The Benefits of Meditation
There are many benefits of meditation...most of them come along for the ride like free bonus prizes...these are just a few...
Benefits of Meditation: Learn to Relax
One of the benefits of mediation I learned when I first began my practice is that relaxation is a learned skill. Meditation is not just learning to relax, but it does install in your brain and nervous system a predisposition to relax when idle...
...So, when you want to relax and rest or go to sleep, you can take a few cleansing breaths, assume a certain posture and this will trigger a mind/body response learned from meditation that will immediately start you toward relaxation...this is something that you don't have to think about...it just happens as a great side benefit of meditation.
Benefits of Meditation: Learn to Release Stress
I remember this day vividly...I was moving 100 miles per hour trying to meet TOO many deadlines and I was called in to my bosses office to give a report that I had yet to prepare...I had about 30 minutes...for the first three minutes I was utterly panicked...
...then I remembered a line from "Getting in the Gap" by Wayne Dyer, one of my first and favorite mediation audio programs...
...he says "when you are facing a struggle...the way to make it go away, is to think of GOD or silence"...that's what I did....I sat there in front of my computer and breathed and quieted my mind for a minute or two...
...all the stress disappeared...I started working on the report in a very calm and quick manner...then it turned out the boss was late and I had plenty of time to knock out the report...
This method still works...but I create my days more often without much stress these days...keep reading...
Benefits of Meditation: Create an abiding Peace of mind
Doesn't that sound nice? This benefit of meditation goes beyond stress busting and relaxation...as you progress in your spiritual journey with meditation you can learn to live every moment very close this abiding peace of mind...it is not really practical to think that you live in the modern world and not have at least a few un-peaceful moments...but more moments everyday is an workable goal...
...this abiding peace of mind is not the result solely of the mediation practice, but meditation is a key ingredient to earn this "super power" and it really is a super power in today's world.
Benefits of Meditation: Focus your Attention
When I want to write, generally my practice is to meditation for 10-20 minutes and then leave my eyes closed between typing lines...a quiet mind is open for inspired action...I call in dipping into the "Deep Well" where I get all most of my ideas...
...sure I get ideas from every day sources...work events. TV, movies, music...but the REALLY GOOD stuff come from the deep well...
...Now most people didn't even know they had a deep well...here's the deal...there is ONLY ONE deep well...and we all share it...it's called consciousness.
...a very cool benefit of meditation I would say...and it comes from a level of inwardly focused attention that you get access to after you start your meditation practice.
Benefits of Meditation: Improve Sleep
I was like most people before I discovered this benefit of meditation...tossing and turning...trying to fall asleep...but my mind was filled with everything that I needed to do...and this the things that I forgot to do...my mind would RACE and the thoughts would be NONSTOP and I couldn't sleep....
One the "big ideas" in meditation is the goal of reducing the overall number of thoughts that you have in a day...most of the "internal dialog" that goes on in our heads is just mental diarreah...not really helping us at all...especially when we want to sleep...
Once you start to reduce the number of thoughts you have during meditation...this spills into your waking life and when you get to bed, if you are still thinking...meditate again!!!...we already know that it triggers a mind/body relaxation response....
When I hit the pillow these days...it's pretty much lights out in about 30 minutes or less...no thoughts about tomorrow...
Ask yourself..."will I be better facing these things tomorrow if I sleep well or sleep poorly NOW?"
...another idea is to ask GOD, or the universe or a petri dish (if you an athesit) to hold your problems for you until the morning...that works too.
Benefits of Meditation: Improve your overall health
Ok...so we already know that most folks are stressed out...(right?)...
We already know that most folks don't get enough sleep....(RIGHT?)
Those two only cause many of our illness today...
So one of the huge benefits of meditation is an overall improvement of health...I don't like to brag...but I have not taken a day off of work for being sick in years...that's not all from meditation...but meditation...a fairly decent diet...regular moderate exercise...the human body does better without abuse...
...meditation is like mind/body/spirit jiffy lube...quick and easy and the benefits make the ride smoother for miles down the road...
Benefits of Meditation: Create your reality
We all know by now that there is not out there out there...and we are creating the "earth dream" right?
Well I do this with meditation as well...I ask for what I want and release my order to the universe and wait for a reply in the world...
We will talk more about this under the heading law of attraction.
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