Meditation disciplines the mind, sharpens concentration, and improves memory. It also energises the body and mind. Thus, modern medical practitioners have begun to use it as an effective aid in healing and therapy.
Meditation also helps the mind to relate to our inner instinct—intuition, as it is called. This connection aids our creativity and innovative thinking. Thus, meditation is a systematic method of tapping human brilliance.
Meditation is a process of self-awakening through which we connect ourselves to God. Dhyana Yoga, as it is called is nothing but establishing our rightful union with God, as God’s children. It enables us to be receptive to God’s voice, which can only be heard in inner stillness. In His voice is true wisdom; in His message to us is true peace. Meditation leads us on to this divine peace.
Meditation is not the same as reflection, contemplation, or introspection—though all of these may be useful aids in preparing for meditation. Some people even spend hours with closed eyes, fantasising or staring vacantly with open eyes, daydreaming. These are certainly not to be confused with meditation.
Some people describe meditation as an art; others call it a science. It would be truer to say that it is a process or a technique by which we link ourselves with the highest state of “awareness” or “consciousness” that we can reach.
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