Reality change

This post of mine has been very popular lately, so I decided to move it for the time being.

1. You need to sit comfortably on the floor (in Turkish, lotus position) so that there is 2-3 meters of free space in front.

2. Close your eyes and relax.

3. Feel yourself more than the physical body (infinite consciousness, soul, universal energy - that is, get out of the mistaken understanding that you are the body)

4. Turn to your Higher Self (or to the one you believe in) something like this: "My Higher Self, I ask you to let me fulfill my plan." Say so and be sure to be well aware of what you are saying.

5. After that, with your right hand (open palm facing forward), swipe from left to right, saying-thinking-imagining: "Opening the spatial plane." The palm movement is similar to wiping a wet window - imagine a 1.5 meter wide window, and you move your palm from its left edge to its right edge.

6. When you hold your palm like this and say these words, imagine very well that an endless plane will form in front of you after your palm. It is precisely infinite and divides the world into two parts - the one in which you are now at the moment and the one into which you will now move.

7. Further, keeping this picture well in your mind - ie. concentrating well on these three elements: a) the world in which you are now, b) an endless plane in front of you, c) the world into which you will now move (the world behind the plane) - start defining what you want to leave and what you want purchase. In other words, which reality do you want to go to and which one you want to leave.

8. In this part of the setup, you are completely free to define these realities. You always need to start with the one in which you are now (at the time of setting) and then move on to the one that is behind the plane.

9. For example, it may look like this: you sit with your eyes closed (you understand that there is a plane in front of you dividing the world into two parts) and say-think to yourself: "In this reality I have health problems (you can clarify-formulate a specific disease , for example: problems with the liver, eyes, heart, etc.), I am not decisive enough, I do not understand people well, I am not fully respected, I am completely devoid of a feeling of love for strangers, I have no compassion, I have very big financial difficulties, I just can't open the Third Eye and awaken the Kundalini, bad relationships in the family, my life is completely devoid of meaning ... "Then you switch your consciousness to the reality located behind the plane and say-think:" In that in reality, I am completely healthy, I am lucky and everyone loves and respects me, I have as much money as I need, I fully possess all superpowers, all my thoughts and desires materialize quickly, life brings me joy and satisfaction yeah, I am the source of happiness and well-being ... ".

10. After that you get up (keeping the entire created picture in your consciousness) and pass through the spatial plane.

11. Then sit down in front of the place where you were just sitting on the other side of the plane (mirror image), close your eyes and again realize the fact that you have passed into the reality that you formulated while behind the plane. Those. once again focus on the understanding of the following: "In this reality, I am completely healthy, I am lucky and everyone loves and respects me, I have as much money as I need, I fully possess all superpowers, all my thoughts and desires quickly materialize, life brings me joy and satisfaction, I am the source of happiness and well-being ... ".

12. Next, you need to remove (close) the spatial plane. To do this, you do the same with your left hand as you did with your right hand, but just the opposite. Those. with the palm of your left hand you make a movement from right to left and at the same time say-think-imagine: "I am closing the spatial plane." And you can imagine how the plane disappears after the hand.

13. After that, self-tuning is completed and it can be repeated at any other time (every other day, after a week or a year) at will, any number of times.

* One such setting is quite enough for invisible mechanisms to turn on, transforming your life for the better. But you can self-tune as many times as you like.

* I repeat once again that the wording of what you want to acquire (which reality to go to) and what to get rid of (which reality to leave) can be absolutely any.

Everyone's path to a healthy lifestyle is unique. Wherever you are along the way, we hope we can inspire you to further your achievements. Julie Sachs, founder of the ever-growing community and site Vie, where she shares advice from experts and influencers in the field of spiritual and physical development, shared with us her experience of meditation and how meditation has revolutionized her life.

Meditation is an integral part of my life. This has not always been the case.

