Dr. David Bruner interviews Dr. Edward Viljoen about
The Power of Meditation: an ancient technique to access your inner power.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
Giving As A Spiritual Practice
Giving as a Spiritual Practice has been the focus for August 2013. I've heard from so many people who struggle with self-esteem related to finances and their ability to contribute. My hope is that they will retrieve their natural-born innocence and joy for giving, and separate the act of giving form a dollar amount.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
How Much Should I Give? Giving As A Spiritual Practice
Money is closely connected to self-worth and power. When it comes to giving, these connections prove to be powerful influencers. How to give joyfully? That's the focus of Giving as a Spiritual Practice.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
The Power of Meditation: Putting on the Brakes
I may be missing out on something....
I acknowledge that as enjoyable as the sum total experience of eating and watching a movie is, I may be losing out on something very special when I fail to concentrate from time to time on one single activity. “When you are walking walk, when you are sitting, sit. Don’t wobble,” [1] are words which remind me to consider that whatever I find myself doing at any moment might as well be the of my undivided attention.
Try This
Put yourself "On Call." Enroll the participation of a friend or acquaintance who is willing to call you, or send you a text message, at three random times during this day to remind you to think about your meditation practice. When the call or message comes, all you have to do is pause, notice what you are currently doing. If you did meditate in the morning, try to remember that time of sitting. Then, go about your business as usual.
[1] Attributed variously to Gautama Buddha or Chinese Zen master, Yúnmén Wényǎn
The Power of Meditation is available from...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Thanks to you the readers.
Dear Reader,
Since starting this blog in 2007 I have enjoyed hearing from my readers through comments, emails and messages of encouragement on social networks. I appreciate it all very much and thank you for reading. Here is a list of the most popular posts on my blog (in the case you missed any of them - grin.)
Love to you,
Edward
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
The Power of Meditation, an ancient technique to access your inner power
It is exactly 29 days away from release of The Power of Meditation, an ancient technique to access your inner power. The anticipation I'm feeling is, well, not nearly similar to sitting in quiet and practicing what the book teaches. Nevertheless, I am enjoying the excitement by gathering some quotes from the book I enjoy and compiling them in the slide show below that I hope you will enjoy.
I also wanted to let you know that the book is now available for pre-ordering in the following ways:
From Amazon
Kindle Edition
From Barnes and Noble
Nook Edition
From Indiebound
From Stepping Stones Books & Gifts
From Stepping Stones Books & Gifts
I would be grateful for your assistance in sharing my good news by either email this message to your own contact list, or by posting it on any social media you use. If you are inclined to pre-order it I want to thank you in advance and let you know that by doing so you are contributing to the success of the publication, because pre-order determine how the large distributors think about and handle new publications.
Many thanks in advance for your support in this project. I feel blessed by the messages of encouragement I have been receiving from readers and look forward to hearing from you again soon.
Edward Viljoen
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