{"id":693,"date":"2010-09-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/09\/meditation-time.html"},"modified":"2010-09-05T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T01:00:00","slug":"meditation-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/09\/meditation-time.html","title":{"rendered":"Meditation Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take 10 minutes.  Find a totally quiet, private place.  Close your eyes.  Breathe deeply. Relax.  Empty your mind of all thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a special feeling of a vastly deep Love, an awareness of something bigger and more powerful,<br \/>\ndeep inside you.  It flows from inside to the outside, from the outside<br \/>\nto the inside.  It is in you, a part of you, it is you, you are it, it<br \/>\nis also in others, and in everything.  You may have missed it, because<br \/>\nit&#8217;s so totally huge it&#8217;s hard to pinpoint! Yet it&#8217;s there. <\/p>\n<p>Sit quietly,<br \/>\nfocus on your breathing, and let your mind and heart open to this Love.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s very quiet and easily disguised by a bunch of thoughts and<br \/>\nfeelings. It takes developing a completely new set of spiritual senses to pick it up, but if you seek it, it becomes easy to feel it.<br \/>\nSome people call it a &#8220;sixth sense.&#8221;  It takes being very, very still,<br \/>\nand very open.<br \/>\nIf you don&#8217;t immediately experience this for yourself, don&#8217;t worry.  Don&#8217;t feel bad about it.  Just give<br \/>\nyourself a little more love, and time. Try it again later, or tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Do you meditate or pray?&nbsp; We&#8217;d love to hear how you make a connection with God, or your Higher Power.&nbsp; PLEASE COMMENT!<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________________<br \/>Have you joined our group, &#8220;Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer&#8221; yet?&nbsp; I&#8217;d love for you to be the first to know when my movie and book come out.&nbsp; Also, there are newsletters with prayers, wisdom, chants and meditations you may like.&nbsp; Register now at <a href=\"www.mysteriesoftheJesusPrayer.com\/mailing.html\">www.mysteriesoftheJesusPrayer.com\/mailing.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take 10 minutes. Find a totally quiet, private place. Close your eyes. Breathe deeply. Relax. Empty your mind of all thoughts. There&#8217;s a special feeling of a vastly deep Love, an awareness of something bigger and more powerful, deep inside you. 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