Meditation & Me
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“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
Can’t go outside? Go inside with our guided meditation sessions! (:
Maybe it is only when life comes to a standstill that we are able to focus on our self. Usually our priorities are on earning a living, outside work, our family life, social media etc. Our attention is scattered and frittered away into these areas and the busyness that comes with it.
Who has time to peer into the inner world where most think it is impractical and intangible. Perhaps only introverts! When everyone wanted things fast, now we are being forced to slow down our pace, or forced to face our self. The outer layers of identity, the version of ourselves that we live from, is it truly who we are?
Meditation is gaining popularity as it is an effective way to help us to relax and feel more peaceful during these stressful times. Practising meditation helps us to increase our own self awareness. When we meditate, what we are doing is simply giving ourselves the attention which we give to others when we love them. Usually we invest our time to listen and talk to loved ones or do something for them, and in return we also want the same attention back from them. Attention is Love. Everyone desires to be loved, however, always wanting attention from others is perhaps a sign of neediness and lacking of self love. By directing attention to ourselves whilst meditating, we give ourselves the love which we feel we are not receiving from others and that starts our healing from the inside.
Gradually we may start to feel the layers of our identity being unpeeled, we then reach the place of Silence. The place within us where we are connected to the whole of the cosmos and the self love which was thus limited expands to permeate the consciousness. In that state, we become Love itself.
Here are the 3 tips to start loving ourselves:
随着中医被世界卫生组织（WHO）认可（中医在2019年正式进入世界卫生体系），读者是否会感到好奇中医的原理为何如此精微而注重整体观？
在中国古时，人体被视为是神圣的，所以与古希腊和古罗马文化不一样，中医理论的形成过程中并不包含人体解剖。中医理论围绕着人体和自然界中的精微系统而形成，与现代医学截然不同。
源自另一个古文明社会的瑜伽，也记载着人体内精微的能量系统（见下图），包括了轮穴及经脉。而这些，也是解剖人体所见不着的。
两个古文明社会又如何形成了精微的体系呢？在解剖、病理理论尚未发展时，人们在哲学理论基础上对人体有了些了解，并从精微之中了解人体和形成了医疗和修复的体系。
天地万物之间，存在着精微的生命能量。是祂，滋养着万生万物。心脏自主的跳动、种子的发芽、自然界中的生长收藏等，都由祂所控制。如老子云：道生一，一生二，二生三，三生万物。中医理论中也认为人与天地相应，根据自然界中能量的运行形成了子午流注和运气学说。
对于一些国家的原住民（如澳大利亚、加拿大等），他们识大地母亲（大自然）为神圣的。他们认为是祂给予了万物生命，也认为我们并不拥有自然界，而是自然界拥有我们（We don’t own the land, the land owns us. The Land is my mother, my mother is the land. ）。
此时，如果读者想感受内在精微能量的运行，
找个舒适的地方坐下，
可以做几次的深呼吸～～～，
双手掌心打开放在腿上，
在内心祷告请大地母亲带领我进入精微能量里。
