Love Life Meditations

From the international bestselling author of Awareness, a pocket-sized guide that will bring you to new levels of spiritual awareness. The Way To Love contains the final flowering of Anthony de Mello's thought, and in it he grapples with the ultimate question of love. In thirty-one meditations, he implores his readers with his usual pithiness to break through illusion, the great obstacle to love. "Love springs from awareness," de Mello insists, saying that it is only when we see others as they are that we can begin to really love. But not only must we seek to see others with clarity, we must examine ourselves without misconception. The task, however, is not easy. "The most painful act," de Mello says, "is the act of seeing. But in that act of seeing that love is born." Anthony De Mello was the director of the Sadhana Institute of Pastoral Counseling in Poona, India, and authored several books. The Way To Love is his last.

Meditation is like a love affair with your innermost self. At times it can be ecstatic and entrancing, other times simple and still—and sometimes you might not even feel its profound effects until later. Now with Meditation for the Love of It, Sally Kempton shares practical secrets to help us turn meditation into an unconditional embrace of the fullness of our experience—on and off the meditation cushion. With the gentle wisdom and compassion of one who understands the nuances of practice, she opens us to the joy of exploring the deep and mysterious inner landscape of the heart, mind, and body. Drawing on her 40 years as a teacher and a fellow meditator, Sally teaches us how we can connect to our inner longings and creative shakti energy to allow the transformative gifts and blessings of meditation to unfold. With playfulness and devotion—two key attitudes in sustaining a daily practice—she shares indispensable guidance for this voyage of self-discovery, including: How to tune in to your own “meditation channel,” a bandwidth of tranquillity, energy, and joy Why you don’t need a quiet mind to meditate How the force known as Kundalini can fuel your practice Connecting to your ever-present Inner Beloved to let go of conditioned ideas about yourself and make space for the True Self to come forth Ripening your practice beyond technique into the “sweet mysterious expanse of spontaneous meditation” More than 20 practices for bringing the peace and insight of meditation into your daily life “Remember: what you seek in meditation is your own Beloved, your own inner intelligence, your own Awareness, and your own Truth,” teaches Sally. Meditation for the Love of It points us back to our own intimate heart of hearts, our own deepest experience, and the bliss of existence itself.

THIS BOOK IS FOR ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN TURNING THE BASE METAL OF SELF INTO GOLD. WHO CHOOSES A LIFE FULL OF SELF-FULFILLED PROMISES! This book will become your companion and guide, as it steers you on a magnificent homecoming journey through these pages, just as many mentees have done before you on this Rainbow Path Meditation Series journey. Carol Watson has been guiding groups since 2005 and has over one hundred and eighty scripts and growing. Thirty-five will be shared on these pages. You’ll love these spiritual stories that are deeply meditative, as you connect with your inner child, your own gorgeous inner male and female, higher self and Great Spirit. Kirsty, a regular member of one of our circles, assures ‘What’s not to love!’ You will be guided, as you read, to help stitch the fabric of a new life pattern for yourself—one full of self-acceptance, reflection, deep peace, the forgiveness of self and others and how you can repair and heal all the parts of you, once neglected. You’ll make friends with your true self and the beautiful wise ones you will meet along this real homecoming journey; beings such as the Protector, Archangel Michael, St Margaret of Scotland. You’ll befriend your Animal Guides and find wisdom from the tree magic you experience, as well as the elemental beings and medicinal herbs. Colour and healing reconnect you to the golden threads of you that begin to emerge as you go. Base metal is turned into gold as you travel. This book incorporates life coaching and NLP tools, along with spiritual techniques and affirmations to bring you to a new place, a new you. A brighter, lighter, bigger, better YOU. You’ll stretch in ways you never knew possible, find solace in a quieter mind you will learn how to control, and enjoy a happier heart and soul. ABUNDANCE AND JOY AWAIT YOU. SHALL WE?

In How to Love Yourself in Less Than 50 Years, Marese Hickey shares effective tools and techniques based on seventeen years' experience as a clinical hypnotherapist and master energy healer. This gentle and compassionate starter kit includes meditations, exercises, healing techniques and personal reflections on her own journey to good self esteem. Kindness to self is the first step in finding out that to be loved by others, you must love yourself first. Learn simple yet powerful ways to create your own healing, hope and happiness. It's time to finally leave the past behind you and experience the sweetness of life - in less than fifty years!

A rare, intimate account of a world-renowned Buddhist monk’s near-death experience and the life-changing wisdom he gained from it “One of the most inspiring books I have ever read.”—Pema Chödrön, author of When Things Fall Apart “This book has the potential to change the reader’s life forever.”—George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo At thirty-six years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan masters and the respected abbot of three monasteries. Then one night, telling no one, he slipped out of his monastery in India with the intention of spending the next four years on a wandering retreat, following the ancient practice of holy mendicants. His goal was to throw off his titles and roles in order to explore the deepest aspects of his being. He immediately discovered that a lifetime of Buddhist education and practice had not prepared him to deal with dirty fellow travelers or the screeching of a railway car. He found he was too attached to his identity as a monk to remove his robes right away or to sleep on the Varanasi station floor, and instead paid for a bed in a cheap hostel. But when he ran out of money, he began his life as an itinerant beggar in earnest. Soon he became deathly ill from food poisoning—and his journey took a startling turn. His meditation practice had prepared him to face death, and now he had the opportunity to test the strength of his training. In this powerful and unusually candid account of the inner life of a Buddhist master, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche offers us the invaluable lessons he learned from his near-death experience. By sharing with readers the meditation practices that sustain him, he shows us how we can transform our fear of dying into joyful living. Praise for In Love with the World “Vivid, compelling . . . This book is a rarity in spiritual literature: Reading the intimate story of this wise and devoted Buddhist monk directly infuses our own transformational journey with fresh meaning, luminosity, and life.”—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge “In Love with the World is a magnificent story—moving and inspiring, profound and utterly human. It will certainly be a dharma classic.”—Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart “This book makes me think enlightenment is possible.”—Russell Brand

One of the most beloved and trusted mindfulness teachers in America offers a lifeline for difficult times: the RAIN meditation, which awakens our courage and heart Tara Brach is an in-the-trenches teacher whose work counters today's ever-increasing onslaught of news, conflict, demands, and anxieties--stresses that leave us rushing around on auto-pilot and cut off from the presence and creativity that give our lives meaning. In this heartfelt and deeply practical book, she offers an antidote: an easy-to-learn four-step meditation that quickly loosens the grip of difficult emotions and limiting beliefs. Each step in the meditation practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) is brought to life by memorable stories shared by Tara and her students as they deal with feelings of overwhelm, loss, and self-aversion, with painful relationships, and past trauma--and as they discover step-by-step the sources of love, forgiveness, compassion, and deep wisdom alive within all of us.

This is a book of ideas to spark your own creative thinking process. It will give you an opportunity to see other ways to approach your experiences. . . . As you read this book, you may find statements that you dont agree with; they may clash with your own belief systems. Thats all right. Its what Louise calls stirring up the pot. She says, Yo...