| Meditation is a process of emptying out | | | | concentration, though concentration can be a |
| accumulated clutter of the mind by quieting and | | | | by-product and benefit of meditation. Meditation |
| stilling the flow of thought. The Hindu yogis of | | | | helps relieve everyday stress and is said to enable |
| India developed it more than two thousand years | | | | the mediators to get in touch with the vast |
| ago. They succeeded in mapping the auric or | | | | reservoir of energy that everyone holds at the |
| subtle body, and divided it into seven centers | | | | center of the being. Meditation is also credited |
| known as the chakras. The auric body is the | | | | with healing physical illnesses as it is alleged in the |
| energy field associated with the physical body | | | | world of meditation that ninety nine percent of |
| that is not ordinarily visible and the energy itself is | | | | the diseases arise from the afflictions of the mind. |
| known as the "aura." There are various | | | | Meditation can be used as an approach towards a |
| meditations designed to make meditators aware | | | | more holistic way of living or as a path to attain |
| of their auric body to cleanse it of all negativity | | | | inner wisdom. Serious seekers choose the path of |
| and enable complete well-being. There are various | | | | meditation as their conduit to enlightenment or |
| benefits attached to meditation, ranging from the | | | | Nirvana, which is viewed by various disciplines as |
| ordinary to the miraculous. | | | | the ultimate aim of a human life. |
| The benefits of meditation can be availed of by | | | | Regardless of the level and form of faith that |
| anyone who decides to practice this art. There | | | | meditators may place in meditation, many |
| are many misconceptions related to meditation | | | | scientifically proven benefits can be derived from |
| such as it is exclusively for people who are on a | | | | meditating. These benefits include better-regulated |
| spiritual search or that it is concerned with | | | | blood pressure and body weight and reduced |
| focusing or concentrating. Meditation is not | | | | stress levels. |