Meditation--A Way to Become Physically, Mentally and Metaphysically Fit, Part III
This is Part III of a twenty-two part mini-course in Meditation in which I discuss the benefits of Meditation, how to best do it and then lead you in a guided meditation at the end. In order to get the most out of these blogs and podcasts, it would be best for you to go back and start with the first blog entry on January 25, 2009.
Our bodies were not built to live under the mental stresses of this age nor were they meant to be sedentary. Now, I am not suggesting that you go into a cave, eat wild berries, roam the forests and meditate for the rest of your life, and forget all of your responsibilities.
But what we can do is to learn how to lessen the intensity of the over-stimulation that we experience. Our bodies are not capable of handling this over-stimulation for long periods of time without significantly breaking down, be it physiologically or emotionally.
So, what meditation does, and it has been around for many millennia, is to help you to slow down and to feel physiologically and emotionally better and more balanced. This is the incredible gift that meditation freely offers anyone willing to experiment with it.
What we do not realize is that our minds do not think on their own; we choose what we think about. It may seem at times that we don't choose our thoughts and that we don't choose our emotional reactions and that our minds and emotions have a "mind of their own." But, in fact, you can learn to choose what you think about and you can learn to choose how you feel.
You can choose to "awfulize" or you can choose to see the best in yourself and your situation.
There can be a big difference in how you experience an event. It depends on whether you see the cup half-empty or half-full. How you choose to perceive an event determines how you physiologically and emotionally experience it.
This is Part III of a twenty-two part blog.
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http://www.LearnMastery.com/AudioTapesByYanni.htm