Meditation is a powerful tool for holistic
healing for myasthenia gravis, which
is an autoimmune disease, and stress is one of its underlying causes.
Relaxation also helps to reduce the symptoms of the disease.
Meditation is a proven mind-body
therapy for body-mind relaxation.
The healing power of meditation
lies in its capability to focus the mind solely on the very present moment,
thereby removing memories of the past and worries of the future. Meditation
helps you focus your mind on the present moment to the exclusion of past and
future thoughts. The mind in its natural and perfect stillness relaxes
completely.
In contemporary living, your mind
is often riddled with thoughts of what you just did, what you will do, or
should have done. Nearly all your thoughts, including your desires and fears,
are based on either the past or the future. Your desires are no more than
recollections of the past pleasures and hopes of repeating them in the future.
Fears are also memories of past pain, and your efforts to avoid the pain in the
future. All these rambling thoughts in your subconscious mind indirectly affect
your conscious mind, and hence your body and your eyes.
In the present, your mind is
always preoccupied with the past or the future, leaving little or no room for
the present moment, which, ironically enough, is the only reality. The
past was gone, and the future is unknown; only the present is “real.” The
present is a gift, and that is why it is called “present.” But, unfortunately,
most of us do not live in the present, not to mention appreciate it, because
the present is interlaced with the past and the future. Meditation is about
re-focusing on the present moment.
The
mental focus of meditation is not quite the same as the mental concentration,
such as solving a difficult math problem or while performing a complex mental
task. Meditation is focusing on something seemingly insignificant (such
as your breathing) or spontaneous (such as eating and even driving) such
that your mind can be conditioned to focusing on only the present moment. In
this way, your mind concentration excludes all past and future thoughts,
thereby instrumental in giving your mind a meaningful break. It is in this
sublime mental state that you are capable of understanding the true nature of
things, and their relativity to the meaning of life and existence. Meditation
awakens you to what is real or what is quasi real.
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
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