Meditation - Mental Advantages
The most common reason why people start to Meditate is that they want to feel fitter, happier and more energetic. In the past few decades research has been conducted into the health benefits in over 300 universities, hospitals and research centres in over 50 countries. Over 1,000 scientific articles and research reports have been published in over 175 scientific magazines. In fact it is hard to believe that after sop many positive results the ordinary media have not paid far more attention to Meditation. Only now, after 30 years, more and more people and doctors begin to appreciate and to experience the advantages of Meditating. In the U.S.A. about 5% of the population now Meditates regularly. We assume that this percentage will grow and that before long we will find the same percentages in Europe. To make things easy for you we have arranged these advantages into three different categories: physical, mental and spiritual.
Indian Wisdom
| An old Cherokee was teaching his grandson about life. |
| 'A fight is going on inside me', he said to the boy. |
| 'It is a terrible fight, and it is between two wolves.' |
| 'One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.' |
| 'The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith'. |
| 'The same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too.' |
| The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, ' Which wolf will win?' |
| The old Cherokee simply replied, 'The one you feed.' |
Mental Advantages of Meditation
- Increased capacity to learn and better learning achievements
- Increased ability to solve problems
- Strong increase in productivity
- The powers of concentration increase dramatically
- A stronger feeling of happiness and contentment
- Stress and anxiety decrease
- Greater achievements through focus and attention… more self-confidence
- Stronger creativity
- Learning to accept, not judging, and acting less reactively often solve many problem situations
- Feelings of depression and anxious thinking decrease
- Meditating strengthens people's self confidence
- Meditating teaches people to stop always behaving in the same way
- People's emotional stability increases
- Meditation strengthens the feeling of self realisation
- Feelings of irritation and mood swings decrease
- All the effects mentioned result in better achievements at school, university or work
- People that Meditate get a less conditioned view of situations
- Coping with emotional resistance during the Meditation sessions cause mental strength and power
Database with Articles
All the above mentioned advantages are based on medical research done by among others: Harvard Medical School, Alberta University, MIT, Duke school of Medicine, Leiden University and other universities. The most important research reports you can find in our Database with Articles.
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