| p>More than four years ago Time magazine | | | | offers many spiritual benefits. |
| reported over ten million Americans meditate and | | | | Having the ability to quiet one's mind and retreat |
| since then the number has constantly grown. | | | | to a thought-free state of calmness opens the |
| Once thought of as a ritual performed by men | | | | connection to higher intelligence and greatly |
| who shaved their heads, wore long robes and | | | | enhances problem-solving abilities. In addition, with |
| lived in a mountain cave, this mind quieting, stress | | | | practice and coaching you can develop the ability |
| relieving natural self-healing practice is becoming so | | | | to ask pointed questions and receive answers to |
| commonplace that corporations such as Deutsche | | | | them through this same dynamic channel. |
| Bank, Google and Hughes Aircraft recognize the | | | | And, tapping into the vast wisdom of the universe |
| intuitive powers of it and offer meditation classes | | | | doesn't stop there. As you continue to welcome |
| to their employees. | | | | the innate reconnection of your mind, body and |
| In addition, the scientific community has stepped | | | | spirit, you will naturally begin to take a holistic |
| up to the plate and is offering factual data to | | | | approach towards healing yourself and living your |
| support many of the proclaimed benefits of | | | | life. You'll be able to recognize and trust in your |
| meditation. Studies on the effects meditation has | | | | true intuitive thoughts as well as increase your |
| on the brain and body have been going on for | | | | ability to remotely detect information and help |
| quite some time at institutions such as the Brain | | | | others in need. All of which allow you to focus on |
| Imaging Laboratory at the University of | | | | and enjoy the true wonders of life. |
| Wisconsin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, | | | | The Miracles of Meditation |
| Yale and the Benson-Henry Institute for | | | | Albert Einstein said, "There are two ways to live |
| Mind-Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School. | | | | your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. |
| Scientific Benefits | | | | The other is as if everything is a miracle." |
| Clinical findings from the work done at the | | | | The number of miracles born out of a regular |
| Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine | | | | practice of meditation are untold. From loosing |
| show that people who meditate correctly and on | | | | weight and quitting smoking, to manifesting more |
| a regular basis have produced measurable | | | | money and physical items, to rekindling |
| changes. | | | | relationships and curing terminal diseases, millions |
| For instance, eighty percent of hypertensive | | | | of accounts of miracles just like these are |
| meditation patients lowered their blood pressure | | | | attributed to meditation. |
| and decreased medications while 16% were able | | | | When you calm your mind and focus on what |
| to discontinue using their medication all together. | | | | you want with desire, belief and expectancy, the |
| One-hundred percent of patients who suffered | | | | gates of the universe open up to provide you the |
| with insomnia reported improved sleep from | | | | fastest and easiest path towards obtaining it. |
| meditating and the majority of them were able to | | | | Dynamically Creating Your Future |
| reduce or eliminate sleeping medication. In addition, | | | | Our universe is based on the Law of Attraction |
| folks who suffer from chronic pain reduced their | | | | which in the simplest terms states that like |
| physician visits by thirty six percent and open | | | | attracts like. This means each person on planet |
| heart surgery patients had fewer post-operative | | | | earth is equally entitled to the free flowing peace, |
| complications, all due to a regular practice of | | | | love, joy, abundance, kindness and generosity it |
| meditation. | | | | has to offer. It's not a privilege of any sort and |
| And, it doesn't stop there. Women also benefit | | | | it's certainly not reserved for a select few, as our |
| greatly from meditating. Findings concluded that | | | | society sometimes leads us to believe. |
| women who experience severe PMS had a 57% | | | | The universe unconditionally provides that which |
| reduction in physical and psychological symptoms. | | | | we closely focus our thought and attention on, |
| And, infertile women who meditate have a 42% | | | | without exception. Buddha said, "All that we are is |
| conception rate. In addition, these women also | | | | the result of what we have thought. The mind is |
| showed decreased levels of depression, anxiety, | | | | everything. What we think we become." |
| and anger. | | | | Everyone has the means within them to actively |
| The research into meditation has also turned up | | | | participate in manifesting any thing, condition or |
| some interesting physical results. Areas of the | | | | circumstance they want. The challenge most of |
| brain which deal with attention and processing | | | | us face is how to focus on what we want long |
| sensory input have been found to actually thicken. | | | | enough to have it come to fruition. Meditation is |
| Sara Lazar, a psychologist at Harvard Medical | | | | gateway to greater concentration, thought control |
| School noted, "These increases are proportional to | | | | and intentional manifesting. |
| the time a person has been meditating during their | | | | As Buddha said, "What we think we become". |
| lives". She went on to report, "This suggests that | | | | And, the better we become at holding a clear |
| the thickness differences are acquired through | | | | thought of "what we want" in our mind, the |
| extensive [meditation] practice and not simply due | | | | faster it comes. Meditation rules when it comes to |
| to differences between meditators and | | | | dynamically creating your future day after day |
| non-meditators." | | | | because of its inherent ability to allow you to |
| Spiritual Benefits | | | | concentrate intently on the object of our desire. |
| Beyond the scientifically proven results such as | | | | Over 10 million people use meditation for one |
| reducing stress, relieving anxiety and | | | | simple reason. No matter what you use it for, it |
| strengthening the immune system meditation also | | | | works! |