Is There A Real Substitute For Meditation?

By Laura D Adams

I've come to understand the amazing benefits of meditation.

I've seen TV news specials about schools that have incorporated meditation into their curriculum, causing student's grades and test scores to sky-rocket. I've also read about major corporations that believe in meditation. They feel it's so important for good performance that they hire meditation consultants to teach their workers and even pay employees for time just to meditate.

I've asked my mentors what has really helped them move to the level of success they enjoy today. And you guessed it, meditation was their answer. Phil Helmuth, one of the world's best poker players even attributes his success to the practice of meditation!

Because I know its value, I want to be able to practice meditation successfully too. I have tried for years, but to this day I am still NOT able to meditate.

I spent some time trying to troubleshoot my meditation problem. Does it go back to my formative years? Did I spend too much time playing video games as a kid?

I'm not sure of the cause, but the reality is that my mind is just too active to meditate. You see, my brain works like CNN. I have one reporter delivering the news and an additional ticker tape of information flowing across the bottom of the screen.

But despite my meditation failures, I am very fortunate to have been able to achieve incredible results in my life using an alternate technique.

This technique was actually a tremendous gift that I received from a close friend of mine. This is a friend who also had limited success meditating. He introduced me to an effective technology called brain wave entrainment.

Brain wave entrainment allows one to manipulate the brain state with very little practice and a rapid learning curve. It's generally accomplished with audio soundtracks. The audio has been modified to manipulate the brain into the desired state. So if you can listen to audio, you can change your state of mind. And if you are hearing impaired this effect can also be created with specially designed strobe effects.

So why am I telling you about changing the brain state in an article on meditation? Because whether you realize it or not, the holy grail of meditation is the theta brain wave state!

When you are barely conscious (just before sleep or right after waking, for example) your brain waves are in the theta state. This is the middle ground between the conscious and the subconscious world, and also the goal of meditation.

When you get into the theta state, but can remain conscious, you have the ability to access and influence your subconscious mind. This is extremely important because the subconscious mind is much more powerful than the conscious mind.

So, getting yourself into the theta brain wave state on a regular basis in order to influence your subconscious mind is the secret to manifesting change and positive results in your life.

In fact, before we were able to measure brainwave patterns in the human brain with machines, people were using entrainment to induce a theta state. The chanting of monks, the drumbeats of Native Americans, and the hypnotic state created by a campfire are all examples of brain wave entrainment.

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Meditation: A Powerful Process To Achieve Prosperity

By Thomas Davey

Unfortunately Western culture all too often categorizes meditation as being something that "hippies do". The truth of the matter is that meditation is an incredibly powerful tool for you to employ on your path to wealth, health and happiness. When you study the lives of extremely successful people, you will find that no matter what their schedule, they put aside quiet time for themselves. Also of interest is that every author featured on The Secret uses meditation on a daily basis!

When you come to understand that there is but one stream of positive energy running through this world, you can then begin to understand the merit of meditation. See, when you quiet your mind, you in effect take your attention off of any negative things you don't want! Thus they are not being attracted into your experience! The Universe will then bring positive thoughts and experiences into your reality. Sounds simple but I assure you that this is fact!

I suggest you apply meditation in two key ways, starting today! Firstly, most of us will come across stressful events during our days. This is the perfect time to take a couple minutes and just close your eyes, get comfortable and just breath in and out deeply. Try to keep your mind "unfocused" so to speak, and if any thoughts pop into your head, try to set them aside. This may seem like a simple technique and it really is as simple as it sounds. You should make sure to find a comfortable meditation position, however do not get too comfortable or you may find yourself falling to sleep!

Often meditation is a much better way of dealing with a negative situation than trying to think positive thoughts right off the bat or attempting to tackle the issue head on. The reason that trying to think ‘positively’ immediately following a negative event does not work is simply due to the Law of Attraction. Negative experiences were attracted to you because of negative thought. And negative experiences attract negative thought! Simple! Meditation provides a simple solution to this unfortunate cycle. Abraham Hicks in the book, “Ask and It Is Given” made a wonderful point which was that it is much easier to focus on nothing than it is to focus on something positive following negative events.

The other way to incorporate meditation is to apply it as a daily ritualistic practice. I do suggest trying this! Aim to set aside a regular time each day to spend about 15 minutes in personal meditation. This practice may not be for everyone but I urge you to give both a try as I guarantee that you will see immediate benefit! Quite often answers to problems will just pop into your head after time spent in meditation. Meditation is really just an extension of what your parents told you when they said, “It’s alright, everything will be better in the morning.”

Meditation is often thought of as a new age type of practice, (as alluded to in the first paragraph of this article), however nothing could be further from the truth! Meditation has been practiced in Eastern cultures for an eternity and one only needs to apply these principles to see the immediate benefits meditation offers.

I hope you have enjoyed this article and don't forget to apply the process of meditation into your life. Start today!

Tom Davey is an Australian based author specialising in prosperity principles to help you attain health, wealth and happiness. For more free information, with articles added daily, on principles to attain health, wealth and happiness, go to www.prosperitylivingonline.com

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