Yoga Teacher Training Forum

Can meditation bring world peace? The process of meditation is a curative system of training and creating mind to become more stable, calm, comfortable, attach to goodness and enhanced qualitative mind approach. According to the teachings of Buddhism this method of deep concentration is beneficial for achieving inner peace and tranquility because when our mind becomes free from all worries, scattered thoughts, feelings and discomfort we experience immediate and long lasting happiness.

The techniques of meditation work as vitamin for mind, cleanse body, brighten soul and offer numerous benefits for overall wellness of human being. These techniques are helpful for releasing tension, reducing stress and blood pressure along with boosting up immunity system, increasing awareness, improving concentration and transmitting positive attitude. Scientific studies and researches prove that those individuals who practiced meditational exercises regularly begin to experience the world through new sensation, state of clarity, unconditional love and care for other people also the way to lead a disciplined life. The practice enables to eradicate negative thoughts and pessimistic approach of mind like self centeredness, insensitive attitude and unkindness within our self.

It is a simple process of focusing deeply on any material, own breath, mantra or sacred wordings performed easily by anyone with no age limit and gender. It is important that each and every person should realize the necessity of inner peace in this troubled world because inner peace provides peaceful mind and without inner peace outer peace is impossible. After creating and achieving calmness within ourselves, harmony in the whole world can be acquired. When majority of the people in this universe have serene mind the actual and never ending peace in the world will definitely take place therefore the practice of meditational exercises should performed by people individually or in groups to expand happiness and tranquility from inside to outside world. According to the prove given by Spirit Science and Metaphysics group meditational procedure has power to change the universe as this process is not only provides us the method to reduce stress or increase awareness but also has the potential to transform the whole planet. Around 150 studies confirm the advantages of meditation and its effect on everything around the globe.

As per stated in the result of an experiment performed in the year 1980, during the Lebanon war 1000 people took part in meditation in Jerusalem for global peace, the war casualties in Lebanon reduced by over 75%, traffic accidents, fire and other destructive events also got down when these participants meditated. The world peace and meditation day is celebrated every year on 31st December since 1986, people from all around the globe of different religions, faith and nationality take part in this event. They come together to join their mind to meditate for bringing love, kindness, forgiveness and harmony all around the globe.

There are various techniques of meditation that are practiced at present time but a good way to start the practice individually is by focusing on the inhalation and exhalation after taking some deep breath, by sensing breathing and body parts after that continue to think about some intentions or goals to achieve such as love, tranquility, kindness and charity. Sometimes a mantra or sacred words and sentences are verbally repeated to obtain deep focus. Visualization is another form through which we can attain full concentration.