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You can think of it or not, but we leave in the insane world where everything is not like it was a just a couple of centuries ago. Our forefathers inhaled fresh air, enjoyed clean water and produced natural food. What do we have today? Having the same physiology as it was 4 or 5 generations ago modern humans lead insane lives! We consume dirty water and extremely harmful soft drinks, stuff our mouths with fast food, inhale smoky air and perceive constant urban noise around us. As for the emotional and nervous tension, it is absolutely insufferable. Our speed of life makes us be in a hurry twenty-four hours a day, we are overworked and stressed in our family lives, we don’t have enough rest and sleep to do extra work and make our carriers. We never give a thought to the fact that our body requires some time to relax and restore, what is more, our head requires some rest, too. Unfortunately, the main part of persons realize the fact when they fall seriously ill. Don’t join them! Think ahead and try entirely safe and highly effective practice known for centuries - meditation.

“Did it come to your mind that patients who meditate every day are more content with their lives, healthier and enjoy longer life expectancy than those who don’t?” This utterance is rather usual now, but is it true or not?

What it meditation? It is a unique concentrating practice where the major task is to suspend the normal stream of thoughts occupying the mind. There are all kinds and sorts of meditation. Maybe you will be surprised to read that a prayer is also a pure meditation as it is. In addition to this kind of concentration familiar for all believers there are Transcendental Meditation, mindfulness meditation, Zen meditation, Buddhist meditation and Taoist meditation.

Meditation is the realm of complementary medicine that unlike usual medicine it does no fail to forget that individuals have more than a mere ill body. Meditation views humans as unique creatures with an inseparable unity of intellect, body and soul. Meditation teachers know for sure that you cannot be healthy and happy with your life if your brain is filled with hate, anger and disappointment. The stunning fact is that more and more mainstream doctors prescribe their patients meditation as a way of managing definite illnesses. With meditation you can:

- lower your blood pressure;
- improve the general state of humans with angina including their exercise performance;
- let people with asthma breathe easier;
- forget about insomnia;
- relax after everyday stressful day of life.

Meditation is a native activity for every human being, that is why it is up to you to make up your mind where you will practice meditation. Some patients prefer to master meditation at home. It is very simple with all the instructional books and audio CDs available. Others prefer to learn from a good teacher.

With all its simplicity meditation can offer you numerous options. There are several approaches to meditation. Here are some prompts for you how to meditate.

1. Concentrate on your breath - keep your attention on the sensation of the stream of air going in and out of your nostrils. This is so called “mindfulness meditation” - the meditator should learn to be “mindful”, i.e. aware of the present moment of time, but his or her mind should be free of any judgments and reactions.

2. Concentrate on your body - keep your attention on the sensations in your organism: pain, warmth, discomfort, tension etc.

3. Concentrate on any word or phrase you like - keeping your attention on a word or phrase is called a “mantra”. Its major task is to keep your head free of any dangerous thoughts.

It is wrong to believe that you should always sit during meditation. It is normal to lie down, to stand or even to walk. If for some reason sitting still is difficult for you, feel free to combine meditation with other practices such as yoga or tai chi - you will get double pleasure and positive effect!

The use of meditation for healing human body and soul is ancient. All present-day meditative techniques are the result of years and years of work and mental experiments of people around the world. The healing power of mediation has been known and applied for thousands of years. Its cornerstone is tradition and religion; its effect is health and inner harmony! To tell you the truth, all religious groups apply meditation in one form or another.

It is doubtless that of all the religions Buddhism is a “father of meditation” - it is the best known and the most practiced sort of meditation in the world. Buddhists apply the practice of meditation for reaching real wisdom and compassion and for perceiving reality as it is. Buddha followers think that our usual state of mind is very shallow - it is both limited and limiting. Meditation broadens human horizons and makes it possible to reveal our conscious and unconscious possibilities completely.

The stunning truth is that despite its unique history and rich traditions, meditation has been unfairly ignored by the representatives of conventional medicine and only during the past thirty years the medical science concentrated on the studies of clinical effects of meditation on health. The 1960s started with shocking medical reports of yogis and meditation masters from the mysterious East who could demonstrate extraordinary bodily control and could consciously stay in altered states of their minds - and this is where studies of self-regulation and voluntary control over the autonomic nervous system launched! The pompous scientific world was deeply shocked when refined scientific instrumentation proved that impossible things can happen! Now health care professionals specializing in stress-related disorders had a unique way of treatment without awful side effects typical for drug treatments - it was the art of meditation! It proved to be a valuable means for stress reduction, and what is more, humans and physicians enjoyed both the process of healing meditation and the health benefits available with regular trainings!

But the biggest surprise was still to come! After some time of scientific investigation of meditation this activity turned out to be perfect not solely for altering the brain’s function in the short term. The medical data demonstrated that regular practice of meditation produces a miraculous long-term positive effect! So, Transcendental Meditation in particular guarantees you a blissful state of relaxation including low heart and perspiration rates, low pulse rate, decreased concentration of cortisol in your blood (it is a major stress hormone) and increased activity of the part of your brain responsible for rest and relaxation! Famous MD R. Keith Wallace researching Transcendental Meditation found out that during meditation the body receives the most profound rest imaginable. Paradoxically, your brain and mind become clear and more alert - your reactions are faster, your creativity and efficiency is greater and your comprehension of the world is broader!

Unlike Transcendental Meditation, Taoists consider that our emotions are ruled by the Fire energy of the heart. When you cannot keep your emotions, this fire energy flares upwards and devours your life energy and confuses your mind. But you can manage that! Your willpower, on the contrary, is controlled by the Water energy located in your kidneys. If you do not control this energy, it flows down through your sexual organs, weakening your spirit and dissipating your life. So, Taoists believe that when you sit motionless doing nothing and thinking of nothing, i.e. when you are meditating your Fire and Water are well balanced. Water energy from the kidneys goes up to your head via the Central and Governing channels. At the same time Fire energy from the heart goes down into the Lower Elixir Field in the abdomen. Through this right circulation of two energies and through this mental alchemy in the body your mind becomes calmer, cooler and more controllable, while your sexual energy becomes really enjoyable!

Meditation is probably one of the safest activities possible. It is good for humans of all ages and states of health. However, you should know that in patients with bad psychiatric problems, there have been a few reports in which regular meditation has worsened the state of their mental health. If you have a psychiatric problem, please, ask your mental health practitioner before starting the practice of meditation.

One more essential point - if you take pills on a regular basis never stop taking them before you have completed the course. The point is meditation cannot give you stable relief immediately - in needs some time to work! If you cannot bear queuing up in the waiting room of your MD to get your prescription, find a reliable internet pharmacy online where you can purchase medications without a rx legally. Take definite steps to make your life better right now! And let healing mediation be your reliable guide.