As time runs like water through our hands, let me remind you with the phrase I use for myself – and that you have heard me say many times.
The quote is from Rabbi Hillel, “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And [...]
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Are You Taking Time for Yourself?
Posted in Medtitation, tagged Meditation Practice on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Solitude and Meditation
Posted in Medtitation, Uncategorized, tagged Meditation Practice on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Solitude and meditation go hand-in-hand. But today we create it in the middle of a busy world. We find space and time for it, no matter how we live or how busy we are.
Matthew 14:23 After he had dismissed them (the disciples), he went up a mountain to pray. When the evening arrived, he was [...]
What I Like about Meditation Is…
Posted in Medtitation, tagged Christian Meditation on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What I like as a meditator is probably the same thing all people like who have become really good at their practice.
I like, as I enter meditation, that I am not my title, my checkbook balance, my job title, my reputation, nor even my name.
I am only one who humbly and simply enter into worship in [...]
The Meditation Tradition
Posted in Medtitation, tagged Meditation Practice on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We at Mystic Cottage sometimes think that we are the only ones who belong to a long thin line of meditators through the ages. But if others were to look with an open heart and mind, echoes of this practice are easy to find – even in scriptures we don’t follow, like the Old Testament.
Psalms 48, [...]
Is Meditation Like Yeast?
Posted in Medtitation, tagged Christian Meditation, Meditation Practice on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Matthew 13:33 He (Jesus) put forth another parable for them, “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and placed into a large amount of flour until it had leavened the whole dough.”
Jesus is instructing us with this statement. The kingdom of heaven is like making bread. We are to place something small, but [...]
The Homing Instinct of the Heart
Posted in Medtitation, tagged Meditation Practice on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I speak of meditation, I am speaking of nothing more than the natural homing instinct of the soul. That is the essence of meditation. Sure, I teach about skills and practices to give that homing instinct the added help of clarity and structure. But after all that is learned, it is really silent worship and [...]
Within, We Are Pure, Fabulous and Wonderful
Posted in Medtitation, tagged Meditation Practice on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We meditators have too small a vision for ourselves. We are timid and shy when it comes to seeking our beauty and power within.
Luke 17:20-21 Once, having been asked when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation; nor will people say, ‘Here it [...]
Why Do People Meditate?
Posted in Medtitation, tagged Meditation Practice on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We all do things in this life because we think we will be better off. The monk and the businessman do what they do because they belive it will improve their lives. So then, why do people come to Mystic Cottage. The list is endless, but here are some reoccurring themes:
They know they are more [...]
Finding Time to Meditate
Posted in Medtitation, tagged Meditation Practice on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The best way to find time to meditate is to ask yourself, “What value does the end-journey of meditation have?” Do you want the mind and body benefits of the “I Release Meditation”? Do you want the soul-growth of the “Devotional Meditation”? If you do, how much is it worth?
Formyself, my answer is simple, “I [...]
