Meditation removes mental stress and anxiety. This is not new information anymore. Examining the brain with the help of various technologies of modern science. Most scientists now know that meditation directly affects. The structure and function of the people’s brain. Neuroscientists are also fascinated by meditation’s role in improving awareness, attention, and memory in the particular moment. Let’s have a look in more detail.
What are the results of various studies on meditation?
In November 2005, Massachusetts General Hospital research-scientist Sarah Lazar published the preliminary results of a study of 20 men and women who meditated for 40 minutes a day. Examining their brains, the person Sara found that the mostly thickness of the cerebral cortex. That has increased after her regular meditation. Cerebral cortex is the most part of the people’s brain, which easily controls decision making. Also it can improve attention and memory. An almost similar test conducted earlier on Buddhist monks also found positive results. But compared to Buddhist monks who spend most of the day in meditation, the participants in this study were different working people from the Boston area. And the thing that is proven in this is that this result can be obtained only by regular meditation for some time of the day.
Meditation increases attention or memory!
Not just attention or memory, another surprising finding of Sara Lazar’s research is that meditation can also prevent the thinning of the cortex that occurs with age.
Regular meditation can help you focus and work with greater awareness. Some people say, then after lunch, even if you take a little nap, you can’t be invigorated in the same way? No, says Bruce O’Hara, professor of biology at the University of Kentucky. He conducted a study on a group of college students, where some of them meditated, some slept, and the rest watched television for specific periods of time. Then they were told to press a certain button as soon as a certain light flashed on the screen.
The experiment showed that those who meditated were able to do it faster and more efficiently than others. The activity of those who were asleep was relatively slow. That is, as a result of meditation, the coordination and activity of the brain increases. Because of this positive effect of meditation, big business corporations like Deutsche Bank, Google or Hugs Aircraft have organized meditation classes for their employees. They are seeing, by doing this, the productivity of their employees has increased significantly as well as sharpening their skills. Sickness rates of workers have decreased, absenteeism rates have also decreased.
Meditation for new ideas and solutions!
Liza Gizara is a graphic designer. He has been thinking of a new advertising idea for one of his clients for several days. But no, no new ideas are coming at all. He almost fainted as he thought. One afternoon, shaking off all the bad thoughts, Liza went out to the sea beach next to the house with her pet dog. While walking on the sand, a word flashed in his head – ‘Join’. He walked a few steps and saw a statue and there he found his solution. In Liza’s words, ‘I feel really lucky. It seems that someone sent the solution for me.
We ourselves may have faced such experiences many times when it felt like I was doing nothing wrong, everything was on my side. When I am batting in the game of cricket, every shot seems to be exactly as I want it or the solutions to all the difficult problems are coming one after the line which was suffering so long and seemed impossible. For most of us, such moments are not at all rare. But is it a matter of coincidence? No, not at all.
Details about meditation in the ‘Relaxation Response’ book!
Professor Dr. founder of Mind Body Medical Institute in Boston. Herbert Benson. His book ‘Relaxation Response’ became a bestseller in 1975. Recently he has written another book called ‘Breakout Principal’. It says how a person can peak his mental capacity by relaxing the mind. That is, if you can think outside the mess of daily thinking and the problems that upset your head, if you can be immersed in other thoughts for some time, then the clarity and stability is created in the state of thought, which gives the right decision and solution.
Charlene Abram is a 43-year-old software engineer. She was not getting along with her husband for several years. But he could not take the decision of divorce. Because when he thought about these things, he would break down mentally.
Finally, every evening throughout the summer of 1994, he sat in the garden of his St. Louis home with a small spinning wheel. Every day he used to run it for some time, knit something. And for a time he would sink into a thoughtless, fearless deep longing. And that’s how Charlene realizes that trying to save her marriage is pointless. He decided to divorce. Get back the mental strength and fortitude to start life anew.
What is meditation in the words of Professor Herbert Benson?
According to Professor Herbert Benson, when the anxious mind can be put away for a while—perhaps through a self-invested personal method like Charlene’s or through a tested method like meditation or relaxation—a chemical change occurs in the brain. Nitric oxide is then produced in the body. Scientists once called it a poison, but in the early 1980s, they realized that it has a role in various physiological functions, such as controlling high blood pressure. Scientific studies show that when nitric oxide is produced in the brain, it counteracts the harmful effects of anxiety hormones and increases the activity of neurotransmitters in the brain, Benson said. As a result, a pleasant feeling of well-being is born.
Final Word!
Not only that, people can also get the feeling of a fountain of creative ideas or finding effective solutions to difficult problems. So don’t give up under the stress of daily tasks or problems. Instead, immerse yourself in deep meditation or immerse yourself in a pleasant thought. After a while, you will really feel that the situation is in your favor, because the way to solve it is now in your hands.
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