I have tried to meditate for years; the beginning was when I was 23 years old and I lived in San Francisco, where I was introduced to transcendental meditation or TM (yes, exactly the one that became popular thanks to the Beatles). It scared me because I didn't understand how it worked. For me, it seemed like something on the verge of mysticism. I started learning TM and was amazed at how beneficial this technique is. It helps relieve anxiety and stress and generally brings calmness to hectic hectic life.

The promises of TM's benefits intrigued me, but it took me three more years before I returned to her and came to the real first class. From that moment on, I felt some shifts, but my mind continued to protest. I was skeptical. How can meditation do all this? Is it really that simple?

Since I have struggled with panic attacks and chronic anxiety, even occasional meditation has helped me tremendously, but only for short periods of time. Soon after I got better, I returned to my old behaviors again. It was difficult for me to just sit quietly for 20 minutes twice a day. Sometimes time flew by imperceptibly, and sometimes I could not bear the silence and my loneliness together with my inner endless dialogue. My thoughts lined up, one after another, like planes on a runway.

I continued to meditate on a frivolous and irregular basis for the next ten years. I remembered her when I felt an urgent need for her. Every time I tried something new: guided meditation, breathing meditation, TM and even walking meditation. All this helped me to come down to earth and calm down, but I could not make meditation my regular activity.

After starting my own company and starting a new career, I finally began to take meditation seriously. I listened to my instincts and decided to take meditation seriously. Since then, I have meditated almost every day. If I missed one day, I immediately noticed the difference. I felt that I was missing something and immediately the next day I returned to this practice. Since I have my own business, sometimes my schedule is so limited that I have to choose between meditation and training. 9 times out of 10, I choose meditation.

I choose meditation every day because I know about its benefits in my life. Most importantly, meditation calms me down. She slows everything down. Whatever happens in my life at this moment, everything stops. Meditation helps me breathe mindfully and just exist. She doesn't stop my thoughts, and she shouldn't. They keep popping up in my head, but rather, I just accept them, but don't react. I just let them be in my head when I chant the mantra. Sometimes my feelings are so deep, powerful and spiritual that I get incredible enlightenment. Sometimes, I just feel like I’m reborn, like I slept really well. Be that as it may, I am always calm because of meditation.

I went through a long learning process to become a meditator. It was not that I just learned about meditation and immediately fell in love with it, although I knew about its benefits for myself personally. It took me a lot of time and patience with myself to come to what I have now. I gained a lot of inner peace and the ability to trust myself. Meditation has helped and is helping me to make the right choices in my life. Meditation is essential for me.

I know I will meditate for the rest of my life. In fact, I decided to expand this practice and become a meditation teacher. I do not expect anything from this undertaking, only to become even more open to myself.

Meditation is a very personal experience and everyone has their own path. I recommend that you do not give up meditation. Remember: this is practice. If it doesn't work out on the first, second, third attempt, that's okay, don't despair. Perhaps you simply did not find the type of meditation that is right for you and you need to try further. Like anything valuable in life, the benefits of meditation will appear over time.

Trust yourself.

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Changes in life begin with the formation of good habits, because habits define our lives.

“Sow a habit - reap a destiny ”- time-tested wisdom.

Each of us has habits that prevent us from living fully and drag us down.

The main reason for bad habits is a lack of awareness and attention.

Without awakening awareness, years of fighting these habits turn into years of unsuccessful struggle with oneself - the desired changes never come.

Your thoughts become your words
Your words become your actions
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your destiny
– Mahatma Gandhi

What to do?

It is enough to form only one new and very pleasant habit - to meditate.

Meditation is a simple and effective way to work directly with the cause to turn your life in the direction you want.

Do not eradicate bad habits, do not fight with them and with yourself, just add the habit of meditation to your life and with it awareness and desired changes will come into your life.

Mindfulness works like light - everything that arose in the absence of awareness dissolves in this light. Everything you no longer need. Everything you want and are ready to give up. All unnecessary, not yours. Anything that prevents you from being yourself.

