Healthy
Meditation
Meditation has been used for
more than 3.000 years. For a long time it was considered
to be a practice reserved to the Buddhists, to followers
of philosophies like the Zen or enclosed to persons with
a certain touch of snobbery. Nevertheless, the list of
followers has been growing in the western countries in
the last years up to reaching a number that is about 10
million in the USA.
These persons, far from being
religious faithful, are professionals of all kinds
overwhelmed by the stress, patients to whom doctors
prescribe a few meetings of interior exploration to
improve or to prepare the pain or interested individuals
in studying in depth themselves and learning to handle
emotions.
The interest of scientists in
meditation began many years ago. In the 60s and the 70 it
had been demonstrated that the use of these skills was
providing an extraordinary concentration.
Nevertheless, the real jump, and
especially his massive publication, come from the hand of
a very peculiar collaboration. Fourteenth Dalai Lama, has
put at the disposal of the western
neurocientíficos his brain and that of his monks.
This way, the religious ones have met with their skull
replete with electrodes and sensitive instruments of
which they prepare to record and photograph what happens
in the neuronal network when they practise the
meditation.
EFFECTS. In this adventure
eminent investigators of numerous institutions embarked.
One of the most active in the last years has been R.BILL
of the University of Wisconsin, in the USA. His works
have become famous for being provided with a Nobel Peace
Prize.
His results indicate that
meditation has biological effects. It produces changes in
the brain associated with more positive emotions and
progress in the immune function. Siko DAN author of
numerous books on emotional intelligence and of
'Destructive emotions' fruit of the meeting of Dalai Lama
and with the scientists, he said "the important thing is
that the meditation changes the base of the emotions" and
added that the results of the experiments "have important
implications for the people at the time of valuing his
benefits".
The studies neuronales
demonstrate an activity increase in the left frontal
lobe, which is the residence of the positive emotions. At
the same time there diminishes the functioning of the
right region. neurocientíficos have observed that
the persons who use more the left area take less time in
eliminating the negative emotions and tension, for
example, a discussion with the boss. This imbalance
between the hemispheres bears also a reduction of fear
and the rage.
The investigations with the
Buddhist monks with years of experience in meditation
indicate that these have a significantly major activity
in the left hemisphere than the persons who do not
practise this skill.
BEGINNING MEDITATION
1. Pure conduct: For an
illuminated, good and bad sound the same. For those who
practice Meditation, the purity is important. Purity
implies: the demonstration across the body of the mental
conduct, and speech. Calmness in life in the verbal
aspect - not to make arguments or rows. In the mental
aspect - to free yourself ofanxiety. In the corporal
aspect is not to use the violence
MEDITATION ATTENTION
Your subconscious mind
especially using self hypnosis should deplete the
thoughts areas for a moment, continueing attention in the
details of the position and breathing . "Awake"
attention; makes one aware of everything what happens,
without interfering. Observation estranged from all
objects, sensations, feelings, memories, fantasies,
imaginations, deductions, etc.
MEDITATION SAGUNA: The
meditation Sauna or object meditation is the most widely
used, it consists of concentrating thought on one object,
excluding any thought that distracts the attention. The
object can be something physical, tangible, a point of in
the body, the sun, a flower, a scenery, a mantra, etc.
The motive can be also slightly subtle, like a chakra, a
sensation, one philosophical thought, a khan etc. When
practicing this one type of meditation you exclude any
thought, except the object of concentration.
MEDITATION NIRGUNA: The
meditation Negron or without an object (proper of the zen
meditation and yoga in the most advanced phase, of Zen
and from the Tibetan school) it consists of separating of
any object, of any thought, of any sensation and to
experience total peace. The need to practice meditation
arises from the search of a man to answer the big
questions that appears with our deepest nature: who or
what am I? of where do I come and where do I go? do I
exist?, etc. to penetrate the ordinary reality, waking
up, or one vision of the things that fill us and gives
sense to ours existence. The meditation is a not action
and debit to be practiced without a concrete target, and
one does not wait for certain achievement, nor at least
highest.
THE EFFECTS OF REGULAR
MEDITATION: In a purely physical way, meditation has
relaxing effects, fighting hypertension and stress. In
the psychological aspect, it gives self-esteem,
confidence, mental force, concentration and memory. But
the spiritual effects are even more important.
WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES IN
MEDITATION?:
DOUBT. It is the biggest
obstacle in the way of the Zen. Almost the whole world it
is perfectly capable of meditating. It is not necessary
to wait for wonderful results at first. Hypnosis can give
help in the form of belief and faith.
THE BOREDOM of
MEDITATION:
Self hypnosis helps to keep the
mind from wandering and increasing
concentration.
SLEEP IN THE MEDITATION:
Many beginners they succumb to
sleep because of unconscious form which collaborates with
a slowing down of the mental processes during the
meditation. Hypnosis can help to avoid this level of
sleep.
TO HURRY IN MEDITATION:
one has to cultivate patience.
To give enough time to the body and to the subconscious
mind especially using self hypnosis to change the goals
but without forcing.
ATTENTION TO BREATHING WITH
HYPNOSIS
One remains now attentive to
your breathing , contemplate the inhalation and
exhalation limiting yourself to observing consciously the
sensation of the air that enters and goes out, feeling
the cool sensation and warmth in the area of the top lip
to the orifices of the nose. This exercise is similar to
the previous with the difference that here it stops being
counted and we are very attentive to every inhalation and
to every exhalation, completely alert and concentrated.