The gypsy huntress has been at it again.
I’ve been all around the Net and back collecting trophies from my hunt for the best articles on Meditation, Intuition, & Creativity for you.
I’m a sucker for scientific information, learning and educating.
The picture in this post is of Artemis, the Ancient Greek Goddess of the Hunt. I love this name, and feel lucky to have it.
Artemis was the daughter of Greek God Zeus and was known as the mistress of wild lands, wild animals, and had a reputation as fierce hunter.
But, don’t worry this Artemis is a humane huntress - and all these links are live, and ready and waiting to go home with you.
Meditation:
Meditation may extend your life. Meditation increases an enzyme linked to longevity.
Meditation found to be helpful in easing traumatic stress disorder. This is welcomed news for many returning soldiers.
Meditation is a great tool for helping people overcome their addictions. Once in recovery daily meditation can be used to keep addictions at bay.
Meditation helps children expand their attention span. What a great tool. I really believe we should be teaching meditation in schools.
New studies find that meditation increases focus and memory retention. Brain scans show that meditation strengthens the mind in as little as six hours.
The new millennium is about freeing yourself from your mind by meditating. We can live happier lives once we learn to shut off the constant stream of thoughts from the monkey mind.
Intuition:
The Amazing Kreskin predicts the war on terror will end in 150 years. Say it ain’t so Kreskin!
Intuitive investor is bullish on investing in 2011 Former hedge fund manager uses intuition to make investments.
Mediumship:
Just for the record – being a psychic medium does not mean you’re a saint! Watch this video of Alison Dubois on The Housewives of Beverly Hills. I was shocked!
Creativity:
Sleep makes your memory stronger, and helps with your creativity. I love my eight hours even more now that I know its great benefits!
Watching films, or reading books with magical themes helps kids think more creatively. Does JK Rowling need to be any richer?
Scientists theorize that creativity and language vie against one another in the brain Maybe talking too much inhibits creativity?
I hope you enjoyed this links. Let me know which ones were your favorites, and which ones were most surprising!
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Angela, what a great name to have Artemis “Goddess of the Hunt”! I loved the meditation links. I have a number of friends who have children with attention span issues and I’ve often felt that mediation would be something that could increase attention span. It was neat to read about that study.
Hi Aileen,
Thank you. I do love my name too.
I’m glad you found the meditation links helpful as well.
As I said, I think we should be teaching meditation in schools.
Thanks so much for visiting Aileen.
Hi Angela,
It’s good to see the gypsy huntress hard at work because this is quite a haul you have put together. Indeed I always learn a lot from your love of learning.
Artemis is a fascinating Goddess and a lovely name to have. My personal favourite Greek Goddess is Athena for her wisdom. That would probably explain why I am drawn to sites where I can not just learn and find penetrating insights.
I love your links on meditation. I think the studies on how meditation increases focus and memory retention gives me yet another reason to keep on meditating daily. I also believe that meditation should be taught in schools to children because it is an essential part of their development which should be started early. It is a pity not many people realize the need for this.
I also love your links on Creativity. The article on sleep drives home the point of how important it is and probably explains why I am not creative enough. I need more sleep.
More importantly, I found it very interesting about how language vies against creativity in the brain.
Thank you for sharing your lovely live links gentle huntress!
Irving the Vizier
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Hi Irving,
I guess I have been a busy huntress wrangling all these links! I’m glad you enjoyed them.
I’m a long time meditator so whenever I hear about the benefits of meditation I can’t wait to share that information. I can only hope that maybe some new person will be inspired by some of this info and decide to commit to a daily practice of meditation.
I’m sure you creativity wasn’t suffering too much! You’re very creative Irving. I’m sure a little more sleep couldn’t hurt though.
Yes, I found that article about the brain functions of language and creativity competing with one another fascinating too.
Thanks so much for visiting and adding to the conversation here Irving!
Angela,
I believe all that good stuff about meditation…so why in the heck is it still so difficult for me to commit to it regulary? Augh!
I went to the mediumship article first because this is the topic I know the least about. Maybe I shouldn’t have looked at that one! LOL
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Hi Tess,
If you’re a very physical person with lots of energy it may be harder to settle into such a sedentary practice. Give yourself a break though – there’s lots of stuff out there that I know is good for me and I don’t do it either!
You saw Alison Dubois at her worst. I’m sorry – not all mediums behave like that. I think she had a bit too much drink and lost all her inhibitions!
When I was growing up I was warned not to ever drink too much in public lest I make a fool of myself. I don’t think she heard that from her mom!
Angela,
Great resources! I will have to look deeper into the meditation articles. It’s such a healthy habit mentally, physically, and spiritually and these resources show a wonderful perspective of the practical value it offers. I wish more people viewed meditative practice in this secular sense and could separate it from religion to feel free to utilize it. The proof is in the pudding I guess.
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Hi Joe,
I’m glad you like the resources I rounded up.
I’ve never thought of meditation as related to any religious group. It’s funny how people have these false perceptions, isn’t it?
The more people we have meditating who know how to be “non-reactive” the less violent this world would be!
Can’t wait to check these all out- thanks!
Meditation is something I have committed to trying again…
Hi Carolee,
I’m so glad to hear it. Meditation has changed me so much since I began practicing.
Let me know how you make out!
Hi Angela, Happy New year to you, hope you had a great one.
I think this list of resources is excellent, I’m half way through them, but already there’s a lot of research I can use to back up a lot of writing I have been doing, particularly with regards to meditation, which I practice on a daily basis.
