Why does people meditate?

Answer 1

Meditation is an ocean and its benefits will depend on the regularity and continuity you maintain, and on the depths to which you plumb in each practical session. The power of meditation is in its experience.

Meditation is not to be considered as an option in life. Whatever your age, vocation, or role in life, meditation must become a mandatory practice in your daily routine. Just as you brush and bathe each day, take time out to think of God. You owe your Creator a gift; that gift can be willing meditation. Try it and take to it! But meditation is better done without an attitude of expectancy.

In loving devotion, surrender and offer all you do at the feet of the Divine. When the time is ripe, in more ways than one, He will make His presence felt. The receiving will be limited only by your ability to receive ; And then you will say: It matters not my Lord, if Thou dost not reveal Thyself to me; I shall keep loving You all the same.

Meditation brings out the perfection in man. The science of meditation empowers one to be strong, to take charge of one's life and future, instead of simply leaving it in the hands of nature Meditation brings us in direct contact with the inner core of our being and of our mind, and with the pith of our very existence. We realise that we are not our bodies, or our feelings and thoughts, but individualised sparks of consciousness, actually made in the image of the one Supreme consciousness.

Through self-realisation, meditation initiates you into realising yourself as a luminous being of light and colour. In meditation we touch the yarn of the fabric of the Creator and awaken to the glory of His creation. We understand that our minds are but part of His mind, our breath is but a manifestation of His life, and our thoughts are but His power flowing through us. We comprehend that our voice was given to hum His glory, our hands to do His work, and our hearts, to feel Him through the glow of His love.

As we sail further over the eternal sea of meditation, through His grace and our humble receptivity, we learn to understand the limitlessness of existence. The mystery of the little pollen nurturing into a flower and of the tiny bit of protoplasm flowering into a child mingles into our understanding with amazing simplicity. All that seemed out of reach and beyond comprehension now becomes incredibly plausible.

The inner mysteries of the chakras (astral centers), the ethereal nerves and energy patterns enthuse us with their wonders. The subtleties of the energy world open their windows to our panoramic view and the principles of the macrocosm in the microcosm (the reflection of the Universe in our little bodies) welcome us in the softness of their luxury.

Different techniques in meditation yield proportionately different levels of benefits and at relatively different speeds. There are bullock-cart techniques and the airplane methods. The more scientific the technique, the more profound is the impact.

Scientific techniques in meditation spiritualise our consciousness and little by little we begin to manifest qualities of spirit. Deeply embedded grooves of past negative karma get decimated, our innate goodness surfaces and the positive beneficence of good karma begins to manifest. We do not just learn to, but automatically also become more compassionate; our powers of feeling, reason, and of the sense organs develop; concentration improves; restlessness and nervousness lessen; sleep becomes increasingly unnecessary; there is improved co-ordination of the subtle bodies (etheric, emotional, mental); alignment of chakras becomes more the norm than the exception, all together resulting in overall improved health (in body, mind, and soul).

Panacea to almost all our health problems . Yogis do not need medicines and surgeries to heal themselves. Surgical cases are mostly endured by them according to karmic and Divine laws, and through discipline and deep journeys into their inner cave of meditation, they really do succeed in nipping in the bud the root of most illnesses and diseases. Contemporary medicinal practices primarily work through the outer composition of the bodily cells and do not penetrate beyond to alter the inner atomic structure of the cells.

Modern science has already accepted that everything in existence is energy. The disease that manifests in our bodies has its root causes in some energy imbalance either in the emotional, mental or other levels of being. What we see on the surface, for example a migraine headache, is only a symptom. The cure lies in healing the root of the cause, not the symptom, and is effected by nibbling at the Source of all thought and energy - which is achieved by meditation.

Meditation is food for the soul. Your divine inner child, the soul, is waiting silently, uncared for in the portals of your being, hoping per chance that you will grant him a thread of your love - that love for which you yourself so eagerly hanker. It is through meditation that you create the causes for the release of the bondage of this loveable reflection of God within you. As you forget your little self (the ego) and focus on the needs of the soul, you find the lilting song of the Divine wafting into the inner recesses of your heart.

Life becomes a musical rendition, in the canticle of which you create your own successful tune.

Answer 2

I used to, but over the year I've discovered I no longer need to do the formal sort of meditation--sitting in the lotus position, etc.

Now I see that it is possible to just be in medition throughout the day. Or at least part of the day.

It's really just a matter of remaining in the present at all times. Staying focused and centered.

The rest, IMO, is just bull.

Answer 3

Meditation can help most people feel less anxious and more in control. The awareness that meditation brings can also be a source of personal insight and self-understanding.

Answer 4

there is a load of tosh wrote about meditation, why we as humans feel the need to get in touch with the side of our brain that is dormant beats me,its dormant for a reason, i think they are malingering, being idle, some people meditate whilst at work, cant they get in touch in thier own time. LF

Answer 5

Meditation is a sabbatical from life.

Answer 6

Basically, to achieve a state of mental and spiritual peace; to de-stress from daily demands.

More people should try it in some form or other instead of keeping everything bound up inside and their muscles getting all knotted up.

Answer 7

To improve their grammar. Sorry please do not take that as mean spirited, I just thought a silly answer might give you something to meditate on.

Answer 8

gateway to your soul.. i do tai chi. kind of meditating..

Answer 9

To relax,or/ and to reach spiritual enlightenment.

Answer 10

To relax,and help quiet the mind

Answer 11

crickey hindu writing an essay there!