Meditation for Self Development

If you have an interest in meditation it’s helpful to ask yourself – Why? Are you looking for a stress management technique? Or are you a seeker? Let’s look at stress management first.

Your body has inbuilt mechanisms to recover from stress. As stress levels build, these mechanisms become less effective, possibly resulting in ill health. The first thing to say about the experience of meditation is that it’s something to be enjoyed. It systematically settles the activity of the mind. It can produce a mentally quiet state that filters through the physiology and maximises the body’s own innate stress busting abilities.

You can liken meditation to going to the gym. You feel better when you’ve been. To get the full benefit, meditation is something you do every day without fail. Just as regular visits to the gym will reap its rewards, so daily practice of meditation will reduce stress levels.

Do you find yourself pondering the great mysteries of Life? In essence, the goal of meditation is centred on direct experience of the underlying cause of all that exists. This is where we enter the realms of philosophy. If you have a compelling interest in the bigger picture and a need to understand yourself and the universe, then meditation teachings hold many answers. It’s for you to decide whether those answers agree with your world-view.