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 grounded 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 free's your mind to meditation.
