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How to Forgive Myself for Past Actions? – Path to Peace Podcast

Sometimes (all the time), we are our own worst critic. We talk to ourselves in ways we would never tolerate anyone else speaking to us. We believe our own criticism and we have a hard time believing our own — or other people’s — praise.

Today, Todd talks about this baggage from our past that we carry with us, and how to set it down. The past can never be negative. It was what it was. It happened in the past and it no longer even exists. If we learn from the past, if we use what we’ve learned, and if we can move forward with greater wisdom and experience, then we can even turn it into a positive.

In this podcast series, Todd shares meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.

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To learn more about remaining mindful and calm, check out Greatest Truth of Mindfulness YouTube video.

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How Many Meditation Sessions Does it Take to Start Experiencing Something? – Path to Peace Podcast

Do these thoughts sound familiar when you’ve began to try meditation: This is taking forever! How long til I feel something? Am I even doing anything?!?!

Our normal, thinking mind will grasp at anything to latch onto, and so most of us will have had thoughts like these. But meditation is a very profound practice and benefits can be gained right away. In this episode, I talk about what can be expected from your first session, and all the benefits that be gained thereafter. I also talk about letting expectations go so we can be fully present, allowing only this moment to be and to be in it fully.

Please enjoy other episodes where Todd shares meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.

If you have enjoyed listening to the podcast, please share a review. It will help many others find their Path to Peace as well.

Experience oneness through this powerful loving-kindness meditation YouTube video

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Finding the Middle Path in Thailand – Path to Peace Podcast

Buddha often speaks of the middle path. You can think of it as the Goldilocks path — not too hot, not too cold. But this doesn’t just apply to food. It applies to our spiritual path as well. We don’t want to be too lazy and get no results, but we also don’t want to be too rigid so that we either burn out or we become too extreme about it that it becomes detrimental.

In this episode, Todd talks about finally finding his spiritual middle path in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand. On retreat there, he found the perfect balance between rigidity and leniency. It was a beautiful retreat on an island off the coast of Thailand, the living conditions were bare, but the peace and beauty and the birds chirping more than made up for it.

Please enjoy other episodes where Todd shares meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.

If you have enjoyed listening to the podcast, please share a review. It will help many others find their Path to Peace as well.

This easy guided morning meditation YouTube video is a great way to start the day.

Be sure to follow @toddperel on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for uplifting messages, tips and inspirations.

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Does Chanting a Mantra Count as Meditation? – Path to Peace Podcast

With so many apps and gurus out there today, the number of types of meditations have exploded.  There are ancient ones and brand new untested ones. So how do we know which ones are the best, which ones are a waste of time, and which ones may even have negative effects?

In this episode, I go into depth about the two most common types of meditation, mantra and breath meditation. Breath is where we simply observe our breath with our entire focus. Mantra is where we repeat a mantra to ourselves. The very popular Transcendental Meditation, or TM, uses mantra meditation, whereas breath awareness meditation tends to be used in the school of mindfulness. I explain the differences and benefits to both types of meditation, and whether or not mantra meditation does indeed count as meditation.

Please enjoy other episodes where Todd shares meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.

If you have enjoyed listening to the podcast, please share a review. It will help many others find their Path to Peace as well.

If you’re new to meditation, this Guide for Beginners is a great resource for getting started.

This guided chanting meditation YouTube video is a great way to give chanting meditation a try.

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How to Use Meditation to Gain Insights About Yourself? – Path to Peace Podcast

Meditation isn’t just for chilling out. It is a powerful tool that trains our minds to be present, focused, aware, peaceful and joyful. It’s not about the time we spend sitting down with our eyes closed in meditation. It’s about how that time improves the rest of our lives.

Gaining insights into ourselves and our own mind is one of the greatest ways meditation can improve our lives. The more we observe the nature and quality of our thoughts, the greater wisdom we develop about ourselves and our place in the universe. Using meditation properly can help us gain understanding that can be used to transform our lives.

