How to Meditate

Meditation is often overlooked as something that only spiritual guru's are accustomed to doing. This is not true, in fact everybody meditates, any time you find yourself in deep concentration this in fact is meditation.
Meditation is a state of mind similiar to day dreaming, it is valuable in the sense that your brain often needs a break from itself. What I mean by this is easy, your mind is accustomed to processing millions of random thoughts a day, when people do nothing to clear the clutter they often times will complain of anxiety and depression. Also common symptoms of sleep deprivation. You see meditation works the same way that sleep does, it gives your mind a break, giving it time to process information and slow down to a good efficient level of productivity
Now that we have discussed why meditation is good, lets talk about how exactly one would begin meditating. Meditation in its simplist form is quite easy to accomplish.

First step: Find a quiet room in which no one will bother you. Make yourself as comfortable as possible, sit down with your back straight and your hands on your knee's. If leaning against a wall is easier for you then do this. Make sure that the room is at a comfortable temperature, you are going to want to have as little distraction as possible.

Second step: Begin by imagining a small red dot in the spot that your eyes meet. Picture the dot is about 6 inches away from your face, concentrate with all of your energy on only focusing on the dot. Do not let your mind drift, it is important to clear your head of all thoughts at this stage. Only concentrate on the imaginary dot. Simple enough. This step may take 5 minuts or 30 minuts depending on how disciplined your brain is, some people have more trouble concentrating on something so simple as a dot than others would. This is the step in which you attempt to clear your mind and refresh your thoughts. Do not get discouraged if you find that it is a difficult task to focus all of your attention on the dot, it is an exercese, just like running, it will eventually begin easier.

Third step: This step comes instantaniously after step 2, there should not be a break or rest period in between. Once your mind is cleared of clutter and useless thoughts(the dot exercise will do this) you can begin searching your mind for the answers to the questions in the back of your head. This will come naturally once you have achieved a full meditative state, induced by the dot exercise. If you find that your mind is drifting off spontaneously into thought after thought in a very randomized manner, than you are in the right state of mind. Focus your thoughts and try and stick with them, keep them in your head and concentrate. If you begin to drift into unpleasant thoughts quickly gain control of the situation, shift your consciousness to something else, maybe a good memory or goal you have for yourself, this should overwhelm the unpleasant thoughts and push you in the right direction. Then just see where your mind takes you and enjoy the ride.

Fourth step: Keep up the meditating, set a goal to meditate once every other day or once a day before going to bed. This will keep your mind feeling fresh, healthy and rejuvinated. Meditation is one of the sadest things to not embrace, it can help one true inner peace, I know that meditation has truly helped me overcome many of my past difficulties.

Once you learn to meditate in an atmosphere dedicated to meditation, you will find that with practice you can meditate through most of your daily chores. You will find that meditating is a perfect cure for boredom, one who can utilize every moment by meditating will never again have a wasted moment.

Cure to anxiety and the secret to living successfully

First thing that you might be thinking is that this blog has quite an ambitious title, and your right. I decided to write on this topic after having learned that a few of my close Friends have anxiety issues. First thing I should address, is what I mean by anxiety issues. Simply put Anxiety is the voice in your head that is constantly giving you negative feedback and many times tells you things that will keep you from participating in certain activities or talking to certain people, etc.

The first step in overcoming anxiety is understanding and admitting that you have a problem. I understand that this seems a bit cliche, and well lets face it a little lame, but it is key when overcoming this issue. You must realize that this is not natural, that not everyone has that voice in there head.

Second step is to decide exactly how you would like to deal with the problem. Many people, although I would not advise to this treatment, will use certain medications to treat the issue. Others will seek therapy from a trained professional, and some will choose to face the problem on there own and with the help of close friends. The third option is by far my favorite, and here's why, I believe that the human brain is an incredible thing, you must realize that it, itself created the anxiety that is plaguing your every move, and therefore it, itself can remove the anxiety.

The third step, this is the important step, this is the step that inspired me to write this article, you must treat the problem. You now have come to terms with the issue, you decided on how you will treat the issue, the only thing left is actually doing it.

Now if you go with medicating yourself, there are many varieties of treatment and you will be happy to know that once you begin you will find immediate results. If you seek treatment by a trained professional, many times they will prescribe you with medication.

If you decide to go at it alone, you will quickly realize that this is no easy feat to accomplish. With proper dedication and effort you should be able to find relief from your negative inner voice soon after you begin treating yourself. The best way to treat yourself and begin finding ways to improve your case is simple, you must learn a simple lesson. Every moment in time is an extraordinary moment. If you learn this concept and appreciate it as I and many others have appreciated it, you will find that your life will become drastically more positive, you will also find that your anxiety will become completely cured, not to say that it is an easy concept to fully comprehend.

Every minute that you are breathing another 6 billion human beings are breathing, every thought you have is accompanied by the thoughts of another 6 billion humans. Every time you feel sad you can count on it that there are billions of people feeling the same way, you are never alone. No matter what you think in your head, there is joy all around you.

Try this out, go to a crowded place, stop in your tracks and observe the people around you, see what they see, feel what they feel, hear what they hear. Try and think about everyone you see, try and think about what they might be thinking and then ask yourself how extraordinary it is that you are alive and well enough to experience this.

Live your life for the moment and you will never think of the past again. Live your life for the actions you are doing and you will never think of the negative outcome. Live your life for now not later.

How to break up with your girlfriend/boyfriend

Before you read this, decide how serious you are about breaking up. If you are just toggling then you probably should at least attempt to keep your relationship alive. Search for help, get your freinds involved in your relationship, and see if things can be fixed. Do not act out of anger, and most importantly think and rethink every step you take from here on out. If you are reading this there are abviosly problems in your relationship, do not let the problems consume you, but also dont ignore the problems.
That being said here goes:
Their is no clear and easy way to break up with anyone, but one thing is certain, if it should be done, it should be done. What I mean by that is simple, if you feel like you are no longer progressing in the relationship, if you feel like you have given this relationship your all and there simply is no way it is going to work, then there is only one thing left to do, break up.
Now dont get over anxious and drop the news on your spouse out of no where. You need to build up the news.

First step, begin by accepting the fact that your relationship is not working. This first step is key because many times your spouse will try and convince you that you should stay with them, and if you have not fully accepted the fact that you will no longer be with this person, then you might just believe them.

Second step, is to make it abvious that you are unhappy, begin to show your feelings, do not bottle up how you feel anymore. If you keep hiding your true opinion of your spouse they might just think that you are truly happy and then when you break the news to them, they might just feel like you are dropping a bomb on them.

Third step, let your partner know that you do not feel that it is wise to continue dating eachother. Let them know exactly what you think, do not hold back. It is important to let them know why you are breaking up, because if you dont they will remain shocked and will not give up untill you either give them the heartbreaking truth or get back together with them.

Minute Men against immigrants?

It has come to my attention recently that the so called minute men movement has come to garden grove. The minute men will meet there once a month in order to discuss there efforts in keeping Mexican's out of America. First off I would like to state that I am not Mexican, nor am I am I an immigrant, what I am is outraged at the fact that this kind of ideology is plagueing our society. The idea that it is not ok for people to immigrate into this country goes against everything this country has ever stood for. "Give us your hungry, give us your poor" I believe this very beautiful, and inspirational statement was taken off of our very own statue of liberty. Now for people to take it upon themselves to get rid of our so called immigration problem on there own, not aknowledging our already very stern border patrol is ludicris. I for one believe that our country should be open to all, and that our govt. should help those who want to come to this country relocate into less populated areas in the US rather than just deporting them backto there impovershed countries of origin.