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From: Dayawanti D'Sa <dayawanti@...>
Date: Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:38 AM
Subject: Advantages of Meditation
To: empoweringyoursoulthroughmeditation@yahoogroups.com

• Meditation helps us physically, putting us into a relaxed state. While fully concentrated in meditation, we lose awareness of any pains and discomforts in our body. We come out of meditation with renewed strength and vitality. Many doctors and specialists prescribe meditation in the treatment of stress-related illnesses such as heart and lung diseases, breathing difficulties, migraine headaches, and stomach problems.
• Meditation helps us cope effectively with a variety of mental and emotional problems as well as anxiety, fear, loneliness, lack of self-esteem and depression. When we meditate, we come in contact with the divine power within that manifests itself as a loving Light. By contacting it we realize we are not alone. We experience happiness, peace and bliss not found in the activities of this world. As we enter the inner regions, our problems begin to disappear. The divine intoxication that we experience in meditations remains with us even after we resume our daily activities. Rather than using alcohol and drugs in an attempt to alleviate emotional and mental pain, meditation provides a safe and permanent solution. It is a medicine we carry within us which we can use whenever needed.
• Meditation gives us a new angle of vision. There is a story from the life of Akbar. One day he posed a problem to his courtiers to gauge who could come up with a solution. Drawing a line in the sand with a stick, he asked who could shorten the line without touching any part of it. They could not figure it out and just stared blankly at each other. But the bright Birbal picked up a stick and drew a line parallel to the first, which was longer than the first, thus making the first one look shorter. Similarly, meditation does not eliminate all of life's problem, but it allows us to view them from a the right perspective, not get overwhelmed by them.
• Meditation helps to increase our powers of concentration and our efficiency. Developing concentration can help us excel in many areas of life: careers, studies, sports, creative art, problem solving etc. Meditation gives us access to an infinite source of wisdom. It is like gaining access to a master computer network in which all knowledge is stored.
• Meditation helps us overcome the fear of death. We learn to separate our soul from the body and enter the inner regions. Then we know that spiritual realms await us after death, and we realize that this world is only our temporary home.
• Meditation helps us develop spiritually. Its practice creates a gradual expansion of our consciousness and fills us with love and peace. We experience ourselves as souls and realize that others like us are also soul and a part of God. We start to see we are all members of one family and begin to develop love for all. This love awakens a desire to help others and we begin to care for all living things and our environment. We become nonviolent for we do not want to see another in pain, we become peaceful and seek to live in harmony with all creation.
• Meditation contributes to outer peace in the world. When we develop inner peace, it radiates to all who come in contact with us. The fragrance of love and peace spreads to our families and friends, our communities, our countries, and the world. Our personal transformation contributes to a golden age of peace and happiness on earth.

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