Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

MEDITATION CAN TRANSFORM OUR LIVES AND GIVE US RELIEF AND SOLACE

- (Inner Voice comprises contributi­ons from our readers The views expressed are personal) Sant Rajinder Singh innervoice@hindustant­imes.com

It is said that the loss of health results in four things: The first is being ill; the second is a pill; the third is the bill; and the fourth, in some cases, is the will. I’d like to add an option to provide a healing effect for an illness — and that is to learn the art to be still. This can be done through meditation.

Our minds are often agitated by pressures. Life has become complicate­d. People have too much to do and not enough time to do it. People snap — they become irritable, off-balance, and “stressed-out.” Medical researcher­s have linked certain illnesses to our state of mind and emotional condition. When we undergo mental stress or emotional pain, our physical resistance to disease drops. Many studies have found consistent reductions in anxiety in meditators. Several stress-related conditions have demonstrat­ed improvemen­t during clinical trials of meditation including: hypertensi­on, insomnia, asthma, chronic pain.

Now that you believe that meditation can heal our physical body by healing our mind and our emotional state, here’s the process. It involves viewing our lives from a clear angle, then recognisin­g the root of our pain, and solving the problem.

Sitting in meditation also fills one with peace, calm, and joy. Spending time daily in meditation can transform our lives and give us relief and solace for a happy life.

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