Anyone who has tried meditation at least a few times knows that even 10 minutes of meditation a day brings big changes - the mind becomes calmer, stress goes away, clarity and joy appear.

But the potential of meditation is much greater - regular meditation practice can be the basis for positive change and transformation in your life. But this powerful potential will open to you only when meditation becomes your habit.

What potential of meditation are we talking about?

10 LIFE TRANSFORMATIONS FOR THOSE WHO TURNED MEDITATION HABIT

A habit of meditation will allow you to:

1. Unlock your natural potential for recovery and self-healing

A restless mind is a major cause of emotional distress and illness. The body has a tremendous power of self-healing from nature, but we block this potential with our negative thoughts and unconscious attitudes.

Want to make bad habits such as overeating and smoking a thing of the past? Sleep poorly and emotionally unstable? Do you want to become a more attractive and harmonious person?

Meditation allows you to establish a deep and harmonious connection between mind and body, based on your true needs and capabilities. Negative attitudes and habits will no longer stand in the way of your ideal health!

Meditation is recognized by classical medicine in all developed countries as an effective way to treat serious illnesses and disorders: depression, panic attacks, all types of addictions, chronic fatigue syndrome and much more.

Meditation is the key to your potential for self-healing and recovery, the key to your health, beauty and harmony!

2. Deeply relax, release stress and tension from body and mind

Do you need a respite from nervous work, endless tasks and those close to you that require your attention? 20 minutes of meditation should be enough for a reboot. You will be able to quickly relieve the stress accumulated during the day in the body and throw out all unnecessary from the head.

Regular meditation practice will provide you with youth and health, beauty and attractiveness, harmony and psychological resistance to stress and problems.

Meditation is the best prevention against stress. You will always be able to remain calm and balanced in any life situations.

3. To manifest the natural wisdom inherent in you

How great it would be to always be clear about what you want from yourself and from life, and get rid of the fear of making mistakes when making decisions!

Meditation teaches us to be in contact with ourselves, to better understand ourselves and our true desires. Clarity and understanding comes into your life. Through meditation, a space appears between you and the problems, and in this space you always find the right solution.

You become a wise observer, not a hostage to the situation. Freedom and ease will fill your life, because you really realize that you are not your problem! You always have a solution!

4. Understand others and be understood, establish deep contact with yourself and other people

Need to have a heart-to-heart talk with your partner? Do you want to establish a close and trusting relationship with your children or parents? Discuss the problem with your boss or colleague?

First, meditate!

Meditation develops emotional intelligence - empathy, the ability to empathize, hear and correctly understand what people are telling you. And also correctly express your thoughts and feelings.

You will notice that you will gain confidence, ease and comfort in your relationships with others, and your relationships with people will become closer, deeper and more pleasant. You will feel sincerity and love when communicating!

Your love life will also improve. Couples who practice meditation say that meditation allows them to understand each other better, communicate on a deeper level, enjoying both physical and spiritual closeness.

5. Focus your mind on your goal to be successful at work and school

There are many thoughts in your head and it is difficult to concentrate on one thing? Every 5 minutes, update your social media feed. networks? While people you know are suffering from the distracted attention syndrome - the main enemy of productivity, you can use meditation as your secret weapon to achieve success at work and school.

Meditation gives you back control of your attention, making it focused like a laser beam so that you can direct it only to the tasks that matter to you. Your mind is collected and calm, you are here and now, you see your goal and move towards it by the shortest path.

People who have developed the habit of meditation find that they do much more in less time. One of the secrets of successful top managers and businessmen in developed countries is daily meditation.

Why not use this powerful tool to shine in a session, surprise your boss with your ability and efficiency, or leave your business competitors far behind?

