Many of you may know that every day I hold a cyber meditation at 8pm my time in the Netherlands, which would be 7pm UK, 2pm East Coast, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, 11am West Coast time. I meditate for 10 minutes.

Please join me - it's for world peace, world upliftment!

Did you meditate today?

Here's the cyber meditation I use:

Cyber Meditation

Peace to all ...

This is great, Susan! Thank you for starting this thread. I missed the cyber meditation today, bummer! I won't be around at noon until Saturday, but i will add this to my calendar to try to join yuo as often as I can.

I hope to do a little meditating today - not right now. Still way too much to do while it's still daylight here.

Jilly, I'm glad you have a chance to get away! Take your mini-meditation practice with you into the hills, forest, mountain top, seashore ...

I wish i was getting away. Actually, I don't - it's nice to be home right now. I just have a lot of appointments this week.

I am going to do the one minute meditation right now...

Done! That was actually very restful. Thank you for the reminder! I want to do this each day, with the eventual goal of setting aside enough daily time to do a fuller session.

Jilly, I'm happy you took the time for the one minute meditation. It goes to show that every precious moment in meditation pays off by giving the body and mind a rest.

Francine, that's great! Till then!

Thanks, Susan. i am unexpectedly home today, so will join you shortly on the cyber meditation.

Okay, done. That was nice!

Okay, great, it felt good to me here - very peaceful ...

One of my kitties joined us as well.

Susan, thank you for the time zones time. I have been meditating a lot the last few months and it is so beneficial for healing.

I will make sure I join you, 11AM my time I think it is. I will go back and check. My short-term memory is kaput!!!

I will be happy to join you for World Peace meditations. Thank you!

re-checked: yep, 11 AM for me. I love your world-wide cyber meditation as a World Family.

I need to remember to join you at noon tomorrow!

Phyllis, I'm glad you can join in and Jilly, that's great you'll be joining in again, also. Knowing we are meditating together is a powerfully peaceful thought to me, like standing in the eye of a hurricane.

Over here we just got through Hurricane Andrea. We're okay.

Glad you got through Andrea. I didn't realize you got hurricanes in europe.

I enjoyed today's meditation! I want to join you for tomorrow too.

It's cool to know other people are doing the same thing at the same time in different parts of the world.

Jilly, yes, I agree that it is cool to think we're surrounding the world in meditation!

This is the first time I remember our own named storm. It came from the north-west, from Scotland before us. It was the most rain at one time in 14 years, lots of flooding but our village was okay, water was at the top of our local canal 5 houses from us up the street.

Usually we get the remnants of hurricanes that have come up the east coast of America and then south of Greenland and to Iceland, Scotland and The Netherlands ...

So far this winter we haven't had any frost and the birds are singing and mating, Spring bulbs are up, my aconites are blooming, plus roses haven't quit from last summer. We haven't had any frost,even. This morning it is 50F out.

Francine, like you and Jilly I really feel the peace emanating during our meditation period. It certainly will spread!

I joined in the cyber meditation today, and found myself wondering where other people were doing their meditations.

Susan, do you have an area set up for meditation? What is in it?

My formal meditation place is under the eaves in the attic. There is a small roof window above me. The attic is carpeted and used as a guest room occasionally. But basically it is my personal space. I upturned and covered a carton with a cloth for my altar, and I sit on a cushion. ...

I'd love to see a photo of this, if that would be okay.

Susan, first of all I must say my mind and whole self is feeling much peace and comfort with the mediation every morning. It makes me feel as if we are all together in spirit. This is something that can only grow to reach out to others around the world.

Your sacred meditation place sounds very serene and lovely. I do not have an attic (I love attics), so my sacred place is on my patio which is quite private and serene for me. I can be close to the little mountain out there and know the Hawks are soaring above as I mediate. It brings me much peace, for it is a very spiritual place, the mountain and all the little critters, rocks and Hawks.

My spirit soars when I am out there.

Phyllis, that is lovely.

I don't have a sacred space. I have always wanted one but never quite figured out where and how to do it.

Jilly, I think it would be a place where you just feel totally comfortable and secure in your privacy and serenity. You will find it, I am sure.

One thing we all have is that sacred place within us.

This is my meditation nook in the attic - the stairs coming up are on the left, notice the handrail.

Oh, Susan. That looks so peaceful. It must be imbued with your own beauty and serenity. I can feel the calmness there.

Phyllis, thank you. I do find it peaceful. It reminds me of the scene from the movie Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase up in the attic, when he was reflecting on his childhood via the scenes flashing by in the old movie reel.

