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1、WhatismeditationTherearemanyformsofmeditation,traditionalreligiousways,modern,nonspiritual,spiritual,orpsychologicalpractices,andthecentralfeatureofallformsofmeditationisconcentration-thefocusofrelaxationisonasinglepoint...Leadone'smindtoaparticularprojectorregion
2、ofthought(Titmuss,1999,Kolb,Cooper,1999).Whenthefocusisdivine,itiscalledprayer;ifanidea,asubject,orathingiscalledmeditation,repeatingasentencerepeatedlyiscalledamantrameditation".Ofcourse,meditationisalsoofteninordertodevelopsomeunderstandingofthephenomenonofatten
3、tion,likebreathing,waterorwhistle.Becausemeditationisknowntoinducerelaxationresponses,thisapproachisoftenrecommendedbypsychologists.Thecreationofstandardclinicalmeditation,Standarized,Clinical,Meditation(SCM),isatherapeutictoolwithoutanymysteriouselements.Inaword,
4、allformsofmeditationarecalming,anxious,mental,soothing,stressandsoothingmethodssuchasthemonkey'smind.ThebenefitsofmeditationAlthoughthetraditionalmeditationisthehighestgoalistodevelopinsight,wisdom,consciousnessandthecultivationofinnerjoy,butmeditationisimmediatea
5、ndmaineffectisaccompaniedwithcalm,slow,flatandThenewsupersedestheold.senseofrelaxationandhealthbenefits(JianaluoatGunaratana,1992).Saimenta(Simonton,1978)thestudyfoundthatmeditationappliedtocancerpatientscaneffectivelychangethepsychologicalstatusofthepatientsandaf
6、fecttheirresponsetoradiationtherapyoreffect.Saimentasummedupthementalstatecanaffectpeople'simmunesystemresponse.Thisagainshowsthepressurecomfort,calmheartandrelaxthebodyisessentialforthehealthofthemostpowerful.Howdoyoustartandmeditate?Whenyoubeginmeditation,youmus
7、tfirstfindawaytoisolateyourselffromthebusynessofeverydaylife.Ifyouwaitforthebustlingtoblockyou,thenyoumayneverstart.Youcanstartbycreatingspacesorplacesthatsimplybelongtoyou.Thiscanbeaquietplace,butitcanalsobeasituationalspacecreatedbyheadphonesandsounds.Next,choos
8、eaposture-sitting,standing,walkingorlyingdown,tocultivatetheabilityofyourattentionisveryimportanttothefourpositions(RosenbergRosenBerger,1998).Decidehow
