Mistilliden til økonomien, som har udviklet sig til den nuværende verdensomspændende finansielle krise, har haft sin indvirkning både på forbruger og arbejdsgiver. WHO har alvorligt påpeget mange menneskers mentale tilstand og forøgede tilfælde af stress, depression og mental ustabilitet, herunder selvmord. WHO har bekræftet, at omkring 12% af verdens befolkning, d.v.s. 450 millioner – eller hver 4. – er berørt på den ene eller anden måde.
Continue Reading December 14th, 2008
På trods af voksende interesse for meditation og krop – sind øvelser, bliver der ved at være spørgsmål omkring, hvad der sker I hjernen under meditation.
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Ο γκρίζος ουρανός, τα ατελείωτα σκοτεινά βράδια και το κρύο αποτελούν τη συνταγή για τη μελαγχολία το χειμώνα. Αυτοί που πάσχουν από κατάθλιψη και SAD (Εποχιακά Επηρεασθείσα Διαταραχή) το γνωρίζουν πολύ καλά.
Παρ’ όλα αυτά, υπάρχει ελπίδα να διαλύσουμε το σκοτάδι με φως – αλλά το φως που πηγάζει μέσα από τον εαυτό μας.
Continue Reading November 24th, 2008
Grey skies, long dark nights and cold weather are a prescription for the winter blues. Those suffering from depression and SAD (Seasonally Affected Disorder) will know this only too well.
However, there is hope to dispel the darkness with light; but the light from within ourselves.
Continue Reading November 24th, 2008
Γνωρίζουμε ότι η ζωή μας έχει φτάσει στο χαμηλότερο της σημείο όταν υπάρχει συναισθηματικός πόνος – οι πόνοι της καρδιάς κυριεύουν τις καθημερινές μας σκέψεις! Η καρδιά μας αισθάνεται βαριά και είναι δυνατό να νιώσουμε και φυσιολογικό πόνο σε εκείνη την περιοχή, ο οποίος αντανακλά το πνευματικό βασανιστήριο που βιώνουμε. Με τις ανθρώπινες σχέσεις να γίνονται όλο και πιο προκλητικές, αυτό είναι κάτι το οποίο όλοι βιώνουμε σε κάποιο στάδιο της ζωής μας. Είναι όμως ανάγκη να υποφέρουμε ή μπορεί η καρδιά να ενδυναμωθεί χωρίς να γίνει σκληρή;
Continue Reading November 24th, 2008
Despite growing interest in meditation and mind-body practices, questions remain regarding what is happening in the brain during meditation.
Department of Psychology graduate student Michael Treadway, Research Assistant Professor of “Radiology Baxter Rogers, and colleagues at several medical centers in Massachusetts and Minneapolis used functional magnetic resonance imaging or fMRI to examine the right anterior insula, a brain area previously shown to be active during meditation, while experienced meditators were meditating and while they were resting. These were discussed at the Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference in Washing DC, 15-19 November 2008. (Details of the research presented at this conference can be found at www.sfn.org/am2008.
They found increased activity in that area during meditation in these individuals, as well as more connective activity with brain areas shown to be involved in emotion regulation. The findings offer potential evidence that meditation does impact and influence the brain’s hard wiring over time and may help dedicated practitioners better regulate their emotions.
Rajesh Ananda, Leader of FISU Meditation commented, “Meditation regularly can stablise one’s emotions quite quickly. It allows you to stand outside of the whirlpool of the mind and become objective to the machinations of the mind. This process by itself has a great calming effect on the mind, and allows us to observe or witness our thoughts and emotions, rather than being emotionally involved in them. Over time and practice we become more and more emotionally non-attached with our thoughts. Now, this does not mean that we become uncaring or emotionless, as detachment is when we don’t care, but non-attachment means we care but we are no longer emotionally involved. In essence, greater non-attachment in any situation ensures that you view the circumstances objectively and therefore make better decisions because your objectivity is not dominated by your emotions.
What’s more, when your emotions are in check, the deeper loving aspects of yourself can shine forth more profoundly. Emotions are usually associated with feelings, even love but generally with fear, anxiety and pain may dominate in a person’s life – remembering previous experiences that have left their scars on us. These negative emotions not only cloud our mind, but block the heart’s energies from pouring forth. When properly balanced, the emotions strengthen and become a vehicle for the heart to express itself in its full glory, and only then can we truly start to love”.
FISU’s meditation and spiritual practices are designed to create emotional stability and open the heart.
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November 24th, 2008
We know our life has come to an all time low when the emotional hurts – pains of the heart dominate our every day thoughts! Our heart feels heavy and it is possible to actually feel physical pain in this area – reflective of the mental torture we are going through. With relationships becoming more and more challenging this is something we will all experience at some stage of our life. But do we need to suffer this – can the heart be strengthened without becoming uncompassionate?
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Ο γκρίζος ουρανός, οι μακριές σκοτεινές νύκτες και ο κρύος καιρός είναι η συνταγή για τη μελαγχολία του φθινοπώρου. Αυτοί οι οποίοι υποφέρουν από κατάθλιψη ή από το σύνδρομο εποχικής συναισθηματικής διαταραχής είναι οικείοι με αυτό το θέμα.
Όμως υπάρχει ελπίδα για να αποβάλουμε το σκοτάδι κι αυτό θα γίνει με το φως, το φως που έχουμε μέσα μας.
Continue Reading November 23rd, 2008
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue are distressing disorders, characterised by pain, fatigue, and a multitude of other possible symptoms including depression and anxiety. Meditation has been shown to benefit people with Fibromyalgia (FM) and Chronic Fatigue syndrome (CFS) through calming the mind and easing the body. The profoundly deep rest and relaxation that is cumulative when one meditates, gives the body more ability to restore balance and heal itself.
Continue Reading November 17th, 2008
FISU’s Meditation’s centre in Cuidad Expo of Mairena al Aljarfe, Sevile has now moved to a new building. The new centre is around 1500sqft, almost double the current centre, size and this will allow for as many as 30-40 attendees to weekly meetings or events and at the same time allow for the greater demand of teaching that we have at present.
Continue Reading November 10th, 2008
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