What is also emerging is the concept of health as not being just reference to the physical well being or absence of disease. Rather it is the realization that peaceful mind in harmony with the environment is a requirement for a truly god health.

So what really is meditation?

There are various forms of meditation; these vary depending on the lead inspiration for the meditation. For example, Buddhists meditation may have a few areas of variation from that practiced by followers of Toa. Some aspects meditation emphasized in the Eastern tradition may not be emphasized in Zen meditation.

Whatever the meditation, there are certain features that cut across various types of meditation. These features are what provide the healing and relaxation associated with meditation. This makes meditation a science that provides similar results across board. It does not matter whether you are in the United States of America or Japan or African or Australia, you will be able to enjoy all the benefits of meditation.

Perhaps this is arises from the fact that every human being has more than just the brains and the body. There is a space in us that is often empty and does not get filled by the material things. You have to fulfill this emptiness to be able to feel at home and in harmony with the rest of the planet earth.

How is meditation done or practiced?

All the forms of meditation focus on keeping the body at inert position and allowing a focus in the inside. This focus can be termed as a focus on the spirit. This emanates from the fact that more often than not, we engage our bodies in too much hustle and tussle that we lack the time to really find ourselves. Finding self is more of finding purpose in the many events or activities we undertake.

Meditation therefore often involves sitting down quietly. The environment must be serene and no distractions should be allowed. The body and mind are let free of thoughts and attentive to self.

One of the most successful meditations is one practiced in dahn yoga. This form of meditation is based on principles of Ilchi Lee. The practitioners of this type of meditation have develop a tradition of visiting particular sites in middle East for meditation. The result is great self awareness, being at peace and healing from lifestyle diseases such as diabetes. Dahn yoga presents a full package of meditation and promotes unity among the adherents.

Walk with feet parallel while putting strength on Yong-chun, an energy point located at the ball of the foot, and on the toes.

Tuck the tailbone upward and tighten your lower abdomen. As you walk lean forward slightly, tilting forward about one degree. Walk with an open chest. Breathe naturally into the abdomen, being sure to exhale completely.

Walk with a bright smile. Walk with a sense of purpose and forward momentum. Swing both arms freely as you walk. Feel subtle vibrations spreading throughout the soles, chest, and the entire body.

As you ride the wave of your life, look ahead to the waves that are coming, but keep yourself in harmony with the moment. The wave will go up, and the wave will go down. Either way, realize the natural beauty of this and learn to always be grateful. This is the source of lasting joy.

Just focus intently, and soon you will become clearer and clearer to yourself. You can start with a general idea of who you want to be by setting small, attainable goals. As you gain confidence and awareness, your true identity will become increasingly obvious, like an image emerging on a Polaroid photograph.

Most importantly, always remember that this training is for you. You are not doing it to please anyone or to gain anything from someone else. This is a precious moment with yourself in a world that is always calling you outside yourself. Even five minutes of practice can become eternal if you allow yourself to go deep inside to explore the infinite landscape within you.

Young teenagers understand this instinctively, and thus they often seek to define themselves through associations with certain musical styles. Unfortunately, the music they seek is not always that which lifts them to higher states; more often they are drawn to music that resonates with their current state of consciousness. Just as they are drawn to other kids with similar levels of consciousness, they are drawn to music that resonates with their current brain wave patterns. In other words, a dark, angst-ridden teen is likely to be drawn to similarly themed music, where a more happy-go-lucky type might be more inclined to upbeat pop tunes. The same is also true for adults, even if somewhat less obviously.

Serendipitously, the word mu can also translate as “nothingness.” The state of mu, or nothingness, is achieved during Brain Wave Vibration when the mind is truly empty of thought, and you are able to simply follow the rhythms of life without hesitation. At this point, the boundaries of your body cease to exist, and you may experience a profound sense of oneness—first with the rhythms of your own body and ultimately with the universal rhythms of all life as your sense of separation fades away.

Much of our mythology teaches us that life is about finding our way back to oneness. In Korean traditions, we have the story of Mago, an Earth spirit analogous to Mother Earth in Western society. At one point, humanity was in accord with Mago, and there was a state of perfect peace and harmony. Like in the biblical story of Eden, this paradise was eventually lost as people began to divide themselves.

According to the mythologies of many cultures, humanity once lived harmoniously only to lose this perfect existence. The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is a familiar example.

Seeking Oneness

When you consider the many different manifestations of spiritual experience in the world, it obviously does no good to debate which one is right. That has been the root of unbelievable amounts of suffering in the world. In fact, in the way I see spirituality, it is quite contradictory to differentiate in this way. It is best rather to focus on the concepts we have in common.

One thing is clear to me: the brain is indeed designed for spiritual experience. It is also clear that such experience does not come from thinking long and hard about the minutiae of theological issues. Rather, it comes from a quieting of the thinking mind so that one mav open up to the mysteries of experience.

To me, it is not a worthwhile question to debate the existence or nonexistence of God. One way or the other, the spiritual realm is beyond the power of the human mind to describe, and as soon as we attempt to put our experience of it into words, we have already shrunken it, regardless of how beautifully we speak.