The Many Benefits of Practicing Meditation

All saints, prophets, and enlightened people through time have diligently applied themselves to the practice of meditation. Here is a brief summary of its values:

Meditation is to the mind what medication is to the body.

In prayer we ask God to “come” to us, and in meditation we “lift” ourselves to God.

Meditation stabilizes the body and mind and puts us in touch with God.

Meditation is the pathway to bliss in this life.

Meditation helps to ensure mindfulness in everything we do.

An earnest meditator lives a more peaceful, loving, contented, and harmonious life.

God is Spirit and the Soul is Spirit, and meditation unites the two.

Meditation is the panacea for alleviating the violence and turmoil of the world.

Meditation allows us to realize unity and brotherhood of humanity.

Meditation boosts immunity and promotes mental and physical health.

Meditation connects all life in spirit and allows unity to be manifested in us.

Meditation increases our humility, devotion, love, forgiveness, and gratitude.

Meditation helps us to avoid racism, bigotry, fanaticism, intolerance, and hatred.

Meditation stimulates greater integrity, ethics, honesty, and fairness in business.

Meditation leads to the peak of religious experience and enlightenment.

Let us all meditate and lift ourselves to a higher state of conscious living.

The benefits of meditation are realized over a period of time. There is no definite quick change in you to indicate you have reached a goal, but slowly, you begin to feel calmer, more controlled in the way you think and react to circumstances. You carry a feeling of inner peace and contentment, and feel a positive change in your general outlook on life. The secret is to be regular, diligent, and sincere in your practice. (Jagessar Das, Doctor by Chance, Mystic by Choice)