MEDITATION – CAN IT STOP GLOBAL WARMING ?

Peace has been now recognized as an actual science by today’s humans. Some years  back, an experiment was carried out in a trial in Washington DC in which they carried out mass meditation and found a significant decrease in the number of rapes and homicides. Participants’ meditated in the state of peace and the result was as amazing as 23% decrease in the crime rate during the final week of trial. The give trial was conducted among a panel of qualified experts.

This was just a small example. Several similar results were obtained from different experiments on mass meditation. Study shows a tremendous decline in the crime rate and the likelihood of the person to get indulged in any such criminal activities. In 2006 many eminent figures met in Düsseldorf to discuss the problems of world major problems like global warming, terrorism, war etc and use integrated consciousness through meditation as a solution.

They stated that all the human beings are inter connected through their consciousness and radiate energy through there thoughts. It was a startling conclusion that human thought is magnified exponentially when meditation is carried out in mass and harmony. The conference concluded by stating that we can fulfill ourselves by fulfilling others. The unification of the humanity can only be done by love for one another.

Coincidently whatever these scientists concluded was already mentioned in the book climate change. So, it is better that we realize the power of human mind as soon as possible. The sooner we realize better for us and we might help in keeping the earth stabilized with the power of human mind and controlling with the help of meditation. So, we might someday help in controlling global warming of the earth through the power of meditation.

- Tony Josan

Health Benefits of Meditation

You are thinking about starting meditation but are not aware of the possible health benefits of it. Or may be you have recently started practicing meditation and are curious to know the health benefits you might be getting. Let us have a look at the main health benefits which you can get by regularly practicing meditation:

Improved focus and concentration:

Meditation trains your mind to be able to focus better. More you practice meditation; it will become easier to concentrate. You will be more focused and will be able to better concentrate on other things in your life like your job , sport, music etc.

More Relaxed:

By meditating regularly, you will start feeling a different person altogether. You will start to feel more calm and composed. You will handle things more peacefully and will be more cheerful in normal aspects of your life.

You will be more alert and brain will react better to things:

Our brain has a special phenomenon to get used to and do better at things it do regularly. If you practice mathematics you become good at it . Same is the case with sports. So, if you are more stressed and angry everyday your brain will become better at being angry and getting stressed. So, going by the same phenomenon, if you regularly take time to relax your brain , your brain will become good at it. This is what meditation is all about.

There are numerous other health benefits that you can achieve through meditation like –

• Control and keep Blood Pressure in Level
• Increase in your self-confidence
• Better sleep
• Reduced stress and anxiety attacks
• Reduces Obesity
• Improved all round physical health and better immune system
• Improved emotional health and better reaction to things and events.

- Tony Josan

Stress Management with Meditation

Today’s world is full of stress, with so many demands, crisis, and sudden changes taking place in life of its inhabitants. Constantly facing these problems and stress it is natural that most of the people absorb a kind of negative energy into them, and begin to suffer the effects of becoming habituated to these modern world’s problem. Thus the person began to loose both inner peace as well as the negative thinking. Fortunately, a cure for such negative influence can be found in meditation

Meditation is a form of spiritual exercise which helps even those people with a very hectic lifestyle to practice stress management technique. It is a very ancient art. Meditation has been used since ages by different range of cultures to restore the mind’s positive energy and get rid of all the negative forces. It helps you achieve inner harmony

You can use meditation in your life and can improve your quality of living and outlook to things. If you are not able to cope up with the everyday stress of life, it can lead to constant unhappiness and loss of mental focus. You might even indulge into self-harming behaviors like drugs and alcoholism. Stress can turn you into a complete negative person and you might reach to a point of no return. So, it becomes necessary for you to make use of meditation to make your life better and handle your stress and suppress it.

There are two main forms of meditation open and close. Open meditation make use of a point or anything to focus on like any mantra, a visualization , an idea or any action like breathing or even walking. Closed meditation is basically the idea of driving out all the external thoughts prevailing in your mind so that you can focus steadily on focus itself. It is best for an individual to try out both the techniques and discover which one is best for him. Each human mind is unique and special, and some people even find it best to use the combination of both techniques.

Those who wish to clear their minds get rid of all the negative energy and make room for positive energy to improve their lives should go for regular meditation and make it a part of their daily life. You will see the difference in yourself and will find meditation to be one of the most fruitful methods to free your mind from tension and energize your spirit to leave life in a better way.

