Although meditation has been used for spiritual growth, recently it has become a way of finding a peaceful bridge between stress and the fast paced world around us. It has become a way of taking time out of all the distractions and stress that occurs in our lives and relaxing and finding ourselves. Some other uses of meditation include healing, emotional cleansing and balancing, deepening concentration and insight, manifesting change, developing intuition, unlocking creativity, exploring higher realities, and finding inner g

The major benefit of meditation (at least for our purposes) is probably to take time out of our demanding lives and to relax and try to relieve stress by becoming more in touch with ourselves. If meditating becomes a daily thing for you then you may receive different benefits, but for most of us in this class who have never meditated before, the primary benefit is probably taking time out to relax and try to find ourselves for a short while.

Some other important information about meditation is not to meditate when you feel you have a fever or pain, but to let them pass before you start, and also to meditate at your own pace. Meditation is a practice that you should get something out of and it is very important that you conduct it at your own pace.

With the practice of meditation, there are several misconceptions about it. First, many think that meditation is turning off your thoughts or making your mind blank. Although this is partially true because inner quietness is experienced, meditation does not include completely turning off your thoughts. Second, people think that they cannot

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