Mind over matter

Do you often get angry about small things? Feel depressed or start crying without really any big reasons? I often found myself stuck in past moments, but I turned it around. 

When I started to write this article, I wasn’t sure what to share but thought it best to start with my own experience. Most of us often suffer from trauma, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, poor concentration, etc. We are always busy thinking about the past and the future but forget to think of our present. To cope with this, I decided to practice meditation and recently completed a 10-day meditation camp. Now after reading this, I’m sure a lot of you will have questions so here are some of the important details about meditation. 

How to practice meditation?

 It’s quite simple. All you have to do is sit still in a place of your comfort; keep your back and neck straight, close your eyes, and start observing your breath and the sensations around your upper lip.

Why should you observe your breath and sensations? How does it help to be in the present?

 Breath and sensations are the two things that we can observe only in the present. We can’t observe breath and sensations of the past or future, and this helps us to be in the present.

However, when we observe our breath, it helps us improve our past and future because activities we do in our past are the things we are currently doing (the present), and what we are doing now will be the future. We all know that our minds wander every now and then. But if you can control your mind, then you can win over the whole world. Simply changing your body will not make a difference, but consciously observing the changes brought about by the physical adjustments will change all things. 

Why is it important to meditate?

 We all have inner and outer worlds, but we usually only think about the outer world. We focus on external happiness and depend only on external things to make us happy. When we lose this thing, we get sad and often depressed. Meditation helps us to be happy in our inner world. If we are happy from the inside, we will be happy externally, and we will not depend on external things for satisfaction. It helps us to balance our life. It explains to us that we should not be over-excited in good times, and we should not get depressed at our bad times.

What difference did it make for me? 

 After practicing meditation, I got mental peace, was relaxed, and it made me calmer. I can control my anger, keep depression at bay, and be happier than I ever was. 

What are the perks of meditating?

 It helps us to be present, control our anger, increase concentration, improve self-esteem, and maintain mental peace.