{"id":607,"date":"2011-02-21T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T11:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2011\/02\/meditation.html"},"modified":"2011-02-21T11:10:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T11:10:39","slug":"meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2011\/02\/meditation.html","title":{"rendered":"Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am back home from my visit to Mexico and the wonderful whales. Wednesday I’ll have a real treat for you, some photos and a video I took of a young mother and her calf. I love to meditate and had an awesome opportunity to meditate in some awesome places so I thought I’d share some simple tips on meditation<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Meditation<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

Simple put meditation is withdrawing your attention from the external world and allowing yourself to connect with the energy of the divine, whether you call that God, Goddess, angels<\/a>, the Great Spirit, Jesus, Mother Mary or just love.<\/p>\n


\nMeditation is easy<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

So often when I talk about meditation people think it is hard or more accurately make it a lot harder than it really is. Meditation is simple a matter of sitting quietly for a few minutes and focusing your attention on your breath. When you mind begins to wander just focus your attention on your breath again. <\/p>\n

The most important things about meditating are:<\/p>\n