Shortcut to Achieving Dr. Herbert Benson’s Relaxation Response by E.B. Warren

RELAX in Troubled Times. Only minutes to learn, and just ten minutes of practice a day. This therapeutic method is now recommended to treat patients suffering from stress and many other physical and psychological ailments.

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Thoughts: Meditations for Your Spiritual Walk by Brandon Champney

Thoughts: Meditations for Your Spiritual Walk

Join me on a spiritual journey as I share tidbits of thought on topics such as Faith, Hope, Love, Vision, Trust, Success, Spirit, Possibility in Thoughts, Meditations for Your Daily Spiritual Walk. We can all use insight and depth of understanding to feed our soul and spirit, helping us on whatever path to enlightenment we find ourselves. In a world which tries to deplete, on a daily basis, our spiritual reserves, it is good to fill oneself up. However, one can.

Each topic filled with helpful and encouraging insight lifts up and inspires, rejuvenating one's inner being with a fresh outlook on life. What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? What price can we put on the needs we have as spiritual beings to transcend the seen to realms in which we soar on wings like eagles and plant our feet firmly on mountain tops.

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The change will come when your vision overshadows the force which keeps you from moving forward and changing. When the vision for your life is greater than your momentary desires, you will change. You have spent your life acting on your desires, make your vision, your desire, and you will act on it. The thing is to allow that vision to grow, to plant it within and water it. A vision for a better life, to see things new, to cast off the things which entangle.

The goal is to come to believe so firmly in the vision. Don't get down on yourself. Don't focus on the moment whether you happen to think you are doing well or not doing so good, set it aside. Keep building the vision within you and you will naturally and comfortably make the small changes which bring about significant changes. If you create the view for yourself, your actions will follow. You will increasingly not want to do things which jeopardize your vision. It is all a matter of time, it is inevitable, your desire will burn inside you. Fuel the flame and you will achieve what you believe. Don't look at where you are at the moment it doesn't matter, look rather to where you are going.

Nurture within you the best vision for your life; your mind can imagine. Imagine how it will feel to be on this journey. Make it increasingly clear within your mind's eye. Imagine how it will be to love and to be loved; to have joy and peace and real lasting happiness. To have self-control and determination, to not judge yourself or others, to have a real purpose and meaning in your life. To feel confident and truly believe in the things you hold dearest to your heart. To extinguish all the flaming darts life throws at you. To have a growing faith which shines. Dream; the universe is open to you.

Remember when you were a child, and you couldn't wait for the next day. When you woke, you jumped out of bed and ran to do the thing you wanted to do. Wouldn't it be great even to have a portion of it back into your life, where you look forward to where your life is going? Life can beat you down to the point you feel stuck. Where you feel nothing will ever change. Envision a new life, one in which the possibilities are endless, and you have it within you to grab hold of it and make it yours. Open your eyes wide, take a deep breath, watch the sunrise on a new day, smile, you will renew your strength. You will mount up with wings like eagles. You will run and not get tired; you will walk and not grow weary. Isaiah 40:31

About Brandon Champney

What excites me is the availability of a lifelong abundance of learning. Not only of things which interest me but also of seeing life, mine and the world around me, in the light of ever increasing possibilities.

I write in the hopes of saying something small that in some way will be helpful to others.

'Meditating Moments' by Cynthia Denise Brown

I believe that God speaks to us and instructs us in the precious, quiet moments of life. In the still of silence, meditation, and reflection, lies God’s 'impartation 'of knowledge and wisdom. I wrote Meditating Moments for these reasons: I enjoy writing, I need to relax, I love teaching through the art of storytelling. More importantly, I am obliged to share God’s vision with others. I hope that you enjoy Meditating Moments. It’s a book of spiritually-inspired, short stories of encouragement, empowerment and comedy. And yes, I included some adult COLORING PAGES! Coloring is a great stress reliever. As a children’s author, I am proud to have a child’s imagination. Coloring takes me right back to kindergarten! So, adults grab your crayons, find your perfect meditating spot and let’s go back to kindergarten, while we reflect on God’s word with Meditating Moments! Enjoy, Cbrown.

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FOREWORD 

There are some books we wait for, and we do not even know we are waiting for it. This is the case when you read Meditating Moments by Cynthia Brown.

Cynthia has always had a voice inside of her destined to speak and speak it has. It is interesting in her book she is telling us the voice inside of you speaks the loudest after you take some time to listen and meditate.

I suggest that you read Meditating Moments and listen so the fresh wind of the Holy Spirit, and let it refresh you. She is letting us know the simplicity of things can cause monumental changes in your life.

Cynthia is telling us we need to stop our stage performance and take a look at the audience so we can see who is lifting us.

The waiting is over now, relax and have a meditating moment as Cynthia suggest we do.

