[girlcharm18]

ok so this may seem dumb and to some people very unlikly to work. I know anxiety is so horrible at times that it seems like nothing will help and all the constant reasurance seems like it won't help as well I have had anxiety for just about everything! when I say everything I mean everything lol ok so I have been to therapy and takin meds since I was little and somethings helped somethings didn't but I kept trying and trying sometimes even hiding! hiding from these stupid anxieties that had taken me over! I never thought I was gonna get better and that I was gonna be on different meds for the rest of my life... anyway to get to the point is these books about the power of thinking and meditation have turned my life around im not completely better.. but it has helped a lot I bealive that it could help some of u that are looking for an altarnitive to meds or even a combination of both. the books that have helped me are from a guy named Paramhansa Yoganada. like I was saying some people my belive that healing once mind with just the power of thought is riduclous I was one as well belive me I have always been a negative thinker and still am at times.but hey if u can try taking meds that u thinki will cure u even temporairly they why not give this a try!

[Brokenheart1]

Originally Posted by girlcharm18

ok so this may seem dumb and to some people very unlikly to work. I know anxiety is so horrible at times that it seems like nothing will help and all the constant reasurance seems like it won't help as well I have had anxiety for just about everything! when I say everything I mean everything lol ok so I have been to therapy and takin meds since I was little and somethings helped somethings didn't but I kept trying and trying sometimes even hiding! hiding from these stupid anxieties that had taken me over! I never thought I was gonna get better and that I was gonna be on different meds for the rest of my life... anyway to get to the point is these books about the power of thinking and meditation have turned my life around im not completely better.. but it has helped a lot I bealive that it could help some of u that are looking for an altarnitive to meds or even a combination of both. the books that have helped me are from a guy named Paramhansa Yoganada. like I was saying some people my belive that healing once mind with just the power of thought is riduclous I was one as well belive me I have always been a negative thinker and still am at times.but hey if u can try taking meds that u thinki will cure u even temporairly they why not give this a try!

Thanks for the advice,,,the auther's name is Paramhansa Yoganada...right?
can you gimme the book's name plz!

[nowheretorun]

((((girlcharm))) i share these beliefs with you and i can tell you the same as you also shared here with us.. for some these techniques are exactly the thing i think and there are many at PC here who apply a form of meditation in daily routines and i know that if they will keep at it, in time, they will also discover the truth of what you are saying..

methods of medicine in America and the West have altered slightly from those in what we now refer to as "The Old World" which really is meant to refer to the place we all came from i think..

but back to the topic.. Eastern and "Old World" medicines are catching up to the West as we mature and expand into the areas we still need more integration with and understanding of...

thank you for bringing these methods to the surface again for us and i hope many will take time to consider that 'old' and 'different' is relational to the way we think in terms of 'New" and "better" .. we can learn very much from our ancient teachers... thank you

[girlcharm18]

he has tons of books and podcasts as well I know if u go to crystal clarity.com or even google his name u will find a bunch of books he has written and others like a man named swami kryananda the one I read is the art and science of raja yoga by j donald walters or scentific healing affarmations or meta physcical meditaions or the holy science from swami sri yukteswar my boyfrined knows a lot about these guys If u have anymore questions be sure to ask and I will ask him..hope this helps!

[girlcharm18]

thank u nowheretorun I sometimes feel we are stuck in this world where all we can rely on is meds when in all actuality these only just help mask or just temporarily fix when in fact with just a little reading and understanding and some action we can fix these things forever! I thought I was alone or me and my boyfriend were the only ones that thought this way it nice to know there are other people out there that belive like we do

[girlcharm18]

www.selfrealizationfellowship.com

[nowheretorun]

(((girlcharm))) no, you are not the only ones

I have worked on and off with meditation for many years....now I have a Teacher that I work with -both in a class and privately every couple of weeks....and the difference is amazing. It's like I'm cultivating this calm place inside of myself that I can return to when I need it. When my mind starts spiraling out and the anxiety starts to build up, I can breathe and be here, now, and it can be okay.

It doesn't work every time. But every time it DOES work, it is a miracle, and a huge relief, to be able to do this for my Self.

For ME, I had to work with a teacher....doing it on my own worked for a while, but there were some roadblocks I couldn't get past. I know others who have been able to learn what they needed to learn on their own with books and CDs

Good luck to you...and thank you so much for posting this

[girlcharm18]

yes meditation is awesome when u can do it well omg I had such a good exsperince one time while listen to a pod cast from I belive crystal clarity.com I was meditating and awoke out of no where from meditation and got this rush of happyness my boyfriend was laying next to me woke up to oh it was awesome I really hope that at sometime our minds are so strong that self realization is all we need. I know my boyfriend was telling me of retreats that have been made for people that wanna live an alternate lifestyle it soungs weird but I guess these places of schools hospitals and churches just for meditation and and ways to find god through meditation he told me theres a place in cali and navada.

[girlcharm18]

ps sorry for the typos my phone sucks!

[Tumnus]

Originally Posted by girlcharm18

my boyfriend was telling me of retreats that have been made for people that wanna live an alternate lifestyle it soungs weird but I guess these places of schools hospitals and churches just for meditation and and ways to find god through meditation he told me theres a place in cali and navada.

I don't think it sounds weird at all. It seems to me that all societies have had some religious or philosophical school of thought that actually required its members to go away--at least for a time--to learn to live in a more meditational, perhaps even ritualistic manner that enriches their lives. I do, however, think some of those groups have been healthier in their approach than other groups.