Meditation Tips- Learning to Meditate

[elvira wright]

In today's hectic world, learning to meditate can bring a sense of
calm and inner satisfaction. The practice of meditation is a gateway
into your inner consciousness, resulting in an enhanced awareness of
your own existence and your overall relationship to the cosmos.
Whether you are looking to answer the age-old question, "Who am I and
why am I here?" or simply to implement simple relaxation techniques
meditation may just be the answer for you.
Although there are hundreds of established techniques how to meditate
is really up to the individual. You can pick and choose amongst
different schools of thought and find a technique that best suits your
personality. However, although meditation has many different cultural
contexts, there are certain general facets which transcend the bounds
of any one specific culture.
According to Eastern philosophy, to meditate means to think on the
eternal, or rather to expand your consciousness until you are at one
with the cosmos as a whole. Transcendental emotions like grief,
euphoria or even love can fade away, but the universe is forever.
Eventually, with practice, learning to meditate can bring you in
closer attunement with the very root and purpose of existence itself.
Even if you are not interested in the metaphysical implications of
meditation, meditating has undeniable health benefits. Learning to
meditate can have positive effects on stress induced illness such as
heart disease and high blood pressure. In conjunction with traditional
Western approaches to medicine, meditation can target the root causes
behind stress-based conditions by calming and clearing the mind.