exhalation shorter than the inhalation… just bringing awareness to the breath…

…Keeping the eyes closed, let the finger tips meet on each side of the navel… Bringing the hands on the abdominal area and let the finger tips meet on each side of the navel… and breath into the navel area… the abdominal breath… as you breathe in, your finger tips will separate, as the abdominal area rises… as you exhale your finger tips will meet again as the abdominal area descends… practicing the abdominal breath… finger tips meeting on each side of the navel, resting on the abdominal area… expanding into the naval area with the inhalation so that the finger tips separate… and as you exhale, they meet again, as the abdominal area falls… the rise and fall of the breath in the abdominal area… practice this for a little while… … Now lets breathe into the ribcage… resting one hand on the abdominal area, one hand remains on the abdomen- so that you can feel it becoming still and the other hand can rest on the ribcage and feel the ribcage rise and fall… the ribs expand outwardly and up as you inhale… and descend as you exhale… feel the ribcage rise and fall with each in and out breath… … and now going to the collarbones… we won’t spend a long time here – it’s a very shallow breath… you can just pant lightly if you like into the base of the throat… becoming aware of the breath right at the top of the lungs at the collar bones, at the base of the throat almost… … now we’re going to bring all three breaths together… The abdominal area, ribcage and collarbones to breathe the Full Yogic Breath… breathing into first the abdominal area… feel it rise… let it flow over into the ribcage… finally into the collarbones… as the whole lung fills… hold, aware of Kumbhaka, the natural pause… and begin to exhale from the collarbones, then the ribcage and finally contracting the navel area as you expel the last of the breath … then hold for Kumbhaka … beginning again at the abdominal area … flowing into the ribcage … collarbones… Kumbhaka… and like a water jug, emptying out from the top to the bottom… you begin to exhale from the collarbones… the ribcage… and finally contracting the navel area to expel the last of the breath… Kumbhaka… continue like that… … You can practice the Full Yogic Breath in your own time whenever you wish… and if you like you can bring counting into the practice, counting, “one Om,… two Om…”, into each area, so that the exhalation and inhalation are equal and balanced…

Cease the practice of the Full Yogic Breath and return to the natural relaxed breath… just inhale deeply and sigh out the breath and return to the relaxed natural breath… … now we are going to count backwards with each inhalation and exhalation… we’ll start at 27… inhale 27.. exhale 27… inhale 26… exhale 26… and so on… continue like that, counting backwards from 27 to 1 … counting the breath backwards… If your mind wanders or if you miss a count, simply start again at 27… counting the breath backwards 27 to 1… … If the mind wanders, simply bring it back and continue the practice…

… Now you can cease the counting… and simply rest the awareness on the natural breath… cease the counting… aware of the natural breath… the natural inhalation and exhalation … just be aware of breathing in Love and breathing out Compassion… breathing in Love and breathing out Compassion… … bring your awareness back to sitting… back to your body… Don’t cease the breath practice, continue the breath practice as you bring your awareness back to the body… breathing in Love… breathing out Compassion… I’m aware that I’m sitting… I’m aware of my environment… breathing in Love… breathing out Compassion… … breathing in Love… breathing out Compassion…. I open my eyes… breathing in Love… breathing out Compassion… I start my day…

Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti

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Tai: profoundly relaxing Anna
in thanks
Tai

Johanna: What fascinates me, is that Kriya Masters who teach these pranayama practices tell us that we were the original gardeners for this heaven-garden called Mother Gaia, and that when we breathe the love breath in the spine (kriya) until it generates heat, we know we have then begun to produce an energy called “prana” or “life force”; the heat of the love-breath in the spine produces FOOD to cause a shinning healthy vibrance that plants can only receive from HUMAN produced love-breath…!!! HHHhhhhhhhhhmmmmmm (sigh) This is really evident when one travels into deep jungle places where the original people are still practicing the original ceremonies and prayer forms (breath words) of their ancestors; the vegetation in these places is profoundly plush, radiant and magnetically shinning; as are the people! Anna, you are a shinning star, so happy to know you! johanna parry cougar

Meenakshi: The focus on breath was very healing. Thank you Anna, for the wonderful meditation.  Johanna, I’m so glad you mentioned the Kriya masters. Ever since I learned that special breath, it’s changed my life. Even just the thought or mindfulness of breathing …for after all, breath is our reminder every moment of our human life on this beautiful planet earth. Thanks again, Anna and Johanna. It’s really refreshing! Like your lotus Tai.

OM: It was lovely, Anna. I also imagined Gaia breathing along with me, and through me, and exchanging breaths with Gaia’s plants, each of us feeding the other. Sacred indeed. Thank you for the deep meditation. Blessings, OM

I am happy to share these lovely meditations and feedback. ~ Kathy

Slow blossoming of the Sacred Lotus ~ Gaia Minute

Slow blossoming of the Sacred Lotus guided by Anna

… preparing for today’s Gaia Minute practice, become aware of sitting on the cushion or the seat… you may be lying down. Just bring awareness into the posture, to the body… Run your mind through the whole body… letting go of all tension and all resistance. Starting at the feet, running your mind through the whole body all the way top of the head…

Become aware of the posture. The spine is completely straight like an arrow… the energy moves up and down the spine… the whole body is firm but relaxed. The palms are facing upwards in a receptive mode… palms are facing upwards in a receptive mode… aware of the blessings all about… the whole body is firm but relaxed… all the muscles are soft… bring the awareness to the eyelids gently meeting each other… the eyelids are softly meeting… and behind the eyelids the eyes are soft… all the face muscles are relaxed… the jaw is slightly parted… and the tongue curls naturally in the mouth… bring the awareness to the soft relaxed natural breath… the soft relaxed natural breath… just follow this breath for a little while… be aware of the sweetness of the air you are breathing in… following the relaxed natural breath… which does itself all the time… become aware of the dark friendly space behind the eyes… look deeply into the dark friendly space behind the eyes…

