Compared to ancient times, our era is very luxurious in terms of the availability of knowledge. Almost all fields are supported by in-depth research.
In the past, stories of spirituality guarding the soul’s journey were only the monopoly of old holy books. Now it has entered the realm of brain research (neuro-science).
One of the important figures in this regard is Professor of psychology from Columbia University Dr. Lissa Miller who spends a lot of time researching the impact of spirituality on the brain.
Her presentation on youtube https://youtu.be/T0GETX5_VJ4 is very bright and clear. How spirituality can keep the brain from the possibility of mental illness such as depression.
Even better, spirituality can also control one’s life in a very convincing way. In short, there are 2 types of awareness namely achieving awareness and awakening awareness.
Most people are at achieving awareness (awareness of achieving something). The focus is looking for something in the future.
It is the root of many mental and spiritual ailments. Meanwhile, awakening awareness focuses on being happy and peaceful in the present moment.
Obviously, the difference between these two types of consciousness is vast. The first is prone to illness, the second is not only easy to be healthy, but their family is easy to be happy, the old age will also become beautiful.
In Indonesia, there is a very well-known public figure, namely Titiek Puspa, who clearly confessed in public how she was saved by meditation.
Even recovered from stage 3 cancer. Again because it was touched by meditation. Now it’s completely up to you which path you want to follow.
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Shambala meditation center: belkedamaian.org, bellofpeace.org
