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Hitesh Dogra
Professor Anita Swing
English 1100-06
12 April 2012
Living Life Meditatively: Some Benefits of Practicing Meditation
According to various sources of literature, the practice of meditation began over 5000 years ago. There are various forms of meditation that have come into existence since its origin. The types of meditation can be categorized under two headings namely: Religious Meditation and Secular Meditation. The practice of meditation has been linked to all major religions. One of the famous religious meditation is Buddhist meditation which becomes famous around 500 B.C. Transcendental meditation is another type of religious meditation, popularized by Indian Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as a mantra system in the 1960s and 70s. However, over the last two decades, secular meditation that is mindfulness based meditation have become increasingly important to westerners and in western medical community. Different organizations teaching meditation were established from time to time. These days Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University teaching Raj Yoga meditation based on mind, self-awareness and personal transformation is popular in the entire world with their more than 8500 centres located in 110 countries.This Spiritual University teaches both spiritual and mindfulness meditation altogether free of cost and have more than nine hundred thousands of meditation practitioners from all religious background, attending meditation classes daily. In the year 2007, a study by the U.S. government showed that nearly 9.4% of U.S. adult (over 20 million) had practiced meditation within past 12 months up from 7.6% (more than 15 million people) in the year 2002.
However, there is no set definition of meditation but basic concept of all type of meditation is self-awareness that is realizing the fact that body and soul are different from each other and focusing on a single point of reference to eradicate waste thoughts for relaxing,
Professor Anita Swing
English 1100-06
12 April 2012
Living Life Meditatively: Some Benefits of Practicing Meditation
According to various sources of literature, the practice of meditation began over 5000 years ago. There are various forms of meditation that have come into existence since its origin. The types of meditation can be categorized under two headings namely: Religious Meditation and Secular Meditation. The practice of meditation has been linked to all major religions. One of the famous religious meditation is Buddhist meditation which becomes famous around 500 B.C. Transcendental meditation is another type of religious meditation, popularized by Indian Maharishi Mahesh Yogi as a mantra system in the 1960s and 70s. However, over the last two decades, secular meditation that is mindfulness based meditation have become increasingly important to westerners and in western medical community. Different organizations teaching meditation were established from time to time. These days Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University teaching Raj Yoga meditation based on mind, self-awareness and personal transformation is popular in the entire world with their more than 8500 centres located in 110 countries.This Spiritual University teaches both spiritual and mindfulness meditation altogether free of cost and have more than nine hundred thousands of meditation practitioners from all religious background, attending meditation classes daily. In the year 2007, a study by the U.S. government showed that nearly 9.4% of U.S. adult (over 20 million) had practiced meditation within past 12 months up from 7.6% (more than 15 million people) in the year 2002.
However, there is no set definition of meditation but basic concept of all type of meditation is self-awareness that is realizing the fact that body and soul are different from each other and focusing on a single point of reference to eradicate waste thoughts for relaxing,
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