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Wealth from Within

kelly@theatreofthemind.com (Kelly Howell) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:50:45 -0800

Lori Culwell author of "Wealth from Within, Meditation, Consciousness and the Real Secret to Getting What you Want" shares how to make the Law of Attraction work for you.

The Gift of Meditation

guy.finley@guyfinley.com — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Show Notes:

In this podcast, Guy Finley explores the true meaning and purpose of meditation, and explains why it is the most natural and practical thing you can do for yourself.

Highlights:
When you go outside on a beautiful day and step into the sunlight, do you have to try to enjoy the warmth? Or is the warmth of the sun just part of what is there, and you are a part of it? Similarly, real meditation is effortless. It is the fulfillment of natural relationship, not the attempt on our part to create relationship. Your being itself is meditating, as it is a natural part of the whole. The day will come when you will understand that if you are just present to your own body, you need not do anything more. The catch is that it takes a long time to realize that, for all of your efforts, you have done nothing except produce the sensation of having accomplished something. Authentic meditation could simply be described as a moment in which it is enough to be what I am. The essential pain in our lives is born out of the idea that we can take something from the moment to complete ourselves. This action actually separates us from the moment, and keeps us from being present to the beautiful, quiet energy that naturally occupies the body. When you are in relationship with this natural energy, you will see how unnatural it is for you to take something from the moment in order to make yourself feel whole. Everything that you have always wanted is always being given to you, and meditation is the enjoyment of the gift.

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Down & Up Show #61: Asian Americans and Depression

depressionisreal.org — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00:01 +0000

Dr. Ken Duckworth, Medical Director, NAMI, speaks with Maggie Luo coordinator of the Chinese American Mental Health Outreach Program at NAMI, NJ. Maggie discusses how depression is experienced among the 15.5 million Asian American's living with the disease.

Thought Vibrations

seth@learnoutloud.com — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST

Today we present a selection from Thought Vibrations by William Atkinson. For more audio you can learn from, please visit www.learnoutloud.com.

When Love Turns to Anger

Lynette J. Hoy, NCC, LCPC — Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:48:18 -0500

This Marriage 101 interview with Lynette Hoy, Anger Management Specialist, focuses on how couples can deal with the anger that is a normal part of every relationship.

Meditation and Concentration: Is Concentrating Beneficial?

noreply@blogger.com (Roy Masters) — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:42:18 PDT

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Wondering what the difference is between meditation and concentration? Could over-focusing and concentrating too hard counteract the positive benefits of meditation?

On this free meditation podcast, Monty reports a painful pressure in his sinuses when he meditates. Meditation expert Roy Masters knew immediately what the problem was and fills Monty in on the proper way to meditate.

Unlike many meditations being taught and practiced today, Roy Masters does not promote a heavy concentration-based exercise. His exercise is a free guided meditation called "Be Still and Know."

“You are taking a journey to your true self, and it is a little painful, because you have to undo a whole lifetime of conditioning of who you are.”

If you are having difficulty concentrating in a productive way, listen to this podcast now!

Quotes regarding meditation and concentration from Roy Masters’ books:

“Concentration is the way you produce hypnosis; but observation is the way you produce meditation; Observation is the 'opposite' of concentration and is the way you free a fixated attention.

If you concentrate hard enough, you will become hypnotized; but if you can observe gently, you will wake up. A continuous process of observing self leads one out of the hypnotic state we all live in towards a source of knowing called understanding.

“Understanding is to meditation as knowledge is to hypnotism.”
- The Hypnosis of Life

“True awareness is a healthy, observing attitude that protects from all dangers. But in your subjective state of preoccupation with worry and ambition, you have fallen into ridiculous predicaments. You have had accidents and become involved with the wrong people. Frightened and realizing your need for greater awareness, you may have even tried to force awareness. You began by making sure you did not repeat the same mistakes. Unfortunately, this procedure leads to a limited, subjective state of mind. You become so suspiciously aware, so preoccupied with each incident that you tend to make even more mistakes than you otherwise would—and you are even more mystified by them in view of the fact that you are trying so hard.

For example, while at the beach you cut your foot on a piece of glass. The next time you are there, you are more cautious, ever conscious of the potential danger of glass lying half-hidden in the sand. You are so preoccupied with the fear of that possible danger that you fail to see a volleyball coming straight at you. The next time at the beach you are so worried about glass and volleyballs that you do not even see the dog that bites you after you have tripped over him.

This type of forced awareness, which results from concentration and self-effort, is really a diminishing awareness, increasingly preoccupied with more and more things and circumstances.You are taking in too much knowledge unbuffered by understanding.”
- How to Conquer Negative Emotions

“Be careful not to concentrate so hard, with so much emotional investment that you make a god of learning and intellectual achievement. If you feel driven to learn you may be using the acquisition of knowledge as an escape from the more important reality considerations with which you should be concerning yourself. Remember that anything you use as an escape corrupts and creates an addiction to the source of corruption, whatever it might be.”
- Surviving the Comfort Zone

“When you concentrate, or fixate away from Reality, toward goals and pleasures, you temporarily forget the condemnation of conscience and the ultimate penalty of death. Instead, you feel the stirrings of a new self-righteous, earthy creature life. You trade your true and eternal life for a selfish ego life.”
- Surviving the Comfort Zone

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Domestic Violence, Interview with Lester Bentley :: Podcast 37

Jeffrey P. Kerekes, MSSW, LCSW — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400

Jeffrey Kerekes, MSSW, LCSW interviews Lester Bentley a mental health professional and adjunct professor at SCSU discusses Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence.

Welcome to DrBeckham dot com Podcasts

Ed Beckham, Ph.D. — Sat, 8 Oct 2005 23:39:03 -0600

This is an introductory podcast explaining the nature and purpose of the podcasts on this site. These podcasts are produced for educational purposes and are not meant as therapy.

FeelingDoing01

feelingdoing@gmail.com — Tue, 24 May 2005 00:42:40 GMT

Introductory podcast in which Fran discusses the nature of recovery from mental illness. What does work?