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Meditation is a discipline at the heart of all the
major Wisdom traditions of the world. There are many
different methods: the aim of all is to still the mind.
The first step is to still the body through
awareness and relaxation. The health benefits of this
have been well documented: lowering stress and tension,
resulting in more energy, lower heart rate and lower
blood pressure. Then comes stilling the breath and
stilling the mind. Through sharpening the attention in
various ways into a one pointed focus, concentration and
clarity of thought are greatly enhanced and the
relentless cycle of ideas, images and emotions is
halted. This has many benefits: Balancing your emotions,
increasing creativity and improving the performance of
your mind. With time and practice, stilling the
mind enables you to access deeper layers of
consciousness that are otherwise obscured by the surface
mind. This can eventually lead to increased
self-knowledge, stronger intuition and spiritual
awareness. Meditation is a way of transforming
yourself and your life.
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