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Chinese Wisdom Set of 4 Absorbent Stone Coasters Sale Price: $11.99  |
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Using your magazines and newspapers (or whatever you can find) to avoid those nasty rings on your furniture from drips and sweaty glasses? Here's a solution: absorbent tumbled stone coasters. They're made of porous stone and are cork-backed to prevent nicks and scratches to your furniture... |
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Meditation on Door II, 2004 (oil on canvas) .. - 3x2 inch Fridge Magnet - large magnetic button - Magnet Sale Price: $4.99 |
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Rectangular wrap-around refrigerator magnet and a glossy mylar cover.Large 2x3 inch rectangle fridge magnet or 'buttons' as they are sometimes known in the USA.Crop shown is automated for display purposes only... |
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Meditation on Door II, 2004 (oil on canvas) .. - Mug - Standard Size Sale Price: $14.50 |
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This mug is created using the finest dye sublimation techniques and creates a stunning dishwasher safe finish. Great as a gift, or for promotional items. Each of our mugs come individually boxed for protection in transit. |
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Inexpensive Meditation Indirect Lighting -1.5ft. Kharbarosk Japanese Lantern Oriental Table Lamp - Walnut Sale Price: $49.00 |
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Beautifully crafted, 100% kiln dried Scandinavian Spruce, bent wood Japanese shoji lantern, in attractive art deco design, with polyester fiber reinforced, pressed pulp rice paper shade - creates soft, warm glow, with diffused, indirect light- UL approved wiring, socket, and switch for a 25 Watt incandecesnt bulb, or up to an 80 watt compact flouresent bulb, a timeless lighting accent for traditional or contemporary decor, great gift idea! Ships in 48 hours from your order, from our Massachusetts warehouse via FedEx, expedited delivery available... |
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Unique Inexpensive Lamps- 19" Olivia Modern Japanese Style Wood & Paper Lantern - Silver Base Sale Price: $16.00 |
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White columnar shade in clean art deco style casts warm glow in any room. UL approved wiring, socket, and switch for up to a 25 Watt bulb. Great gift idea! Ships in two days from our Massachusetts via Fed Ex Home Service. |
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Unique Simple Gift for Her Teen - 18" Geisha Art Japanese Design Electric Paper Lantern - Black Sale Price: $32.00 |
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Attractive variation of classic Japanese paper lantern. Pressed pulp rice paper shade w/ whimsical Geisha design. Creates a soft, warm glow in any room. UL approved wiring, socket, and switch for 25W bulb, ships in 48hrs from our Massachusetts warehouse via FedEx, expedited delivery available. |
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Chime, Table; Lucky Fish; 8" high Sale Price: $50.00 |
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To enter awareness of Zen is to wake up to the here and now. As the vibration of the chime begins, our awareness comes into focus. We are in the moment of the ring as suddenly as the sound begins. Our hand cast chimes are made by Tibetan metal craft artisans living in India, and our Table Chimes are excellent for use in meditation, teaching settings, musical applications or as an attractive table top decoration. |
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Zen Mantra Table Chime Sale Price: $46.00 |
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To enter awareness of Zen is to wake up to the here and now. As the vibration of the chime begins, our awareness comes into focus. We are in the moment of the ring as suddenly as the sound begins. Our hand cast and hand tuned tingsha with the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra (Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus) floats over an attractive wooden base... |
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Chime, Table; Zen, Embossed Dragon Sale Price: $46.00 |
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In the west, the dragon was always portrayed as a monster. However, in the orient, the dragon is considered to be a universal symbol of harmony, virtue, prosperity, change, energy and creativity. Carved images of the dragon date back to the 5th century BC in China... |
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Toysmith Zen Garden List Price: $24.95 Sale Price: $13.95 |
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Clear your mind of chaos and achieve a greater state of inner peace with our Zen Garden! |
An Awful Day, The Meditation Way, Part 2
Hi, my name is Ali Sharifi and this is part two of a two part series on how to relieve stress at work and at home. If you missed part one, please see the link at the bottom of the article. So, in the last article, we had seen our "awful day" progress up until around 2pm. Lets see what happens the rest of the day.
3:30 PM
You find out that you were passed up for that promotion you had been working so hard to receive.
Normal way – You are overwhelmed with feelings of depression and spend twenty minutes hiding in the bathroom. You have thoughts that you'll never get this promotion and that no one appreciates your work and skills. You then think that you probably don't deserve the promotion anyway and you just feel worthless.
Meditation way – After a few seconds of self pity and sadness, you realize that these feelings wont help you move forward. Instead, you spend the next few minutes thinking about possible reasons why you didn't get the promotion. You come up with a plan of action with specific to-do items to help you become a better candidate for promotion. You are confident that this goal is achievable and that you completely deserve it. With a renewed sense of hope, you continue your day.
4:30 PM
You get a call from you wife that your daughter has come down with a serious fever and that shes taking her to the emergency room. You ask your boss if you can leave early and rush to the hospital. You and your wife sit in the waiting room as doctors work with your daughter.
Normal way – You are in a state of panic and are having trouble swallowing. You pace back and forth as your mind races with worse case scenarios. Seeing your state of mind, your wife's anxiety rises even further. You both feel utterly helpless.
Meditation way – You are deeply concerned about your daughter. You hold your wife's hand and assure her everything will be all right. You then close your eyes together and focus all of your attention on your daughter. You conjure up an image of your daughter in your mind and imagine a burst of white healing light surrounding her. Both of you continue to send her white light and affirm that she will be all right (Link to meditation below). You ask the universe to help her in this time of need. You both feel better, knowing that you are doing something to help her as you wait, and calming yourself down in the process.
8:36 PM
You bring your daughter home from the hospital and she is doing just fine. You make some quick dinner and sit down to eat. As you try to have your meal, you receive calls from four different telemarketers trying to sell you their services.
Normal way – You get extremely angry and scream at the telemarketers. You have a hard time masking your anger, making everyone feel tense around the dinner table.
Meditation way – You realize that, even though the telemarketers can be annoying, they are people too and they are just doing their jobs. They don't deserve to be yelled at. You take a deep cleansing breath and calmly tell them you're not interested and get back to dinner with your family. You even decide to turn off the ringer on your phone while you enjoy the rest of your meal.
10:45 PM
As you are about to go to sleep, your mind is filled with thousands of thoughts and feelings about the days events and things you need to do tomorrow.
Normal way – You go right to bed and end up tossing and turning for hours. You finally fall asleep, but wake up feeling awful the next day.
Meditation way – You spend fifteen minutes meditating. This time you choose to do the Focus on Self meditation (Link to meditation below), where you focus your attention on different areas of your body. Before you end your meditation, you also program your mind to wake up at 7:00 AM. You simply do this by telling yourself repeatedly that you will wake up at that time. As soon as you're done, you go to bed and instantly fall asleep. You have a great nights rest and wake up totally refreshed and on time.
This has been an exaggeration of an awful day you might have. Hopefully every day wont be filled with all of these potentially stressful things, but we've all had similar experiences from time to time. I hope you were able to see how you might change your behavior and thinking when seemingly awful situations arise. With a lot of practice, you'll find that with the meditation way, even the worst days end up being okay.
Have a great day!
Please visit my blog to listen to the White Light Meditation and Focus on Self Meditation mentioned above. Also, if you missed part one, you can get it below.
About the Author
Ali Sharifi has been teaching practical stress relief, relaxation, and meditation techniques for well over a decade. You can check out his blog where he has free articles, videos, exercises, meditations and more, at http://www.relaxation2go.com. Also, you may be interested in our free video report on how to relieve stress.
