______________ OPEN TO READ MORE ____________________ To sign up for my mailing updates and receive my videos in your inbox go here: http://eepurl.com/4PgKT You can also find me here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrongVidaBlog Google+: https://plus.google.com/b/11792681180... Twitter: https://twitter.com/darianacruzm Instagram: http://instagram.com/daricruzmunoz You are welcome to share the following TWEET or FB post if you liked the video We are born into a default false self (ego). We are here to discover our true self. Why? less ego = more joy @strongvidablog http://bit.ly/1GwSiSe I Meditate so I can see better options to act upon than what my ego offers @strongvidablog http://bit.ly/1GwSiSe ---------------------------------------------- Here are some written Q&As; about meditating that I go over on the video: Any tips? don't do it when you are sleepy. Meditation requires alertness. If you fall sleep is ok, try again next time. There are tons of ways of meditating find the one that works for you What type of environment works best? A quite space works best at the beginning. But noises can be really good because it will be more tempting for your chatter to be bothered by them. So this becomes a great opportunity to bring your attention back to your breath and be the observer. Sit anywhere in your house, little by little you will find what space works best for you. How does one begin? By sitting in silence and focusing your attention on your breath, when your mind wonders and you caught yourself kindly acknowledge whats happening and bring your attention back to your breath. There are also guided meditations that you can get from apps on your phone or online. It's just a matter of trying and finding what works best for you. How do you ever get your mind to still? I don't think your mind gets still. Your thought stream is still there is a part of you, through meditation however, you learn to voluntarily not engage in it and focus on the present moment. Therefore your thoughts seems to be less loud to the point where you can't hear them anymore because your attention is not there. Meditation is so much more about the experience, often words get in the way. However here is a great analogy: Think about it in terms of radio frequencies. When you change to FM (from AM) in your radio, is not that AM becomes still or shuts down while you are away (AM being your thought stream). The music is still playing but you can't hear it because you are in another frequency. Meditation is the practice of changing the station in your mind. You can't listen to both at the same time unless you have 2 radios playing (we only have one mind). And when we didn't know FM existed we thought AM is all there was. But when we tuned into FM we didn't want to go back to AM. And if you never turn on AM in your radio you will never hear it again, but it still exits. What ever you focus on expands!

• published: 09 Jan 2015
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