 Nothing comes easily- one should always remember this. You may not feel flashes of insight when you just start practicing meditation but its effects will show later, in due course of time. It becomes apparent to you when you see that you behaved in a calm manner during a crisis or you start feeling good and happy about yourself and your life.
The real miracle is the subtle, healing transformation that happens, not only in your mind and emotions but also with your body. Meditation allows you to think in a positive manner. Meditation has the most important ability to replenish mental and emotional energy. Meditation enables you to create new attitudes and responses to life, giving you a clear, spiritual understanding of yourself.
Meditation is the process of rediscovering, enjoying and using the positive qualities, which have been dormant in you. Like any skill Meditation too requires practice to achieve positive and satisfying results. By doing a little everyday, it soon becomes a natural habit and rewards you generously for the little effort you put in.
Meditation energizes your awareness, brining both peace and wisdom to a busy mind. It expands your capacity to love- both towards nature as well as mankind. It also helps to dissolve many fears, which one might have. Meditation reveals the secret of consciousness and the treasures of the soul. It develops the power to become more alert and interactive with each other. But the greatest gift that comes with meditation is the gentle and strong glow of inner peace.
Physical benefits of meditation:
Reduces work load of the heart
Lowers the levels of cortisol and lactate- chemicals associated with stress
Reduces high blood pressure
Reduces free radicals- unstable oxygen molecules that can cause tissue damage
Increases skin resistance
Improves breathing problems
Rejuvenates flow of energy
Enables one to get rid of addictions to cigarettes, drugs or alcohol
Induces greater communication and interaction between the two hemispheres of the brain
Increases immunity towards various diseases
Reduces sleeping disorders
Younger biological age. On standard measures of aging, long-term Transcendental Meditation (TM) practitioners (more than five years of practice) measured 12 years younger than their chronological age.
Higher levels of DHEAS in the elderly. An additional sign of youthfulness through Transcendental Meditation (TM); lower levels of DHEAS are associated with aging.
Deep physiological rest is shown by a distinct drop in the metabolism rate, as measured by the oxygen consumption by an individual in meditation, waking activity, sleep and hypnosis.
Meditation can normalize a person`s weight. An overweight person can lose weight through meditation and vice versa.
Psychological Benefits of Meditation:
Increased brain wave coherence. Harmony of brain wave activity in different parts of the brain is associated with greater creativity, improved moral reasoning, and higher IQ.
Decreases anxiety.
Decreases depression.
Decreases irritability and moodiness.
Meditation purifies one`s character.
Improves learning ability and memory.
Increases self-actualization.
Increases feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
Increases happiness.
Increases emotional stability.
Helps to develop will power.
Meditation can make you build a relationship with God.
It helps to attain spiritual growth, soul consciousness and enlightenment.
Studies have also shown that those who meditate regularly react more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event.
Memory recall is also enhanced by meditation.
Meditation increases whatever is good and life supporting in a person. It strengthens our immune system, harmonizes our endocrine system and relaxes our nervous system. It creates health and vitality.
On a mental level it develops inner peace, clarity, self-confidence, self-acceptance, creativity, productivity and eventually greater self-actualization. It makes our work environment more satisfactory, improves our relationships with co-workers, supervisors and subordinates. It makes us more creative, more responsible and more productive.
On a spiritual level it puts us in contact with our inner voice, with our inner strength, with our inner spiritual wisdom and love.
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