Introduction to Meditation
Lea este artículo en español: Introducción a la meditación Aim: To develop basic meditation skills. Meditation is commonly associated with relaxation techniques, or perhaps the repetition of a chanted mantra such as the “Om” chant. While these are certainly aspects of meditation they are not the only ways to meditate. Meditation can include chanting, visualization, [...]
Magical Language and the Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game (Das Glasperlenspiel) was the final work of Hermann Hesse. The title relates to the central theme of the book, which is a fictional game played by the characters of the story, although the finer details of how the game works were not given by Hesse. For an introduction to existing playable [...]
Mantra Meditation
Lea este artículo en español: Mantra Meditación Mantra meditation was popularised in modern times by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation movement, but is an ancient technique, sometimes referred to as Vedic Meditation, or simply mantra meditation. A mantra is simply a word, often with a specific meaning relating it to some form [...]
Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme
Author: Richard Brodie I first flicked through a copy of Virus of the Mind in a secondhand bookshop in Flagstaff, Arizona. At that stage the part that caught my attention was the chapter on disinfection and particularly the piece entitled zen and the art of devirusing. Here Richard Brodie states, “if you switch off your [...]
A Qabalistic Meditation
(Based on notes taken at a talk by David Bisman) Lea este artículo en español: Una meditación cabalística Introduction This meditation has two parts, one for the morning, and one for the evening. The initial part of the meditation is the same for both. I have purposely left the technique in a relatively basic format, [...]
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