Meditation, Defining Your Space

By Elizabeth Banfalvi

The practice of meditation is very fulfilling and can be enhanced by using different, what I call, helpers. They help us keep our meditation practice alive, active, and enlivened. Our lives change constantly, and our meditations are able to mirror these changes. Celebrate often and learn to honour these victories. At other times, we go through low pointsthrough loss or dramatic changesand these helpers can help add an encouragement or healing aspect. Whatever the reason, Defining Your Space contains information concerning many different aspects which help us attain what we need or aspire to.
Learn about themes, ceremonies, and rituals. These familiar practices can help keep us coming back often. The more we learn, the better our practice.
Crystals, tarot cards, numerology, colours, and candles add dimension. Astrological elements, time, and directions help us define or change our course. Scents, music, colours, and our senses help guide us to enliven our sensations. Incorporating nature is so important to help keep us grounded and to appreciate what is there for us on this beautiful planet. Whether it is symbology or our senses, incorporating different aspects can help us make life changes.
Use Defining Your Space to help you discover and enjoy many different ways to transform your practice. It is the difference between a simple and a more enhanced practice. Even simplicity can be enhanced.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jun 9, 2014
• ISBN: 9781452516110

Elizabeth Banfalvi

My name is Elizabeth Banfalvi and I have been teaching meditation since 1996. I enjoy teaching meditation and I learned as much from my students as I hoped they learned from me. I enjoy watching my students changing and gaining new insights about themselves. I started writing my books in 1998 and have written 6 books so far. I am looking forward to adding more on a variety of topics. Enjoy the journey with me.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2014909848

Balboa Press rev. date: 06/06/2014

Contents

Introduction

Helpers

Perceptions

A Higher Order

Journaling

Nature

Themes

Meditation Themes

Ceremonies

Rituals

Altars

Elements

Elements

Element Uses

Element Meditations

Astrology and the Elements

Astrology Meditations

Numbers

Numbers and Their Meanings

Cards and Their Meanings

Lucky Bamboo Stalks

Time & Directions

Time Captured

Portions of Time

Directions and Belief Systems

Vibrations

Colors and Their Meanings

Candles and Ambiance

The Power of Scents

Music of the Soul

Crystals, Gems and Metals

Crystal Uses

Crystals Cleansing

Crystals, Gems and Metals

Meditations

A New Direction

Celebrations – Time

Final Thoughts

Glossary of Meditations

Change is what makes life interesting. Being able to change makes it worthwhile.

Elizabeth Banfalvi www.elizabethbanfalvi.com

Introduction

T his book is about defining your space and using helpers to make it personal, comfortable or whatever you want to feel. Helpers are a way to make your meditations become easier and more interesting. They are a way of finding connections with nature and different aspects. It is also a journey of awakening in a different way. It is a way to focus and have fun but bring a novel way to change your meditat ions.

When you begin to meditate it is can be difficult to just sit and try to rid your mind of all the different thoughts you have running around in your head. But if you can physically hold an object then your focus is on the object and the physicality of it. The roughness of a crystal, or a pine cone or the softness of a feather can help you concentrate and direct your thoughts better.

There are helpers in nature, Native American culture, Feng Shui, crystals, colors, music and so many varied ways to help you concentrate on what you are focusing on. Introduce time into your meditations and it can be an ally. Use the many meaningful holidays, seasons, days and months as a focus. You can use the beginning of the day to introduce yourself to a new way of thinking or to make a new beginning. At the end of the day, you can find a completion in how you are feeling and know that in the morning, you can begin again in newness.

In life, there is a continuous cycle of beginnings and endings and that is a natural process. Everything has a cycle.

This book is full of information and different aspects which can be used in a multitude of ways. Not all the information will be what you want to use and that is perfectly alright. Use what feels right and experiment in other things. This book is about presenting ideas and novel ways to enhance your meditation process. The internet has more information if you want to investigate more in depth than what I have offered. Use all things in a positive context and you will find what works for you.

Have fun doing all sorts of things and try as many as you can. I always instruct my class to use what you need when you need it and then let it go. Learn to use helpers but also learn to let them go to be able to connect all by yourself. You can still use them but don’t become dependent on them.

Included in this book is a glossary of meditations which lists my meditations from my