100 Benefits of Meditation

Physiological (Body) benefits:
1. It lowers oxygen consumption.
2. It decreases respiratory rate.
3. It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.
4. Increases exercise tolerance.
5. Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.
6. Good for people with high blood pressure.
7. Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.
8. Decreases muscle tension
9. Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc.
10. Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms.
11. Helps in post-operative healing.
12. Enhances the immune system.
13. Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress
14. Enhances energy, strength and vigor.
15. Helps with weight loss
16. Reduction of free radicals, less tissue damage
17. Higher skin resistance
18. Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
19. Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.
20. Decreases the aging process.
21. Higher levels of DHEAS (Dehydroepiandrosterone)
22. Prevented, slowed or controlled pain of chronic diseases
23. Makes you sweat less
24. Cure headaches migraines
25. Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning
26. Reduced Need for Medical Care
27. Less energy wasted
28. More inclined to sports, activities
29. Significant relief from asthma
30. Improved performance in athletic events
31. Normalizes to your ideal weight
32. Harmonizes our endocrine system
33. Relaxes our nervous system
34. Produce lasting beneficial changes in brain electrical activity
35. Helps cure infertility (the stresses of infertility can interfere with the release of hormones that regulate ovulation).

Psychological (Mind) benefits:
36. Builds self-confidence.
37. Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behavior
38. Resolve phobias fears
39. Helps control own thoughts
40. Helps with focus concentration
41. Increase creativity
42. Increased brain wave coherence.
43. Improved learning ability and memory.
44. Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
45. Increased emotional stability.
46. Improved relationships
47. Mind ages at slower rate
48. Easier to remove bad habits
49. Develops intuition
50. Increased Productivity
51. Improved relations at home at work
52. Able to see the larger picture in a given situation
53. Helps ignore petty issues
54. Increased ability to solve complex problems
55. Purifies your character
56. Develop will power
57. Greater communication between the two brain hemispheres
58. Respond more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event.
59. Increases ones perceptual ability and motor performance
60. Higher intelligence growth rate
61. Increased job satisfaction
62. Increase in the capacity for intimate contact with loved ones
63. Decrease in potential mental illness
64. Better, more sociable behavior
65. Less aggressiveness
66. Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction
67. Reduces need and dependency on drugs, pills pharmaceuticals
68. Need less sleep to recover from sleep deprivation
69. Require less time to fall asleep, helps cure insomnia
70. Increases sense of responsibility
71. Reduces road rage
72. Decrease in restless thinking
73. Decreased tendency to worry
74. Increases listening skills and empathy
75. Helps make more accurate judgments
76. Greater tolerance
77. Gives composure to act in considered constructive ways
78. Grows a stable, more balanced personality
79. Develops emotional maturity

Spiritual (Soul) benefits:
80. Helps keep things in perspective
81. Provides peace of mind, happiness
82. Helps you discover your purpose in life
83. Increased self-actualization.
84. Increased compassion
85. Growing wisdom
86. Deeper understanding of yourself and others
87. Brings body, mind, and spirit in harmony
88. Deeper Level of spiritual relaxation
89. Increased acceptance of one self
90. Helps learn forgiveness
91. Changes attitude toward life
92. Creates a deeper relationship with your God
93. Increases the synchronicity in your life
94. Greater inner-directedness
95. Helps living in the present moment
96. Creates a widening, deepening capacity for love
97. Discovery of the power and consciousness beyond the ego
98. Experience an inner sense of Assurance or Knowingness
99. Experience a sense of Oneness
100. Leads to enlightenment

Three ways for healthful life and truly feel good:
It will involve working on yourself—however, this investment will pay off greatly in the long run. Here are three methods, tested throughout three millenniums:

1.   Start monitoring your thoughts. Spend five minutes every evening writing down how you felt that day. Remember the situations you encountered and emotions you felt. What negative character traits does that uncover? What do you plan to do tomorrow to start improving yourself and to change those particular character traits? It is very important to write everything down.

2.   Try to think more about things that make you happy. This is the miracle of positive thinking. When you concentrate on the things that you like, it's as if you move to a different frequency of vibrations, and the body starts to heal itself. Even better, there will be a greater number of good things in your life, because everything you think about becomes reality, including the problems that bother you. Concentrate on things you enjoy and watch how everything begins to change.

