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tips and tweaks for your meditation practice

You are the experiment,

you are the experimenter,

and you are the outcome.

Daaji

I want to share what I've learned from my own lifetime of experience with Heartfulness Meditation. Even if you do another method, or are just getting started, you will find answers to common questions, and ways to make meditation more effective.

Was Babuji, Patanjali, in a previous life?

Brian Jones

Apr 11, 20242 min read

Was Babuji, Patanjali, in a previous life?

The answer is YES! Babuji’s own Master, Lalalji, confirmed that he was Patanjali. However, I don’t know if that was the intention for the...

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Brian Jones

Nov 4, 20232 min read

Why I stopped writing on Quora

Dear friends, Sorry, I disappeared unexpectedly. Many of you wrote to see if I was okay. YES! I am doing fine, thanks for asking. I was...

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Brian Jones

Oct 5, 20223 min read

How do you see religion?

We try to make sense of life. Why? Because we are afraid of death. Seeing something dead and lifeless looks to us as the definitive end...

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Brian Jones

Sep 7, 20221 min read

What the word spirituality means to me

Spirituality is the word I use to say: I don’t have all the answers. It’s a wondrous mystery that I exist, am conscious, and can see,...

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What are the barriers when starting a self-compassion journey?

Brian Jones

Sep 6, 20222 min read

What are the barriers when starting a self-compassion journey?

Thank you for sending me this question. It is an important one. Why are we human beings so hard on ourselves? We are good-hearted, loving...

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How can I overcome a fear of enlightenment?

Brian Jones

Jul 19, 20222 min read

How can I overcome a fear of enlightenment?

Here is a very easy example that should help: Each night, we willingly let go of our awareness, our very existence, and go into the...

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What are the emotional benefits of meditation?

Brian Jones

Jul 5, 20222 min read

What are the emotional benefits of meditation?

Well, the benefit is that we become less emotional. An emotion is a feeling gone out of our control, magnified by our mind, armed by our...

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Can you awaken and not become enlightened?

Brian Jones

May 10, 20223 min read

Can you awaken and not become enlightened?

ARE ENLIGHTENMENT AND AWAKENING OUTDATED CONCEPTS? What if you were to ask, “Can you be enlightened and still not be awakened?” Is one...

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Brian Jones

Mar 12, 20226 min read

Change is easier than you think!

Our quest for a lasting sense of happiness often has us looking for a change of some sort – a job, a change of routine, a change of...

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Brian Jones

Mar 5, 20221 min read

Can we meditate unknowingly?

Sure, whenever you watch TV or listen to music you are in effect meditating. In other words, you are using the motion of sound or light...

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