does meditation help a person in anyway?if yes,how?

Answer 1

"Please Patiently Read all of this, concerning Meditation, this may help you understand how meditation helps people. Thank You."
*As we approach the stressors in our life with an optimistic attitude, it will help us a great deal to deal effectively with stress, anger, worry, depression, instability, anxieties, etc. The main way to deal with stress, anger, etc. is to take 15 min. early in the morning, and 15 min. in the evening to practice a simple meditation called the mindfulness of breathing. [I also practice Analytical meditation for 15 min. a day; spoken of later].
Mindfulness of Breathing exercises:
1) Be in a comfortable position, whether sitting
or lying down.
2) Have someone watch your other children for
about 15 min. [Increase in time gradually, after practicing for a month].
Then close your eyes, and concentrate
totally on your breathing.
3) At the end of your first inhalation of oxygen,
count one. Keep doing this until you get to
ten. Remain patient with yourself.
4) Then focus your attention on breathing only
through your nostrils, which filter out all
the things, which are not healthy to breath
into your lungs. Be aware of the various
sensations through your nostrils, while you
continue the counting. When you get to
ten, start again at one.
5) When a distracting thoughts enters your mind
allow them to pass through {your mind], or judging them, or trying to fix them.
And then gently, patiently bring your full
attention back to your breath. Every time,
a distracting thought {any thought which
would take your attention of your breath),
comes to your mind, you need to use this
skillful, disciplinary method of bring it back.
Thoughts do come into our minds, especially
worrisome , or pressing thoughts
which indicate to us that we have an anxious mind.
Just be patient w/yourself, and keep practicing.
**"There is proven evidence of the
Success of The Mindfulness of Breathing
Exercises Proven by Dr. Jon Kabat-ZinnPhD
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn PhD. has a book
out called, "Coming to Our Senses' which
teaches this. *There is also a book called, " The
Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation"
by: Arinna Weisman & Jean Smith which is most
Excellent also.*” The Mindfulness of Breathing
greatly help us to clearly see things as they really are, in order to act and react in a healthy manner toward people, and situations in life.
I practice mindfulness of breathing to reduce stress and anger, and to cultivate Patience. I really enjoy the practice of mindfulness of breathing exercises. In Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's clinic in Mass. he teaches the mindfulness of breathing to his patients to help them reduce pain, stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and worry. Many people establish the practice of mindfulness, as a way of life for themselves. For some, who are very Analytical, and might have a difficult time calming down their mind, "analytical meditation" is probably geared more for them. This method of meditation is excellent for effectively dealing with pain, stress, & anger. Training in Patience: The meditation of observing our stress and anger involves paying close attention to the storyline behind stress and anger. We note the blood rushing to our head, our heart pounding, the emotional pain of hurt feelings, disappointment, & unfulfilled expectations. Simply observing these, “but Not reacting to them by clinging to them or pushing them away, we experience them as they are in the present. In doing so, we watch them arise And Cease in their own accord.” Mindfulness is very effective in letting go of Negative emotions. “Techniques in which we re-frame the situation constitute most of this volume, and they fall in the category of 'Analytical meditation, in which we investigate our thoughts, feeling, and perceptions to discern if they are accurate and beneficial. Changing the way we describe and interpret situations subdue stress, pain, anger because we stop exaggerating and projecting negativities onto people, situations, and objects.' In this way, the external event, its meaning, & our position in it appear to us differently, and our stress and anger evaporates.” Meditation on love and compassion{loving-kindness meditation], (which many do as form of walking meditation) strengthens these positive thoughts and emotions in our minds and hearts, which are beneficial because these thoughts and emotions act not only as antidotes to stress and anger, but also as measures preventing them from arising. So for some, mindfully observing their Thoughts and emotions allow stress and anger to subdue naturally, while for others, a more Analytical approach is necessary. Through investigation{introspection), we see clearly that stress and anger are states of mind that misapprehends their object {either the person or the situation). But remember, subduing stress & anger, to cultivate Patience properly is a slow and steady process. Don’t expect them to always disappear overnight. Reacting stressfully and in anger are deeply ingrained habits, & like all habits, it takes time to unlearn. Practice Meditating daily. (Think about this, who really gives us the best opportunity to demonstrate patience, compassion, and tolerance? Not our friends, because they are nice to us. It is our enemies. Through having an optimistic attitude, we can clearly see that it is our enemies which help us that infinitely beneficial, wholesome quality of Patience. It is those who harm and offend us that actually give us excellent opportunities to cultivate Patience). “Meditation greatly helps us deal effectively with stress, and anger – to cultivate Patience and tolerance, resulting in Peace of Mind.
This “Patience” is the ability to remain internally calm, and undisturbed in the face of harm or difficulties. Through the situations in life which we are faced with, patience and wisdom are cultivated and stress-energy w/in us, and the anger-energy within us are slowly dissolved, resulting in peace of mind.*
Thank You for Your Excellent Question, Remain Optimistic. The world needs more people like you, who have a positive optimistic attitude in Life. I encourage you to daily practice the mindfulness of breathing!*

