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MEDITATION & PURIFICATION

Meditation is one of the proven alternative therapies. Meditation is a safe and simple way to balance the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. It is simple; but it has been of great  benefit to humanity.

More and more doctors are prescribing meditation as a way to lower blood pressure, improve exercise performance in people with angina, assist people with asthma breathe easier, relieve insomnia and generally relax the everyday stresses of life.

The use of Meditation for healing is not new. Meditative techniques are the product of diverse cultures and peoples around the world. It has been rooted in the traditions of the world's great religions. In fact, practically all religious groups practice meditation or prayer in one form or another. The value of Meditation to alleviate suffering and promote healing has been known and practiced for thousands of years.

All these practices have one thing in common―they all focus on quieting the busy mind. The intention is not to remove stimulation but rather to direct your focus  to one healing element, one sound, one word, one color, one image, one breath at a time, or become a witness to whatever arises in the mind, emotions, or body.

Meditation can be broadly defined as any activity that keeps the attention pleasantly anchored in the present moment. In this state, the mind is calm and focused, it is neither reacting to memories from the past nor being preoccupied with plans for the future, two major sources of chronic stress known to impact health.

A meditative state actually produces a remarkable reaction in the hormonal system. Instantly, the alkaline enzyme chyle is released throughout the body via the lymphatic system. Chyle alkalizes the body, strengthens every muscle, and organizes the thought processes. This will make you both relaxed and empowered. The chyle enzyme is, in my opinion, the major alkalizing substance created in the physical body.

In 1960, a study carried out by Benson and Wallace at Harvard Medical School, demonstrated  detailed knowledge of a variety of physiological changes that occur during  Meditation:

• All recorded changes associated with deep relaxation.
• The fall in metabolic rate was the most striking discovery. This was indicated by a dramatic drop in oxygen consumption within a few minutes of starting meditation. Consumption fell by up to 20% below the normal level; below that experienced even in deep sleep. Meditators took on average two breaths less and 1 liter less air per minute. The meditators' heart rate was several beats less per minute.
• During meditation, blood pressure stayed at low levels, but fell markedly in persons starting meditation with abnormally high levels.
• The meditators' skin resistance to an electrical current was measured. A fall in skin resistance is characteristic of anxiety and tension states; a rise indicates increased muscle relaxation. The finding was that though meditation is primarily a mental technique, it soon brings significantly improved muscle relaxation.
• Meditation reduces activity in the nervous system. The parasympathetic branch of the involuntary nervous system predominates. This is the branch responsible for calming us.
• During anxiety and tension states there is a rise in the level of Lactate in the blood. Lactate is a substance produced by metabolism in the skeletal muscles. During meditation blood Lactate levels decreased at a rate four times faster than the rate of decrease in non-meditators resting lying on their backs or in the meditators themselves in pre-meditation resting.
• The likely reason for the dramatic reduction in Lactic Acid production by meditators was indicated when further studies of meditators showed an increased blood flow. They found that there was a 22% increase in forearm blood flow. Lactic Acid production in the body is mainly in skeletal muscle tissue; during meditation the faster circulation brings a faster delivery of oxygen to the muscles and less Lactic Acid is produced.

The two investigators summed up the state produced by their meditating subjects as wakeful and hypometabolic. The physiological changes were different in many ways from those found in sleeping people or those in hypnotic trance states. Meditation, they said, produces a complex of responses that marks a highly relaxed state. Moreover, the pattern of changes they observed in meditators suggested an integrated response, mediated by the central nervous system.

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SOME BENEFITS OF MEDITATION

• Younger biological age. On standard measures of aging, long-term meditation practitioners with more than 5 years experience measured 12 years younger than their chronological age.
• Higher levels of DHEA in the elderly. Lower levels of DHEA are associated with aging. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulphated form DHEA are the most abundant steroid products of the adrenal glands.
• Increased brain wave coherence. Harmony of brain wave activity in different parts of the brain is associated with greater creativity, improved moral reasoning, and higher IQ.
• Decreased anxiety, depression, irritability and moodiness.
• Increased emotional stability.
• Increased joy.
• Improved learning ability and memory.
• Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
• Decreased high blood pressure.
• Deep rest―as measured by decreased metabolic rate, lower heart rate, and reduced work load of the heart.
• Lowered levels of Cortisol and Lactic Acid two chemicals associated with stress.
• Reduction of free radicals―unstable oxygen molecules that can cause tissue damage. They are now thought to be a major factor in aging and in many diseases.
• Drop in cholesterol levels. High cholesterol is associated with cardiovascular disease.
• Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing. This has been very helpful to asthma patients.