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November 30, 2020

Why should acts of Kindness be coupled with Meditation daily?

Congratulations ! You have begun your journey of correct meditation with the Black Lotus App, which will help you build focus, reduce stress and increase your emotional quotient. While you must have picked a Goal and started ...

By : Vivekraj Shah
Kindness, Meditation
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November 25, 2020

How to Meditate: Tips for Beginners

Why meditate?Meditation is getting to know oneself, beyond any version that the mind may project. What we perceive with the five senses is just one version of reality—the physical one. Microscopes and telescopes increase our reach into ...

By : Niranjan Seshadri
Meditation, Mindfulness
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November 24, 2020

3: Alertness in Good Meditation

A core factor that influences good meditation is Alertness. Think of mindfulness as the guard who stands inside a building, protecting you from anyone entering your home. Alertness is the guard that stands outside. It won’t even ...

By : Om Swami
Meditation, Mindfulness
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November 24, 2020

2: Four Hurdles in Meditation

Sometimes people tell me, ‘I want to meditate, but I am unable to focus’. Every time you meditate, one way or the other, four hurdles will disrupt your session of meditation. They will interfere with your gently ...

By : Om Swami
Meditation, Mindfulness
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November 19, 2020

1: What is Meditation?

When was the last time you sat in silence? When was the last time you experienced deep silence? That is what meditation is. It’s a state of deep silence, but with one key difference. Ordinarily, when you ...

By : Om Swami
Meditation, Mindfulness
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November 17, 2020

Mindfulness and Creativity

JK Rowling boarded a train from Manchester to London in 1990. A few hours later, when she got down at Kings Cross Station, she had given birth to the idea of Harry Potter. Let’s review how she ...

By : Akshay Iyer
Mindfulness, Wisdom
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November 13, 2020

Focus – The Secret Ingredient of Success

In 2010, Steve Jobs stared at a group of customer surveys that deemed the iPad a failure. However, his gut, trained by years of Zen Buddhist meditation, was telling him something else. He always said, “It’s really ...