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Chapter 3: Role of Meditational Approaches in Mental Well-Being

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Introduction

  • The absence of disease or infirmity is not sufficient to be considered healthy, according to the World Health Organisation.
  • Hippocrates’ Science of Medicine establishes the objective of medicine as the complete eradication of the distress of the sick.

Holistic health and healing

  • Only treatments or procedures that promote the wellbeing of the entire person, including the body, mind, and soul, can provide holistic well-being.
  • A human being has several internal organs and external limbs, all of which need to work together in harmony to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
  • Health is restored through healing. Healing encompasses not only the physical body but also the mind and the emotions.
  • Not just the individual's rehabilitation is required, but also the healing of all of humanity and the world.
  • People with the largest muscles were thought to be the healthiest and most resilient in the early history of the planet. Later, the best chance of surviving was intellectual strength. The individual with the purest and strongest heart will have the best health and will survive the best both now and in the future.

The Fundamental Intelligence of the Heart in Healing

  • The maintenance of a life force, or our continuing to be alive, is the cornerstone of our well health.
  • varied civilizations have varied names for what keeps us alive, including rooh, soul, atman, etc.
  • A better way to use the heart is to love more deeply, to forgive more often, to be kind and generous, to raise our consciousness, and this naturally leads to better health.

Internal hygiene through meditation

  • To prevent mental diseases, one must practise good internal cleanliness. If one's internal hygiene is compromised by flaws, they cannot get enough sleep or develop knowledge.
  • A person lacks the ability to distinguish between good and bad or right and wrong.
  • By making natural dietary and exercise changes, as well as by cultivating a meditative and prayerful attitude, many health issues can be resolved.
  • With heartfulness, one can practise a basic natural meditation with ease.
  • Additionally, a natural increase in self-control and lifestyle choices has numerous cascading advantages.

Conclusion

It is commonly established that meditational techniques have significantly improved emotional resilience, mental health, and overall well-being.

It eases tension, brings tranquilly, and deals with the underlying causes of many issues.

 

 

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