Benefits of Meditation
We are bio-psychological-social-spiritual beings ... everything that we do is impregnated with spirit.
Therefore, it is accurate to speak of "revolutionary spirituality.
Spirituality is not limited to religion but, rather, religion is the result of human spirituality.
We can define spirituality as a relationship with a supreme being or with that which is truly transcendental: the individual’s relationship to all other human beings and all of nature. This is why it is impossible to limit spirituality to one particular religion. Buddhism is highly spiritual and yet, strictly speaking,
it isn't a religion.
We must turn our religious beliefs into a spiritual force geared towards universal values that will make it possible for us to build a just and unified society ... one capable of defeating the empire and its diabolical objectives.
Mind-body medicine focuses on the interactions among the brain, mind, body, and behavior, and the powerful ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors can directly affect health. It regards as fundamental an approach that respects and enhances each person's capacity for self-knowledge and self-care, and it emphasizes techniques that are based in this approach.
Meditation, one of the most common mind-body interventions, is a conscious mental process that induces a set of integrated physiological changes termed the relaxation response.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used to identify and characterize the brain regions that are active during meditation. This research suggests that various parts of the brain known to be involved in attention and in the control of the autonomic nervous system are activated, providing a neurochemical and anatomical basis for the effects of meditation on various physiological activities.
Recent studies involving imaging are advancing the understanding of mind-body mechanisms. For example, meditation has been shown in one study to produce significant increases in left-sided anterior brain activity, which is associated with positive emotional states. Moreover, in this same study, meditation was associated with increases in antibody titers to influenza vaccine, suggesting potential linkages among meditation, positive emotional states, localized brain responses, and improved immune function.
To use and sustain those powerful effects of our mind you would need contemporary for keeping up the work of your mind sustain it with some physical Yoga Exercise that prepares and frees your mind to meditation.