Transcendental Meditation

Prayer Early Christians were already in the habit of prayer. They were Jewish and already knew God. Jesus made Him even more personal though. With Him came Grace and atonement for our sins. The earliest reference to prayer in Christian Liturgy came in the Didache written in 120 AD which said that Christians were praying three times a day; morning, noon and night. They were praying as Jesus had taught, the Lord’s Prayer. And by the fourth century the Church prayed communally more than…

Religiousness and spirituality impacts well-being tremendously and is very important when trying to maintain a mindful life. There are consistent findings that result in when there is greater spirituality, there is better mental health and higher subjective well-being. Likewise, there are several reasons why obtaining religious perspectives benefit mental and physical health; and here are the following reasons. First, religion provides social support. Social support is one of the highest…

Constant practice of dhikr-e-khafī leads to fikr (meditation, contemplation, reflection). As a lover of God, gets deeper and deeper into dhikr-e-khafī, he reaches a state of rapt concentration, totally consumed by the dhikr. In this state, he does not have to make a conscious effort to invoke the Name of…

Angels of Peace Through the life we live, many of us have suffered many trials and temptations. I will save you the details of what was going on in our life at this time, but I will say that this was a very powerful moment in our life. For you see, when you are going through somethings, you feel as though you are all alone. And if you do not reach out to friends and family, you are alone. Many times in our life we do not reach out to others to help us because the issues that we are dealing with…

Cramer, H., Lauche, R., Azizi, H., Dobos, G., & Langhorst, J. (2014). Yoga for multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one, 9(11), e112414. The purpose of this study was to systematically analyze the effectiveness and safety of yoga on patients with multiple sclerosis. This study reviewed articles from various sources including but are not limited to those studies who have conducted randomized controlled trials (RCT). The trials the have been included on this study were…

Meditation/ mindfulness exercises are something I have wanted to incorporate into my life weekly. The first time I have even done a mindfulness exercise was in counseling with my therapist. I would do it once a week before every session. I found it really helpful to start out each session with a quick five-minute exercise. Without even knowing I went through four of the five stages in the transtheoretical model: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, and action. During the…

The call to meditation and self-reflection in spiritual practices often becomes convoluted, evident in a radical interior withdrawal into selfish privacy, while with exteriority, it leads to an uncompromising dependence on the empirical reality. In the academic world…

Meditation is the best way to relax and de-stress. It can also improve the focus and concentration, which are really essential to accomplish the tasks at hand. In today’s age, distractions are in plenty and these can keep us away from completing the immediate work. Meditating regularly can improve our creativity and reduce the stress, which can lead to better results. How to Meditate? For people, who are used to doing Multitasking, to sit at one place quietly, can seem to be quite daunting.…

Diversity is a multifaceted concept that when recognized by everyone creates hope. It is also informative because it permits people to have different thoughts and opinions on religion and culture. The only way to comprehend other religions is for a person to inform themselves. Knowledge is power, with this knowledge we can make better decisions and also achieve more because of the ability to understand people from different cultures. I attended the Hindu Temple of Atlanta, located in…

Prayer is the most essential task in the life of a believer and certainly vital to a healthy relationship with God. Dave Earley shares, “Everything God does in the work of ministry. He does through prayer’ (2008, 9). The disciples realized the importance of prayer by asking Jesus to teach them one simple thing. They asked, “Teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1). Prayer was a significant part of Christ’s life and ministry, and he believed that prayer works when effectively used in conjunction with faith…