Meditation in the World of iTunes

I've mentioned my Attention and Interpretation Therapy course before. I am working on bringing the concepts deeper into my daily life. Today my focus was on meditation.

I have known in some recess of my mind that iTunes is a treasure trove of resources and information, and today it exceeded my expectations again. There are many free podcasts of excellent quality on ANY topic. Some of the most notable names in education in Western society have channels there -- Oxford, Harvard, or Stanford ring any bells?? -- and also many lesser known scholars and teachers with important knowledge to share.

Today I found my way to two resources I will be accessing for a while. There were several examples, but I settled on a series called "Learn to Meditate" from the Meditation Society of Australia. There are currently 43 classes of varying lengths available for free. In the first class I learned some practical tips for approaching daily meditation, and also a useful candle meditation. The class was 18 minutes long, and during the candle meditation - which promises to open the doors of heaven to a degree that matches your level of intensity on the candle flame - I actually felt the presence of my spiritual guides, including my grandparents Melva and Eddie Parks. I think Sue Daniels was there, too. I felt a slight dark presence, also, but had a strong barrier by the light guides. In watching the candle, we breathe in peace and love, and exhale their opposites. The dark presence I felt was likely those shadow qualities that we all struggle with. I am working overtime to purge them from my heart and mind that I might live my right life.

After that meditation I continued to look at a few other resources and stumbled about a set of music mixes designed for running. They are courtesy of http://www.fitmusic.com/ and are 20-60 minutes long each. You can download the mixes for free and play them as podcasts right from the iPod. Amazing.

We are living at an amazing time overall in human history. With all of the change and opportunity I hope that we can collectively tap into the beneficial potential. How can we not perceive the end of all suffering within our grasp with the power of the technology available to average people? Even if all of us with abundance only gave 1-2% of our time, intellect, and resources to others, we would change the world. Join me in stamping out unnecessary pain, anger, hunger, poverty, doubt, fear, war -- if only by curing the demons within ourselves.