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Meditation has been glorified as the most sacred vocation. Humans alone are capable of highest effort, by which they can hasten their own evolution. In preparing ourselves for meditation, we should first acquire the ability to look within. You must learn to go about your daily routine and uninterruptedly watch the mind….. Let it be a silent observer of the workings of your inner life and estimate the motives, intentions and purposes that lie behind your thoughts, words and deeds.

— Swami Chinmayananda.

Till few months back, I never took the power of meditation seriously, always thought it isn’t for young people like us. I always found it kind of a boring concept. Most of us have a misconception that it is merely to concentrate on a particular point, which would provide peace to our mind. But that’s not true, even I was amazed when I actually understood what meditation is all about.

Meditation is actually a state of transforming the mind. Things such as concentrating, attaining peace, getting mind clarity, etc. are all a secondary part of this journey. It is a state of intense lightness, the thoughtless possession. The history of meditation is really very vast, started sometime in 6000 BC. It is not a technique, rather its a way of living life.

Generally our mind is full of numerous thoughts and it keeps doing multi-processing all the time, but when it comes to meditating, all these activities are reduced to a single focal point. As per the study by Norwegian University of science and technology, activities in a normal brain were very high with lots of thoughts wandering around, as compared to a meditated brain.

Meditation is a bliss to human life, the act of keeping your mind hygienic. There are countless benefits it provides to our body, both physically and mentally.

Physical health benefits:

• Better immune system
• Decreases tension & depression related issues
• Regulates blood pressure
• Improved metabolic rate

Mental health benefits:

• Calm and soothing mind
• Increased concentration levels
• Better communication power
• Increased happiness
• Emotional stability

Trust me, meditation is very simple to perform. It’s simply to get in a correct posture (will be covered by a later blog) and start with feeling your breath in and out. You will experience after around 5-10 minutes, that all other thoughts which were occupying your mind earlier have no place to react for and here comes the joy of inner retreat. Experience it, you will surely feel the change in yourself.

The whole purpose of meditation is to make you aware of your kingdom, to make you aware of your highest potential.

–Osho

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