Meditation Week #4 – Colorado Rocky Mountain Vipassana

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For my last week of meditation this month I decided to keep things simple.  One of the most seemingly straight-forward meditation techniques was called Vipassana Meditation.  Wikipedia describes the practice of Vipassana as “insight into the true nature of reality”. … Continue reading →

Urban Meditation Week #3 – Aligning my Seven Chakras

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This week I tried chakra meditation, focusing on one of the seven chakras each day.  As a scientist/engineer I was immediately skeptical of this concept of “chakra”, but in the spirit of learning and trying new things, I threw myself … Continue reading →

Meditation Week #2 – A Yuppie’s Reflection on a Pilgrimage to Israel

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This week’s reflection meditation experience was 180 degrees different from last week’s guided meditations on YouTube.  Almost exactly one year ago, I went on a religious pilgrimage to Israel with a group of people from my church.  It was a … Continue reading →

Guided Meditations on YouTube and a Healthy Dose of Skepticism

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Completely ignorant of various styles of meditation I decided I would do my first week using guided meditations to get myself in the zone if you will.  Having just concluded my first week of daily meditation I have a mixture … Continue reading →

Zen and the Art of Yuppie Meditation

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Like any other young urban professional (yuppie) with high aspirations for life, I’m usually firing on all cylinders most of my day/week/month/etc.  My busy schedule is mostly self-inflicted but I think it’s less out of a need to stay busy … Continue reading →