Hope this helps you to understand how meditation does help people, who are open to this effective practice. Thanks for Your Question. Have a Great Week/Weekend.

Answer 2

I find this a very strange thing, that those people who repudiate any form of 'religion' in their lives, nevertheless always like to get into yoga, meditation and New Age. A friend of mind who's not interested in anything Christian, still has a little Buddha of plenty in her room. I put it down to superstition. Hey, religion will get you in the end! I am sorry you are so ill and it's understandable that you are looking around for help in more unconventional quarters. However, I do think that where you are looking is not as 'harmless' as people will tell you. In my book, meditation (I mean the mantra-type kind that comes from Buddhism and Hinduism and New Age) is anything but benign. Not only that, it is also anything but humanistic, peace-giving and non-religious. My dear, it IS religious, and if you refuse Christianity (I mean the type that isn't compromised by this sort of stuff) on the basis that it's religious, then why do you entertain this sort of stuff, seeing as how it's also religious, even though it purports not to be? Bad religion can do you a great deal of harm - yes, even if you don't believe in it, the power is still there. Because this stuff is about the supernatural, and there are real forces 'out there' very interested in getting an inroad into people - who think it's harmless and might find they've gotten themselves into 'deeper water' than they first imagined. Let me warn you - yes, even though you might laugh at me, because you probably don't believe in spiritual entities - that going into 'meditation' might end up getting you in a worse case than you already are. It is bad enough being physically ill, but to add to that evil spirit oppression (giving you things like depression, black thoughts, an unbalanced mind and suicidal feelings) is something it is far better to steer clear of. People who don't believe in these things think that settles the matter and therefore they are free to dabble in what they like. However, the existence of these things is not a matter of whether you or I believe in them - if they exist, they exist, and that is independent of anything we believe. After all, one or other of us could be wrong. And I have to say that, even apart from my Christian convictions, I have heard reports of perfectly agnostic/atheistic types suddenly changing their minds as a result of an experience with the occult which they did not find pleasant. In fact, not only unpleasant, but also difficult to shake off.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I've experienced the greatest happiness of my life during meditation; bliss that really surpasses any normal pleasure you might have for a discernible reason.
However, when I was meditating daily I never noticed any change in how I felt the rest of the day. I didn't' get calmer or happier in general; only when I was actually meditating.

Answer 5

Buddhist meditation has helped ME significantly. It teaches one how to react less to things we normally perceive as causing us harm (like the old "sticks and stones" adage) with aversion and how to be more calm... and less clinging and attachments to things we falsely THINK will bring us happiness but truly, eventually just fall apart and cause "suffering" to one degree or another. It helps one study, analytically, the teachings of the Buddha, how to cultivate altruism and so on... it's helped me with all of these things and still does. However you must find a path and meditation that works for YOU in accordance with the goal YOU have in life.

Hope that gives some insight and help.

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Answer 6

Yes it does; it helps you focus, increases your awareness both of yourself and of others, calms you down, and gives you a chance to organize yourself mentally. Also brings your blood pressure down. Meditation can be passive (sitting/laying/standing still) or active - i actually like to use exercise as a form of meditation.

Answer 7

Yes.In meditation you are totally cut off from problems,happiness,family and the world by concentration.

Answer 8

Vispassana system of meditation....to watch the functioning of your own mind in a calm and detached manner so you can gain insight into your own behaviour.The goal is awareness,an awareness so intense,concentrated and finely tuned that you will be able to pierce the inner workings of reality itself.

Answer 9

Yes,really it helps.how means?
When one is in very bad mood or being very disturbed the meditation helps them to forget those.But this helps only for some who truly wants to come out from the disturbance.

Answer 10

Yes. It destroys the false self. Most cannot stand this as they are so attached to what they "think" they are. By letting what is unreal drop off, one only knows reality. Ahhhhhhh.

Answer 11

Food helps your body and meditation helps mind's improvement by creating extra energy in body & mind.