| Meditation is a practice that is found in almost | | | | create a ritual point in your house or |
| every religious grouping or faith in a higher being. | | | | neighbourhood from where the you can meditate. |
| It is conducted in various ways and therefore | | | | Meditation brings with it certain character or |
| difficult to limit it to certain practices. A common | | | | emotions that make the practitioner a very |
| factor is the fact that it involves and individual | | | | powerful man or woman. When you often |
| taking some time off the daily routine and find | | | | meditate, you learn to be calm and to wait. You |
| space to reflect on their own lives and | | | | will not be moved by life's frustrations. The power |
| communicate to the higher being. | | | | or will required to overcome any challenge is even |
| There are various reasons as to why people may | | | | made greater by the fact that you learn to |
| seek to meditate. Again one common reason is | | | | depend on the higher being. Such individuals who |
| the fact that human beings are more than just | | | | meditate regularly are humble yet full of faith. |
| the body. They are the mind, spirit or soil and | | | | They can move mountains through this inner |
| body. Meditation therefore enables the three | | | | strength. This has been reported in humanity icons |
| elements of the human being to unite and seeks | | | | such as the late Mother Teresa. |
| to harmonise them. Meditation is therefore not | | | | Meditation is also associated with pilgrim visits. |
| limited to any particular religious grouping but to | | | | Most religions or meditation teams have with time |
| anyone who needs time off to connect their | | | | identified isolated places from where they are able |
| body, mind and soul. | | | | to go and find uninterrupted space. These sites |
| There are however groups of people in the | | | | are often secured and regular dates for visits are |
| various religions who may be set apart to | | | | planned. Sometimes the mediators may even |
| conduct meditation throughout their lifetime. In | | | | have to purify themselves before visiting the |
| both the Buddhists and Christians, these are called | | | | meditation sites. |
| monks or nuns. In Countries such as Ethiopia, | | | | A good example of practices that have gone |
| monks have been known to stay in isolated | | | | beyond the religious cycles include Dahn yoga. |
| places along the River Nile for the sole purpose of | | | | Today, many cities have groups of Dahn yoga |
| worship. They would not interact with the rest of | | | | practitioners who hold regular meditation sessions. |
| the world and would even change their feeding | | | | Similarly, Ilchi Lee students practice meditation as |
| habits. | | | | one of the principle tenets, they visit specific |
| You do not however have to move out of your | | | | locations in the East regularly. |
| apartment and stay along River Nile, but you can | | | | |