When I was a youngster growing up on a farm our family raised Chesapeake Bay Retrievers. They had their own dog house and I loved to crawl in there and sit with them a spell. Meditating for me is the same kind of feeling, going within the house of my body and settin' a spell.

In the photo below the dog house is the structure next to the cabin at the far right behind the car. In the photo I am sitting to the right.

Susan that space looks so peaceful. Do you have anything on your altar, or is that just empty space?

I love the little dog house. I am sure I would have moved into it as a child.

Jilly, from the earlier post:

"I upturned and covered a carton with a cloth for my altar, and I sit on a cushion. ..."

I keep a few objects under the altar and set them on top when I sit: pictures of saints, a quartz crystal, a mala. I keep my meditation journal underneath, also.

About living on the farm and the dog house, I feel lucky to have had nature to roam in growing up with my brother, mostly, and the dogs for companionship. My sister was several years younger, but my brother and I just a year a part and almost like twins.

That sounds nice. You don't leave these things out? Is that because of dust reasons?

I forgot to join in today. It will hopefully become a habit for me the more i try.

I'm so excited to find you all here! I love meditating with others, in different spaces, same time.

I'm in! 1pm CST. I was out doing a walking meditation in the falling snow during that time today. Wish I had known.

If it's okay with you Susan, I will share this forum link on my forum and facebook pages so that we can increase the numbers around the world.

Yvonnie, welcome to the cyber meditation! Yes, do spread the word. I love feeling part of the group energy with our 3 goals:
- personal peace
- planetary peace
- world upliftment

Jilly, I put the altar items away incase a visitor such as the cat strolls by and leaves hair behind, as she does on my computer desk ...

Shared! On my forum & Facebook Page. Thanks Susan, I looove this!

Thanks for sharing this with others, Yvonnie! I feel the group energy as a sense of peace when I sit to meditate at this time.

I am having great trouble joining in at noon. I am just usually still sleeping or just waking up.

For those who can't join in at the appointed hour, there is an alternative:

Whenever you can meditate make the intention it is to join the energy of the group cyber meditation.

After all, no one time will work for everyone every day of the week, with life events going on as they do!

ooo! That I can do. I will do it right now actually!

Cool, I did my ten minutes just now. Thank you for the idea, Susan.

PS - Cameron decided to meditate with me. I think the act of sitting still attracts cats.

When you meditate, what do you meditate on ?

I try to clear my mind; I try to relax my spirit. I also think about world peace and connectedness.

When I meditate I first try to gather or sink into my own peace of the moment, the sitting still really helps my mind relax, as well as breathing evenly in and out. Feeling peaceful I then mentally extend feelings of harmony like sending out rays from the sun. This gives me a feeling on connection with others and the world.

My cat also likes to sit up against my side when I'm still ...

Jilly, I'm glad you are able to participate in your own time - we're all timeless - eh!

i meditate everyday at the moment cause i ve got lots to meditate upon.it s a healhy thing to do and a natural thing too.i just meditate when it s needed,it doesnt have to be everyday there s no real law for tha apart frothe law of your heart.
i just clear my mind and meditate on the first thing that comes up then i follow the thread and let it develop.meditation is only over when you ve reached the seed and when you ve done a full circle or cycle.
ifyou want to meditate for realit has to come from your heart and don t epect anything out of it,just watch where it is going to lead you.

I went and bought a meditation CD this should help me get some peace too. I love this website!

gemineye and needpeace,

Thank you for joining in; I'm so glad you love our website!

WoW !!!

I Thank Each and every one of you for your heartfelt explanation of what is it that you meditate on.

For me, I take the time to still the mind and the raging emotions to tune into the subtle emanations of the god within.

It is so strange to try to maintain sane balance to realize and cognized that god is within -- the god and the goddess Alpha and Omega are actually one and the same within you -- and then stay in a flesh form and do the necessary duties and tasks of daily life.

It's kinda weird, but I'm trying.

Being a sunbeam and a source of light in a darkened world is a very good duty and dharma.

Difficult, yet extremely helpful.

I do appreciate Susan you starting this meditation.

There is no time or space -- only now.

I've tried and succeeded ONLY by God's Grace to purchase large amounts of time to meditate.

I guess I'm on a path of contemplation.

Sometimes it seems futile, but knowing that others are striving to harmonize and purify world thought one individual at a time is very encouraging to me !!

Thank You -- Thank All of You for helping us help eachother !!

Amen.

Burt, I love the way you are striving to shine and balance that with tasks of living. Yes, we are inspiring each other. I'm glad to spearhead the group; it is my dharma (world service).

