Meditation: A Path To Inner Peace

Throughout history, meditation has been an integral part of many cultures. Records indicate that meditation was practised in ancient Greece and India more than 5,000 years ago. In Buddhism, meditation is an integral part of their spiritual practice. Different forms of meditation are practised in China and Japan, and Christianity and Judaism, and Islam have traditions similar to meditation.

The word meditation comes from the Latin meditari, which means: exercise, to turn something over in one’s mind, think, consider. It is defined as consciously directing your attention to alter your state of mind.

“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” – Anonymous

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Meditation is one of the proven alternative therapies that have been classified under mind-body medicine therapies in recent years. It continues to gain popularity as more and more health experts believe there is more to the connection between mind and body than modern medicine can explain. According to researchers, meditation has been shown to aid the immune system and improve brain activity. More doctors are prescribing meditation. Whether to lower blood pressure, improve exercise performance, help asthmatics breathe more manageably, relieve insomnia and as a general relaxation throughout the everyday stresses of life. Many hospitals now offer meditation classes for their patients because of the health benefits. All promote physiological health and well-being.

Traditionally, meditation has been used for spiritual growth. More recently, it has become a valuable tool for managing stress and finding a place of peace, relaxation, and tranquillity in a demanding, fast-paced world. Benefits resulting from meditation include physical and emotional healing; easing stress, fear, and grief; improved breathing; developing intuition; deep relaxation; exploring higher realities; finding inner guidance; unlocking creativity; manifesting change; emotional cleansing and balancing; and deepening concentration and insight.

“Meditation is not just something to do; it’s a method of being and seeing an unconditional way of living moment by moment.” – Lama Surya Das

We are learning to live in this moment because this moment is all we have. Meditation is an opportunity to balance emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual well-being, starting with SELF.

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