In this episode, I explain how to use meditation to not just gain insights, but to even find creative solutions to any problem we may be facing. It is in the deep state of meditation that our thinking can be its clearest, and where our conscious mind can communicate with our subconscious in order to incorporate our insights so that they become lasting change and positive transformations.

Please enjoy other episodes where Todd shares meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.

If you have enjoyed listening to the podcast, please share a review. It will help many others find their Path to Peace as well.

If you’re new to meditation, this Guide for Beginners is a great resource for getting started.

This YouTube video about how meditation can lead to enlightenment is a great way to start with meditation.

Be sure to follow @toddperel on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for uplifting messages, tips and inspirations.

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How to Not Get Overwhelmed with Whats Happening in Your Life – Path to Peace Podcast

Humanity has been through a lot lately. Pandemic, economic destruction, and war. Just one of those can be too much to bear.  This doesn’t even include the stress it puts on our families, friendships and mental health.

Luckily, there are a great many and powerful tools at our disposal to heal from trauma, to re-energize ourselves, and to recenter ourselves.

Today, Todd shares his easy, practical tips for overcoming whatever challenges life throws at us. From mindfulness to meditation, and even some things you might not expect.

In this podcast series, Todd shares meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.

If you have enjoyed listening to the podcast, please share a review. It will help many others find their Path to Peace as well.

If you’re new to meditation, this Guide for Beginners is a great resource for getting started.

This easy guided meditation to deal with anxiety YouTube video is a great way to get rid of stress.

Be sure to follow @toddperel on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for uplifting messages, tips and inspirations.

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How to Get My Mind to Fully Embrace Meditation – Path to Peace Podcast

Oftentimes, when we first try meditation, our mind is the biggest obstacle. It will tell us all the reasons why we should stop, it will try to distract us the whole time, it will think about what we’re going to eat later or what we need to do. It feels threatened when we try to quiet it during our time in meditation.

So how do we use our mind to help us meditate? In this episode, Todd talks about how to do just that. From simple ways of approaching meditation to how to other techniques, you’ll learn how to control your mind properly. We can’t simply ignore our mind, because the thoughts will get louder and louder. We can’t force it not to think a certain thing, because it will only fixate on that thing. But there is a way to work with our mind.

In this podcast series, Todd shares meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.

If you have enjoyed listening to the podcast, please share a review. It will help many others find their Path to Peace as well.

If you’re new to meditation, this Guide for Beginners is a great resource for getting started.

This easy correct meditation posture tips YouTube video is a great way to start with meditation.

Be sure to follow @toddperel on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for uplifting messages, tips and inspirations.

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How Meditation Can Lead to Better Decision Making

We all know meditation can make us more peaceful, patient, relaxed and joyful. We know it lowers stress, anxiety and blood pressure. But did you know meditation can lead to better decision making?

In this article, I’ll tell you how it works and show you how to use meditation for better decision making.

Meditation Makes Us Smarter

Meditation makes us smarter?!?! It’s true! Meditation isn’t about shutting down our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of our thoughts. Usually, when we go about our busy lives, we think our thoughts.

In meditation, without distractions we are able to simply observe our thoughts. This allows a greater intelligence to come into play. We are able to perceive our own mindset, notice our preconceived notions, and discover our biases.

The more we meditate, the wiser we become because we aren’t victims to our same old habitual thinking patterns. The more we become aware of our thoughts, the less they control us. We can perceive our own thoughts with clarity and we can choose the best path forward.

Only in this way can we stop reacting unconsciously to situations and instead we can make new, smarter, better choices. By bringing conscious awareness to our thoughts, meditation can lead to better decision making.

Meditation Gives Us the Opportunity to Reflect

Beyond learning to focus our mind, be more present and increase our patience, meditation gives us the time we need to fully reflect on any situation or circumstance.

