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Meditation: An Ancient And Culturally Rich Life

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Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Like there’s not enough hours in the day? Do you ever try your best to concentrate in class or at work, but you just zone out into space? What if I told you that sitting down, and doing absolutely nothing, once a day, every day for a month would cure you all those problems? Well, help, not necessarily cure. The ancient art and practice of meditation can help you deal with all of those things and give you surprising results.
Meditation is an ancient, historical, and culturally rich lifestyle, has scientifically proven benefits, relevant to the world today, and everyone should try it for a month. Today I will show you how meditation can improve your health, make you concentrate and be more productive, and …show more content…

One of the goals of meditation, on a base level, is to practice exercising and controlling your mind. Being able to let go of the past, quite worrying about the future, things you can’t really control, and truly be in the moment. An article from the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences states the following: The course of meditative progress suggests a nonlinear multiphasic trajectory, such that early phases that are more effortful may produce more fatigue and sleep propensity, while later stages produce greater wakefulness as a result of neuroplastic changes and more efficient processing. To put all that another way, your average meditation session will clear your mind and influence it enough to either concentrate and stay awake, or make it easier to fall asleep. The brain is literally being changed by meditation. Once the state of relaxation has been reached, accomplishing goals becomes …show more content…

It can improve your health, improve concentration and productivity, and help you sleep better. Meditation is an ancient, historical, and culturally rich lifestyle, has scientifically proven benefits, relevant to the world today, and everyone should try it for a month. I would like to leave you all with a famous quote from Budha. “Budha Was once asked “What have you gained from meditation? He replied. Nothing! However. Budha said, Let me tell you what I lost. Anger, anxiety, depression, insecurity, and fear of old age and

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