Meditation

General

In meditation a specifically induced change of consciousness for the purpose of recollection is called. The word meditation is derived from the Latin meditari - think, think of something - from.
The picture shows a meditating woman.

In meditation, the meditator himself sinking into the consciousness is from an active to a passive mode of stimulus concentration and suppression are performed. Originally meditates on spiritual or religious purposes. Through meditation it is to succeed the meditators to overcome the limitations of his body and human existence in order to achieve an overarching principle beyond human thought.

During meditation are often taken over a long period of unusual postures. The meditator is trying to endure the resulting pain until he no longer perceives it. Special breathing forms, the orientation of attention to specific objects or open awareness meditative states are generated and passed physical limits.

Today, in addition to the meditation spiritual purposes used as a therapeutic method or relaxation technique to improve the physical and mental fitness. A technique of meditation, for example, the conscious breathing. is overlain by focusing on your own breath, the meditator comes to rest in itself, because the thinking of the perception of the actual sensations of breathing (such as the body expands to hold the breath). This condition will lead to total relaxation and to switch off from the daily stress of hectic living conditions. Use of meditation are to succeed in responding to the demands of everyday life with an inner serenity and to improve the ability to relax.