More time spent sitting without distractions means more time for ideas to pop in our head. It gives us the time to play out various scenarios in our mind. We can see infinite possibilities and how best to proceed forward.

As Albert Einstein said, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

Einstein was not being modest. He knew that his true gift was being able to ponder, reflect, contemplate and focus better that anyone else of his time. Imagine if he knew about meditation!

The more we meditate on a particular dilemma, the better our decision making process becomes.

Meditation Leads to Better Decision Making Because We Think Better When We’re Calm

We all have experienced in our lives times of great stress and worry. We also know that in these times, we’re more likely to panic and make mistakes or bad decisions. This is so universal, that we literally call stock market crashes “panics” because so many people tend to sell, and often right before the market rebounds.

When we are at peace, we think clearer. In a relaxed state, our minds are able to make unemotional decisions that take into account much more than the narrow minded mental state of fear. We can think about the long term, short term, medium term consequences of our decisions with clarity and without bias. We can think about all the ways our decision could go wrong and how best to adjust for it.

In this way, the calmness from meditation leads to better decision making.

Higher Awareness from Meditation Leads to Better Decision Making

When we meditate, we experience moments of no thinking. While it’s not the goal, they will happen. The more we meditate, they will become longer and more frequent.

It is precisely in these moments that great insights and inspiration can enter our consciousness. That is because when we stop the linear process of constantly thinking one word at a time, we tap into a deeper understanding and wisdom that is vast and limitless.

We can understand and perceive so much more when we are not thinking and analyzing than when we do. We can sense in a single moment a little decision can cascade outward like a ripple causing countless repercussions and ramifications. Then suddenly, the best path forward will present itself clear as day.

Using Meditation for Better Decision Making

There is an ancient meditation practice that is still used today because of its amazing ability for decision making.

When you sit down to meditate, practice as you normally would for a few minutes. Then, focus on a decision you need to make. Really think about it now that you’re in this focused, relaxed state. Do that for a few minutes and then go back to your usual meditation practice.

Repeat this a few times, as many as you like. What you are doing is letting your consciousness communicate with your subconscious. Because meditation taps into our subconscious by bringing consciousness to it, we are able to use more of our mind to solve problems. Your thinking will be clearer, sharper, and more effective.

Leave a comment and let me know how this worked for you.

To help your company develop the skill of greater decision making, email Hello@eastwesticism.org to begin a corporate mindfulness and meditation program today.

If you’re new to meditation, this Guide for Beginners is a great resource for getting started.

This easy guided morning meditation YouTube video is a great way to start the day.

Be sure to follow @toddperel on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for uplifting messages, tips and inspirations.

Check out our podcast on Spotify, iTunes or Google for answers to common questions.

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How Does One Apply Meditation in Daily Life? – Path to Peace Podcast

Meditation isn’t about the time we sit down with our eyes closed. It’s about how that time impacts the rest of our day and our life. While the benefits of meditation naturally spill out into our day, there are a few easy things we can do to bring even more mindfulness, peace and patience into our daily life.

In this episode, Todd shares those tips and tricks for living our lives in a meditative state — present, aware, alert, and at peace.

Please enjoy other episodes where Todd shares meditation techniques, tips and spiritual lessons from around the world for peaceful and stress-free living. Remember to subscribe to stay up-to-date.

If you have enjoyed listening to the podcast, please share a review. It will help many others find their Path to Peace as well.

If you’re new to meditation, this Guide for Beginners is a great resource for getting started.

This easy guided morning meditation YouTube video is a great way to start the day.

Be sure to follow @toddperel on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for uplifting messages, tips and inspirations.

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What is Meditation? – Path to Peace Podcast

In this episode of Meditation Made Easy by EastWesticism, Todd Perelmuter shares how meditation is really just humanity’s natural state of being. In the modern age, however, we have to actively work to get back to that state of peace and presence by retraining the mind through meditation to be clear, calm, alert and aware.

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