| Meditation is the method of choice for spiritual | | | | because you disowned that behavior. Did it |
| practice in many religions. The benefits of | | | | happen to you? |
| meditation don't stop at this level though. Your | | | | Meditation is all about awareness. In the process |
| mind and body benefit immensely from | | | | of becoming aware of our thoughts, a key |
| meditation. There are few drawbacks though, one | | | | ingredient in meditation, we may eventually bring |
| should be aware before taking up meditation. | | | | back all sort of memories. Good memories may |
| The problem is ... within us. We all carry a baggage | | | | resurface bringing back happy feelings. Mind does |
| of traumas buried deep down in our subconscious | | | | not segregate the bad memories though, so we |
| minds. These are unpleasant events, consequence | | | | may remember things we strongly wanted to |
| of our own or other people actions that affected | | | | forget. And our mind did just that before |
| us. Our minds try to protect us by covering up | | | | meditation brought them back. |
| these experiences. In other words, we forget. Or | | | | So you may say then: do not meditate! Well, this |
| do we? | | | | is a matter of preference. Some people prefer to |
| These memories remain down there in our | | | | live life on autopilot some others prefer to |
| subconscious mind and affect us at an emotional | | | | become aware at a more subtle level. |
| level. They also affect our thinking process and | | | | Also, sooner or later in our evolution as a human |
| our behavior. | | | | being we must deal with these uncomfortable |
| We may forgot the facts or the details but similar | | | | memories anyway. The Eastern mystics call them |
| circumstances will bring back the unpleasant | | | | karma. In science they are part of the |
| emotions we once experienced. That is why | | | | subconscious mind. |
| sometimes we may feel depressed, angry, or | | | | Once you dealt with those traumas and let them |
| unhappy without a reason. They may even affect | | | | go, you will be no longer susceptible to the specific |
| us, with a Freudian twist, as a dream of an animal | | | | unconscious memories and negative emotions. |
| chasing us. All the same: this is the subconscious | | | | You will be living a more balanced life, with less |
| memory of uncomfortable emotions and feelings | | | | mood swings, with less ups and downs. This does |
| we once experienced. | | | | not mean living a less exiting life, but rather a life |
| We can also dissociate or disown these memories | | | | where you are in control of your emotions and |
| and this is another way our mind deals with them. | | | | eventually choose the positive ones. You will be |
| So, you are going along and you meet somebody | | | | happy, or happier more often, to say the least. |
| that acts in a way that reminds you of your own | | | | There are some very efficient ways to deal with |
| regrettable behavior that resulted in a trauma | | | | this meditation upheaval. The key is to let go and |
| inflicted to yourself or somebody else. You will | | | | detach emotionally of these thoughts. |
| dislike that person without an objective reason | | | | |