6. Hear the voice of your heart and use your inner compass

It's hard to go through life without an internal compass. Many people are now simply wasting their time, doing something other than "their" business, taking other people's goals for their own, following other people's desires, expectations and patterns. And most importantly - they let "their own" pass by - what is intended specifically for them, what they were created for and ideally suited!

Meditation will open up the opportunity for you to determine the business, those people and those goals that will allow you to become yourself - to discover all your talents and show all your unique abilities. It is absolutely certain that each of us has these talents and abilities, we just need the opportunity to discover and manifest them.

This inner compass will immediately eliminate all doubts and make you determined and courageous. All questions will be answered. You will understand where your right place is, what kind of work you like, will bring success and satisfaction, who is the only one with whom you are ready to be together and with whom you will be happy ...

Through meditation, your innate intuition and the voice of your heart will open to you and guide you through life along the most beautiful and wonderful road. Set up your inner navigator and use it every day to walk through life confidently in harmony with yourself and with the Universe towards your real goal, to your happiness!

« If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless this mind is. If you try to calm him down, it will only get worse, but over time, when he calms down, it will be possible to hear more subtle things - your intuition blooms and you begin to see things more clearly and be more in the present. Your mind just slows down and suddenly you see a huge space. You see much more than before. It's a whole science, you have to practice it» – Steve Jobs

7. Awaken your creativity

The best ideas come to us unexpectedly - in those rare moments when thoughts suddenly become silent and free space appears in the head. A spark of inspiration, creativity and creation flares up there. Meditation frees up space for new discoveries and achievements!

Thanks to meditation, you can be creative and original in solving any problems, find fresh and elegant solutions in any situation.

Many artists, musicians and writers know about the creative power of meditation. For example, Richard Bach, author of the legendary Seagull named Jonathan Livingston, used meditation as inspiration to complete his masterpiece.

8. Live brightly, find your purpose and express your unique gift

Each of us has brought a unique gift to this planet - a message that he will have to open for this world. The whole world is waiting for you to express your message, it is ready to support you and give you strength and energy. This is the case that you can do better than anyone else in the world. This is what you are here for. This is you!

The realization of the gift inherent in us brings deep satisfaction and calmness - you live a real life, go your own unique way and do your own thing, and the whole world supports you and gives you strength and energy.

Do not be discouraged if you still do not feel your gift - an exciting journey awaits you! And you are in the right place, because on this path the best guide is yourself, and the best tool for this is your meditation!

Meditation will allow you to look deeply into yourself and discover your gift, awaken your calling. And more ... meditation will also give you the courage and courage to live a real and truthful life, enjoying the opportunity to serve for this world.

9. Rejoice and be surprised at the events that are taking place, trust your world, feel its care and unconditional love

When you loosen control and begin to trust the flow of your life, you notice that life becomes easy and interesting - the best things happen by themselves - at the right time the right people, circumstances and opportunities appear, wonderful coincidences become a natural part of your life. You enter the flow state, catch your wave. This stream contains in full everything that is necessary for you.

But, first you need to learn to trust the Universe, let go of the manic desire to control everything, let go of doubts and ideas about how everything should be. Give up templates and scripts and just let your world love you! And the ability to let go is exactly what will come to you with regular meditation practice.

When you learn to trust the Universe, fear of the future, worries about money, feelings of lack and feelings of injustice will go away. Life is abundant and everything you need will surely come when the time comes, and therefore there is nothing to worry about.

You watch with delight as an inexpressibly beautiful plan of life unfolds before you, in which you are a full-fledged participant, and you enjoy this cosmic game, gladly accepting everything that your world has prepared for you.

10. See the light of your soul and get answers to innermost spiritual questions

We are living in an era where spiritual awakening has become possible for many. Everyone who embarks on the path of spiritual development and begins to ask questions is sure to get the opportunity to touch the truth and find answers.

« Who I am and what I live for? " - more and more often these questions arise from people whose wise soul was already ready for awakening.

