Meditation Essay -- Natural Healing, Meditation Therapy

Meditation is an age-old practice that has renewed itself in many different cultures and times. disdain its age, however, there remains a mystery and some ambiguity as to what it is, or even how one performs it. The practice and tradition of guess dates back thousands of age having appe bed in many eastern traditions. Meditations ancient roots cloud its origins from being attributed to a sole inventor or religion, though Bon, Hindu, Shinto, Dao, and later, Buddhism are responsible for its development. Its practice has permeated almost all major world religions, but under different names. It has become a practice without borders, influencing millions with its tranquil and healing effects. Hesperian medicine has recently discovered the powerful affects of meditation, by allowing doctors to treat the body and the mind. In reality, the mind is a very misunderstood and unexplored region of the serviceman existence. Modern science knows more about the composition of the earth than it does about the mechanics of the human brain. Yet, meditation thwarts all notions of modern medicine with its shocking susceptibility to to take obscure visualizations and create physical responses in the body. Mahayana Buddhism, found mainly in the autonomous region of Tibet, has become the main reference and standard for meditation practices in the west. Tibetans have used meditation for centuries as treatment for illness, and now, modern medicine of the western world is just beginning to reap the benefits of this unique and unorthodox treatment for a variety of physical and mental ailments. Once a practice reserved strictly for Buddhist monks, meditation has become a planetary phenomenon. Simply enter Buddhist meditation into the any Inter... ...ay 2015.https//www.sbp-journal.com/index.php/sbp/article/view/390Michalon, Max. Selflessness in the Service of the Ego, American Journal of Psychotherapy. Vol.55, No.2, 2001. Web. 21 May 2015.http//connection.ebscohost. com/c/articles/4765470/selflessness-service-ego-contributions-limitations-dangers-buddhist-psychology-western-psychologyTacon, Anna. Meditation as a Complementary Therapy in Cancer, Family and Community Health. Vol. 26, Issue 1. pp63-73, January March, 2003. Web. 18 May 2015.http//www.researchgate.net/publication/10712485_Meditation_as_a_complementary_therapy_in_cancerTerrence, Clifford. Diamo Healing The Buddhist Medicine and Medical psychological medicine of Tibet. Motilal Banarsidass. 2003.Thera, Nyanaponika. Translated by Roberts, Peter. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation. Weiser Books Revised edition, July 1, 2014.