The Transformative Power of Daily Meditation: Part 2
Welcome to the second part of the series on the transformative power of daily meditation. If you’re reading this, you may be wondering how meditation can help improve your life.
Have you ever stopped to think about how many times today you’ve had worrying thoughts or felt angry, or blamed yourself? These negative emotions can have a significant impact on your behaviour and relationships. But what if there was a way to improve your emotional well-being and reduce the negative impact of these emotions? This is where meditation comes in.
In this article, I will delve into the emotional benefits I have experienced by incorporating meditation into my daily routine.
Meditation Helped Me Overcome Stress and Anxiety
I was struggling with stress and anxiety from my personal and professional life, and I knew I needed to find a way to manage these negative emotions. When I get stressed, it often leads to negative emotions and a tendency to ruminate on past mistakes. This can lead to a cycle of frustration and even more stress. That’s when I turned to meditation.
I found a teacher on their journey to self-realisation, and everything they taught me was designed to improve my awareness and deflate my ego.
I started practising meditation every day, which included some breathing exercises, prayers, and yoga. It wasn’t easy at first, as my attention kept wandering. But over time, I learned to gently bring my focus back to the present moment and avoid getting caught up in distracting thoughts.
I have now learned to see thoughts as just thoughts. Most of the time, I can choose whether to engage with self-blaming thoughts that come into my mind. As a result, I am less stressed and worried overall.
Studies show that we have about 6,000 thoughts per day, and while we can’t control them all, meditation helps us have greater control over how we react to them!
Meditation Helped Me Find Confidence and Inner Peace
As social animals, we often seek validation from others for various reasons. But when we don’t get the validation we are looking for, it can be frustrating and lead to negative emotions. Through meditation, I have learned to observe my ego and become more self-aware.
Observing my ego has been a very powerful and interesting experience, as it has helped me to understand myself and my intentions more deeply. This has allowed me to stay as genuine as possible, which has further increased my confidence. Even if people don’t always like me, I have the satisfaction of knowing that I am being true to myself.
As a result, my need to seek validation from others has decreased, and I am able to find peace with myself most of the time.
Of course, there are still times when my ego takes over, and I find myself acting in a way that is not true to myself.
But through my practice of meditation, I have developed the skills to recognise when this is happening and gently bring myself back to a place of self-awareness. Overall, meditation has helped me find self-confidence in all areas of my life.
Meditation Transformed My Approach to Forgiveness
Before I started practising daily meditation, I had a strong moral compass and often worried about the good and bad things I did. While I knew what was right and wrong, I didn’t always have the power to resist my urges. But through meditation, I have developed greater willpower and mindfulness, which has helped me talk myself out of bad situations more often and feel less guilt after making a mistake.
I have also learned the importance of forgiveness, both for myself and others. When things don’t go as planned, and I make the same mistake again, I try to remind myself that we all make mistakes and it’s important to be kind and forgiving. This approach has significantly improved the quality of relationships I have and allowed me to move on more quickly without letting negative events affect my inner peace.
In fact, I no longer judge others or their actions and instead try to see things as they are without letting my own biases or expectations get in the way.
Meditation has played a crucial role in helping me transform my approach to forgiveness and relationships.
Conclusion: The Emotional Benefits of Meditation
It is often the case that we are fighting our own personal battles that others may not be aware of, and we may spend a lot of energy trying to be understood and validated by others. Many of the challenges we face in daily life are caused by our ego, and meditation can be an effective way to get our ego under control, leading to improved emotional well-being.
Suppose you are interested in finding greater happiness and inner peace. In that case, I highly recommend giving meditation a try to see how it can fit into your life and bring about positive change.
In the next article of this series, I will delve into the mental benefits that I have experienced through meditation. But before that, if you want to learn more about how I started my journey, be sure to check out the first article of this publication, “Who Am I.”
Thank you for reading, and I hope that this series has provided some helpful insights into the transformative power of daily meditation.
