Comments on: How Meditation Improves Your Health (Part Three) http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:57:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peter | Pick The Brain http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69080 Peter | Pick The Brain Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:44:46 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69080 Seamus: diet and meditation - that's an interesting connection. I don't think I can live without meat, sugar, cheese, bread, cakes, booze, etc.... but I can certainly limit them. Actually I do limit them already, but as you say the silly season is coming and it is easy to forget the good feeling that comes from the right diet. Thanks for the tip. Aaron: thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's always interesting to hear a perspective that I wouldn't have otherwise considered. Seamus: diet and meditation – that’s an interesting connection. I don’t think I can live without meat, sugar, cheese, bread, cakes, booze, etc…. but I can certainly limit them. Actually I do limit them already, but as you say the silly season is coming and it is easy to forget the good feeling that comes from the right diet. Thanks for the tip.

Aaron: thanks for sharing your thoughts. It’s always interesting to hear a perspective that I wouldn’t have otherwise considered.

]]> By: Aaron Gaul http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69049 Aaron Gaul Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:18:48 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69049 Interesting comment Peter. Forgetfulness and meditation seem to go hand in hand. Somehow you remember and it feels like an awakening, then you meditate, then you forget for a while, and then finally you remember and awaken once again. But I would like to point out one interesting item in your post. You talk about the "benefits" of meditation and making it a "priority". Thinking about the benefits of meditation is a great way to get started. However, sometimes meditation can feel like a lower priority -- there is some other priority that needs to be accomplished or other benefit to be pursued. I think that if someone practices meditation for a long time it is neither a benefit nor a priority; it is simply a little like breathing and eating. Interesting comment Peter. Forgetfulness and meditation seem to go hand in hand. Somehow you remember and it feels like an awakening, then you meditate, then you forget for a while, and then finally you remember and awaken once again. But I would like to point out one interesting item in your post. You talk about the “benefits” of meditation and making it a “priority”. Thinking about the benefits of meditation is a great way to get started. However, sometimes meditation can feel like a lower priority — there is some other priority that needs to be accomplished or other benefit to be pursued. I think that if someone practices meditation for a long time it is neither a benefit nor a priority; it is simply a little like breathing and eating.

]]> By: Seamus Anthony http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69048 Seamus Anthony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:40:01 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69048 I have come to believe that there are many factors that contribute to the tendency we all have to neglect regular meditating from time to time. One of them is diet - when you are enjoying a dietary phase that includes more of all the fun stuff like meat, sugar, cheese, bread, cakes and booze - a fog tends to settle around the mind and body, making it harder to access the clear space of good feeling that meditation is all about. When you take time out to eat a diet that revolves around less of the above and more veges, fruit and wholegrains, it becomes remarkably easy to slip into a pleasant state of clarity and peace. Good luck with all that during the silly season though hey! I have come to believe that there are many factors that contribute to the tendency we all have to neglect regular meditating from time to time. One of them is diet – when you are enjoying a dietary phase that includes more of all the fun stuff like meat, sugar, cheese, bread, cakes and booze – a fog tends to settle around the mind and body, making it harder to access the clear space of good feeling that meditation is all about. When you take time out to eat a diet that revolves around less of the above and more veges, fruit and wholegrains, it becomes remarkably easy to slip into a pleasant state of clarity and peace.

Good luck with all that during the silly season though hey!

]]> By: Peter | Pick The Brain http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69045 Peter | Pick The Brain Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:29:57 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69045 Thanks for this series Seamus. I've been meditating on and off for the past year. I always feel much better when I'm regularly meditating, but for some reason I sometimes stop the practice. Why do I stop? I think it probably comes back to not fully appreciating the benefits of meditation. And here I think is the true purpose of this series: to spread <strong>awareness</strong> of the many benefits related to meditation. If you fully understand the benefits of the practice, you will then make it a priority in your life. Thanks for this series Seamus. I’ve been meditating on and off for the past year. I always feel much better when I’m regularly meditating, but for some reason I sometimes stop the practice.

Why do I stop? I think it probably comes back to not fully appreciating the benefits of meditation. And here I think is the true purpose of this series: to spread awareness of the many benefits related to meditation. If you fully understand the benefits of the practice, you will then make it a priority in your life.

]]> By: Seamus Anthony http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69041 Seamus Anthony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:18:31 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69041 Actually, I could have responded with more compassion that. I can be too quick with the sardonic comebacks sometimes (which has landed me in hot water from time to time). I guess the thing is that the article didn't set out to teach you how to meditate, just to outline why it's a good thing to learn. You can get plenty of instruction here - http://snurl.com/psymed - if you're willing to invest. And as for videos - there are plenty I am sure. Google is your friend. Good luck on your quest. Actually, I could have responded with more compassion that. I can be too quick with the sardonic comebacks sometimes (which has landed me in hot water from time to time). I guess the thing is that the article didn’t set out to teach you how to meditate, just to outline why it’s a good thing to learn. You can get plenty of instruction here – http://snurl.com/psymed – if you’re willing to invest. And as for videos – there are plenty I am sure. Google is your friend. Good luck on your quest.

]]> By: Seamus Anthony http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69040 Seamus Anthony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:35:01 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69040 Absolutely - there are no rules. A flipside to this would be to take a couple of minutes to forget your life completely (or at least try) Absolutely – there are no rules. A flipside to this would be to take a couple of minutes to forget your life completely (or at least try)

]]> By: Seamus Anthony http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69039 Seamus Anthony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:34:08 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69039 Stillness is indeed soothing. I liken it to giving your soul a warm bath. Mmmmm... goooood... Stillness is indeed soothing. I liken it to giving your soul a warm bath. Mmmmm… goooood…

]]> By: Seamus Anthony http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69038 Seamus Anthony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:32:55 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69038 Readers could do much, much worse than checking Stephen's blog for more info on health and meditation. I personally recommend his writing. Readers could do much, much worse than checking Stephen’s blog for more info on health and meditation. I personally recommend his writing.

]]> By: Seamus Anthony http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69037 Seamus Anthony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:31:15 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69037 Yes - it's also a cheap night in ;-) Yes – it’s also a cheap night in ;-)

]]> By: Seamus Anthony http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/comment-page-1/#comment-69036 Seamus Anthony Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:30:36 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/meditation-health-benefits/#comment-69036 A book, an article, a video, a teacher. How is not important (IMO) just to start is the key. Try this: think of a safety pin. Every time you realise you are not thinking about a safety pin anymore, return to the safety pin. That's one version of meditation that you can try right now. A book, an article, a video, a teacher. How is not important (IMO) just to start is the key. Try this: think of a safety pin. Every time you realise you are not thinking about a safety pin anymore, return to the safety pin. That’s one version of meditation that you can try right now.

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