Shhh, keep quiet

"Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you."
-- Nisaragada Ha Maharaj

The thing that most affects our productivity as well as our peace of mind is our mind chatter. Thinking about all the things I have to do today or could do today, or what will people think if I do this thing, only get in the way of your making a contribution in the world today.

So take a moment and do the One Minute Meditation now. Before going into the meditation, set the intention for what you want i.e.; clarity, productivity, creativity, opportunities, etc. Then do the One Minute Meditation and let go of attachment to how this will show up.

Let me know what you notice in the comments section.

To learn the One Minute Meditation, sign up for the 30 day Stillness Experiment at the link above. It's free.

Inspiring Results

Thanks to everyone who participated in my survey after completing the first 30 days of The Stillness Experiment. I have some exciting results to share with you that will hopefully inspire you to continue the practice of stillness.

One hundred and eighty people participated in the survey. Of those, more than 80% are females who are 40 years of age or older. It would seem that stillness is more important to the baby boomer generation. - or perhaps that is just the market I reach.

I have summarized some of the results here along with a couple of bar graphs for those of you who are more visual; they are quite dramatic.

Many people just dabbled in the experiment .... trying it out a few times but not really keeping up with it. The interesting news is, that even when people just tried the One Minute Meditation (tm) a few times, over 40% experienced a significant increase in their peace of mind when they did it. That was an unexpected result.

Did the One Minute Meditation a Few Times Over 30 Days
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And,it should come as no surprise that when people did the One Minute Meditation (tm) more often (3-5 times/a day), the results were significantly better. Nearly 90% experienced greater peace. Also more people saw significant improvement in their ability to deal with stress better, be in the flow more and access their intuition and creativity and connect with their higher source.

I should note that of the people who did the One Minute Meditation (tm) 3-5 times/day, 70% of them also did the 5 minute meditation 2-4 times/week. But let's add that up, a 5 minute meditation plus 3-5 one minute meditations per day is no more than 10 minutes a day throughout your day spent meditating. Ten minutes a day can and often does result in significant improvement in peace of mind.

Did the One Minute Meditation(tm) 3-5 times/day
(70% also did 5 min. meditation 2-4 times/week)
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So, does that you to do these short meditations more. Whether they be your meditations or mine?

What is the ability to handle stress and peace of mind worth to you? Is it worth 10 minutes/day?

Stay tuned for some inspiring comments from those who completed the first 30 days of the Stillness Experiment.

In the meantime take one minute to be still right now.

And let us know how you are doing.

And the journey begins...

Well it is the first morning of the stillness experiment, and I have to laugh. Seems technology is trying to play with my ability to stay still.

I woke up this morning excited to get going, and promptly started with my morning meditation after taking care of one quick task. ( my goal tomorrow is to choose the meditation, prior to any tasks.)

At any rate, this blog is extremely slow this morning and I have had challenges logging in and responding to comments. I am one of those people, who gets impatient when things don't work right. Can any of you relate to that? :)

So I have been doing my one minute meditation even more frequently than every hour to do my best to stay still and accept what is.

I decided to let the blogging go for awhile and work on another project. I needed to listen to an interview I had recorded and see if it needed any editing. Low and behold, the recording is not there.

I am taking the stance that the universe is on my side and that recording needed to be redone and will be much better the next time around. Or that I needed to record a different subject. I will be open to what the universe shows me ( and hope it does it in a timely manner as the material is time sensitive for my Life Transformation Tools and More program:))

I am also standing, that is perfect that I had technology challenges this morning. because it is easy to be still when everything is going great. It's quite another thing to be still in the face of challenge. So thank you for this challenge universe:)

On another note, I mentioned earlier that I have an injured shoulder. As a result, my left arm is in a sling and so I am having to type using Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software. I have been using it for a couple of weeks now and, quite frankly, it still doesn't recognize my voice very often. and so while I am using spell check on this blog, you may find some errors, and I request your understanding of such.

More later. Until then, may you experience peace, even in the face of challenges.

June 2, 2008

See post above. I am still learning about blogging