The fourth of the Seven Principles of Mindfulness in Healing from the book, Healing with the Seven Principles of Mindfulness is to practice daily meditation. Here is why.
Meditation strengthens the mind like exercise strengthens the body. With daily exercise, your muscles become toned and your body feels great. If you miss a day or two, you being to feel it right away. Your muscles begin to atrophy, but you can correct this by returning to daily exercise.
The same is true for meditation. When you practice diligently, day in and day our, you develop personal traits like wisdom, compassion, joy, equanimity, loving kindness, generosity, patience, and many more. You develop as sense of calmness that changes your attitudes about almost everything in life.
But if you miss a day, you might miss another day and then you continue to miss days for a while. The benefits you had gained begin to atrophy and you vow to begin meditating again soon.
So the upshot is to practice daily meditation, even if it is only for 9 minutes a day, so that the benefits you have achieved remain and you experience a lot more happiness in your life.
Then there is the concept of meditation in daily life. When you wash the dishes, simply wash the dishes. Don’t wash your projects, your worries, your fear or your anxieties. When you do the laundry, just do the laundry. Don’t carry your work as you carry your laundry back to your room to put away. Simply do the laundry.
There are dozens of meditation practices that you can learn to do without much effort, and this blog is dedicated to inspiring you to adopt a daily meditation practice.
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