Susan-

I made it today!!! I'm so excited. I set my alarm on my phone for 3 minutes ahead of time. I dropped everything I was doing and made my way to my computer.

Thank you for starting this one.

Yvonnie, that is wonderful! I love feeling the group energy in our mutual efforts for personal and planetary peace! Thank you for joining in!

I'm really enjoying our group energy in the cyber meditation. How are others experiencing it?

I meditate for about 30 minutes everyday without fail, I focus on spiritual things mostly. Afterwards, I go for a 30-45 minute walk everyday (unless it's raining).

It really brings calm to daily chaos.

Healthy mind = healthy body = healthy YOU :-)

I have gotten into the habit of meditating at the same time every day. I also meditate any time some issue or problem arises that I need to face. This helps me to clear my mind so I can clear up the issues/problems.

It's helping me to stay balanced

Sadhana, Phyllis and Burt, thanks for letting us know how you are doing with your meditations. I think our meditations for personal and planetary peace are just the ticket for us and the world at this time, it sure feels like it to me.

I absolutely agree with you, Susan. We do need to do this, not just for ourselves, but, the World Peace effort. Thank you for motivating me.

May the Precious Golden Oil of Peace flow from inexhaustible supply through all of our chakras but most especially the crown of the thousand petaled lotus

Phyllis, you're very welcome ...

Burt, your blessing is beautiful ...

You're Welcome, but it's not mine...

It's ours

Yup! Burt, you said it right!

I'm so enjoying our cyber group meditations. About 10 minutes before the hour I settle down and start to feel a tad of the peace to come. It is an oasis of time for me...

How is everyone doing?

Right after meditating in our Cyber Meditation last evening at my appointed hour of 8pm here in The Netherlands I fell asleep for 12 hours. This was good because the day before I slipped on snowy ice and fell foreward in my backyard and hit my forehead on a stack of concrete pavers, causing a cut and knot but not a concussion. After being xrayed it was determined I did not have any broken bones but I have large bruises and knots on my right leg from knee down and on my upper left arm. I'm taking pain meds as prescribed for 2 more days.

Gosh Susan that is awful. Although what you have is bad enough thank goodness you were not more badly hurt...........now you have a real reason to 'take things easy'.

It is certainly treacherous out there at the moment, have to take really baby steps in some places. That fantastic Elfstedentocht ice skating race might actually be able to take place this year in Holland, and there has not been enough ice for that for many years. It is an amazing sight, not to mention an endurance test par excellence.

Hopefully you were not practising for it in your garden when you slipped.

Am still there at our appointed meditation time, it has become a routine now...........and a very enjoyable and calming one. A very good idea of yours, thank you.

Take Care.

Ow !!
That wasn't fun Susan !
Glad you slept though... Sleepy Pretty... It heals everything !

Hi Francine and Burt,

Glad to hear from both of you! I do agree that sleep is healing. BTW, it was hidden ice under the snow.

Francine, it is good that the meditation time has become a routine. I wouldn't miss it, either. But if the time needs to be changed on some days, that's okay, too. I think it is the intention that it be for personal and world peace that works to uplift us and and world.

I'm keeping up my routine with the daily cyber meditation. It gives me a time of peace during the day ... how do others feel about it?

Dear Susan,

Every day ,at the gym,right in the middle of my workout,i sit and

meditate for 10 to 15 minutes. Today I will dedicate my

meditation for your well being specially.


Hope you recover soon .

With loving kindness
_/\_
a simple buddhist named
loong

Hi Loong,

Thank you so much for remembering me. If you're referring to my ice capade the only place still hurting and bruised is the front of my right knee - right where you'd kneel. It's 7 weeks now. Blessings, Susan

Dear Susan,

Went to the gym.In the middle of my workout ,I always do 10 to 15 minutes of meditation.Today ,I did what I call Metta meditation.I inhale the suffering of others and exhale thoughts of good health.Did it for 10 minutes.
Hope everything will be well.

With Loving Kindness a simple buddhist named
loong

Thank you Loong - that sounds like a kind meditation ...

Sit and enjoy the moments with us in our daily cyber meditation - from wherever you are. Let's meditate on world peace ...

I'm into martial arts, and meditation, breathing control, etc...are a big part of it. So yes, I meditate almost every day!

Let's all make our intention for personal AND world peace, no matter what time of day we meditate.

Let's also include healing thoughts for the families of all who are killed on our planet ...

I'm glad this thread is still going. It really reminds me to sit down and do nothing. Why is it so hard to remember?