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Happy Mind: Meditations from the Ancient World to Modernity

Ancient meditation techniques from wisdom teachers who are lost in the mists of time are made available to you in accessible, bite-sized or longer guided meditations. Each episode is largely inspired by the original teachings of Taoist, Buddhist and Hindu masters like Lao Tzu, Buddha and “Krishna”, Christian masters like Mary Magdalene, Jesus and Teresa of Avila, Greek masters like Plotinus, Plato and Pythagoras, Islamic masters like Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Attar, and Hafez, and pre-historic masters from Polynesia, Australia and the Americas. From Buddhism to Taoism, from Astrology to Platonism, from Medieval Alchemists to Central Asian poets of yore, (and more), this podcast provides an easy way to access the simple meditation and happy life practices developed by the wisest masters to have graced this planet. Zebediah Rice guides you in an easy and free way to learn to meditate, become more mindful, energetic, happy, peaceful, and mentally sharp. Just sit back, relax, and let me do the work for you.

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First Chakra - You Are Safe And Secure (45 min) Dec 20, 2018

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From ancient times, the enlightened ones have taught that the physical body you can perceive with your senses and your everyday consciousness isn't all there is to you. You also have an energetic body. And instability or holding in your energetic body can be the source of many a physical or psychological malady. The energetic body is composed of a series of energetic wheels or "chakras" that follow the line of your spine. Your first chakra lies at the base of your spine. When your first chakra is blocked or out of balance, you may feel fearful or anxious or you may manifest any number of other negative feeling states. Depending on your emotional predispositions, this could appear as anger or irritability, a deep sense of insecurity or worry, even panic or depression. And of course there are the myriad of physical ailments such as problems in the colon, with the bladder, with elimination, or with lower back, leg, or feet (and in men, prostate issues). This meditation will help restore balance and open your first chakra to the ever present flow of healing energy available to all of us at any time.

This is a 45 minute version of the You Are Safe And Secure guided meditation.

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First Chakra - You Are Safe And Secure (30 min) Dec 18, 2018

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Many people believe that the physical body we can perceive with our senses and our everyday consciousness is all there is to us. But you also have an energetic body. And instability or holding in your energetic body can be the source of many a physical or psychological malady. The energetic body is composed of a series of energetic wheels or "chakras" that follow the line of your spine. Your first chakra lies at the base of your spine. When your first chakra is blocked or out of balance, you may feel fearful or anxious or you may manifest any number of other negative feeling states. Depending on your emotional predispositions, this could appear as anger or irritability, a deep sense of insecurity or worry, even panic or depression. And of course there are the myriad of physical ailments such as problems in the colon, with the bladder, with elimination, or with lower back, leg, or feet (and in men, prostate issues). This meditation will help restore balance and open your first chakra to the ever present flow of healing energy available to all of us at any time.

This is a 30 minute version of the You Are Safe And Secure guided meditation.

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First Chakra - You Are Safe And Secure (20 min) Dec 17, 2018

Show notes

Instability or holding in your energetic body can be the source of many a physical or psychological malady. When your first chakra is blocked or out of balance, you may feel fearful or anxious or you may manifest any number of other negative feeling states. Depending on your emotional predispositions, this could appear as anger or irritability, a deep sense of insecurity or worry, even panic or depression. And of course there are the myriad of physical ailments such as problems in the colon, with the bladder, with elimination, or with lower back, leg, or feet (and in men, prostate issues). This meditation will help restore balance and open your first chakra to the ever present flow of healing energy available to all of us at any time.

This is a 20 minute version of the You Are Safe And Secure guided meditation.

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First Chakra - You Are Safe And Secure (10 min) Dec 17, 2018

Show notes

When your first chakra is blocked or out of balance, you may feel fearful or anxious or you may manifest any number of other negative feeling states. Depending on your emotional predispositions, this could appear as anger or irritability, a deep sense of insecurity or worry, even panic or depression. This meditation will help restore balance and open your first chakra to the ever present flow of healing energy available to all of us at any time.

This is a 10 minute version of the You Are Safe And Secure guided meditation.

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First Chakra - Condensed Energy (60 min) Dec 14, 2018

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Though your consciousness is dominated by the information coming in from your senses and the emotions and thought patterns that the mind generates, there is a world of energy that is invisible to most of us most of the time. But this doesn't mean that it isn't there. The root chakra, located at the base of your spine, is the connection point to the energy that permeates this physical world of ours. The fluctuating, vibrant fields of energy that we are immersed in and a part of (for matter is energy in a different form after all) can be connected to and sensed by bringing your attention to this chakra. And energy isn't just the sort of energy you are probably thinking of. There is the level of energy and light that we can measure with our detectors and comprehend with our senses. And then there is an entirely different level of what we might call spiritual energy or Qi. This guided meditation will give you a sense of what this other energy is like and how it connects to the energy of the physical dimension. If you work on it enough, you will be on your way to opening and activating this chakra and therefore aligning it with the energy of the world around you. The power that comes from this cleansing and alignment is difficult to explain in words. So, enjoy!

