{"id":887,"date":"2009-10-26T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T13:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/10\/meditate-practice-cure-hangovers.html"},"modified":"2009-10-26T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T13:12:01","slug":"meditate-practice-cure-hangovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/10\/meditate-practice-cure-hangovers.html","title":{"rendered":"Why We Meditate: Because Practice Can Cure Hangovers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\"meditation_buddhism_meditate.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>
\nby Ethan Nichtern<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

On November 6 & 7<\/strong>, the Buddhist<\/a>-inspired Interdependence Project<\/a> (which creates this blog<\/a> for your education and\/or amusement) will be hosting our largest
\nfundraiser and event to date in the form of a 24- hour Meditation<\/a> Marathon in the
\nwindow displays of ABC Carpet & Home<\/a>, a wonderful and sustainable<\/a> store in New York City.
\nWe are aiming to raise funds for our non-profit organization to develop as a true
\ncommunity center, develop a radio show, and develop our activism
\nprojects (environmental and prison<\/a> work) in the coming year. We also need additional support to continue providing great
\nclasses, events and projects for the upcoming year, and expand the
\nscope of our transformative community.<\/p>\n

About 90 people have signed up to participate. Three of us, myself
\nincluded, are meditating for 24 hours straight! So why do we practice
\nmeditation<\/a>?
\nThat’s a great question to ask yourself before you do it around the
\nclock on one of the busiest streets in the world. Every week for the
\nnext six weeks leading up to
\nthe event, we will share with you five answers to that questions from
\nmarathon participants. If you like an answer, please consider making a donation in support of the meditator who wrote it<\/a> (many thanks to the 300 or so sponsors so far!) Any amount is appreciated, and it helps our little nonprofit with a big
\nheart tremendously. The donation is deductible to the full extent of
\nthe law. <\/p>\n

Here are this week’s top five reasons we sit:
<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n


\n1. “I meditate because it
\ncures hangovers<\/a>.<\/span><\/font>“
     -participant Kat Hendrix<\/p>\n

2. “I sit to be in the present, not the past nor the future, because ‘right now’ is exactly where I need to be.”
    -participant Jeff Hinton<\/p>\n

3. “I sit to transform problems into opportunities.”
    -participant Ralph De La Rosa<\/p>\n

4. “i sit so i don’t miss the next 30 years of my life”
    -participant Heather Coleman<\/p>\n

5. “I sit because it settles and dissolves the clamor of my mind into peace.”
    -participant Eavan Cleary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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