Meditation for Health
Sunday October 11, 2009
Please take time to be silent every day, if only for a few minutes.
This will help you immeasurably in your program for wellness of body, mind, and soul.
Find a quiet place, and just sit and close your eyes. Try to put your
attention on your breathing--in and out, in and out. Let any and all
thoughts (and they will come) just float by.
If you wish, you can say a prayer. Or you may find that repeating a
chant, or mantra is soothing and freeing. Try this: "I am. I am. I am."
Or, "God, I need help...I need help...God, I need help."
Let it be only a few minutes, or more if you can. Just as you're ready
to open your eyes again and return to the world, take a second to
appreciate God for the care and help you receive, for your life, and
the fullness of grace that is yours.
Filed Under: Chanting, Contemplation, Dr. Norris, Dr. Norris Chumley, Dr. Norris Chumley Satisfied Life, God, Mantras, Meditation, Prayer, Prayers, Religion, Silence, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality
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About Dr. Norris Chumley Satisfied Life
Dr. Norris J. Chumley is a doctor of theology and the arts, and has lost 160 pounds and maintained it over 16 years with God's help. The author/host of "The Joy of Weight Loss: a Spiritual Guide to Easy Fitness," and many TV programs and DVD's, including "Spiritual Guide to Weight Loss" and "30 Days to Spiritual Well Being," Dr. Norris also does private consultations, leads workshops and lectures nationally. He has been a featured Beliefnet daily columnist and contributing editor for many years.
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My problem is that I get wonderful advice like this, and then I don't take the time to do it. I get so busy and so stressed that I totally forget to do these things.
This is solid advice. The mind and the body are inextricably linked and how we treat one impacts the other. The mind itself can be trained, but must be approached gently and with compassion. I would only add to what Dr. Chumley says in this regard: when thoughts come, as they will, sometimes in rapid succession, sometimes just every now and then, that is an excellent time to practice compassion with oneself. Do not beat up on yourself when it happens. Just like exercise, the important part is the doing of it, and the way we treat ourselves.
I like this......a moment to be still. So many people talk constantly its almost like they do not want to just be.........thanks!
you are so right Rosalinda. It is a great priviledge to be a human being and not always a human doing. Thank you, Lord for peace & quiet.
I experience the meditation as useful, but I believe the suggested mantra can be harmful.. Repeating "God I need help..." instills anxiety and a sense of non-well being. Better is "all is well..." or "God, thank you for your gifts"...
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