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“Peace be with you.”

Yesterday I delivered two talks on behalf of Water Aid.

Usually these talks take place in schools - this time however I was talking in two churches during their harvest service.

All the monies taken from the Harvest would be donated to Water Aid. Members of the congregation baked home-made pies and brought in home-grown vegetables.  A delight for the eye, a table full of fresh food donated by the community, then bought by the same community all supporting the developing global community to have access to clean water and sanitation.

The service took around 45 minutes with the Water Aid talk taking up around 20 minutes.  I shared with the congregation the incredible work Water Aid is accomplishing throughout the world & where their monies would be going.

Water Aid state that £15 will provide one person with access to clean water and sanitation.

It has been many years since I have sat through a Christian service. Those of you who are familiar, will know there is a point during the service where you turn to the congregation and express your wishes for them to be at peace  "peace be with you".

You greet as many people as you can - shake their hands look into their eye and say “peace be with you.”
A beautiful moment to share.

In Arabic they say 'As-Salamu `Alaykum'  meaning the same.

In Nepal they say 'Namaste' and clasp their hands together at their heart - ‘from my heart to yours’
Very beautiful expressions of the heart.

People of faith make prayers for others to be at peace.

Prayer is often misunderstood and is looked down on by modern day critical thinkers.

In Tibetan the word for prayer is Monlam which is literally translated as ’a wish’.

To wish for someone to be at peace...is a prayer.    To wish, that's all.

Why do we have to wait till  someone dies before we wish peace upon them?

“Peace be with you.”

Meditation in Schools Project

Keep up with the meditation sessions we are running at a school in Portishead in Bristol. Find out the thoughts and reactions of students to the practice of meditation...

http://www.mindspace.org.uk/meditate/education/meditation-in-schools-project/

Volunteer for Peace

Mindfulness in Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Mind Space runs the following Mindfulness and Meditation classes in Tettenhall Wood,Wolverhampton.

Register interest in new Mindfulness Online Course, videos, meditations and e-books here.

Mindfulness bring peace, harmony and freedom into our life.

Mindfulness is the natural effect of correct meditation on our mind.

It pacifies the stress and movement within, and bringing awareness and focus to our thoughts and actions.

To be mindful we do not need to retreat from our life we can learn the skill within our busy life.

Mindfulness does not depend on external conditions – more importantly is the inner environment that we cultivate through meditation.

Meditation is like sowing seeds in our mind and mindfulness is the harvest that we reap as a result of correct meditation.

We can learn Mindfulness at a Meditation class and then immediately experience the benefits in our life.

Mind Space runs the following Mindfulness and Meditation classes in Tettenhall Wood,Wolverhampton.

On the edge of the West Midlands and the beautiful South Staffordshire coutryside our Meditation location is perfectly situated for learning the art of Mindfulness and Meditation.

 

The old expression 'Silence is Golden' is true...

This meditation is the most popular of Mind Space's meditations thus far on the internet

I find it curious because I don't ever meditate with music behind.  This meditation was created by a friend from her own side after she helped me to record Mind Space's first set of Guided Meditations to download on iTunes

When I first started to record meditations I used a recording studio where they mainly specialized in local reggae artists.  When the sound engineer heard the first meditation - he said sounds Ok but it could use some bird song behind it or maybe the sound of the ocean - or something else other than just the voice. 

It can be boring for people just to have to listen to the voice - the human mind is so used to distraction and stimulus - the human mind is incredible powerful if we tap into it - often there is a craving for other stimulus during meditation - it means people misunderstand the word meditation and its meaning its distorted.

The old expression 'Silence is Golden' is true - to access silence we need to be directed away from distraction - distraction is enticing, promises much but delivers little meaning.