Meditation For Relaxation
Meditation for relaxation can help you relax and attain tranquility. Meditation is a self discipline technique or exercise which involves Mind and body. There are many types of meditation and for different reasons, it can be used for better health, stress reduction, attainment of higher consciousness, increase spiritual awareness and many many other reasons. you can learn more on benefits of meditation.
It is the flow of continuous thought on one thing or God/ Universal Spirit or Atman. Meditation is the keeping up of one idea of God alone always like the continuous flow of oil (Taila-dharavat). Yogins call this ‘Dhyana.’ Jnanins term this ‘Nididhyasana.’ Bhaktas style this ‘Bhajan.’ Concentration is fixing the mind on a point or object, either internal (in the body) or external (on any outside object or image). Meditation follows concentration. In Dhyana all worldly thoughts are shut out from the mind. The mind is filled or saturated with Divine thoughts, with the Divine Glory, the Divine Presence.
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Meditation For Relaxation – Why Meditate?
When you are caught up in the emotional upheaval of greed, anger and delusion, you may find yourself succumbing to some very real physical ailments; and when you are ill, the world may seem to be a very dismal place. That is not to say, however, that all of our illnesses are due to extreme emotions. Exposure to substances to which you may be allergic can alter everything about you. It can cause violent mood swings, depression, hallucinations and all sorts of physical effects, including actual tissue damage. Whatever the cause, disease is most often accompanied by an assortment of disruptive emotions. Programs that have been designed to make therapeutic use of meditation for relaxation have proved to be effective in curbing both the physical effects and the emotions which accompany them. Yet, as beneficial as they may be, such methods can take one only so far
In the Buddhist tradition, meditation is used to defuse the source of all the trouble-the illusion of self and other. In Ch’an (or Zen), the aim is to overcome thought and defilement. Having done this, and with thoughts no longer stirring, the real substance of mind becomes evident. Without thoughts and without the illusion of self and other, greed, anger and hatred have no place to arise; and the energy that was tied up by
those illusions becomes available, helping to provide an overall improvement in health. That is why meditation is called The Fundamental Practice.
How To Do Meditation For Relaxation
In order for one to attain meditation for relaxation you need to learn various discipline of meditation, like breathing, focusing and sometimes the postures. this will all be discussed in detail on other pages
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