Are you coping with stress and
Tension in life?
Would you like to have more
Competence and Ability?
Is lack of self confidence holding
you back?
Toastmaster of the day, fellow Toastmasters and most valued guests good
evening you.
Every day we
are faced with stress: stress of different kinds. Relationship issues, other conflicts,
personal & professional responsibilities, health problems the list goes on.
However, continuing to live through stress will cause you to accumulate
negative energy which can lead you to suffer memory problems, irritability,
psychosomatic illnesses, headaches, depression and anxiety.
If you are experiencing
low self esteem, moderate stress level, having difficulty in sleeping and get easily
upset or worry unnecessarily then this is a problem related to the mind.
What is mind? Has
anyone seen the mind? No…. Do you see
the air? We know
this atmosphere is filled with air and we are feeling it. Has anyone seen Electricity? But we know that Electricity is there, we can
feel it, we know it is passing through the cables. We can control the
Electricity and we can use it for our needs.
Our mind is
like Electricity or air. W can’t see, but we can feel it. The mind is in our
body. Mind is like a monkey. It runs here there and everywhere; it is going
there, coming here and again going there.
The mind is every time going to the past, coming to the present and
going to the future. If you live in the present moment it will sit here. If we control this monkey, our problems
should be solved. How to control our mind?
We should know about his friend at the same time .Who is
that? It is our thoughts. If we can control our thoughts, the mind becomes calm
and quiet. Here we need one medicine or tool for that.
Meditation is
the only tool that can aid the mind to return to a state of peace. Meditation helps the individual over come
emotions like anger, hate, fear and other negativities and facilitates a calm
peaceful mind and stress free body.
How
many persons have experienced Meditation?
Now I
would like to share the experience of one sample meditation. Please close your eyes and sit comfortably.
Please keep your back bone straight and relax your body. Rest your hands in
your lap. Please don’t try to do anything, listen to my words only. Now take a
normal breath and breathe out slowly. Continue taking deep breaths and feel
your breath going in and coming out through the nostrils. Going in breaths fill
your cells with energy and coming out breaths bring rest to your body.
Please don’t try to prevent any thoughts happening in your mind. Please
bring your attention to your right leg, the left leg, abdomen, stomach, chest,
neck and face. Bring your attention to your whole body. Now your body feels hollow
and empty .Feel your body filled with love. Love your family, friends and enemies.
Send love to the whole world. Please be aware about your breath and slowly open
your eyes.
If you are meditating
30mts daily, the mind from the roaring sea becomes a lake.
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