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Greater

self-understanding

Increased intuition and

creativity

Stable emotions

Develops whole-brain

function

Vikas Malkaniis one of Asia’s leading teachers of

meditation, a best-selling author and the founder of

SoulCentre, a premier centre for Meditation, Mindfulness

and Stress Management in Singapore. http://www.soulcentre.org

Write to him at [email protected]

Meditation gives us a safe place to spend quiet time with the
thoughts we have. We are able to observe our inner dreams
and desires clearly, and any hidden fears and insecurities also
come into sharper focus. By observing yourself objectively,
without self-judgment, your self-understanding increases. This
decreases the unconscious need to enforce external control on
people and events.

Meditation develops focus and the ability to block out distracting events

and thoughts. When the mind is calm and focused, intuition and inspiration

can be accessed. Meditation creates a relaxed mind that is alert, and this

empowers clearer decision-making.

One of the key elements of learning and practicing meditation
is that it shows you how you are creating your own emotions,
and enables you to develop tools that can change the negative
emotions into positive and beneficial ones. Thus meditation
brings emotional stability and balance, and this makes you a
better husband, father, team leader or life partner. You become
more patient and positive as you go through the daily grind
of life. Instead of reacting to every situation or result that life
brings, you calmly assess it and then make conscious decisions
for the desired objectives.

Reports published in the International Journal

of Neuroscience claim that higher levels of

electroencephalogram (EEG)coherence measured

duringthe practice of meditation are significantly

correlated with increased efficiency in learning

new concepts, more principled moral reasoning,

higher verbal IQ, decreased neuroticism and

increased neurological efficiency. With your brain

function optimized, your actions become efficient

and your results shoot up.

Success through meditation

Studies have shown that the benefits of meditation include a calm
mind, stress-release, regulated blood pressure, stable emotions,
control of anger and freedom from depression and anxiety. Improved
focus and concentration are also a result of regular meditation practice.
Additionally, meditation is known to bring about anti-ageing effects in
the body and mind.
Meditation is currently being used in almost all sports coaching,
including golf, running, weight lifting, cycling, tennis, swimming and
the martial arts. By training our mind, we can raise our performance to
a higher level of excellence.
For men, meditation is not just good for the health and body, it is
also good for business and the bottom line. Having taught meditation
and mindfulness to a range of CEO’s, top entrepreneurs, celebrities,
psychologists, educators and thousands of individuals keen on
maximising their life, I stand by my statement that meditation is the
ultimate life management system available to us.