3.   Try out meditation. During meditation, the body and mind rest and heal themselves. You can read more about meditation in the article "How To Own A New Ferrari And Be As Smart As Einstein, Just By Calmly Sitting On Your Couch".

Illness is simply our body's signal about an incorrect (or, rather, non-beneficial) lifestyle. Firstly it manifests as anxiety, fear, and negative thoughts. Only then, if no effort is made to work on oneself, the body sends a more powerful signal to get your attention and make you think about what you are doing wrong, in the form of physical symptoms.

Leave only the useful and meaningful things in your life. Because everything that is useful to you is always useful to others.

HAPPINESS

*Happiness can be divided into 3 categories:*

*1. Physical happiness

*2. Mental happiness

*3. Spiritual happiness

These are brief summary of steps to take for achieving these in our lives:

*For Physical Happiness:*

a. Regular and proper *DIET*.

b. Regular and proper *REST*.

c. Regular and proper *YOGA and EXERCISE*.

*For Mental Happiness:*

a. Minimize *Expectations*.

b. Minimize *Ego & Pride*.

c. Minimize *Negative Thoughts*.

*For Spiritual Happiness:*

a. Recognize your *SOUL* as a separate entity from the body.

b. Do not live in the *PAST*.

   Free yourself of past memories and experiences.

   Do not worry about the *FUTURE*.

   But, plan for IT.

   Free yourself in *PRESENT* of any attachments and hatred *Raag Dvesh*.

c. Help all living beings without any expectations.

d. Meditate regularly and surrender to the Supreme Soul.

         *BE A HAPPY SOUL, ENJOY EVERY MOMENT*

*To have a clear understanding of dharma (righteousness), one has to keep away from sexual, money activities, meat, and alcohol. With strong will power with deep research you can become remarkable scholars, dynamic orators, narrators, successful and much more. Be Patriotic, Work on truth, Protect Own Nation.

*ShivYog daily practices "Saadhana/Dyan for self-realization, Seva to the nation, and Sankeertan for ascension to higher dimension".

*Remember: when you are alone in Dyaan (deep meditation) forget every other thing every other person, just focus on SELF ONLY SELF, but when you are with others, forget self, focus on helping and loving others selflessly.

*Best charity or a leader can do is to arrange free meals to the poor, educate to walk in right direction, teach humanity, teach patriotism, teach them to fight for the country to protect dharma, teach to love the nature, plant trees, keep the surroundings clean, green and hygiene. Be kind to birds and animals, live and let live, stay positive and cool minded.

*No matter how successful the person might be, he or she should not shy away from their identity, culture, heritage, and religion. Be proud to say who you are... the world appreciates for being truth !

Useful Links:
http://www.how-to-meditate.org/why-learn-to-meditate.htm/
http://www.how-to-meditate.org/meditation-books.htm/
 https://www.dhamma.org/ ( Vipassana Meditation Centers across the globe)
http://www.artofliving.org/meditation/meditation-for-you/live-a-healthy-lifestyle (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar)
http://www.artofliving.org/meditation-senses
https://www.youtube.com/user/sadhguru (Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev)
http://isha.sadhguru.org/international-yoga-day/
https://www.youtube.com/user/numeditationmusic
https://www.youtube.com/user/BodyMindZone
http://yogameditationhome.com/ (Free Videos on Yoga and Meditation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ7fpqPaeIc (Ram Bahadur Bomjon 15 year boy meditated for 10 months without food and water).
https://www.youtube.com/user/YourRelaxMusic1 (Music to relax)
https://www.youtube.com/user/yogayak  (Healing Sounds ~ Very Popular).
http://www.sathyasai.org/video/gayatri (Gayathri Mantra by Sathya Sai Baba)
http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/Pages/His_teachings/Practical_Spirituality.htm

