| Mention the word "meditation" and most people | | | | call what you're doing meditating or simply |
| are going think of someone chanting while he has | | | | pondering, the simple practice of sitting down and |
| his legs crossed on the floor, his eyes closed, and | | | | trying to understand what's gone wrong in your |
| being perfectly still. There are also a lot of | | | | life can help you come up with a completely new |
| misconceptions about it and to some extent, | | | | perspective. When this happens, you may be led |
| these misconceptions are well-deserved. It's | | | | to a spiritual growth. This kind of growth may not |
| because some people tend to exaggerate the | | | | have happened if you hadn't spent some time |
| benefits of this practice. They've given the | | | | meditating. |
| impression that meditation is something mystical, | | | | There are two forms of meditation: static |
| and this is what turns off a lot of people. | | | | meditation and moving meditation. Static |
| Contrary to what most people think, meditation is | | | | meditation is the form of meditation most of us |
| not exclusively about religion, nor does it involve | | | | are familiar with. It has you sitting or lying down |
| subscribing to a whole new religious belief in order | | | | and not moving while you meditate. It is done |
| to practice it. Meditation is simply a practice of | | | | alone, although not always. Some find that burning |
| relaxing one's mind and body. It may either be an | | | | incense or playing soft, calming music enhances |
| attempt to completely empty the mind of | | | | their meditative state, but again, incense and |
| everything or spending quiet time contemplating a | | | | music are completely optional in meditation. Moving |
| question, notion, or theory with the goal of gaining | | | | meditation, on the other hand, is exactly what it |
| specific insight. While meditation may appear on | | | | says: it's a form of meditation wherein you |
| the surface like some quasi-mystical approach to | | | | meditate while you are engaged in another task, |
| improving oneself, it really is, in the most basic | | | | such as walking, running, or even doing martial |
| sense, a way to relax. | | | | arts. |
| Meditation is essentially practicing what are simple | | | | Meditation certainly has some benefits, but it is up |
| and ordinary practices. For instance, if you want | | | | to the person who practices meditation just how |
| to understand how something in your life went | | | | much of a benefit he can derive from the |
| wrong, you are actually practicing meditation when | | | | practice. |
| you sit and ponder about it. Whether you want to | | | | |