The Power of Meditation

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In this world full of stressful things compromising our health and wellness, thinking of ways that will help us break the chain of such annoyance and at times - mind-blowing headaches is for some an elixir of youth to seek. Thus, a desire to free oneself from such stresses which is a natural thing is an item to everyone's bucket list.

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I myself have been in such a place. It was during my college life that I had so many stressful experiences that at some point I would sigh the words, "I need a breather". Well, I know that all of us in this world do have our own burden carrying within ourselves. Perhaps the difference would just be a matter of how we present our mindset before such burdens and stresses and how we discipline our mind to remain calm and unshaken when the tempest comes. So to cut the story short, what I am trying to share with you right now is how to keep the stress away using the power of meditation.

By definition, meditation is a state of mindfulness - it is a kind of calmness that is way beyond sitting in a comfy couch. It's a retreat when an indescribable point of serenity resonates within one's soul. I am trying to describe the feeling emphatically because I myself have experienced it.

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So how do we meditate? First, try to find a place where no one would distract you (especially your Mother-in-law). Then sit with your legs crossed and your right hand resting at the other - exactly what monks do. Then close your eyes, inhale then exhale, do not think of anything..., hear only the sound of the wind..., the chirp of the birds..., the flow of water in the nearby river. Mind your breathing, Inhale then exhale. Focus on the breathing and think that you are in a wide field touched by the softest clouds. At the highest point, you will attain a state of complete and deep stillness - a state that will break the chain of gloom and negativity that held you for so long. And you will have a freeing kind of feeling as if you are a bird who escaped from a cage.

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Meditation is the second most powerful thing next to prayer. It is a mirror where anyone can reflect and understand that the battles within oneself can be defeated through calmness. So if you are thinking to end your life, the first thing I would ask of you is to pray to God, then go somewhere quiet, find yourself through meditation and you will realize that the Almighty gave us the power to overcome things and one of which is a tool called "calmness".

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