Meditation is a process of controlling the mind. It is a process by which the thoughts are concentrated to focus in one direction. Many people who vouch for the benefits of meditation have experienced upgradation in some way or the other in their lives. There have been many researches to explore the beneficial effects of meditation by various scientists in the recent times. Some conclusive factors that the process of meditation actually and positively works have been deduced. Some people who practice mediation say that the process has given them nothing less than miraculous benefits.

Scientists have always found that the treatment of any kind of ailment is always most imperatively dependent upon the state of the mind of an individual. The positive energy generated into the human system by thinking positive thoughts can be the most powerful driving force behind any healing process. It has been seen through many comparative studies that the human mind responds very well to all the treatments when the patient thinks that they are beneficial to him. It has been very commonly seen in the case of illiterate patients in rural India that they insist that the doctor gives them an injection, because they are convinced in their mind’s eye that the injection would make them better faster. Sometimes the doctors admit to injecting the patient with distilled water or glucose solution. And without any medication the patient responds to the so- called treatment and actually gets better. This has been seen in patients who are chronic hypochondriacs also. They feel well only if they are convinced that the treatment given to them is beneficial to them. The doctors also know that the patient is not really suffering from any disease as such. He also knows that despite not suffering from any disease the patient may be able to manifest all the symptoms of the disease. This is because the mind is such a powerful organ that it can affect all the systems of the body exactly in the way one wishes to. This may sound tricky but it is also so completely true.

This is the fundamental of psychosomatic disorders. Here the symptoms are not faked but are completely true and the only apparent reason for such a strange thing to happen is that the mind is completely convinced about the condition. Many old adages say many things in this context. The implication of all of them is that if a person thinks that he can or cannot do a certain thing, in both situations he is actually right. This is the basis of all corporate trainings, all self help courses, all counselling and all practices of psychosomatic therapy.

This is the basis of meditation also. In the process of meditation the mind develops a lot of positive energy through many changes in the basic brain wave patterns. The study of brain waves during the process of meditation has clearly shown that there is considerable development of alpha type of waves in the brain during the process of meditation. These brain waves have long standing beneficial effects on the entire human body. Several electro magnetic marker tests have shown that the brain shows considerable decrease in many physiological and biochemical processes as a result of the process of meditation. There is considerable decrease in the heart rate, respiratory rhythm and metabolic rates while meditating. The mind is also deeply relaxed and experiences a unique state of calmness. This too has deep effect on the entire system and the whole system feels refreshed and thoroughly rejuvenated.

The oxygen consumption of the body is seen to be reduced by more than twenty percent in many cases while the person is in a state of deep meditation. This is very beneficial for the control of diseases like high blood pressure. The respiratory system gets deeply relaxed and becomes considerably stabilized after the session of meditation. This has long term impact on increasing the lung capacity and has shown immense benefits in curing incurable diseases like asthma. The nervous system gets energised by meditation and many disorders related with the brain, spinal chord and rest of the nervous system have shown many favourable changes.

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