Meditation!
Meditation as for a long time been considered in
the west as a bit out there and weird, more for hippies than ordinary people,
but this couldn't be further from the truth.
Meditation
is a great way of improving health and well being. 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 reduce blood pressure and relieve pain
and stress. In the coming sections we have divided the health benefits of
meditation in three parts: (1) physiological benefits; (2) psychological
benefits' and (3) spiritual benefits.
Physiological
Benefits of Meditation
Psychological
Benefits of Meditation
Spiritual
Benefits of Meditation
The longer an individual practices meditation, the greater the likelihood that
his or her goals and efforts will shift toward personal and spiritual growth.
Many individuals who initially learn meditation for its self-regulatory aspects
find that as their practice deepens they are drawn more and more into the realm
of the "spiritual." In her work with many cancer and AIDS patients,
Dr. Borysenko has observed that many are most interested in meditation as a way
of becoming more attuned to the spiritual dimension of life. She reports that
many die "healed," in a state of compassionate self-awareness and
self-acceptance.