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Friday, April 9, 2010

Meditation

Meditation describes a state of concentrated attention on some object of thought or awareness. It involves the attention inward to the mind itself. This positive cycle of experience and release creates an exciting new outlook on life and enables us to pursue our purposeful place in it and it is also a process of healing and liberating. Also it is one of the proven alternative therapies. It can be broadly classified under the mind-body medicine.
Nowadays the doctors are prescribing meditation as a way to lower blood pressure, improve exercise performance in the angina, help people with asthma breathe easier, relieve insomnia and generally relax the everyday stresses of life. It’s a safe and simple way to balance a person’s physical, emotional and mental states. Meditative techniques are the product of diverse cultures and peoples around the world. It has been rooted in the traditions of the world’s great religions. Practically all religious groups practice meditation in one form or another. It is the key for opening the doors of mysteries to the mind. Man abstract himself in that state man withdraws himself from all outside objects. In that subjective mood the man immersed in the ocean of spiritual life and can unfold the secrets of things in themselves.
All meditation methods are effective in reducing stress. But they do so in different ways. The main characteristic of meditation is conscious breathing. The single most effective relaxation technique is conscious regulation of breath. Breathing is the only function which can perform consciously as well as unconsciously. It can be completely voluntary act or a completely involuntary act. It is controlled by two nerves. Breath is the bridge between to the voluntary and involuntary systems. It has direct connections to emotional states and moods – observe someone who is angry, rapidly, shallowly, noisily and irregularly. Beyond conscious breathing, which all meditation methods share. It’s a wide variety of intentions and corresponding techniques.
The distinguishing characteristics of meditation are contrasted and it’s downward, heart-centered, In-Life, lover active reality based, Awakening. Most meditative traditions discourage drug use. Meditations includes an increase in patience, compassion, and other virtues. Consciousness of sin, temptation and a spirit of contrition. Experience of spiritual phenomena such as kundalini, extra-sensory perception or visions of deities etc. Mindfulness meditation and related techniques are intended to train attention for the sake of provoking insight.