Richard E. Willoughby, B. TH. BA, MA
Co-Pastor, Promise Land Christian Community Church
Indianapolis, Indiana 46208



PREFACE 

Like most people, I wear many hats: I am a minister’s wife, a mother and an author. I try to be active in my local community. Although I complain about the ‘self-inflicted’ wounds of my hectic schedule, I am no hypocrite: I admit that my life motor thrives on the fuel of mayhem. Nonetheless, I indeed realize when I need to slow down, take a pause and relax. More importantly, I know when I must yield to God’s voice.

I believe that God speaks to us and instructs us in the precious, quiet moments of life. In the still of silence, meditation, and reflection, lies God’s impartation of knowledge and wisdom.

I wrote Meditating Moments for these reasons: I enjoy writing, I need to relax, I love teaching through the art of storytelling. More importantly, I am obliged to share God’s vision with others.

Following is a snapshot of the stories. Please enjoy Meditating Moments.

About the author:

“Academic Advising is my Vocation! Youth Adoption, Mentoring & Writing is my Passion! Empowering others is my Calling! God is my Focus!”

Cynthia Denise Brown is a fresh and new voice embarking upon the literary scene. She earned her Master’s Degree in Academic Advising from Kansas State University. She is a true visionary and creative talent.

“I enjoy writing and empowering others to step 'outside the box,' and then to throw the box away! I am forever seeking & solving the next big challenge!” My favorite writing style is developing my characters in a series because as I grow, so do they- and I want their stories to never end!”

I am also an aspiring actress and model. Please visit my links to see what I am up to next….sometimes, I don’t even know!

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Twitter: @brown38cindy
http://about.me/cindy.brown38

Now available 'The Busy Person's Guide to Everyday Enlightenment' by Janey Bowyer The Word Sprite

The Busy Person’s Guide to Everyday Enlightenment is the perfect antidote to the strains of modern living.

Featuring easy-to-follow meditations, yoga sequences, techniques and holistic advice that you can apply to even the busiest of lifestyles.

What makes this book different is that it is tailored to recognise in this time of hectic living that we all have the need to nurture, care and centre ourselves, yet we don’t always have the time for long practices to achieve this. Ironically, the very thing we have convinced ourselves we don’t have time to do - looking after ourselves - is what can lead to better health and a sense of inner calm.

Within these pages, you will find easy-to-follow sequences.

This book is a helping hand to those who wish to fit in some me-time self-care even into the most time-starved of lifestyles.

You can learn to…

• Develop techniques in as little as 5 minutes a day that can help you deal with stress
• Turn everyday stressful situations into meditation just by shifting your perspective
• Nourish your body with simple yoga schedules that can help target specific areas or states of mind, no matter how busy you are
• Bring the holistic into the hectic and learn to Zen out when the rest of the world is rushing
• Improve and progress with the help of handy tips
• Enjoy guilt-free self-nurturing
 

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About the author:

I grew up on a hill in the north of England. From a young age, I wanted to live in London. As a child, during the depths of night, I'd often listen to the hum of passing trains. Sometimes I'd run to my bedroom window hoping to catch a glimpse so that I could pretend that I too was travelling on one, speeding along, London bound, like the rest of the world was sleeping.

So one day in my late teens, I bought a one-way ticket and travelled to London with just £30.00 in my pocket and a bit of blind faith.

In my novel The Last Days of Lisa, (that I’m still writing), the main character Lisa mirrors how overwhelming it was for me to see London for the first time through the eyes of a teenager travelling alone….

‘London never rests, she thinks. It’s on speed. A vortex, absorbing everything. Running from its own stench but also basking in it. Seemingly superficial and plastic to those not enchanted by its ambivalent charms. London has a soul; a ravenous appetite that feeds on the egos of the thousands that flock here each day to get closer to their dreams. ‘

Not long after moving to London, yoga and writing graced my life. I think they both saved me. On the writing front the spark came after reading the book, Catcher in the Rye. I’d not had the opportunity to study much as a child but that didn’t matter now as this book blew me away.

“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of c—p, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.” J.D Salinger

As for yoga, another book in the form of a second-hand yoga book written back in the 1960’s made its way into my mitts via a second-hand bookstore.

As I’d said earlier, to start with I wasn’t very good at either. Dyslexia and lack of flexibility and poor posture were my obstacles. I could see beyond that though as both yoga and writing offered me hope and possibilities that before this I hadn’t ever thought possible. Before yoga and writing I believed I was useless and had nothing to offer the world.

So I worked hard at studying for more than a decade. The author John Harding was the first teacher to believe in me. After studying writing under his inspiring tuition, I even managed to get a few novels published along the way.

On the yoga side, I studied both Hatha and later Kundalini yoga and despite not being naturally flexible nor a person who liked to sit still. It was in India back in 2004 that I had my first awakening experience.

During all this time, I also managed over the years to work my way up from an office junior job to a finally a supervisor position, having worked for most of my life in a string of unfulfilling office jobs. The good news that in October 2015 I left office work to become The Word Sprite full time!

The silver lining in all of this is through my personal experience of having to be creative with my time I came up with the concept of yoga and holistic solutions for modern day living. Hence, this is how The Word Sprite was born!

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