{"id":56,"date":"2011-03-27T15:01:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T02:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/?p=56"},"modified":"2011-03-27T15:01:07","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T02:01:07","slug":"how-will-meditation-provide-peace-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/how-will-meditation-provide-peace-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"How Will Meditation  Provide Peace Of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n<!-- Post[count: 1] -->\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-leadin\" style=\"float:right;margin:12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8279754544979895\";\r\n\/* self improve3 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2464079329\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n\n<p>Millions of people around the world meditate \u2013 many on a daily basis.  However,  hundreds of surveys confirm that the vast majority of people are stuck in a life that they\u2019re not happy with.  Almost all of my <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>personal development<\/a> clients meditate \u2013 but a lot of them still find themselves stressed, worried and unhappy during the rest of the day.  So the important question is <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>can meditation give you peace of mind<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>For starters, there are plenty of people who don\u2019t even find peace of mind while they\u2019re meditating!   Their heads are all over the place, they\u2019re easily distracted or often they end up consumed by completely destructive thoughts.  All too often, when they meditate, they become even more frustrated than they were before they sat down because they believe that they don\u2019t know <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>how to meditate<\/a>.  However, even if you\u2019re an expert at meditating and get true peace of mind out of it, often than not that same focus and peace of mind doesn\u2019t stay with you as your day progresses.  You fall back to your stressed out state of mind.<\/p>\n<p>As normal people We\u2019re conditioned to be mentally all over the place \u2013 it\u2019s a simple fact of life.  And that\u2019s how we\u2019ll stay unless we take the appropriate steps \u2013 not just while we\u2019re meditating but throughout each and every day.  The first thing to understand is that meditation should be viewed as an exercise in mental discipline.  Basically, even if you\u2019re all over the place during your meditation, the determinationto see it through disciplines your mind.  You shouldn\u2019t worry, you shouldn\u2019t fret, you must decide to get on with your session.<\/p>\n<p>Even more importantly, I believe that most practitioners don\u2019t seem to make the link between meditating and what\u2019s going on during their daily existence.   You have to stop yourself during the day to evaluate how you\u2019re feeling.  There\u2019s more than a fifty-fifty chance that you\u2019ll be all over the place relative to the calm that can come over you during a good meditation session.  After you\u2019re determined your current state of mind, you need to take action to bring yourself back towards the optimum peaceful state of mind.  This doesn\u2019t have to be drastic action.  It can be something simple, like standing up from your desk for five minutes to take a breather \u2013 literally, focus on your inward and outward breathing, nobody else will even notice.    Or you could head outside for your habitual cigarette and really enjoy it \u2013 yeah, even smoking can be a meditation.  The important point is that you need to pause, check in with how you\u2019re feeling and tune back in to the reality of the moment.  <\/p>\n<p>Like I said, meditation is a discipline.  Discipline your mind often \u2013 not just with a quick session of meditation before the day gets going, but throughout the day too.  Otherwise, the peace of mind that you experience from (even if it\u2019s only every so often) will be of no practical use to you during the course of your daily life.  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