- Tony Josan

Meditation – A best way to Sleep

With the increasing pressure and the fast paced life, many people usually feel restless in night not able to sleep. People face severe health hazards due to this. Doctors and Yoga teachers recommend that meditation plus reading in bed can help you get back your lost sleep. Meditation helps you relax your mind and body as well. It helps you forget all the pressure of life and make you calm and composed. Given below is a general method which you can try to get sleep-

• Close the doors of your room and make the lighting of your room soft.
• Sit up or lie down on your body in the most comfortable position
• Close your eyes loosen your body and relax.
• Start to repeat any word say “Ohm” in your mind silently. Repeat is in a continuous rhythm. Keep you speed fast or slow as per your comfort level.
• As you start relaxing, let the sound drift along as per your body and mind response
• Continue this for a little while, may be up to 15 minutes or so.
• As you start relaxing further, you will find that the repetition speed has become slower. Let it happen and don’t concentrate to make it fast.
• Once you feel you are totally calm and relaxed, stop the repetition and just be silent and calm for few minutes. Then gentle open your eyes.
• Lie down in bed; keep a comfortable cushion under your head. You can also choose to read a book under soft light.

By doing this, you will find yourself extremely relaxed and you will fall asleep very quickly and easily.

- Tony Josan

Different types of Meditation

We all know about meditation and all of us are aware of the fact that meditation can be very beneficial for our health and well being. It helps us relax and find peace and tranquility. But it is also important to know about the different types of meditation. Knowing about the different types of meditation will help us to take the decision in which one is best for you.

Breathe Awareness

This is one of the most wide spread and easiest form of meditation. Still it can be extremely profound. The best thing about this is you can practice it at anytime of the day and anywhere. What you have to do is to sit in a comfortable position with your eyes closed and become aware of your own breathing, keeping it the way it is. It can help you feeling calmer, composed and focuses and help you to bring back to the present moment.

Mantra Meditation

This form of meditation involved repeating a particular word, phrase or sound, aloud or silently in your mind. The constant repetition of sound will stress on some particular senses while allowing other parts of your mind to rest. Thus eventually you become relaxed physically as well as mentally.  “Ohm” is a Sanskrit work which is supposed to best for repetition since traditional

Mindfulness Meditation

In this form of meditation you try to concentrate and become aware of what actually is going in your mind in the present moment. This can be almost anything. If you have your eyes open, you might get aware of the immediate surroundings along with the sound too. However, if y ou have your eyes closed you could become aware of the various aspects in you body which might be your breathing, posture, your tension, excitement or any other thought appearing in your mind.

Meditation on a Concept

This is the broadest area of meditation. Concept can be anything. You can decide to meditate on the impermanent nature of all things. This might include your own being, your thoughts and your feelings as well.

There are many other forms of meditation which varies from place to place. However, these are few main type of it.

- Tony Josan

History of Meditation

The history of meditation is ages old which is been recorded even thousand years before the bible itself. But no accurate data exists about where and when it was originated.

Dating back to 500 B.C, The Buddha has been recognized as people’s icon for the history of meditation. The son Siddhartha of a famous king stepped outside the luxuries of the palace after living a real luxurious life in his childhood. He realized that life is full of sorrow and suffering and this materialistic pleasure have no meaning. He decided to gave all those and pursue a spiritual goals.  He discovered that to avoid sorrow you need not end life but choose something in between luxury and asceticism. At the age of 30 years, he found enlightenment or Nirvana. It is a heightened level of awareness which one reaches through meditation. He spent his rest of the life spreading words and teaching people about meditation.

Teaching of the Buddha is wide spread and it spread through the entire eastern world in various forms. Since there are no formal set of Guidelines, the adoption of Buddha teaching has diverse forms in different areas and have taken various shapes over the last 400 years. Thousands of years have passed before the western world could know about the history and principles of meditation.

There are many researchers who have spent many years studying and learning about the history of meditation. They came to know that it is a practice which is documented by Indian people in the name Tantra. Ancient theories say meditation as the varying state of consciousness achieved by ancestral people.

Modern day’s meditation has also many forms. Each variation as his its own values and is effective in a different way for the person who follow it. It helps them to serve a balance between emotional and physical energies of body and mind. The mediation is a great tool that can help people sleep, eliminate stress and anxiety and overcome depression. For many it’s a habit that keeps them calm and composure in spite of the daily life pressures.

It does not really matter how far back the history of meditation extends , this has been one of the most wide spread art throughout the world.  There are many people who seek inner peace by going through meditation.

- Tony Josan