My Pocket Meditations: Anytime Exercises for Peace, Clarity, and Focus

Introduction

MEDITATIONS ON PEACE

Meditation 1: Quiet Mind, Open Heart

Meditation 2: The Serene Mind Engenders Joy

Meditation 3: Peaceful Coexistence with the Earth

Meditation 4: A Walking Meditation on Peace

Meditation 5: Be the Peaceful Warrior

Meditation 6: Shift the Fire in the Belly to a Peaceful Pose

Meditation 7: Thread the Necklace of Prayer Beads and Chant

Meditation 8: Yoga for Peaceful Sleep

Meditation 9: Transmit Love and Peace to Those Who’ve Passed On

Meditation 10: Do the Ancient So’Ham Chant for Peace

Meditation 11: Relinquish Worry to a Higher Power

Meditation 12: Singing Bowl to Soothe the Spirit

MEDITATIONS ON INTENTION AND WILLPOWER

Meditation 1: Relinquish the Need to Control

Meditation 2: Virtuous Will versus Willfulness

Meditation 3: Redirect Emotion Using Intention

Meditation 4: View a Visual Image of Willpower

Meditation 5: A New Habit Begins with Intention and Resolve

Meditation 6: Use Intention to Manifest Something Desired

Meditation 7: Grow a Stronger Backbone Through Willpower

Meditation 8: Use Intention to Discover Your Life’s Purpose

Meditation 9: Align Your Will with Works to Benefit the Earth

Meditation 10: Letting Go of Hindrances

MEDITATIONS ON SYNCHRONICITY

Meditation 1: The Doorway to the Infinite

Meditation 2: Look for Linkage in Meaningful Coincidences

Meditation 3: The Power of Infinite Possibility

Meditation 4: Note Synchronous Guideposts

Meditation 5: Synchronicity and the Law of Unity

Meditation 6: The Energy of Gratitude

Meditation 7: Declutter to Recognize Synchronous Events

Meditation 8: Mine Your Dreams for Meaningful Coincidences

Meditation 9: The Universe Speaks, You Notice

Meditation 10: Find Meaning in Synchronous Events

MEDITATIONS ON FRIENDSHIP

Meditation 1: Open Heart, Hand of Friendship

Meditation 2: Cultivate the Qualities of the Divine

Meditation 3: Be Mindful of the Other in Your Friendship

Meditation 4: Be a Friend to the Earth

Meditation 5: Be a Compassionate Friend to All Creatures

Meditation 6: Where You See Darkness, Shine a Light

Meditation 7: Treasure Spiritual Friends

Meditation 8: Heart-Centered Love for Man’s Best Friend

Meditation 9: Find Friends in Other Cultures

Meditation 10: Be Friends to Those Less Fortunate

MEDITATIONS ON LOVE AND COMPASSION

Meditation 1: Breathing a Circle of Love

Meditation 2: Gifts of the Red Lotus

Meditation 3: The Prayer Wheel Mantra

Meditation 4: Loving-Kindness Meditation

Meditation 5: Love and Knot Knowing

Meditation 6: Show Yourself a Little Tenderness

Meditation 7: Aromatherapy Stimulates Love Energy

Meditation 8: Love by Any Other Name

Meditation 9: Season Your Life with Love for Real Success

Meditation 10: Love Your Cause

MEDITATIONS ON GRATITUDE

Meditation 1: Relive a Walk in the Woods

Meditation 2: Journal Your Gratitude

Meditation 3: Use the Language of Gratitude

Meditation 4: Mentor, Lover, Stranger, Friend

Meditation 5: Practice Gratitude

Meditation 6: The Earth Blesses You, You Bless the Earth

Meditation 7: Honor Your Dynamic Imagination

Meditation 8: Gratitude for Veterans and Wounded Warriors

Meditation 9: A World of Humanitarian Work

Meditation 10: Gratitude for Courage During Unspeakable Loss

MEDITATIONS ON FORGIVENESS AND MERCY

Meditation 1: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

Meditation 2: The Way to Forgiveness

Meditation 3: Seek Self-Mercy in the Landscape of Being

Meditation 4: Apology and Forgiveness

Meditation 5: Shifting the Paradigm

Meditation 6: Meditation for Those in Distress

Meditation 7: Tap Into Your Inner Kuan Yin

Meditation 8: Nowhere to Hide

Meditation 9: Works of Mercy, Compassion in Action

MEDITATIONS ON SACRIFICE

Meditation 1: Sacrifice for the Greater Good

Meditation 2: Altruism, Empathy, and Sacrifice

Meditation 3: Sacrifices Change the World

Meditation 4: Life Changes Require Sacrifices

Meditation 5: How to Know When You Are Sacrificing Too Much

Meditation 6: The Call to Sacrifice Is a Gift

Meditation 7: Sacrifice the Lies of Your Ego

Meditation 8: The Shelter of Community

Meditation 9: The Circle of Seasonal Sacrifices

MEDITATIONS ON HUMILITY

Meditation 1: Cultivating Humility

Meditation 2: The Symbolic Color of Humility

Meditation 3: Humility on the Job

Meditation 4: Signs of Humility

Meditation 5: The Medieval View of Humility

Meditation 6: Give Competitors Their Due

Meditation 7: What Foot Washing Teaches

Meditation 8: The Humble Pranama

Meditation 9: Praise All the Good That You Find

MEDITATIONS ON HOPE

Meditation 1: Finding Hope in a New Day

Meditation 2: The Soothing Balm of Hope

Meditation 3: The Inner Wellspring of Hope Heals

Meditation 4: Hope for Change

Meditation 5: Hope for a Stable and Peaceful World

Meditation 6: A Powerful Elixir for Renewal

Meditation 7: Confident Expectation in Crisis

Meditation 8: Hope for the Long Visit

Meditation 9: Hold on to Your Hopes and Dreams

MEDITATIONS ON JUSTICE

Meditation 1: Mindfulness for Social and Cultural Justice

Meditation 2: Karmic Justice

Meditation 3: The Tarot’s Justice Card

Meditation 4: Distributive Justice

Meditation 5: Justice and Moral Law

Meditation 6: Ahimsa in Times of Injustice

Meditation 7: Social Justice—Serving from the Inside Out

Meditation 8: Safeguarding Women’s Rights

Meditation 9: Activism and Justice for Animal Rights

MEDITATIONS ON BIRTH AND DEATH

Meditation 1: Why Wait to Contact the Divine?

Meditation 2: The Doorway to the Beyond

Meditation 3: The Cessation of Breath Also Symbolizes Birth

Meditation 4: Past-Life Regression As a Healing Modality

Meditation 5: Mental Impulse Informs the Desire to Create Stuff

Meditation 6: Thousands of Sparks

Meditation 7: Tap Into the Regenerative Power of Scorpio

Meditation 8: Heal Old Wounds to Generate Renewal

Meditation 9: Subdue Your Mind Waves

MEDITATIONS ON PRESENCE

Meditation 1: Notice the Presences in Your Life

Meditation 2: Let Music Lift You Into Sacred Presence

Meditation 3: Kindle the Lights

Meditation 4: Use Imagery to Find Presence

Meditation 5: Find Ancient Presence in Centuries-Old Sanctuaries

Meditation 6: The Landscape of Longing

Meditation 7: Remembering the Presence of Ancestors

Meditation 8: Sit with a Tree

Meditation 9: The Memory of Place

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