This is a 60 minute version of the Condensed Energy guided meditation.

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First Chakra - Condensed Energy (45 min) Dec 11, 2018

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There is more to you than just the flesh and guts of your physical body. You may think that your body plus your thoughts or the contents of your consciousness is all there is to you. But the great masters from disperse regions and times have explored this question and each reached the same conclusion. One level up from the physical world of course are your emotions and then the next layer is your thoughts. But there are several layers or levels of being above those three. The easiest one to access is your energetic body. Your consciousness is dominated by the information coming in from your senses and the emotions and thought patterns that your mind generates so it is hard for you to notice that there this world of energy all around and within you. All of this matter and energy in the physical and energetic dimensions is interacting with your body and your mind all the time. The root chakra, located at the base of your spine, is the connection point to the energy this dimension of energy that permeates this physical world of ours. The fluctuating, vibrant fields of energy that we are immersed in and a part of can be connected to and sensed by bringing your attention to this chakra. And there is tremendous healing potential, both physically and emotionally, by connecting and harmonizing with these fields of energy. This guided meditation will give you a sense of what that means and start you on your journey to activating this chakra and aligning it with the energy of the world around you.

This is a 45 minute version of the Condensed Energy guided meditation.

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First Chakra - Condensed Energy (30 min) Dec 11, 2018

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You may think that your physical body is all there is to you (other than maybe your thoughts or the contents of your consciousness). But the great masters from disperse regions and times have explored this question and each reached the same conclusion. There is more to you than just the meat of your form. Quite a lot more, it turns out. One level up from the physical world of course are your emotions and then the next layer is your thoughts. But there are several layers or levels of being above those three. The easiest one to access is your energetic body. Your consciousness is dominated by the information coming in from your senses and the emotions and thought patterns that your mind generates so it is hard for you to notice that there this world of energy all around and within you. All of this matter and energy in the physical and energetic dimensions is interacting with your body and your mind all the time. The root chakra, located at the base of your spine, is the connection point to the energy this dimension of energy that permeates this physical world of ours. The fluctuating, vibrant fields of energy that we are immersed in and a part of can be connected to and sensed by bringing your attention to this chakra. And there is tremendous healing potential, both physically and emotionally, by connecting and harmonizing with these fields of energy. This guided meditation will give you a sense of what that means and start you on your journey to activating this chakra and aligning it with the energy of the world around you.

This is a 30 minute version of the Condensed Energy guided meditation.

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First Chakra - Condensed Energy (20 min) Dec 09, 2018

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Your consciousness is dominated by the information coming in from your senses and the emotions and thought patterns that your mind generates so it is hard for you to notice that there is a world of energy all around and within you. All of this matter and energy in the physical and energetic dimensions is interacting with your body and your mind all the time. The root chakra, located at the base of your spine, is the connection point to the energy this dimension of energy that permeates this physical world of ours. The fluctuating, vibrant fields of energy that we are immersed in and a part of can be connected to and sensed by bringing your attention to this chakra. And there is tremendous healing potential, both physically and emotionally, by connecting and harmonizing with these fields of energy. This guided meditation will give you a sense of what that means and start you on your journey to activating this chakra and aligning it with the energy of the world around you.

This is a 20 minute version of the Condensed Energy guided meditation.

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First Chakra - Condensed Energy (10 min) Dec 08, 2018

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Every physical thing in the universe is composed of matter. And matter is a form of energy. Though your consciousness is dominated by the information coming in from your senses and the emotions and thought patterns that the mind generates, there is a world of energy that is invisible to most of us most of the time. But this doesn't mean that it isn't there. The root chakra, located at the base of your spine, is the connection point to the energy that permeates this physical world of ours. The fluctuating, vibrant fields of energy that we are immersed in and a part of can be connected to and sensed by bringing your attention to this chakra. This guided meditation will give you a sense of what that means and start you on your journey to activating this chakra and aligning it with the energy of the world around you.

This is a 10 minute version of the Condensed Energy guided meditation.

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First Chakra - The Root of it All (1 hr) Dec 06, 2018

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If feeling grounded, settled, open, calm and peaceful is for you, then try this meditation. Often when you are anxious, agitated, sad, lonely, or when you suffer from the almost any of the other negative feelings, it is because you have lost your connection to the earth and to others (animate an inanimate) that you share this earth and this universe with. But your breath and the breath of the earth itself are the same breath. Your breath and your transformations are, in a way, the same as the cycling or change or expansion and contraction of everything in the universe. This meditation will help you restore that connection through the activation of your first Chakra. The Muladhara or root Chakra is your most primitive and foundational energy center. Located at the base of your spine, it represents the gateway between your physical body, the earth and the entire physical cosmos we call the universe or the 'world of phenomena and matter'. The earth breathes through the trillions upon trillions of plants that breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. Though you may not sense it now, your breath and all those tiny breaths of every leaf and plant on the planet are the same breath. Through this exercise you can activate and energize your connection to every creature and form of matter in the physical universe. This is the power of your first Chakra. Choose to open yourself to it.

This is a 60 minute version of The Root of it All guided meditation.

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