The benefits of meditation are numerous and innumerable. Regular meditation practitioners have been shown to have lower rates of disease, stress, and sleepiness, according to studies.
But one of the strongest arguments for meditating is that it is a beautiful practice. The act of meditating itself is delightful and takes one to a level of serenity and peaceful awareness during the training process as well as at the end. Meditation is not dependent on the outcome. In reality, the training never starts and never stops because the means equal the end.
In the current world, stress is something we all deal with on a daily basis. Unwelcome energies such as television, noise pollution, fights, and irate or jealous people constantly bombard us. In order to fight this massively overwhelming force of negativity and sorrow, we need a higher power, gathered inside ourselves; and meditation connects us to this internal reservoir of purifying, enlightening energy.
In the past, people’s daily routines and rituals were surrounded by nature. There were no phone or machine vibrations, stress, or illnesses brought on by the complexity of the metropolitan industrial environment. There was the humming of the breeze, the splendor of the stars in the sky, the sound of the water, and the smell of the earth.
Every part of existence was governed by natural cycles, and as people planted seeds and raised them into food, they felt a connection to the natural world. Today, we can go our entire lives without ever having a direct interaction with nature.
By blocking out the outside world, letting go of our bodies, and freeing the mind of all the artificial stress it accumulates over the course of a life, meditation gives us an easy, convenient, portable approach to re-enter those lost natural rhythms and beauties.
Meditation is free, has no negative side effects, and won’t make you gain weight or have more cholesterol in your body. It isn’t also addictive in the same way as narcotics and alcohol are. However, it does give practitioners a higher sensation of wellbeing, frequently compared to a natural “high” stronger than those brought on by drugs, and this aspect of meditation can be fully embraced for advantageous, beneficial effects.
The brain naturally manufactures medicines that are hundreds of times more potent than prescription narcotics, and the human body is a sophisticated creation.
For some people, meditation means different things. Some people use it instead of or along with psychotherapy. Others consider it to be most useful as a technique for improving memory and other mental abilities, as well as for improving athletic or professional performance. Some individuals rely on it to support them while they recover from trauma or tragedy, deal with sadness, and rediscover happiness and appreciation for life’s finer things.
And some people use meditation as a tool for inspiration in the arts. Meditation gives us vigor, sexual energy, and tranquility that is stronger and more enduring since it induces a state of restfulness similar to deep, wonderfully comfortable sleep.
There are many benefits to meditation, and taking time out of our busy schedules to pause and benefit from the mental oasis of meditation practice is one way we can all contribute to a better, more peaceful, and more harmonious world.
