{"id":41,"date":"2014-02-22T17:31:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2017-09-08T13:10:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:10:25","slug":"introducing-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/introducing-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Meditation for Rooting | Alexander Filmer-Lorch | Online Yoga | Movement for Modern Life\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LH8Y0jPa-xg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meditation is to experience life in a new way \u2013 that is, life as a means and not as an end. Through meditation one gradually becomes present to one\u2019s own presence, which ultimately leads to the realisation that there is no aim in meditation apart from just to \u2018Be\u2019 in meditation. To \u2018Be\u2019 in meditation means waking up to the notion that meditation is as much about dying as it is about living, or as much about life as it is about death; henceforward you die to your mind and thoughts that are subject to change, and become alive to what is permanent within, hence not subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Filmer-Lorch<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/profile\/alexanderfilmerlorch\">Begin your meditation practice with Alex &#8211; click here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb_wrap\"><a class=\"fb_link\" onclick=\"fbs_click('https:\/\/movementformodernlife.com\/blog\/introducing-meditation','');return false;\" href=\"#\">Send to Facebook<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meditation is to experience life in a new way \u2013 that is, life as a means and not as an end. 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