Why Meditate
Porqué Meditar
--por Suzanne Toro
La meditación es el acto de estar en silencio y asentar la mente. Es el proceso de reducir la velocidad y finalmente parar los pensamientos, hasta un punto en el que puedes disfrutar y sentir el silencio, confiando en que todo lo que necesitas existe en ti. Cuando te hundes en este lugar de quietud, empiezas a tocar tu alma. Es absolutamente una de las formas más divinas y suntuosas de alimentar tu yo interno y externo.
A nivel físico, la meditación es beneficiosa para tu cuerpo; actúa tanto como medicina preventiva como reactiva. Hay interminables estudios que muestran el impacto directo y positivo que tiene la meditación en todo el cuerpo humano. A nivel del alma, la meditación impacta en tu existencia personal y cambia la forma en la que participas y percibes lo que tiene que ser tu vida. Usar esta herramienta a diario te traerá paz y te permitirá acceder a tu “gallina de los huevos de oro” interna. El infinito potencial para transformar y sanar tu vida reside en ti, y es a través de la meditación como te puedes dar cuenta de ese potencial. La belleza de practicar la meditación está en que conforme avanza el tiempo empezarás a experimentar su “onda expansiva”. Esa onda toma forma en todas las áreas de tu vida: de forma personal- empiezas a tener claridad y aparecen las oportunidades; de forma mental y física tus síntomas, los problemas empiezan a cambiar y ocurre la sanación. En lo espiritual, empiezas a estar conectad@ con tu más alta verdad. Tu vida empieza a fluir. […]
Una vez que introduces la meditación en tu vida, tu alma y tus cuerpos físico, emocional y mental realmente ansían la meditación, igual que ansías cierta comida o actividad. La meditación es el acto de reconectarte con tu yo interno, tu alma. Tal vez te preguntes porqué has de tomarte tu tiempo para meditar. La meditación repone el cuerpo, la mente y el espíritu.; calma la turbulencia mental, sana los cuerpos físico, mental y espiritual y reduce el estrés. Nunca te negarías agua o alimento mientras que la mayoría de la humanidad no alimenta su alma; esta nutrición se necesita a nivel individual y a nivel global.
Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te relacionas con la quietud como una forma suntuosa de alimentar tu alma? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de alguna vez que sintieses la ‘onda expansiva’ de la meditación? ¿Qué te ha ayudado a incorporar una práctica de meditación en tu vida?
Sacado del libro Bare Naked Bliss de Suzanne de Toro
Excerpted from Suzanne Toro's book Bare Naked Bliss.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to stillness providing a sumptuous way to feed your soul? Can you share a personal story of a time you felt meditation's 'ripple effects?' What has helped you incorporate a meditation practice into your life?
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On Feb 12, 2017 Cornelia Kausch wrote :
It gives me peace inside, calmness and a mindful spirit. My whole mind and body are in balance and harmoniously exchanging energy. Its my place for growth and inner stability, of gratefulness and wholehearted acceptance and living in the present
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On Feb 7, 2017 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
I regularly practice Mindfulness. Meditation I am blessed to reap the benefits of meditation narrated beautifully and clearly in this article.I also teach mindfulness meditation.. I notice the changes taking place in my students who have been regularly practicing meditation. I like the group meditation, meditating in a sangha.
My personal experience as a meditation, as a teacher, as a therapist and a researcher has convinced me that meditation is one of the most effective contemplative practices. I am happy to see the acceptance and incorporation of secular mindfulness meditation in schools, wellness centers, in the corporate world and even in prisons.
May we be instrumental in offering meditation as a gift from our heart to others! It is by giving we receive!
Namaste.
Jagdish P Dave
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On Feb 7, 2017 Chela wrote :
We recently created an area in the backyard, dedicated to meditation & quiet time. I go to my special place and tell my husband... I am putting myself in time-out <3 I then I allow myself that quiet time in nature. It's a beautiful thing.
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On Feb 7, 2017 ashok wrote :
very nice article. A good reminder. This kind of reminder is very helpful. Just by reading again and practicing again ... a soothing relief to mind and body.... nice... Thanks...
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On Feb 4, 2017 david doane wrote :
Stillness grants the opportunity to be in touch with one's soul, which is the real self. And since my soul is an extension of God, in being in touch with my soul, I am in union with God. And since God incarnates into all that is, in stillness I am in union with the cosmos. My saying that is a ripple effect in part of meditation, which is a ripple effect that I carry with me throughout my living and enhances my living. The experience of being in touch with my soul and beyond, which occurs in meditation, is sumptuous and has persuaded me to incorporate meditation into my life.
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On Feb 3, 2017 xiaoshan pan wrote :
I still remember clearly the summer of 2003 when I started the mediation practice the very first time in my life. The transformation in terms of my bodily and mental health, the shift of my perspective towards almost all things, and my personal and professional life, were enormous, for good and better. However, what one can say about meditation will have little meaning to people except the ones who have experienced these befits themselves. Similarly, one may describe all her can about the taste of an apple to someone who has never tasted one, and the meaning would never truly be delivered. So, all I can say is that what's being said in this article is true to me. Nothing more.