{"id":10375,"date":"2014-09-19T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=10375"},"modified":"2015-03-25T10:41:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T14:41:05","slug":"meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html","title":{"rendered":"Meditation, A Path to Enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Meditation<\/a>Truth Journal<\/em> by Roy Eugene Davis, April-May & June-July 2014:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMany more people are learning to meditate.\u00a0 A full-page article in the November 16, 2013 issue of The Economist, an internationally distributed news magazine, reported that many people are being attracted to meditation as a way to function more effectively in an increasingly busy and stressful world.\u00a0 Many individuals and organizations are now actively promoting their forms of meditation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dramatic surge of interest that occurred in the 1960s has spread into mainstream western society.\u00a0 It is common to hear many medical doctors and other health professionals recommend meditation to their patient-clients. <\/span><\/p>\n

Choose To Be Spiritually Enlightened<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Enlighten \u2013 to provide knowledge with wisdom.\u00a0 Spiritual enlightenment is conscious realization of one\u2019s immortal, changeless essence (true nature) and ultimate reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is needed for spiritual enlightenment:<\/span>
\n1) A sincere desire to be fully conscious<\/span>
\n2) Willingness and ability to learn what is essential to know<\/span>
\n3) A decisive intention to be wisely self-disciplined.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meditation Benefits:<\/span>
\n1) Reduced stress<\/span>
\n2) Strengthening of the body\u2019s immune system<\/span>
\n3) Slowing of biological aging processes<\/span>
\n4) More orderly thinking<\/span>
\n5) Improved intellectual abilities<\/span>
\n6) Enhanced appreciation for enjoying life<\/span>
\n7) Greater ease in overcoming or renouncing addictive behaviors<\/span>
\n8) Spontaneous psychological transformation<\/span>
\n9) More obvious awakened spiritual consciousness<\/span><\/p>\n

Meditate to be superconscious.\u00a0\u00a0 Meditation aligns the body, mind and spirit.\u00a0 Meditation empowers you to improve any area of your life in a natural, gentle and all powerful way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day, meditate more deeply than you did the day before.\u201d<\/strong>
\nParamahansa Yogananda<\/p>\n

smiles,<\/span>
\n\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span>
\nThe MEGA Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"transform<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Visit Roy’s website and The Center for Spiritual Awareness<\/em>.\u00a0 CSA’s<\/em> link is listed to the right of this page under the heading “Blogroll<\/em>.”\u00a0 Roy offers many wonderful books on meditation and Kriya Yoga.\u00a0 Roy has a wonderful guided meditation CD which makes it simple and easy to meditate.\u00a0 Check out his pamphlet too called, An Easy Guide to Meditation.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Roy Eugene Davis is one of the last, remaining direct disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda and has been teaching meditation and spiritual practices for fifty years.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

(Photos by Google)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Truth Journal by Roy Eugene Davis, April-May & June-July 2014: \u201cMany more people are learning to meditate.\u00a0 A full-page article in the November 16, 2013 issue of The Economist, an internationally distributed news magazine, reported that many people are being attracted to meditation as a way to function more effectively in an increasingly busy and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,22,10,1,2,7,3,11,4],"tags":[12,76,29,13,14,18,72,15,21,9,17,19],"class_list":["post-10375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acknowledgement","category-communication","category-divine-love","category-empowerment","category-personal-growth","category-professional-development","category-relationships","category-success","category-transformation","category-wealth","tag-challenge","tag-divine-love","tag-faith","tag-fascination","tag-fear","tag-following-your-path","tag-gentle","tag-growth","tag-health","tag-inspiration","tag-opportunity","tag-path-to-success"],"yoast_head":"\nMeditation, A Path to Enlightenment - Have a Magnificent Day!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meditation, A Path to Enlightenment - Have a Magnificent Day!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Truth Journal by Roy Eugene Davis, April-May & June-July 2014: \u201cMany more people are learning to meditate.\u00a0 A full-page article in the November 16, 2013 issue of The Economist, an internationally distributed news magazine, reported that many people are being attracted to meditation as a way to function more effectively in an increasingly busy and…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Have a Magnificent Day!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-19T04:00:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-03-25T14:41:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/09\/Meditation-can-eliminate-violence.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The MEGA Coach\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meditation, A Path to Enlightenment - Have a Magnificent Day!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meditation, A Path to Enlightenment - Have a Magnificent Day!","og_description":"Truth Journal by Roy Eugene Davis, April-May & June-July 2014: \u201cMany more people are learning to meditate.\u00a0 A full-page article in the November 16, 2013 issue of The Economist, an internationally distributed news magazine, reported that many people are being attracted to meditation as a way to function more effectively in an increasingly busy and…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html","og_site_name":"Have a Magnificent Day!","article_published_time":"2014-09-19T04:00:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-03-25T14:41:05+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/09\/Meditation-can-eliminate-violence.jpg"}],"author":"The MEGA Coach","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html","name":"Meditation, A Path to Enlightenment - Have a Magnificent Day!","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/09\/Meditation-can-eliminate-violence.jpg","datePublished":"2014-09-19T04:00:57+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-25T14:41:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/#\/schema\/person\/7449a096ccdc7d8664a8baa38d58ca44"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/09\/Meditation-can-eliminate-violence.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/09\/Meditation-can-eliminate-violence.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/09\/meditation-a-path-to-enlightenment.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meditation, A Path to Enlightenment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/","name":"Have a Magnificent Day!","description":"Daily Inspiration, Good News, Daily Hope and Encouragement","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/#\/schema\/person\/7449a096ccdc7d8664a8baa38d58ca44","name":"The MEGA Coach","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/868\/868c7158feeb1701d858503f712298fcx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/868\/868c7158feeb1701d858503f712298fcx96.jpg","caption":"The MEGA Coach"},"description":"Lee Papier is a business and life coach in the human potential field. For 30 years he has studied what motivates human\/spiritual beings. His life passion focuses on inspiring people to grow, awaken and actualize their divine potential. As co-founder of the Power of Acknowledgement organization in the eighties, Lee and his mentor, Michael Wyman shared a powerful technology to uplift people to achieve their dreams. In 1985, Lee and Michael served as motivational coaches for the New York Rangers working directly with Craig Patrick, who was assistant coach on the legendary 1980 US Olympic Hockey team. Lee also founded Insights to Excellence, Inc., a sales and management consulting and training organization. He developed and presented seminars designed to empower people to actualize their full potential, both personally and professionally. Lee's has two passions. As The MEGA Coach, his focus is to inspire people to live the divine plan of their lives. In addition, Lee is a Wealth Advisor in financial services and retirement planning. He provides effective financial solutions that guarantee protection, security and financial freedom. Lee graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Rochester and an MBA in Finance and Human Resource Management from the University of San Diego. Lee uplifts people to make each day a masterpiece. In his blog, Have A Magnificent Day!, Lee offers daily boosts of inspiration to help you start your day with a ray of hope and positive thoughts.","sameAs":["http:\/\/%20"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/author\/themegacoach"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10375"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11880,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10375\/revisions\/11880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}