The Concept and Benefits of Meditation

Multiple studies have shown the effects of using meditation to improve mental, physical, and emotional health. Though mindfulness-based stress reduction, which in turn improved health-related quality of life. What is meditation, you might ask? Meditation is the process of learning to work with the mind. It is the act of giving attention to only one thing, or as a way of becoming calm and relaxed. When meditating or focusing in depth, on controlled breathing is very imperative. Meditation can be spiritual, religious or secular. Traditionally meditation is practiced in many religious and spiritual paths. It is also considered a therapeutic device, by helping people focus on themselves, and to heal, and fix negative aspects they wish to change. By meditating as a daily practice, the capacity to pay attention outweighs the ability to let go of thoughts that are outside the scope of your focus. It is designed to guide those who struggle with self-love, un-forgiveness, depression, etc.

In order to become good meditation, it can take years of practice and concentration. It is up to the person whether they choose to go down the road to become great at meditation, or to fall off and continue in the same mindset. Highly skilled meditators are able to meditate at any time of the day, They perfected the skill so much that they are in a continuous state of good vibrations. Good vibrations are a series of highly energetic positive emotions. For example, imagine James buying the car of his dreams which is a mustang GT350; He is radiating with jubilance, which is an example of a highly energetic emotion.

Choosing which type of meditation that works best can be a drawn out process. There are multiple types of meditation, and to go through them all would take a while. Here are three major meditational techniques used on a daily basis to meditate. The first type to meditation is spiritual meditation such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism may also include elements of silent, spoken, or a chanted prayer. When practiced within a religious context, meditation supports a deeper connection with the Divine. For example, when people go to church and they pray and chant that is considered a form of meditation. That allows security and peace among those who serve a god. Secondly, focused meditation is the sole concentration on whatever one’s self is doing. To be able to focus on the task at hand, multitasking has led on to believe that it is necessary to get everything done on a to-do list. Focused meditation involves sitting there quietly with no checking your cell phone, not having a TV going or loud abrupt music on, but focus exclusively on sitting there quietly. An example of focused meditation is Sam, he is texting and driving which is multitasking he is not intently focused on driving, in retrospect he is not practicing focused meditation, but his mind is set upon multiple things at once. Lastly, visualization meditation is a great technique to aid in manifestation. This meditation technique is an image that creates a particular feeling or quality is brought to the mind. For example, John pictures himself graduating his last year of college. He first imagines himself walking across the stage, the announcer hands him his diploma, and is congratulating him on his incredible hard work and perseverance. After he has that in his head he then begins to “pretend” what that would feel like, as if he there. All these techniques are great ones to begin the journey of meditation. It can be a very tedious process going through trying to find the right one.

When getting started with meditation, you want to find a comfortable place to sit, try finding a quiet location where you will not be disturbed. There is no certain way to really meditate anything is acceptable as long as it is comfortable, but the best way to be comfortable and meditate is sitting up. Third step, gently closing the eyes and begin inhaling with deep breaths. Inhale slowly through the nose and then exhaling out your mouth. Continue breathing back at a normal tranquil pace through your nose with lips gently close. Allow the breath to fall away in its own pattern. Do not stop the thoughts that flow, simply get back on track if random thoughts interfere. Lastly, continue sitting with eyes closed for 20-30 minutes, Setting a timer if optional but if done be sure it is with a gentle, low volume sound, so that there is a smooth transition out of the meditation. Meditation does not have to be all those steps directly, there are ways to change it and make it personal or even more comfortable.

In conclusion, meditation is very beneficial when practiced daily. Ideally meditation can be done first thing in the morning, when just waking up and then again right before going to bed there is no set limit on how many times to meditate it all depends upon the person, there are some great advantages to doing it for long periods of time and certain times of the day for example, Ashley starts her day meditating as soon she wakes up she is more likely to have a relaxed mindset throughout the rest of her day until she allows something to come along and ruin that. She also decided her day went pretty well, so now she is going to meditate again right before bed. By Ashley meditating every day and night she is consciously and subconsciously training her mind and instilling self-positivity within her. “Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal bliss and supreme joy in the end”.