Are you excited and exhilarated about life? Or is your life filled with boredom, drudgery and monotony which is eating you up from inside as if it is the end of the world. You need to switch on to something new and what better than switching on to meditation. Do not discard it at the first instance, just bear to go through the succeeding paras. Oxford defines meditations as a practice of thinking deeply in silence, especially for religious reason or in order to make your mind calms. On the other hand, doctors and researches define meditation as a proven alternative therapy and classify it under the mind-body medicine. In this fast-running life which makes it extremely difficult for one to keep up the pace, it not only drenches you completely out of life but also deprives you of good health and happiness. This is where the power and benefits of meditation seems to be one of the most viable options, not only to regain good health but also to lead a happy and a stress-free life. As per a survey conducted in 2009 by the Apollo Group, most people lack stamina, strength and flexibility, 69% of them failed the muscle strength test, an increase of 11% since 2004, 74% failed the lung power test (holding breath for 60 seconds) as compared to 27% in 2004 and 75% failed the pulse-72 tests where as in 2004 the figure was 62%. Shocking, isnt it?
The Security Forces personals the League of Extraordinary where such issues do not exist, but we are humans too, and therefore, it is quite but natural to be exposed to stress & strain. Infect, at times the work load that the men in uniform undergo makes us loose our calmness, thus resulting in stress. Meditation offers a path to find that calm within. As we get caught up in the `external world, meditation improves attitudes, thoughts, actions and interactions which means a totally improved personality. Infect, as said by one of the spiritual gurus, `The highest form of human intelligence is to be able to observe yourself without evaluation, to be present, to be self-aware. Even the spiritual leader Osho claims that meditation is the best way to achieve the desired calmness, which seems to be hard to find in this competitive world. A man who has achieved this calmness within will not only lead a healthy and improved life but will also be more effective and efficient in all his endeavors, be it in any sphere of life. And what does it cost? A plain simple `Nothing. So is it not the cheapest way of achieving a good health and stress-free mind.
Meditation has been seen as a cure to all human ailments since medieval times. This power of meditation has been benefiting man from ages and is still going strong. Today even science admits that people who meditate not only possesses a sharp mind but live a much healthy and longer life in comparison to others. Seeing all these benefits of meditation I would like to share some of the techniques which will surely help one in achieving a serene mind. This is a cathartic technique where one feels unburdened, light and young like a child. Gibberish is to get relieve of the active mind, silence to get relieve of the inactive mind and let- go is to enter into the transcendental. It makes you lucid than you have ever been, because you throw so important scrap that you were holding. Its just like sanctifying your mind. It’s a two- stage procedure wherein, in the first stage of 15 twinkles close your eyes and begin to say nonsense sounds(gibberish). Without suppressing your studies, you can throw everything out. Let your body be expressive. In the second stage, which is again for 15 minutes, lie on your stomach and feel yourself merging with mother earth, with each exhalation. Repeat this method for next 30 mins or three to four times.
The origin of this technique is rooted in a Hawaiian psychiatrist `Ilahekela Hew Lane. It is a process for solving to problems. But HO OPONOPONO does more than just solving problems – It is a mean for getting aligned with existence. It is both simple and complex in which everything whether good or bad comes from you.
I hope these above listed techniques of meditation will not only help you to visualize a better life, free of all worldly ailments but will enhance you as a better personality with discipline as the backbone, if we inculcate meditation as a routine in our day-to-day life, we will surely not only make our life simpler and better but will be able to give our 100% to the organization and country as one says that a, stress free mind produces a better result at all times. Therefore, now is the time to identify this Power and Benefits of Meditation so as to improve upon your life.