Spiritual Blogs

Meditation is excellent method to maintain our physical and emotional health and well-being...Here are 20 scientifically-validated reasons for Meditation...Highly Recommend

Posted by Krishna Kalki on January 4, 2015 at 8:30pm
Meditation is excellent method to maintain our physical and emotional health and well-beingThe Challenge: Stress, work and life challenges can get the best of us.The Science: Research shows that meditation is linked to a host of benefits from happiness to health!The Solution: Meditate to feel calmer, happier, healthier, more productive and more in charge.Trying to find a New Year's Resolution that's really worth it? How about one that will boost your resilience?This coming New Year will hopefully be full of wonderful surprises, but undoubtedly - like every year - will also throw some challenges at us. I started meditating soon after 9/11. I was living in Manhattan, an already chaotic place, at an extremely chaotic time. I realized I had no control over my external environment. And I realized this would always be the case. No matter what we do, we never have full control over our jobs, partners, health, or environment.However, there is one place we can have a say over: the state of our mind. As a friend once said to me "When my mind is ok, then everything is ok." This statement is so simple yet also so profound. When I started meditating, I realized I was clamer despite any situations I encountered. What I didn't realize, was that it would also make me healthier, happier, and more successful. Having witnessed the benefits, I devoted my PhD research at Stanford to studying the impact of meditation. I saw people from diverse backgrounds from college students to combat veterans benefit. In the last 10 years, hundreds of studies have been released.Here are 20 scientifically-validated reasons you might want to get on the bandwagon come Jan 1 (if not today!)During meditation we process the deep tracks of our unconscious mind that will lead into better self-understandingIt Boosts Your HEALTH1 - Increases immune function (See here and here)2 - Decreases Pain (see here)3 - Decreases Inflammation at the Cellular Level (See here and here and here)It Boosts Your HAPPINESS4 - Increases Positive Emotion (here and here)5 - Decreases Depression (see here)6 - Decreases Anxiety (see here and here and here)7 - Decreases Stress (see here and here)It Boosts Your SOCIAL LIFEThink meditation is a solitary activity? It may be (unless you meditate in a group which many do!) but it actually increases your sense of connection to others:8 - Increases social connection & emotional intelligence (see here and - by yours truly - here)9 - Makes you more compassionate (see here and here and here)10 - Makes you feel less lonely (see here)It Boosts Your SELF-CONTROL11 - Improves your ability to regulate your emotions (see here) (Ever flown off the handle or not been able to quiet your mind? Here's the key)12 - Improves your ability to introspect (see here & for why this is crucial see this post)It Changes Your BRAIN (for the better)13 - Increases grey matter (see here)14 - Increases volume in areas related to emotion regulation, positive emotions & self-control (see here andhere)15 - Increases cortical thickness in areas related to paying attention (see here)It Improves Your PRODUCTIVITY (yup, by doing nothing)16 - Increases your focus & attention (see here and here and here and here)17 - Improves your ability to multitask (see here)18 - Improves your memory (see here)19 - Improves your ability to be creative & think outside the box (see research by J. Schooler)It Makes You WISE(R)It gives you perspective: By observing your mind, you realize you don't have to be slave to it. You realize it throws tantrums, gets grumpy, jealous, happy and sad but that it doesn't have to run you. Meditation is quite simply mental hygiene: clear out the junk, tune your talents, and get in touch with yourself. Think about it, you shower every day and clean your body, but have you ever showered your mind? As a consequence, you'll feel more clear and see thing with greater perspective. "The quality of our life depends on the quality of our mind," writes Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. We can't control what happens on the outside but we do have a say over the quality of our mind. No matter what's going on, if your mind is ok, everything is ok. Right now.It Keeps You REALOnce you get to know your mind, you start to own your stuff and become more authentic, maybe even humble. You realize the stories and soap operas your mind puts you through and you gain some perspective on them. You realize most of us are caught up in a mind-drama and become more compassionate towards others.And...the more you meditate, the more you seem to benefit, research studies such as this one suggest.Working our own psychological traumas through meditation will increase our compassion towards othersRead More @ http://www.sott.net/article/290874-Meditate-to-become-a-healthier-happier-and-more-compassionate-human-being
Views: 94
E-mail me when people leave their comments –
Follow

You need to be a member of Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community to add comments!

Join Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community

Latest Blog Posts

Most Popular Blog Posts

Blog Topics by Tags

  • - (955)

Monthly Archives

Latest Activity

rev.joshua skirvin posted a status
There will b days of doubt,but doubt does not cancel destiny; which is 2 rise into the higher planes of existence.There will b pauses,but
1 hour ago
rev.joshua skirvin posted a status
2-4give urself sooner.2 choose spiritual progress over temporary matrix fulfillment, presence over pressure.Trust that even the smallest
1 hour ago
rev.joshua skirvin posted a blog post
The portals of the new year are open & Winter Solstice and the New Year; I am KejRaj!
 Greetings to you! From heart to heart in this moment we speak, I am KejRaj!The portals of the new year are open, as the higher energies flood your reality, we want you to remember this; you are worthy of a new beginning.Carry forward what shaped…
See More
1 hour ago
AlternateEarth left a comment on Comment Wall
"Mamdani Sworn In On Quran, Vows to ‘Replace Frigidity of Rugged Individualism with Warmth of Collectivism’-this is not smart.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/watch-mamdani-sworn-in-on-quran-vows..."
6 hours ago
Yuset Ocampo posted a blog post
Oucam Evilou - the indie animated series about Commander Ashtar Sehran and the Galactic Federation
Hello everyone, I know it's been a while since I've posted anything here, as I've been working on many projects, one of which is a sci-fi animated series called Oucam Evilou. Commander Ashtar Sheran and the Galactic Federation are mentioned and…
See More
7 hours ago
Love & Joy posted a discussion
Pleiadian Message January 2026 Through Christine Day
 Pleiadian Message January 2026 Through Christine DayBeloved ones we greet you, The ‘winds of change’ have fully entered Earth at the time of New Year. You have been moved, repositioned into a very different orientation of multidimensional…
See More
13 hours ago
Movella left a comment on Comment Wall
"The Vikings were very smart and resourceful, no wonder they survived such harsh winters! It’s great to think that some of our ancestors were Vikings.. Nice vid Drekx."
15 hours ago
Movella left a comment on Comment Wall
"Solar flare, turn up the heat!🌞"
15 hours ago
More…

New Forum Posts