Vipassana meditation
"to see things as they really are... observing your thoughts and emotions as they are, without judging or dwelling on them" -- healthline.com.
Spiritual Practice
surrendering something we want in the hopes of then being able to receive it
Hope suggests an incomplete surrender, yet the result is still positive.
deciding something is yours
"You can just decide something is yours, without desire or any other negative position. Then it's a highest-good decision, meaning good for everyone. In this scenario, attachment doesn't come into play. Attachment doesn't occur in the context of the highest good" -- Brian's comment.
contemplation: from what experience do I derive the certainty that I am?
Request: Suggested contemplation by Rupert Spira.
a quote from St. Arsenius about reading scripture
A monk complained to St. Arsenius that while reading Holy Scripture he does not feel, neither the power of the words read nor gentleness in his heart...
Jnana mudra
A contemplative hand gesture.
The Sedona Method (technique)
The power and effectiveness of the technique.
sesshin (meditation)
A sesshin schedule in the West will typically allow anywhere from nine to fifteen periods of zazen per day, 30–40 minutes each, with ten-minute periods of walking meditation (kinhin) between zazen periods -- wikipedia.
agua florida (shamanic cleansing water)
"Traditionally... integral to shamanic cleansing practices and rituals across South America and beyond. It is widely used for protection and clearing heavy energy from the body's energy field, known as 'Hucha,' and for untying energetic cords" -- sacredessence.co.uk.
not allowing thoughts to arise
Rejecting thoughts, in contrast to letting them pass without particular focus.
Bert Hellinger's Family Constellation therapy
"approach designed to help reveal the hidden dynamics in a family or relationship in order to address any stressors impacting these relationships and heal them" - goodtherapy.org.
AA Third Step Prayer
“God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me, and do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I’d help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!”
12-step sponsorship engaged in as a duty
Priority request.
Tibetan tantric practice
seen in the Hevajra tantra which states "By passion the world is bound, by passion too it is released" and "one knowing the nature of poison may dispel poison with poison" -- wikipedia.
Absolute Surrender, by Andrew Murray
"All these searchings and hungerings and longings that are in your heart, I tell you they are the drawings of the divine magnet, Jesus Christ."