We are delighted that Quincy Robin highlighted the Center for Mindfulness in her April Vlog, One Step at a Time!
Quincy is a very talented videographer and photographer. She has a way of taking a nice scene in Second Life and showing off how stunningly beautiful our second world can be!
A family in Minnesota, USA, who lost their infant son to cancer started a charity to help families in their native Nepal. The children often have to travel for the cancer treatment that helps them. The Leonardo Edward Shrestha Foundation contributes any type of support that families need while caring for their children.
Why wait for a big solution to come along, when a small effort helps a few people every day? More info from the Foundation and a Youtube video.
You can buy the book or audiobook here
A version of YouTube to listen to you can find here
The power of now is a life changing book that not only needs to be read but completely understood to grasp its concepts.
World-renowned spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle conveys simple wisdom that transcends any particular religion, doctrine, or guru. His #1 NYT bestselling book is a modern classic in the field of personal growth and spirituality; Oprah Winfrey credits The Power of Now with helping her to "get through September 11, 2001" and she featured it on her December 2002 "Oprah’s Favorite Things" show. A native of Germany, Eckhart Tolle attended the University of London, and upon graduation went on to become a research scholar and supervisor at Cambridge University. At 29, a profound spiritual awakening virtually dissolved his personal identity and sparked a radical change in the course of his life. It marked the beginning of an intense inward journey and he devoted the next decade to understanding, deepening, and integrating that transformation. For the past ten years, he has acted as a counselor and spiritual guide, facilitating sold-out groups in Europe and North America. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Yesterday we had the introduction to the Mindfulness workshops (weekly for 8-9 weeks) Next week Mindfulness and the influence thoughts have on our day to day life. Come and take this journey with us ♥
This weekend the Center for Mindfulness moved to Niuka owned by Cythe, she owns the Center now and will be managing everything for you ♥ The calendar (check the top of our blog), meditations and guides stay the same but the immersive nature of this sim makes the Center even more stunning, all event spaces are now simwide at same level. Even your most favorite Dreaming Buddha scene is up all the time. A teleporter at the landing spot makes it easy to visit all spots if you don't like walking, but exploring all the paths and places adds to the experience. New now is the little coin store (slightly north of the landing spot) where you can see the rewards you get for meditating with us, you also find our group gifts there!
Latest one added a beautiful wooden printer tray with a collection of 60 different stones!
Come check it out!
Isha Kriya is a 12-min guided meditation by Sadhguru. Watch this video for the guided instructions from Sadhguru and experience this powerful spiritual process in the comfort of your own home.
Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times #MeditateWithSadhguru
Wim Hof, also known as The Iceman, is a Dutch extreme athlete noted for his ability to withstand freezing temperatures. He has set Guinness World Records for swimming under ice and prolonged full-body contact with ice, and still holds the record for a barefoot half marathon on ice and snow. He attributes these feats to his Wim Hof Method (WHM), a combination of frequent cold exposure, breathing techniques and meditation. Hof has been the subject of several medical assessments and a book by investigative journalist Scott Carney.
In the video below, Wim Hof teaches one of the breathing techniques in the Wim Hof Method to Jordan B. Peterson, a Canadian clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, and his daughter Mikhaila who is the founder of The Lion Diet. This is just a short excerpt from a longer episode that appears on Mikhaila Peterson’s youtube page.
The full episode along with health and safety tips can be found here: The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast #36 - Wim Hof with Jordan Peterson
You can find out more about Wim Hof and his breathing methods on his website here: Wim Hof Method
Our favorite subject to discuss is ourselves. People spend 60% of their conversations talking about themselves, 80% when chatting on social media. The reason, researchers found, was that it just feels good. In combination with our dwindling attention spans, which have been measured between as many as 59 seconds, to as few as 8 seconds, thanks to an overload of information from both verbal and digital sources, most of us may enjoy hearing our own voice more than we do listening to what others have to say.
The ideal conversation should be a give and take, with each person speaking about 50% of the time. That means staying quiet half the time.
Silence is a greatly underestimated source of power. In silence, we can hear not only what is being said, but also what is not being said. In silence, it can be easier to reach the truth.
However, listening requires discipline. It also involves being in the moment and not merely remaining silent and waiting for one’s turn to speak, it is important to give the other time to speak, to pay attention to what is being said, to stay in the moment and have a genuine, and reflecting engagement with the other.
We all go through our own troubles and drama and some of us share and can talk openly and others are quiet, it is time for me to learn and be a better listener so I can hear what is being said and hear what is not being said ♥
Some beautiful music shared by Bronus in discord:
The Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the epic Mahabharata (chapters 23–40 of Bhishma Parva), dated to the second century BCE. It is considered to be the primary holy scripture for Hinduism, the world's third largest religion.
You can read more about Bhagavad Gītā here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita
Shi Heng Yi belongs to the 35th Generation of Shaolin Masters and is the headmaster of the Shaolin Temple Europe 歐洲少林寺 located in Germany.
"To bring meaning to your life, to bring value into your life, you need to learn and master yourself and don't let the hindrances stop you."
