Release Tuesday afternoon November 3, 2020
My guest this episode is Jim Jensen author of Expand The Power of Your Subconscious Mind. It is an updated look at the 50 year old classic The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Dr. Joseph Murphy. Learn more about C James (Jim) Jensen at cjamesjensen.com and listen to our episode!
Meditation In Times Of Crisis By C. James Jensen
I was blessed to have been trained in meditation at an
early age. I have been amazed for some time now why so few people in our
Western culture do not regularly practice some form of meditation on a daily
basis. With the unrest in the world, the Covid-19 pandemic, and current
political scene, a quieter mind is important to resist joining the world in a
state of fear and turmoil.
The amount of data on the benefits of meditation is
abundant. Maybe if we all took time to meditate on the problems around us, we
would have the ability to bring calm to the causes of stress from all the
outside sources as well as internal fears and anxiety of things like possibly
being exposed to this virus. I believe if people could sit with their political
frustrations and meditate, they could see past the anger to resolutions to
assist the planet with its current struggles. Meditation allows us to step
outside situations to see like an eagle from a distance instead of feeling like
you're in the eye of a storm.
I know when I feel rundown, fatigued, or concerned that I
might become ill, through meditation I can direct energy to any area of my body
that I think needs a “boost”, or healing, and most often ward off the physical
manifestation of my dis-ease-ness. Knock on wood, but I can’t remember having
had a common cold or the flu in over twenty years.
On the mental side, I have had some of my greatest ideas
and inspiration come to me in meditation. Meditation quiets the mind. When you
quiet your mind, you are able to listen or better hear those thoughts that may
come from your higher consciousness or the creative center of your mind.
Having learned how
to meditate has benefited me greatly in my professional life. Approximately 45
minutes before I was to speak to any group, I would find a quiet room and begin
to meditate to align and balance. I would ask my Higher Self to please provide
me with the most appropriate thoughts for that particular occasion. As I
entered meditation, I would not think about my speech, the audience, or how “I”
(the ego) was going to act. I would simply quiet my mind, release any stress
associated with speaking to a group whether it was to my own employees or other
peers.
Many doctors treating children with anxiety have found
using meditation to be very useful with their young patients. For many
suffering with conditions like ADHD it may be the only thing that will help
them quiet the mind for any extended period of time allowing them to relax and
be calm.
Meditation also is a wonderful thing to experience as a
couple, a way to relax together. My wife Jeri and I have been meditating for
years. I think it may be one of the keys to our long and very happy life
together.
Janet Barrett
Podcast host Journeys Into Enlightenment with Janet
