Meditation has been around for almost as long as human history. I believe that at its core, meditation is a technique that helps us quiet our minds. If you notice, throughout the day there is “mind chatter” going on. I call it echoic mind chatter. It’s sort of like a commentary on life. Sometimes we stop and listen to them, go with them; while other times we let these commentaries on our life stop us and make us reflect and think upon all these thoughts chattering in our head. We stop and focus on them. We think about the past or we think about what might be in the future. All this thinking, all this chattering in our minds, keeps us from being silent and present with what is in the now. We miss so much of what’s going on in the world because we constantly have this echoic mind chatter and we cannot appreciate what’s happening in the “now”.
What meditation can do is bring us to the silence, to the present and the now. Meditation is a technique for quieting the mind, shutting down the echoic mind chatter so that you can be silent, still and totally 100% present with what is in the present. The hope is that as you learn to meditate you can transfer the gift of meditation, of being 100% present of what is, throughout your life. If you can implement this you will find that you will have a much more blissful, much more peaceful, happier life.
What you do in mediation is focus on one thing, often it’s your breath or a “mantra” or prayer word. You will find that your mind becomes quiet, becomes still because you are focusing on just one thing. As you focus, your mind will become quieter and quieter until you reach a point where it’s basically still. Thoughts may gently arise but they will go away quickly, because you are learning to be totally in touch with the present.
That is the beauty of meditation, to bring you completely into the present. In time you will enhance and grow a silent mind. If you practice the skills of mediation, you will find that you will slowly transform into a whole, happy individual. Meditation is incredibly beneficial for both the medical and spiritual being. Meditation makes you a happier, more peaceful individual that stops missing out on what’s happening around you. With meditation you are truly in touch with what is the present. Without the mind chatter you will find peace and happiness.
So I ask you to accept this as a way of life. Embrace the art of mediation to become a healthier, happier person. Allow meditation to bring you into the moment and experience the now.
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Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. is a meditation expert, international speaker and the creator of the weekly Meditation For Health Podcast, available at http://www.MeditationForHealthPodcast.com He also creates a weekly podcast that explores the world of Enlightenment available at http://www.EnlightenmentPodcast.com If you would like to contact Dr. Puff, his e-mail address is DrPuff@cox.net
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