… Before you a lake is opening up… become aware of a beautiful sparkling lake… the waters are still… the surface shines like a mirror… bring all you awareness to visualising this beautiful clear lake… lake of water spread before your eyes… the internal vision… glistening water… sparkling…

… In front of you in the middle of the lake… a lotus blossom… a single lotus blossom… in the middle of the lake… look at the colour of this lotus blossom… see the texture of the closed petals… you begin to see the faintest movement as the outer petals slowly begin to open… notice the outer petals of the lotus blossom slowly opening… and as you watch they stretch out… the petals are beautifully arranged in a sacred circle… open to the light… the next layer begins to slowly open… visualise the next layer of lotus petals opening… keeping the focus on the beautiful lotus… the next layer begins to open… and as you watch layer after layer… the beautiful petals uncurl and open… the sacred lotus in the middle of the lake… and now all the petals are open… and you can see the beautiful centre of the lotus…

… Look closely at the beautiful lotus… which is open to the sun… and as you look you see a little droplet of water… pure water… a little droplet on one of the petals… the droplet moves… rolls down toward the edge of the lotus petal… it gathers on the edge… the droplet drips into the lake below… watch the droplet fall… the droplet lands in the lake and you see the ripples… for the first time in this mirror there is movement… you see the ripples and the lotus reflecting in the lake… become aware of the lotus as your own heart … open to the light… hold this loving image in the mind…

… As you bring your awareness back to sitting on the cushion or chair or lying down… bringing the awareness back to the body… the soft relaxed natural breath… becoming aware of the environment… when you’re ready you can rub your thumbs along the tips of your fingers… wiggle your toes… inhale deeply… sigh out the breath… and open the eyes… ready to start your beautiful day

© 2010 The Gaia Minute Call

Security ~ Gaia Minute

Security guided by Kathy

Good Morning, It’s Kathy. Welcome back from last week. Be in a comfortable position… walking, sitting… whatever is comfortable for you. Breath in… out…Swami Shraddhananda asked at the very beginning of The Gaia Minute to put our palms up, saying:

 

Pray… Pray… Pray…Gaia [mother earth] needs your prayers.

Just pray with total surrender,

in complete faith…and that prayer collectively done

–at least 1,000 or 1,500 people,

done at the same time,

will generate the positive healing energy for all of us.

Not asking for anyone special,

not even for the betterment of general life.

Nothing… Just surrender and praying.

We are going to start off praying or meditating for Mother Earth. Please direct your attention on the places she needs healing in present time. Put your attention on India & Pakistan & Russia where there are fires and floods going on and imagine it whole with healing energy. We are going to take a moment and put positive energy into those places and locations that come up in your mind.

[Speaker takes a pause with you. You can pause this recording to allow yourself time & space as needed... thank you]

Self confidence alone is security.

Your ability is your security.

There is no security but YOU.

Let’s make the best possible you.

We know how. Almost all of the things

you thought of about handling anything

in our life and on Mother Earth

can be remedied by your own actions without

consulting for a moment the permission of

anything or anyone. Innately, deep down you know this.

Actually, you are a giant tied down by cotton lint. You

tied the knots and furnished the string and said

where you’d lie.

The only trouble you might have is refusing to untie it yourself. For some strange but discoverable reason, having to help yourself and tell yourself what to do to have security; and, you have the concern for others and the concern for planet earth to burst these light strands and stand up. You have that power.

We are here to offer any kind of inspiration by listening to these different weekly meditations over and over, and by coming and meditating daily together palms up. We’ll give you inspiration. We’ll help each other have inspiration.

It’s a cold hard basic truth that

you are vital and you are necessary

and you are a part of this world.

And anything that is wrong with any of us,

we have assumed it ourselves in an effort to be what has passed for as “human”.

We all are spiritual beings. Some people may not know that yet.

It’s ok to tell somebody they have the power of energy healing within themselves for self and Mother Earth. Send or put a positive thought into something.  To animate THINGS… like your computer… or planting seeds, it starts with a thought and you have the power to cause actions. There is power in collective agreement.

We can change things for the better.

Look around your environment and discover things that

are not a threat. Looking… breathing doing this until you feel better

about the environment today.

In all of our environments little things like picking up the trash on the part of the world you live in, know that it does make a difference. You make a difference. [breathing... ] thinking of all of the times you help animate things. We DO help Mother Earth… all spiritual beings helping one an other daily. Thank you so much Mother Earth for giving to us and thank you each for giving back.

We are now going to pray:May the universe enable all men
to reach an understanding
of their spiritual nature.

May awareness and
understanding of life expand,
so that all may come to know
their own paths and their own ways
of the universe.

And may others also
reach this understanding
which brings Total Freedom.

At this time, we think of those
whose liberty is threatened;
of those who have suffered
imprisonment for their beliefs,
of those who are enslaved
or martyred, and for all those
who are brutalized, trapped
or attacked.

We pray that human rights
will be preserved
so that all people may believe
and worship freely,
so that freedom
will once again
be seen in our land.

Freedom from war,
and poverty, and want;
freedom to be;
freedom to do;
and freedom to have.

Freedom to use and
understand man’s potential–
a potential that is God-given
and Godlike.

And freedom to achieve
that understanding
and awareness that is
Total Freedom.

And May God let it be so.

Thank you so much for joining today. It’s special because you are here with us.

Namasté