Reading through this week's posts on Steem, I found folks writing on different types of meditation. With some things that we don't always think of as meditation being presented in such a way as to be considered a meditation.

I ran into this wonderful post by Hive account@tantrabanter when checking out the #consciousness tag. He had an introductory post to a course he is taking Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) here then he went on to share what he was learning in that post in a second post here. It was all about the Beginner's Mind and he described the different steps they were given to achieve this Beginner's Mind (think more like the mind of a child) and the benefits he realized from implementing them. It seemed to give a fresh outlook and it sounded like something I'd like to give a try!

Hive account@vieira had a wonderful post of the importance of resting, not doing anything! How many of us are really doing that in this fast paced world? You can read it here

He writes:

Rest is simply taking time to do nothing, literally do nothing and see what happens. This can be seen as meditation. Where we are only passive observers.
The importance of doing nothing is equal to that of doing something, only that it is constantly undervalued. If we don't rest properly we will not have the ability to do our work in the most effective way and our creativity and mental abilities will be at their worst level.

Hive account@kadoka had an interesting post involving an angel and a message he had gotten while creating trance-inducing music which led him to flashbacks of previous states of ego in his life with an angel witnessing it. He wrote

Meditations on what could have been, or still could be, if we as flawed humans each in different developmental stages of our learning process only had a bit more faith in ourselves and a bit more understanding of our motives. The angel has seen all of this; she is omniscient. She hasn't only witnessed my all of my actions as if watching a film, but she also sees in my mind and deeply understands the effects that each experience had on my developing psyche. It seems, she understands and remembers even better than I do, and that's why she's here now, showing me what happened, traumas that had been blocked out, encouraging me to indulge in my emotional outpouring upon rememberance of each event shown. She urges me to look closely, to feel deeply, so that I may know how to move forward in a way that separates me from the conditionings of my past. Open fully and take all this in so that you may learn from your past.

It is a very interesting conclusion he shared about how we create egos because of our lack of omniscience.
Plus there is some beautiful butterfly photos. I enjoyed this read and it gave me some insights and a different perspective as living as an individual in the present. I hope you enjoy reading it too! Read it here

Note: Above Images belong to the curated authors.

For Mindful Monday we had:

Hive account@vincentnijman With a message from hypersensitivosaurus here and he also had another post this week The Story of a VelociRapper called Li'l Hyper - Creativity, Spirituality and The Hero's Journey here

Hive account@fmbs25 spoke of folks abandoning their parents here

Hive account@tryskele Had one of those days and wrote about it here She speaks about anger and goes on to share about how we can change our attitudes and feelings towards anger and getting angry.

and myself Hive account@porters wrote on Investing in Yourself - Heading Towards a Well Lead Life here

Other mindful life related post I found:

Hive account@macchiata is reviewing the book Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and some of the benefits she is reaping upon doing so. Read it here

Hive account@brightstar spoke of the different levels of consciousness with a chart of Attitudes of Development here

Hive account@zydane speaks od what holds people back from living their dreams here

If you are wanting some beautiful meditative music check out Hive account@montanacellist She has created a whole series of musical posts she is sharing like her "Stop, listen..." Take some time. My new meditative piece... Cello and Piano post here

Check out Hive account@samstonehill and his daily quote from Abraham

And as always
Hive account@bewithbreath is hosting twice weekly meditations in our Mindful Life Discord server here - join in for midweek or weekend peace. It's a lovely reminder to focus on breath.

What are you reflecting on in your mindful life this week?

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