You begin to feel that there is something very important in this life and it has to do with you, your life and your choice. You begin to open the way to the origins of your soul and it becomes clear that what you are looking for lies outside the boundaries of the material world. You begin to expand your world and yourself step by step, moving inward, towards the Universal unity.

Meditation teaches you to look within yourself and opens for you the path to the spiritual dimension of life, the path to the light of your soul. In deep meditation, we experience our unity with the Universe, we learn the essence of things, the deep meaning of what is happening to us is revealed to us.

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How to find peace in our crazy world, full of vanity and noise in all its manifestations? One way is meditation. Buddhist monk Tit Nat Khan in his book "Silence" provides techniques of mindfulness and everyday meditation that anyone can try. And change your life.

What you need to know about meditation

Meditation does not mean attachment to any religion. This is just one of the many techniques (admittedly, I must say, from the category of quite powerful) that help a modern person to "jump" from the frantic pace of life, relax and concentrate on the most important. Scholars view the two and a half thousand year old practice of Buddhism as a form of study of the nature of mind and consciousness, and not as a theistic tradition. Reading early Buddhist texts will convince the clinician that Buddha was, in fact, a psychologist.

We live on autopilot. And we spend too much time chasing ghostly happiness, we hope that it is about to come, but for now we are just waiting. And as if we don't really live, but just prepare: we study at the university, spending five to seven years on it, then we try to conquer new and new career heights, we wait until love meets, children are born, while we get rich, we move to a country with a warm climate and who can figure out what else we need. But is it necessary? It's easy to understand, but to do ... A small experiment.

Some people live on autopilot all their lives - for them it is a routine, everyday lifestyle. Constant companions for them are emptiness and dullness. But you can breathe freely, -.

Try to feel right now that you are here, that you are breathing and living. To do this, stop the internal dialogue. Or at least try to interrupt the flow of thoughts at least for a short while. This is called awareness. Meditation helps you get into this state. Mindfulness practice calms the noise around us. But without awareness, we are distracted by a variety of things: past worries and regrets, unpleasant emotions, and a future that has not yet arrived, worries, fears and uncertainty in the future do not allow us to hear the call of happiness.

But if not today, not now, not at this moment, not at this moment, then when does our real life begin?

How meditation changes lives

First and probably most important, meditation clears the mind without any special effort. And when the inner radio (that is, our thoughts) stops broadcasting, joy and awareness come to you naturally. By training, you can achieve this state. If the internal radio "Endless Reflections" is still playing (and it will be at first, but with regular practice you will make progress), do not let its sucking energy, like a tornado, carry you away. This happens to many people all the time: instead of living our own lives, we let our thoughts carry us away from day to day in an unknown direction.

By practicing mindfulness, you will be attached to the present moment, where life with all its wonders is real and accessible.

Secondly, meditation promotes the development of caring, mindfulness and reflection. Daniel Siegel, MD, child psychiatrist and author of The Mindful Brain. A scientific view of meditation, ”notes that these are very important states of mind for a parent (teacher or doctor), which in the best way contribute to the well-being of the child. And, of course, they also benefit the adult himself, since meditation and mindfulness allow you to give up living “on autopilot”.

Mindfulness is a means of deep awareness of reality, allowing you to be conscientious, show kindness and care -.

And this is the third thing that makes meditation quite attractive. It must be said that in Western culture, interest in meditation has been steadily growing since the 1980s. Around this time, the practice of transcendental meditation spread, of which director David Lynch is one of the fans. Lynch even launched a program in which children around the world are taught transcendental meditation to be successful in life and, in the words of Paul McCartney, find "a safe haven in a troubled world." Today it is one of the most popular stress relieving techniques and is even used in schools in America, Latin America and India.

Mindfulness in its broadest sense means awakening and abandoning life “on the machine”, paying conscious and focused attention to the experience of everyday life.

