Sobriety

Sobriety was something I had previously thought to be unattainable; the anxiety of life too much to bear without substance, without alcohol. I needed it for almost anything and usually there was no stopping me from obtaining it; and always wanting more. A vicious cycle of dependence which could not be broken. Thank god I was wrong.

I am currently 8 months sober and the benefits have reached and blessed every aspect of life. I have less anxiety, less illnesses, less arguments, less confusion, less injury, less financial burdens and I could go on forever. Most importantly I have accepted buddha and my sobriety go hand in hand on this path that I have chosen.

There are so many ways to conquer demons of which used to control my life. Im finding myself in meditation everywhere I go and every day that I stay. It is very important for my day to day balance to practice the teachings of various meditations and perhaps my writings can lead others to finding a healthier balance in life regardless of religious belief or path.

Thats all for now.

Love Nina

Change Your Emotions; GreatMiddleWay

To manifest any given emotional state, we develop a pattern:

We focus our attention on a specific feeling (pleasant or unpleasant) and magnify it

We generate a supporting discursive thought process and identify with it

We assume a compatible breath pattern and physical posture

If you want to change your emotional state, change your focus, your self-talk, your breath, and your posture.

Source: Change Your Emotions

Mindful, present, love.

Calm yourself and be still

Feel the air going in and out for this moment

Love entails you to be grounded

There is simply no room for ego

Love with all that you have

With everything you’ve got

Because love is all that you have

Be patient and love each moment

This moment is all you have

 

Nina

Zen Chillstep Mix; #Windingdown…

What you do not.

Instead of what you need; what about what you do not?

In a world of depressive materialism; poverty and pollution

I dont intent to tread on trend; pretenders I severed an end

Theres a fine line drawn in the sand; trampled

Without mindful intent; a spiritual glance

What is the zen and the trance; compassion enhanced

And when does my third eye open; to notice what controls my emotions

Carefully ponder; what I do and what I do not need

Eat, sleep and breathe

Clothing and shelter and ease

Calming peace and honourable deeds

No harm. No foul.

What I do. And what I do not need.

 

-Nina

 

 

Zen Music for Balance and Relaxation

Eaze your mind w Simple Meditation Tequnique; – Gazing Meditation

Known as trataka in Hinduism, this method of meditation involves starting at a single point. This point can be anything, such as your favorite painting, a tree in the distance or the moon at night.

Like most other styles of meditation, gazing meditation will help you calm the restless mind. If you have stress or anxiety, take a few minutes to practice gazing meditation.

This style of meditation is especially soothing when you’re in the wilderness and gaze at something beautiful, such as a river, a beautiful tree or the sunset…

Sublime Abiding ; Sutra via GreatMiddleWay

Let me be able and upright,

straightforward and gentle in speech,

humble and not conceited,

contented and easily satisfied,

unburdened with duties and frugal in my ways.

Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful,

not proud or demanding in nature,

let me not do the slightest thing

that the wise would later reprove.

In gladness and in safety,

may all beings be at ease.

Whatever living beings there may be

—whether they are weak or strong, omitting none,

the great or the mighty, medium, short or small,

the seen and the unseen,

those living near and far away,

those born and to-be-born—

may all beings be at ease!

Let me not deceive another,

or despise any being in any state.

Let me not through anger or ill-will

wish harm upon another.

Even as a mother protects with her life

her child, her only child,

so with a boundless heart

will I cherish all living beings.

I will radiate kindness over the entire world

—spreading upwards to the skies,

and downwards to the depths,

outwards and unbounded—

freed from hatred and ill-will.

Whether standing or walking,

seated or lying down,

free from weariness,

I will sustain this recollection.

This is the sublime abiding.

—Buddha Shakyamuni, Maitri Sutra

Source: Sublime Abiding

Zen Stories; The other side.

One day a young man on his journey home came to the banks of a wide river. Staring hopelessly at the great obstacle in front of him, he pondered for hours on how to cross the river.

Just as he was about to give up, he saw a great teacher on the other side of the river. The young man yells over to the teacher, “Oh wise one, can you tell me how to get to the other side of this river”?

The teacher ponders for a moment looks up and down the river and yells back, “My son, you are on the other side”.

Change Your Emotions – Great Middle Way

To manifest any given emotional state, we develop a pattern:

We focus our attention on a specific feeling (pleasant or unpleasant) and magnify it.

We generate a supporting discursive thought process and identify with it.

We assume a compatible breath pattern and physical posture.

If you want to change your emotional state, change your focus, your self-talk, your breath, and your posture.

via www.greatmiddleway.wordpress.com