There is a story about a farmer who owns a buffalo. Not knowing that the buffalo is in its stable, the farmer goes off to search for it, thinking it has strayed from home. Starting off on his search, he sees many different buffalo footprints outside his yard. The footprints of buffalo are everywhere! The farmer then thinks, "Which way did my buffalo go?" He decides to follow one set of tracks and they lead him up into the high mountains, but he doesn't find his buffalo there. Then he follows … [Read more...]

RESOURCES Meditation Community Page | featuring members of our community who teach and share information on Meditation Meditation: A Brief History Meditation: The Experience Meditation is fairly loosely applied to a number of practices and is often taken to imply concerted thought upon a subject, often philosophical in nature. However, it is most commonly applied to the practice of clearing one's mind and by focusing on breathing, mantras or spiritual questions, incidences and figures … [Read more...]

RESOURCES Meditation Community Page | featuring members of our community who teach and share information on Meditation Meditation: An Experience What is Meditation? It is highly conceivable that meditation was discovered by one of our ancient relatives, who after a long day hunting and gathering, sat down and slipped into an altered state of consciousness while staring at the flames of a fire. Some may argue that the experience of spending time in dark caves also could lead the mind to … [Read more...]

RESOURCES Meditation Community Page | featuring members of our community who teach and share information on Meditation Meditation: A Brief History What is Meditation? The four basic elements involved in most meditative techniques are: a quiet place to meditate, a comfortable or poised posture, an object to focus on and a passive attitude. A Quiet Place -- It's important for you to find a place that will let you be completely relaxed. Try to eliminate as many noises and distractions … [Read more...]