Pros of meditation: "... and one more thing"

In addition to what was already mentioned above, there are some other benefits to meditation - and scientifically proven ones. Research shows that certain forms of mindfulness practice can improve the ability to regulate emotional expression, counteract emotional disturbances, improve thought processes, and eliminate negative attitudes.

The practice of mindfulness can lead to results such as patience, lack of impulsive reactions, self-compassion and wisdom.

Also, meditation as a practice of mindfulness improves the functioning of the body: it promotes wound healing, strengthens the immune response, increases resistance to stress and improves overall well-being, that is, it is directly related to health. Relationships with other people also improve - probably due to an increase in the ability to pick up non-verbal emotional signals and better feel the inner world of others.

We begin to feel compassionate about other people's experiences and truly empathize with them through our newfound ability to understand their point of view.

Mindfulness enables these and many other beneficial changes in our lives. This belief is reinforced by the fact that this form of awareness stimulates the activity and growth of the relevant areas of the brain responsible for relationships with people, emotions and physiological responses to stress.

Silence inside

We devote 99% of our time to worries. And this is understandable: we want to satisfy everyday needs because we want to feel safe. But many of us are preoccupied with meeting our needs beyond our basic needs. Nothing threatens our physical safety, we are full, we have a roof over our heads and a loving family. And yet we are in a state of permanent excitement.

Mindfulness gives you inner space and tranquility, allowing you to look deep inside yourself and understand who you really are and what you want from your life -.

Meditation helps to subdue the noise within ourselves that most of us suffer from. Only “deafening silence” helps to hear what the heart wants to say about who you are and what you want, because the noise distracts you day and night. If your head was full of thoughts, especially negative thoughts, it is worth considering how to find silence.

I Am Here, or Simple Meditation

The simplest breathing meditation is a good way to saturate our body and mind with awareness. Mindful breathing provides an opportunity for a healing break. Sit on the floor, cross your legs, and try to monitor your breathing. As you inhale for the first time, mentally say the first line of the phrase below, and as you exhale for the first time, say the second. With the next breaths in and out, you can only pronounce the key words.

As I breathe in, I am aware that I am breathing in.

As I exhale, I am aware that I am exhaling.

I breathe in, it gets deeper.

I breathe in, it gets slower.

I breathe in, I am aware of my body.

I breathe out, I calm my body.

I breathe in, I smile.

I breathe out, I release.

I breathe in, I am in the present moment.

I breathe out, I enjoy the present moment.

In just two or three seconds of conscious breathing, we wake up and realize that we are living, that we are breathing. We are here. We exist. The noise inside us disappears. And a deep and expressive space is formed. We gain the ability to respond to the call of the heart with the words: “I am here. I am free. I hear you". Try it.

All the joys of life are already present here. They call out to you. If you can hear them, then stop the race. You, like all of us, need silence.

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word "meditation"? Surely, this is calmness, serenity, zen ... We know that meditation helps to cleanse our consciousness, improves concentration, calms, teaches us to live mindfully and provides other benefits to both the mind and body. But what does meditation actually do to our brain from a physiological point of view in order to get this effect? How does it work?

You may be skeptical about how others sing the praises of meditation and extol its benefits, but in fact, it is the case that daily meditation for 15-30 minutes has a huge impact on how your life goes, how you react to situations and how you interact with people.

It's hard to describe in words if you haven't tried it. From a technical point of view, meditation allows us to change our brain and do just magical things.

Who is responsible for what

Parts of the brain affected by meditation

• Lateral prefrontal cortex. This is the part of the brain that allows you to look at things more rationally and logically. It is also called the "Evaluation Center". It is involved in modulating emotional responses (which come from the fear center or other parts), automatically redefining behavior and habits, and reducing the brain's tendency to take things to heart by modulating the part of the brain that is responsible for you.
• Medial prefrontal cortex. The part of the brain that constantly speaks to you, your point of view and experience. Many people call this the “Self Center” because this part of the brain processes information that relates directly to us, including the times when you dream, think about the future, reflect on yourself, communicate with people, empathize with others or try to understand them. ... Psychologists call this the Auto-Referral Center.

