Meditation for Peace
My Guide for Discovering the Joys of Meditation to Achieve Peace and Calmness Series 1 of 8
First of all we have to understand what meditation is and how it can help you
People often practice Meditation in their lives, consciously or unconsciously. It has been observed that Meditation carries different meaning for different people. Meditation as a mind power tends to concentrate on one thing to accomplish certain goals
In this short blog, which is the first of 8 I will explain in my view the
Definitions of Meditation
Origin of Meditation
Historical Perspectives of Meditation
The Basics
Definitions of Meditation
Overview
I have already discussed that meditation is a subjective thing. There
are various definitions and explanations of Meditation. People use
different techniques to achieve different goals through Meditation.
History remains unable to locate the person, who first started
Meditation to attain self integrity and peace of mind. I will start
chapter with the definitions of Meditations.
Word’s History
The word “Meditation” roots back to a Latin word
“Meditation”. The word “Meditation” means to think, to think
about something or to consider something. Later, people started
using this word with reference to spiritual practices followed by
Eastern world. Buddhists use word “dhyana” which is
equivalent to meditation. Meditation is basically the word, which
is used in modern English. Previously, it was used with different
names. Now, it has been confirmed that meditation is equivalent
to the Christian term “Contemplation” in its meaning and
perspectives.
Various Definitions of Meditation
There is not any single definition of meditation. Several
personalities have elaborated the meanings of meditation with
their own perspectives.- 7 -
We will look at some widely used definitions of meditation:
Some scholars define meditation as steady thought and
consideration. This is the most basic and quite open definition
of meditation. This definition presents only one thing that one
has to think about something, but this definition does not tell
on which object one should concentrate? Usually teachers ask
students to concentrate on their studies. Is it really meditation?
According to second type of definition, meditation is a pious
religious or spiritual thought. This definition also limits the
meaning of meditation by connecting it to only religious
thoughts. Other thoughts and ideas are discarded in this way.
Meditation is a process of continuously thinking upon a specific
idea, verse or object. This concentration is equivalent to the
process in which cattle chews cud endlessly.
Some definitions consider day dreaming as meditation, but
there is much controversy exists in taking it as meditation. Day
dreaming cannot be called as meditation, because it is usually a
conscious process. Moreover, it does not give the same spiritual
and healing effects which are attached with meditation.
Overall, meditation is an internal practice of a person which
takes several forms. It mainly changes the mind of an
individual, which brings peace to the mind and gives relief from
mental stresses.
Origin of Meditation
Finding the origin of meditation may be quite difficult.
Meditation is deep rooted in Asia, and countries like China,
India and Japan are practicing it for thousands of years. Tribes
in South India had developed Tantric Meditation about 15
thousand years back. Tantric meditation was in common use — 8 -
those days. So, we can put forward that concept of meditation
emerged from Asia and took various forms in all over the
world. Other views about the origin of meditation claims that it
originated from the human being’s curiosity for the purpose of
men, purpose of the universe and to find God by looking inside
the self to realize the nature and its existence.
Historical Perspectives of Meditation
All historians have consensus over the points that, meditation
has evolved during unknown ancient times and that; it was not
practiced in such a way in which it is practiced today. Taoists
started practicing meditation during 500 to 600 BC. Buddhists
also started using meditation in the same era. In history,
Buddha is one of the greatest promoters of meditation. He was
the one to teach meditation in Asia during 500 BC. Buddha has
introduced the basic forms of meditation, and all the world
adapted and transformed these meditation techniques
according to their needs and purposes.
Important point to note here is that, Eastern countries were the
origin of meditation and getting relief through various
meditation techniques. West had adapted this culture from
East. During 20th century, Western researchers conducted
researches on meditation and came to know about its physical
and psychological benefits. Since then, they are using
meditation as a wide spread practice in their culture. Western
population widely practiced meditation for peace of mind and
to get relief from daily life stresses. Nowadays, a downfall has
been observed in practices of meditation, and reason is lack of
time
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