Meditation is about practice, not speculation or intellectual thinking. Still, reading and reflecting may enhance your understanding, increase your motivation and improve the quality of your practice.
You can read about meditation in a number of articles published on The Meditation Blog, or in a number of books published by Acem.
Intuitive opening – levels of meditative silence
By Halvor Eifring “Why?” The West African guest stared uncomprehendingly at the Norwegian mountain ranges that his proud Norwegian hosts had driven so long and far to show him. For them, the value [...]
How to get more out of the repetition of the meditation sound
By Christopher Grøndahl The effect of meditation increases if you adjust the way you repeat the meditation sound. Here are six simple suggestions. 1. Without effort From the beginner’s course, you will remember [...]
The faultfinder isn’t allowed to decide everything
By Rune Belsvik She doesn’t want to listen to the critical voice inside her. But when she asks the faultfinder in her to have a break, he stands up, three meters tall, and [...]
Action Card: How meditation can help us prepare for the unpredictable
By Christina Schäfers I’ve always been an ambitious player. When I was a child, my parents did their utmost to prevent me and my sister from watching TV. So we were “forced” to [...]
Milder Winds
In Acem Meditation we can repeat the meditation sound in different ways. The sound can be clear and distinct or lighter and more fleeting, and our body and breath can become more or [...]
The universality of meditation – in the midst of a pandemic
Most readers of this blog share two things: Meditating and being in the midst of a pandemic. Do these two phenomena have anything in common? By Ole Gjems-Onstad Coping and enduring A basic [...]