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Quincy
- The summer season is over when the month of September
sneaks in. You can’t miss it, with boisterous children
screaming and laughing in school playgrounds, brown areas on
the lawn and leaves, leaves, leaves everywhere. Officially,
by my calendar, the first day of autumn is the 23rd of this
month.
Now is a good time to bring about unity in your life through
mental exercise consisting in any of the innumerable
techniques of concentration, contemplation and abstraction
to heightened spiritual awareness or somatic calm.
The practice of meditation has occurred worldwide since
ancient times. It may be viewed as spiritually or physically
restorative and enriching to daily life. Meditation may
serve as a special, potent preparation for a particular,
usually physical or strenuous activity, as in the case of
the warrior before battle or musician before a performance.
In recent medical and psychological studies, meditation
techniques have proven effective with skilled practitioners
in controlling pulse and respiratory rates and, to varying
degrees, in control of migraine headaches and hypertension.
Listen to your body when you feel stressed out. Take time
each day to sit quietly away from activity and try some deep
breathing exercises. Think or visualize pleasant thoughts.
Choose a time of the day when your activities are on the
down side and keep that time frame each day. See if you
can’t bring calming enrichment into your life.
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