The Power of Meditation

To most people who attempt to practice it for the first time, nothing really happens. To others who do it on a more or less regular basis, there is a feeling of deep mental relaxation and emotional calm. To a few, however, meditation brings about new possible through usual channels. Not only that, meditation, in its advanced stage, can even bring one into direct contact with the higher spirit world and can allow communication with the higher forms of beings inhabiting that world. Meditation is in fact the sine non of all mystical knowledge.

In its outward or external form, meditation appears to be nothing more than just sitting quietly on a chair or floor, usually with eyes closed, spinal column straight and doing absolutely nothing for about 15 to 20 minutes. Some meditate for two hours or more a day, but I do not advocate this for the average person. Because meditation for most people does not seem to result in anything tangible, many consider the practice an absolute waste of precious time.

In this, the critics are right, because for most people, meditation achieves nothing more than a feeling of drowsiness, in which case it is nothing more than a preparation for sleep. Nothing can be farther from the truth. The benefits that can be derived from the practice of meditation are varied from the practice of meditation are varied and they have been scientifically proven.