For those inspired by the monks of antiquity but lacking the time and resources required to go AWOL for weeks at a time, escaping to a spiritual retreat for a couple days makes for a good consolation it definitely beats living in an actual cave! At a typical retreat, you are afforded all the privacy required to keep prying eyes off your tiger-striped yoga tights, but also have the option of connecting with many like-minded souls (pronounced: sympathetic awakening starseeds, in the New-Age lingo) eager to share their preferred religious practices and wear your spiritual t shirts online. Accompanied by vivid descriptions of any metaphysical (out of body) experiences they had had.
For those feeling aversion to the suggestion, their usual excuse is that what is taught at such gatherings run contrary to the beliefs they were brought up with. But these exercises do not require you take up an entirely new religion, merely to be open-minded enough to try a new (albeit ancient) approach to spirituality.
Living in this world can become a burden on so many levels. Added to that, the air we breath along with the water we drink being considered too contaminated for human consumption by many authorities, one sometimes has to take drastic action just to achieve, and maintain, some semblance of health in our current civilization.
And, according to the findings of the American Psychological Association, there is a direct link between chronic stress and the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, irreversible liver damage, suicide, and the negligent kinds of behavior that cause accidents. It becomes cliche to say that the stress is the number one killer, but considering that more than 75 percent of all visits to the doctor are for stress-related ailments, and given their close relationship to cardiac-related issues, more and more people are taking it to heart (pun intended). There's a growing awareness about the importance, some might say necessity, of making regular getaways from the fast-paced rat race that is modern living.
And with many scientific journals highlighting our mental shortcomings as the cause of our physical failings, people in general have been eager to come to better understandings of how to better influence their minds into influencing their bodies back into health and well-being.
Many are disheartened upon learning that the downside to taking medication is usually the development of further illnesses as their bodies react negatively to many of the chemical compounds used in the production of medicine. So, what was meant to heal actually holds the potential to kill. But as people became aware of the existence of many religious practices of health-based entirely on non-invasive methods, they have been flocking to learn their secrets ever since.
And if you have ever been involved in a heated debate, you will know it is impossible to both listen and speak at the same time. So, the impossibility of achieving a proper meditative state (inner silence) while having to contend with your inner-dialogue (that constantly chattering voice in your head) has to lead many people, in their desperation, to seek out places of solitude. Many committing to spending weeks and months in total isolation from the world.
And one simply cannot place enough stock on the value of developing greater levels of focus and concentration, especially with the juggling act that is day-to-day living. Taking up a daily practice like mediation which can be achieved by simply getting into the habit of taking long, slow, and deep breaths is one of the simplest methods of reintroducing the mind-body mechanism back into its inherent, preferred state of health and wholeness.
For those feeling aversion to the suggestion, their usual excuse is that what is taught at such gatherings run contrary to the beliefs they were brought up with. But these exercises do not require you take up an entirely new religion, merely to be open-minded enough to try a new (albeit ancient) approach to spirituality.
Living in this world can become a burden on so many levels. Added to that, the air we breath along with the water we drink being considered too contaminated for human consumption by many authorities, one sometimes has to take drastic action just to achieve, and maintain, some semblance of health in our current civilization.
And, according to the findings of the American Psychological Association, there is a direct link between chronic stress and the six leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, irreversible liver damage, suicide, and the negligent kinds of behavior that cause accidents. It becomes cliche to say that the stress is the number one killer, but considering that more than 75 percent of all visits to the doctor are for stress-related ailments, and given their close relationship to cardiac-related issues, more and more people are taking it to heart (pun intended). There's a growing awareness about the importance, some might say necessity, of making regular getaways from the fast-paced rat race that is modern living.
And with many scientific journals highlighting our mental shortcomings as the cause of our physical failings, people in general have been eager to come to better understandings of how to better influence their minds into influencing their bodies back into health and well-being.
Many are disheartened upon learning that the downside to taking medication is usually the development of further illnesses as their bodies react negatively to many of the chemical compounds used in the production of medicine. So, what was meant to heal actually holds the potential to kill. But as people became aware of the existence of many religious practices of health-based entirely on non-invasive methods, they have been flocking to learn their secrets ever since.
And if you have ever been involved in a heated debate, you will know it is impossible to both listen and speak at the same time. So, the impossibility of achieving a proper meditative state (inner silence) while having to contend with your inner-dialogue (that constantly chattering voice in your head) has to lead many people, in their desperation, to seek out places of solitude. Many committing to spending weeks and months in total isolation from the world.
And one simply cannot place enough stock on the value of developing greater levels of focus and concentration, especially with the juggling act that is day-to-day living. Taking up a daily practice like mediation which can be achieved by simply getting into the habit of taking long, slow, and deep breaths is one of the simplest methods of reintroducing the mind-body mechanism back into its inherent, preferred state of health and wholeness.
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