Saturday, October 18, 2008

What do you need to know about Meditation

By Bill Bodri

The idea of using meditation to relax body and soul is the latest hot trend in the up and coming generation. Many folks confuse meditation with other exercises for the spirit self. That is not accurate. A person doesn't need to be seeking spiritually to gain the rewards of meditation.

Medical practitioners all over the world have accepted the sheer ability of this art enthusiastically. Meditation is an essential key in the perfect working of your heart and soul. It calms you from within and keeps you healthy by ensuring proper utilization of oxygen and regulating blood flow.

Meditations effects can change your life in a beneficial way. You can tap into energy sources that can help you clean out the junk that has gathered over the years, thus helping you realize your dreams.

Next, by focusing your energies, you could actually attract positive vibes or forces of success into your life. This could come in form of innovative and fresh ideas that help your present circumstances almost miraculously.

All of these blessing would flow to because you have learned how to focus your energy for your good. Don't think that by meditating all your troubles will melt away. Nor will your meditations resolve all your unresolved issues.

What you can do instead is to get rid of the negative vibes that cloud your mind. Your psyche forms a few barriers between your will and your dream because of the pessimism that enters your thoughts. Such hindrances affect the physical functioning of your body as well, making you weak in certain circumstances.

You can choose from a variety of meditations available. Your choice will be dictated by what you need and the amount of time you will be able to use for it.

During transcendental meditation the subject keeps his/her eyes closed for twenty minutes without directing his/her thoughts in any particular fashion. This method eases your mind; while practicing the mindful meditation can bring about greater awareness in which one pays attention to one's breathing patterns.

The Buddhist meditations are often useful for the initiates into meditation because of its simplicity. With this method you should sit up with your head up also. As you sit, count to ten breathing out at each count, 1, breathe out, 2 breathe out, 3, breathe out, etc., for 15 minutes.

You may feel that meditation goes against your spiritual beliefs, the prayers used in your religion can be used in these meditation. Philokalia, an ancient document of spiritual text shows the use of Christian prayer during meditation. This may help you use meditation in a spiritual purpose.

Meditation can contribute necessary ingredients to our lives, by giving a boost to the emotional and physical aspects of our being. It can help bring insight to our lives. It can also add to our soul the strength to face the challenges that come to us. You can rely on the peace and fortitude that can come from within. - 14130

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