https://sanskritdocuments.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFQx-8X-Wvc (Anandmurti Gurumaa ~ Shivoham Bhajan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05c7SkvFY_o  (Gurumaa ~ Om Namah Shivaya prayer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytV08faCJwg (Shiva Gayatri Mantra 108 times)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq-CKdT6IG4 (Om Namah Shivaya Peaceful Bhajan ..)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXRcHfrL7SQ (Mahamrityunjaya chant)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBiwLibZqfw  (OM Chanting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1y9oYhbpWE (Om mantra chanting ~ 11 minutes meditation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaU0aIyWPlE  (Kundalini Awakening... Guided Meditation)
http://www.devipuram.com/  (Devipuram ~ Spiritualness)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLc0ywIJl5SsHksyWIwi69Q  (Raja Choudhury talks on Spiritualness)
https://www.speakingtree.in/video/  (SpeakingTree ~ Collection of Yoga and Meditation Tips)
http://www.rykyoga.com/   (Cosmin Mahadev Singh)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7CqLutU_--eDp3XF35ECSg  (Prasanna Guruji)
https://www.youtube.com/user/ramakrishnamathhyd/videos  (Ramakrishna matt - hyderabad)
https://www.youtube.com/user/artelang  (Reiki master Ajit Telangi)


http://www.agnihotra.org/  (Agni Homa Therapy,  Homa Farming Organic Agriculture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsBgNQ1ZMuI  (Agnihotra healing by Ajit Telangi ~ part.1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsVkqkynsRs    (Agnihotra by Telangi ~ part.2)


http://cureispossible.org/category/videos/  (Shivyog CureIsPossible)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMXIsAEpi1w&list=PLHtR6tS1MnqdxQSozceFTuOwvkAgjxZgy (Cure is possible series)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xnNUVOv-S4 (Shivyog integrative medicine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3EQvs2a7qg (Shivyog integrative energy therapy)
http://www.vitalenergytherapy.com/2016-shivyog-event-gallery (Wellness and Rehab center) 
http://www.vitalenergytherapy.com/resources (Useful resources wellness)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrq4_L0vY28  (Shivyog Organic Farming)
http://krishi.shivyogindia.com/agriculturists-speak/  (Shivyog Agriculture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2t8wCJfAsY (Shivyog Healing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNydiTQ_0FQ  (Shivyog Agricultural)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEhteUymVxU (Shivyog Agriculture)

Sayings from Sathya Sai:

1. Where there is Confidence, there is Love.
   Where there is Love, there is Peace.
   Where there is Peace, there is Truth.
   Where there is Truth, there is Bliss.
   Where there is Bliss, there is God.
2. There is only one caste, the caste of Humanity.
   There is only one religion, the religion of Love.
   There is only one language, the language of the Heart.
   There is only one God, He is Omnipresent.
3. If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character.
   If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home.
   When there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.
   When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
4. You are not one, but three.
   The one you think you are - the body.
   The one others think you are - the mind.
   The one you really are - the soul.
5. Love in speech is Sathya (truth)
   Love in action is Dharma (righteousness)
   Love in feeling is Shanti (peace)
   Love in understanding is Ahimsa (non-violence).
6. Stars are many, the sky is one.
   Jewels are many, the gold is one.
   Nations are many, the earth is one.
   Beings are many, the breath is one.
7. Start the day with Love,
   Fill the day with Love,
   Spend the day with Love,
   End the day with Love.
   This is the way to God.
8. The end of education is Character.
   The end of knowledge is Love.
   The end of culture is perfection.
   The end of wisdom is freedom.
9. Politics without principles,
   Education without character,
   Science without humanity and
   Commerce without morality
   are not only useless, but positively dangerous.
10. Follow the Master (conscience)
    Face the Devil (the evil propensities)
    Fight to the End (Fight the evil propensities)
    Finish the Game (Attain Realization)
11. Life is a challenge, meet it!
    Life is a dream, realize it!
    Life is a game, play it!
    Life is Love, enjoy it!
12. Bear all and do nothing;
    Hear all and say nothing;
    Give all and take nothing;
    Serve all and be nothing.
13. Be Good, See Good, Do Good
    This is the way to God.
14. Love is God. God is Love. Live in Love.

Heartfulness

Meditation has to be a daily affair.
We sleep every day,
we feel stressed every day,
so why not meditate every day?
That is the pill.
We take multivitamin tablets
when we have some deficiency.
Meditation is a multi-body tablet;
it is not just for your physical body,
but for your subtler bodies also.