The most interesting thing about the medial prefrontal cortex is that it actually consists of two sections:

• Ventromedial medial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC). She is involved in the processing of information related to you and with people who, in your opinion, are similar to you. This is the part of the brain that can make you take things too close to your heart, it can make you anxious, anxiety or stress you. That is, you stress yourself when you start to worry too much.
• Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC). This part processes information about people whom you consider to be different from yourself (that is, completely different). This very important part of the brain is involved in empathy and maintaining social connections.

So, we are left with an islet of the brain and a cerebellar amygdala:

• Island. This part of the brain is responsible for our bodily sensations and helps us keep track of how strongly we will perceive what is happening in our body. She is also actively involved in experiencing in general and in empathizing with others.
• Cerebellar tonsil. This is our alarm system, which, since the days of the first people, has launched the “fight or flight” program in our country. This is our Fear Center.

The brain without meditation

If you look at the brain before a person begins to meditate, you can see strong neural connections within the Self Center and between the Self Center and the regions of the brain that are responsible for bodily sensations and fear. This means that as soon as you feel any anxiety, fear, or bodily sensation (itching, tingling, etc.), you are more likely to respond to it as anxiety. And this is because your Center of Self processes a huge amount of information. Moreover, the dependence on this center makes it so that in the end we get stuck in our thoughts and fall into a loop: for example, we remember that we already felt it sometime and whether it could mean something. We begin to sort out situations from the past in our head and do it over and over again.

Why is this happening? Why does our Center I allow it? This is because the connection between our Assessment Center and the Self Center is rather weak. If the Assessment Center was working at full capacity, it could regulate the part that is responsible for taking things to heart, and would increase the activity of the part of the brain that is responsible for understanding other people's thoughts. As a result, we would filter out all unnecessary information and look at what is happening more sensibly and calmly. That is, our Assessment Center can be called the brakes of our Ya Center.

The brain during meditation

When meditation is an ongoing habit, several positive things happen. First, the strong connection between the Self Center and bodily sensations is weakened, so you stop being distracted by sudden feelings of anxiety or physical manifestations and do not fall into your thought loop. This is why people who meditate often have less anxiety. As a result, you can look at your feelings less emotionally.

Second, stronger and healthier connections are formed between the Assessment Center and the body sensation / fear centers. This means that if you have bodily sensations that could mean potential danger, you start to look at them from a more rational point of view (rather than start to panic). For example, if you feel painful sensations, you begin to observe them, for their recessions and renewals, and as a result, make the correct, balanced decision, and do not fall into hysterics, starting to think that something is definitely wrong with you, drawing in your head a picture of almost his own funeral.

Finally, meditation connects the beneficial aspects (those parts of the brain that are responsible for understanding people who are not like us) of the Center of Self with the bodily sensations, which are responsible for empathy, and makes them stronger. This healthy connection increases our ability to understand where the other person came from, especially people you cannot intuitively understand because you think or perceive things differently (usually people from other cultures). As a result, your ability to put yourself in the shoes of others, that is, to truly understand people, increases.

Why daily practice is important

If we look at how meditation affects our brain from a physiological point of view, we get a rather interesting picture - it strengthens our Assessment Center, calms the hysterical aspects of our Self Center and reduces its connection with bodily sensations and strengthens its strong parts responsible for understanding. others. As a result, we stop reacting so emotionally to what is happening and make more rational decisions. That is, with the help of meditation, we do not just change our state of consciousness, we physically change our brain for the better.

Why is constant practice of meditation important? Because these positive changes in our brain are reversible. It's like maintaining good physical shape - it requires constant training. As soon as we stop practicing, we again return to the starting point and it takes time to recover again.

Just 15 minutes a day can completely change your life in ways you can't even imagine.