It is not just Indian Yoga that has become commercially successful in
\nthe Western world, a deeper and a higher science of meditation is also
\ngrowing on the same lines. Suddenly, so many scientists and
\npsychologists have become so interested in researching the benefits of
\nsomething that the East has been practising since eternity. The East
\nwith its inexhaustible treasures of meditative practices has always
\nmystified the West. But the West does not accept anything without
\nscientific examination.<\/p>\n
Today, Western science and psychology are supporting the beneficial
\neffects of meditation on practising individuals. A recent research
\npublished in Biological Psychiatry, coordinated by Carnegie Mellon
\nassociate professor J. David Creswell, demonstrated that meditation
\ndoes, in fact, change the brains of practitioners in positive ways
\nthat appear to equip them to cope better with life stresses.<\/p>\n
The East didn\u2019t practice meditation for mundane gains \u2014 becoming
\nsuccessful in the world or slowing the process of ageing \u2014 but to find
\nthe deeper meaning of life and existence i.e., the innermost realms of
\nconciousness.<\/p>\n
The seekers sacrificed their material world for the spiritual world
\nand to share their realisation with the world at large. The end result
\nof meditation has been compassion.<\/p>\n
But the West has a totally different, diametrically opposite approach.<\/p>\n
In a report, the co-founder of the Wellness Project said her company
\nis finding success selling meditation trainings to companies for their
\nemployees in New York.<\/p>\n
Most clients, she said, are small to medium-sized businesses and she
\nnoted that \u201ccompanies are more open to this today\u201d.<\/p>\n
She elaborated: \u201cCompanies that take a vested interest in meditation
\nand wellness could see vast jumps in their bottom line, not just from
\nbetter work produced by rested and more focused brains, but also from
\nthe production of more creative ideas and more honed problem-solving
\nskills.\u201d<\/p>\n
This influences practitioners from the East to travel to the West and
\nsell their practice.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s an ancient story told by Osho.<\/p>\n
King Bimbisara once went to Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainas
\nand said \u201cI want to attain to the truth and I am willing to give
\nanything that I possess, I must have the truth that rids man of all
\nsorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mahavira saw that the ruler wanted to conquer truth in the same way he
\nwas trying to conquer the world and that he even wanted to buy the
\ntruth.<\/p>\n
The master told Bimbisara to first go to Punya shravak, a poor citizen
\nof his empire and get from him the fruit of meditation.<\/p>\n
Bimbisara went to him and said, \u201cI have come to ask something. I want
\nto buy the fruit of your meditation. I will pay whatever price you may
\nrequire\u201d. Punya Shravak replied, \u201cMy lord, meditation means serenity.
\nIt means keeping the mind free from temptation and hatred and
\nremaining steady in one\u2019s self. You want to buy it, but this is
\nimpossible. I cannot sell meditation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meditation is like love and prayer. It is self-realisation. It cannot
\nbe sold like a commodity. The fruit of meditation is compassion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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