Meditation will help you focus..
Does the phrase “mind control” conjure up memories of 900 deaths rom cyanide poisoning in 1978 Jonestown under the spell of peoples’ Temple founder Jim Jones? While scientists enjoy writing bout mental management from the perspective of bizarre external manipulation, that is not all there is to mind control!
Take this example, for instance. You’ve just been introduced to a gorgeous woman at a party. Politely you ask where she’s from before offering to refresh her drink. She says, “Well, I’m originally from New Jersey, but you know how people talk about Jersey, so I moved to New York, though I still get over to Jersey to see my family every couple of months. You wouldn’t believe the traffic at the tunnel these days. But at least it isn’t the Minneapolis Bridge, ya know what I mean? Those poor people. Thirteen now I heard. Not as bad a Katrina. Can you believe New Orleans still hasn’t been rebuilt?”
However attractive, however long her legs and plump her lips, she does not have control of her mind, wouldn’t you agree? She cannot, in this example, corral her thoughts to keep on the subject of where she is from, let alone take an interest in you!
Hyperactive children are the same way. While playing with one toy, they glance up and see another they fancy, till about the moment they acquire it, then it’s off to a third. No wonder the little tykes cry and throw tantrums. They’re frustrated, of course! They
haven’t had a singularly satisfying experience all day. It’s much the same with the email yarn about the multitasker looking for her keys, finds her missing glasses, opens the mail, pays a bill, finds her half-consumed Coke, still hasn’t found her keys, etc., never
finishes a task all day, yet at the end of the day is completely exhausted.
People who “free associate” (without being prompted to), seem fuddled, forget a name as soon as they hear it or in other ways become tagged as “flakey,” barring a bona fide medical condition, may simply be lacking focus.
And that’s what meditation can help with.
Meditation is an act (or non-act, if you insist!) of controlling your mind. Whatever you’ve heard, the objective of meditation is 100% absolute focus. What you focus on is up to you and the form of meditation you are practicing. A few of the options are:
1. your breathing–nothing more and nothing less
2. a mantra, saying or affirmation
3. an ideal such as love or gratitude
4. a problem, such as how you are consumed with desire or suffering
5. a quiet mind (opinions on what this is vary)
6. swaying or some other form of rhythmic movement
7. a repetitive sound such as a beating drum, heart, etc.
The practice of meditation provides the benefits one might expect from a mental giant who controls his or her mind well. These cover a range of primarily mental and emotional abilities but can also touch upon physical strengths and possibly even diagnoses.
The first thing you might notice when meeting a person who has meditated regularly for a long time is the bright stillness of his o0r her eyes. I remember a disability insurance salesman who [ersuaded me more by his deep aqua eyes than by his presentation.
How could someone so still be dissembling or dishonest? His very eyes seemed to see my soul and exactly what I needed and could afford.
The second thing you may realize when talking with a meditator is they do not seem to be glancing around, looking for what’s going on in the background, or at their watch. They do not appear to be considering what they will say next. You wonder what you will say
after they say what they are going to say, but it is clear they have not yet decided what they will say because they are so olertly, intently still listening to you.
Could it be mediators put their own emotions through the same listening process? They certainly seem less frequently buffeted to and fro than a person who has not learned mental control. A hackneyed Psychology 101 question comes into play here: “Do you run
because you are scared, or are you scared because you are running?”
You may think fear sets off screaming, and it might. But screaming sets off far more fear, as you know if you enjoy horror movies!
What do greater focus, improved stillness and emotional control do to one’s body? Is it possible the acceptance meditation engenders lowers blood pressure, thus reducing the chances of heart attacks and stroke?
Studies bear out these benefits and more. But for a quick Do-I-Need-This” check, wouldn’t you really enjoy people listening attentively to your eyes?
Download your free demo now and test this out for yourself. What have you got to lose?