The Benefits of Meditation
At the most practical level, as we meditate we move on to the opportunity to use 100% of our full potential. We find ourselves becoming more and more involved in the right actions – we just know what to do and when to do it. We find ourselves working better, getting better results with less effort.
Meditation connects us to that inner place where the source of all creation, the whole love, the source of life itself.
Meditation causes the body to relax at a rate of two to five times more deeply than any time you sleep at night. This deep and deep relaxation allows the body to release the pressures you have experienced over the years, thus releasing it without tension or difficulty and with a sense of effortlessness and ease. There is no function of the body that is not improved by a lessening of stress.
Mentally we become more available to our life, to the moment. When we find happiness within, we are left to fully exist for the moment, whatever it may be. Being present becomes the norm, rather than the exception. The mind stops perpetual speculation – worrying about the future or worrying about the past – releasing it to be enjoyed and invented. We are able to accept our natural birthright: freedom from suffering.
As we continue to meditate, we become emotionally involved. We find ourselves turning the world around with more equality and kindness. We fill each day with a resilient force that allows us to meet the changing needs of nature without stress and without being triggered into the fight or flight responses that cause stress. The events of our lives cease to be “good” or “bad.” Instead, we can easily see ourselves as information.
