{"id":629,"date":"2012-01-22T22:33:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T22:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/areasontosmile\/?p=629"},"modified":"2012-01-22T22:37:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T22:37:27","slug":"meditation-101-or-reining-in-the-monkey-mind-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/areasontosmile\/2012\/01\/meditation-101-or-reining-in-the-monkey-mind-video.html","title":{"rendered":"Meditation 101; Or, reining in the monkey mind (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
\nBuddha<\/p>\n

If you are like most people, it probably seems like life is getting harder and harder. Faster and faster paced, more to do with less time; like the days, weeks, months and even years are just flying by.<\/p>\n

What if there was a way to get more out of life, to experience more peace,more happiness<\/a>, and to\u00a0give up stress<\/a>\u00a0once and for all?<\/p>\n

Well there is good news, and there is better news: the solution exists, and has existed for around 4,000 years. The better news is, you are going to learn it here today.<\/p>\n

Clearly, you can tell from the title that the solution is meditation!
\nBefore we go on, let us be clear on what meditation is, and what it isn’t.
\nMeditation is getting your mind under your own conscious control. To have it be calm and reined in like a horse, rather than running around wild like a monkey.<\/p>\n

And more than that, meditation has been a proven antidote to stress, so learning effective meditation techniques can not only make you feel calmer and happier, it can literally save your life!<\/p>\n

In the video below, you’ll learn:
\nWhat meditation is, why it’s important,and how to do it. An explanation and demo of the major types of meditation, and a *guided meditation* that will allow you to instantly relax whenever you like.<\/p>\n