How to Meditate:
Meditation can very easily become an ego trip, and the only way to avoid this is to preserve the dimension of glorification in meditation.
There are many different ways to meditate. This is the simplest and the easiest to start with.
- Sit comfortably. A quiet place is preferred, but not required.
- Close your eyes.
- Take a few deep breaths, all the way down to your abdomen, slowly exhale. Sit for a few minutes to allow your heart and breathing to slow down. Continue focusing on and regulating your breath.
- Gently bring your attention to a special word... any word that you feel drawn to... love, peace, strength, etc. or select an Asma-e-Husna. Breathe in the word... breathing in its quality... ie: feel its quality.
You may be drawn to a different word each day... when you are attuned to yourself you will get a sense of what word you need. - Allow your thoughts and feelings to come and go with detachment. Don't try to control them in any way. Just note them, and when you realize that you are not repeating the word, gently return to the word. Do not try to force yourself to think the word to the exclusion of all other thoughts.
- Meditate for 10 - 20 minutes.
- When done, take a few minutes to slowly return to normal awareness.
Meditation is simple awareness, nothing else. It is the time to connect to our inner Source and let go of the things and roles we get caught up in: work, parenting, worries and concerns.
Meditation takes practice, consistency and patience.
Meditation Benefits:
Everyone knows that a happy life requires good health. Proper diet, adequate exercise, and sufficient rest are necessary to keep our bodies strong and fit. If we neglect these demands, our bodies become weakened and resistant. Highly susceptible to infection, we eventually become ill.
More important, but less well known, is the inner self's need for spiritual nourishment and attention. If we ignore our spiritual health requirements, we become overwhelmed by negative material tendencies like anxiety, hatred, loneliness, prejudice, greed, boredom, envy, and anger.
Research has shown that Meditation can contribute to an individual's psychological and physiological well-being. This is accomplished as Meditation brings the brainwave pattern into an alpha state, which is a level of consciousness that promotes the healing state. There is scientific evidence that Meditation can improve blood pressure and relieve pain and stress. We have divided the health benefits of meditation in three parts: (1) physiological benefits; (2) psychological benefits; and (3) spiritual benefits.
Physiological benefits:
It decreases respiratory rate.
It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.
Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.
Decreases high blood pressure.
Decreases muscle tension
Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc.
Helps in post-operative healing.
Enhances the immune system.
Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress
Helps with weight loss
Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.
Decreases the aging process.
Cure headaches & migraines
Psychological benefits:
Builds self-confidence.
ncreases serotonin level, influences mood and behaviour.
Resolve phobias & fears
Helps control own thoughts
Helps with focus & concentration
Increase creativity
Increased brain wave coherence.
Improved learning ability and memory.
Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
Increased emotional stability.
improved relationships
Mind ages at slower rate
Easier to remove bad habits
Increased Productivity
Improved relations at home & at work
Increased Business
Helps ignore petty issues
Purifies your character
Develop will power
Increased job satisfaction
decrease in potential mental illness
Better, more sociable behaviour
Spiritual benefits:
Helps keep things in perspective
Provides peace of mind, happiness
Helps you discover your purpose
Increased self-actualization.
Increased compassion
Growing wisdom
Deeper understanding of yourself and others
Brings body, mind, spirit in harmony
Deeper Level of spiritual relaxation
Increased acceptance of oneself
helps learn forgiveness
Changes attitude toward life
Creates a deeper relationship with your God
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