When I started meditating 12 years ago I turned from being shattered, depressed and stressed. To one that could not only find happiness. But experience levels of joy I never thought possible.
To this day, I go to bed every night so excited to be alive and wake up most mornings with the feeling as if I am hovering over the floor (for the record I’m not, but I do check, just to make sure).
It naturally motivates and inspires me to give my best every day and that best just seems to get better and better with each passing day. Meditation, it’s much more than a simple relaxation technique!
Now, new technology (functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) and electroencephalogram (EEG)) ensures research in this field continues to be both expansive and essential as Science makes sense of these wonderful techniques from these ancient traditions.
It is no secret that research now indicates that regular (you get out what you put in) Meditation practices could potentially lead to normalisation of Blood Pressure as well as reduction in Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia and other Stress and Trauma Related Issues (including PTSD).
Also that practising such techniques can complement (not replace) more conventional Care Programs and Medications
This is of course great news, but it’s the drive into Higher States of Consciousness or “Extraordinary Experiences” (Transcendent, Non Local, Non Dual) in which there have been well over 1,000 studies that we should be equally aware of and whilst accuracy is still away off, due to data collection issues, it can surely only be a matter of time.
For meditation can help us be the very best, we can be and hopefully it will only be a matter of time until it is proven and Science confirms what these great Traditions have been saying all along.
Resources
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/meditation-in-depth
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24107199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5363900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5101089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5721815/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24673148/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/isfa-tpo022120.php
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6221271/
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