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.
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 [...]
Advice on dealing with negative thoughts in meditation
"At times, I feel inadequate when I meditate. The meditation sound is never easy and effortless and is always linked to my breathing. What should I do?" "Meditation is not only easy for [...]
Learning meditation at a young age was one of the smartest things I have done
Astrid and Gry Iverslien – mother and daughter – share the interest in meditation, and both have made use of meditative processes in their creative professional activities. A better understanding of myself Astrid [...]