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Hi Steve,
Happy New Year to you too! I’m expecting 2011 to be far better than 2010 was. I hope it will be a great year for you as well.
I’m so glad your finding my resources useful to you. I had a bunch more which I chose to hold back for another post in a few weeks, so check back!
Are you by any chance a Silva graduate? I noticed you’d ‘liked’ the Finer Minds page. I practice a combination between Silva Method and Sahaja Yoga meditation, which I used to teach.
Thanks so much for visiting. It’s a pleasure to see you here.
GREAT list here Angela, thanks for the research….So you’re a hunter, ehh? I never would have guessed that one
It’s funny how the field of meditation and intuition and just going up and up and up. It’s like every day now there seems to be another benefit to this important yet still under appreciated action.
Thanks for the great read!
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Hi Marcus,
Happy New Year!
How would you know? I don’t often wear my Greek Goddess attire!
Meditation is something I’ve been practicing for 26 years. I used to be an instructor as well. They say it take something 30 years to become “mainstream.” In this case regarding the acceptance of meditation, it’s right on the mark.
I’d guess Intuition has about another 15 years before it becomes totally mainstream. Have you ever read any of the Celestine Prophecy books by James Redfield? They came out in the 90s and mention Intuition quite heavily. It was considered quite the taboo & “woo-woo” subject back then, but it is slowly becoming more mainstream. Over the years since I’ve integrated intuition into my everyday life and it’s had a huge impact on my well-being and happiness in life.
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for coming by and adding to the conversation here.
I had no idea someone could predict when the war on terror would be over. Say it aint so Angela, so it aint so. DO you think it’s true? Or just a scientific guess?
Hi Jonathan,
I guess you could make predictions about just about anything if you wanted to?
I hope it ends sooner than 150 years though!
I think he based it on historical data actually.
Let’s pray he’s wrong and that it ends sooner.
Thanks so much for coming by Jonathan.
Hi Angela! I find this post to be highly informative in the realm of meditation, since I’ve been investigating this very topic, since your introduced it to me back in early November. I must say that I haven’t kept a solid schedule for doing it, but I have gotten it down pretty good when I do do it, and it’s helped me reach a level of focus in areas outside of meditation. For instance, when I read; which I do every day, I’m able to put myself totally in the book now. This gives me an increased comprehension and my speed increases as well. I’ll check out the links you shared. Thank you and Happy New Year!
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Hi Mr Allen! I’m loving this new you!~
I think you made a lot of progress so far with your meditation.
That’s great! More focus and greater clarity – it sounds just like one of the links.
You can improve brain function after just 6 hours of meditation practice.
Happy New Year to you!
Thanks so much for visiting.
Great list of articles here–I especially was interested in the one about meditation and addictions. I have experienced the benefit of meditation helping with a food addiction WHEN I have enough focus to mediate instead of giving into a craving. I’m still working on doing that more. Thanks for all your research!
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Hi Ande,
I’m so glad you found all the links useful.
Yes, that’s a fascinating bit of news, isn’t it? When I was first meditating the leader of the group kept telling us that after a while all “bad habits” would just fall away. I didn’t understand how this could work, but now it seems science is proving it does!
Thanks so much for coming by Ande!
Wonderful list, Angela. You certainly did your due diligence. I always especially enjoy reading up on the creativity. For me there is no better feeling than being rapt in my own process of creative writing.
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Hi Rob,
I’m glad you liked the list of resources. I’ve been busy as you can see!
I’ll make sure to find more interesting articles and studies on creativity for you.
When the writing flows I feel the same way Rob!
Thank you so much for adding to the conversation here.
Happy New Year to the most awesome huntress around. You brought back a plethora of treats for us all. Many thanks, oh adventurous one!!
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Hi Emma,
Happy New Year to you to!
Why thank you! What a lovely compliment.
You’re so welcome.
Thanks so much for visiting. It’s a pleasure to have you over to my place!
Hi Angela! I love this post. I strongly advise everyone to listen to their intuition in all situations. The more you listen to it the stronger it gets. Mine comes in spurts and I haven’t learned to control it yet. Maybe you could give me some advise in your next post : )
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Hi Jasmine,
Happy New Year! I’m so glad you enjoyed this post.
You are a person after my own heart if you “strongly advise everyone to listen to their intuition.”
It’s so true – yes, the more we listen the stronger it becomes.
I’m going to be writing a lot more on intuition in the next few posts – so stay tuned.
In the meantime you might want to read this post: Do You Speak Intuition? How to Crack The Code.
Thanks so much for letting me know what your interests are Jasmine. I take that quite seriously and I will make an effort to write a post that answers your question directly.
Happy New Year Angela! I took a little blogging vacation and have missed reading your blog! Thanks for all the great places to go and read interesting articles.
I have to send you some pictures from my trip to Mexico. Some of them have those little sunlight looking circles that your friend wrote about. I’ll email them to you tomorrow morning.
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Hi Betsy,
Welcome back – and Happy New Year to you too!
I’m glad you’re finding all the links interesting.
Where were you in Mexico? I’ve been there on vacation and loved it.
You caught orbs in your photos? Cool. Yes, I’d love to see them.
Behind in my reading. That includes your wonderful blog. Thanks for this. Nothing better than meditation to cure all ills.
Happy New Year!
Hi Rosemarie,
Meditation is better than medication – and no need for health insurance either!
Happy New Year to you too!