Are there practical uses of meditation?

December 16th, 2009 by admin

“Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books.” ~ William Cowper

When we talk about meditation we usually relate to the spiritual aspects. However, there are also very practical reasons to practice meditation. Here is an article on the practicality of meditation.

Meditation As a Performance Enhancement Tool By Robert E Darby

The Ultimate Power Tool
Many people still don’t realize that meditation is simply a high end tool used to achieve high end objectives. The fact that most of the worlds religions take advantage of this tool should be a testament to it’s power. But for the most part, this tool’s association with religion has resulted in one of the world great misconceptions, which is that meditation is somehow the exclusive domain of religion. This misconception has in turn resulted in the loss of access to one of the most powerful tools in the world.

Even today in these so called modern times, meditation is still being relegated to the land of mysticism and religion. As hard as I try, I’m having a difficult time figuring out why such a magnificent and useful tool is not recognized for it’s enormous practical potential. Meditation has traditionally been used almost exclusively for achieving spiritual objectives because of its ability to bring the user to a mental condition of peacefulness in which the material reality has less influence over us and allows us to perceive alternate possibilities.

Most people have failed to realize that much of the power of meditation is based on its ability to develop attention and concentration which together enable contemplation. This is a little known and used capabililty in todays shallow, superficial, instant gratification civilization. Contemplation is the antithesis of superficial since it allow us to achieve ever deeper perceptions and therefore a much deeper understanding of what we are contemplating.

When we use the techniques of meditation to achieve a state of contemplation and turn the power of that contemplation on any given subject, we have brought into play the ultimate power tool, because this tool can overcome virtually any obstacle to success and accomplishment.

Perfect For Any Toolbox
Remember, this is a tool. It can be used by anyone for any purpose as long as we invest the time and effort to learn how to use it properly. As a performance enhancement tool, this is the top of the line. Where other methods and techniques can add a little more quality and or quantity to our performance, this one can ramp things up exponentially. Where you may be engaged in an activity or effort about which you may think you have a good understanding and are achieving acceptable results, this can take you to levels of understanding that will astonish even you.

The relationship between quality of performance and depth of understanding is very important and cannot be overstated. The power to focus attention and concentrate on any given subject enables us to see and perceive otherwise hidden elements or considerations that we might have missed, and in some industries this can be crucial and even life saving.
This tool fits in any toolbox and its power can be used for virtually any project. So, what is the downside?

All You Need Is A Power Source
Well, we have to learn how to use it and any resource of this caliber is necessarily going to require an equally high investment. However, it isn’t the amount of investment that is important here, it is the type of investment that is the challenge. Not only do we have to not try in order to progress, but also we need to realize what real power is about, and there is only one real power, and that is spiritual power. Now, I’m not talking about religion here, but I am talking about courage and faith, these are essential. Few people know about spiritual power because our species long ago chose to follow the path of materialism, the objective reality, the world that we could see, touch, feel, hear and smell.

This is essentially the easier reality to deal with as opposed to some world that can only be accessed through faith, and which our senses could not validate. But again meditation has the ability to show us a glimpse of the spiritual world and it is breathtaking and wondrous. But we don’t have to go there in order to use spiritual power. You need only to go on a journey of exploration into the world of meditation and before long you will begin to see the huge potential for practical uses here. Join me and thousands of others who are finding the practical benefits of this ancient art.

If you are interested in setting out on this kind of journey here is a good place to start.
Robert Darby is a self change and personal development specialist who writes for many organizations including The Agenda Of Life Foundation

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