Keeping in mind that we are all craving benefits in this time of financial toil and trouble on our globe it occurs to me that even in the practice of meditation we could be doing the same.
We could choose not to be sold on the idea of meditation, for instance, simply for the sake of participating in a popular trend.
Personally, I want to hear about benefits.
True, I want to know what the practice of meditation is going to cost me in terms of cash outlay, if any, and also how much of my time will be required.
However, I also want to know why and how meditation is going to benefit me.
It's no secret that time is our most important asset.
I don't want to waste any of my time or spend it on something like meditation that MIGHT produce positive results twenty years from now (or longer) - if I do it right! Cash? I could lose cash and recoup it over time but I could never regain twenty years of wasted effort with minimum return or lost time with NO return.
I need to be convinced that I can see this meditating thing through to the end with benefits in hand.
I need to believe it is worth both my cash investment and my time investment and I need to be fairly certain about what I get out of it.
Are my benefits to be more than a peaceful timeout from the rat race and a happy, Zen look upon my face? I needed convincing.
And convinced I was! I began meditating about six months ago.
It wasn't romantic ideal or the desire to escape for an hour a day that persuaded me.
I was convinced, by purely scientific research that assured me that something truly evolutionary and beneficial would happen in my brain.
I was converted by research revealing the benefits of Entrainment Tones.
According to the research, these tones would create new neuropathways in my brain.
I was excited at the prospect of lasting and positive changes occurring in my brain.
I went on to learn that as I meditated, low thresholds for tolerance and were turning into high thresholds for tolerance and stress and concentration.
I saw myself functioning better and becoming more resilient in the face of stress and anxiety.
More than ever I began to feel like part of a solution as opposed to an unwitting traveler stumbling down the same anxiety driven road we humans have traveled for centuries.
And all this was being accomplished by Entrainment Tones that only my brain could hear! I like it when various membership dues simultaneously build up benefits like, Reward Points, that I can use same as cash, all without supervision on my part.
I like it when my credit card company calls and offers me the benefit of low cost Identity Theft protection.
They do the monitoring - I get the peace of mind.
My mother would have laughed aloud at the thought of protecting her identity much less spending actual money on it! In today's world, however, I know all too well the dangers of ignoring the warning signs after having three credit card numbers stolen and thousands of fraudulent charges applied to my accounts! I accepted the facts as they are and have joined the ranks of millions who have their identities and numbers stolen every year.
One thing is sure, I cannot protect my identity or my numbers with the same old tools of yesterday! So, while accepting facts, it wasn't difficult to accept my own need to evolve.
Tired of trying to change the same old problems with the same old tools; with the same old brain that continued to function in the same old way, I chose to evolve and felt hopeful that I could tackle some old and new issues alike with a whole new set of tools! I'm glad to be alive today! I like the idea of positive, evolutionary change to my brain! I think it's time.
I feel invigorated to know that I am not only ready to move through my evolutionary cycle of life but that it is actually possible! Benefits - I like 'em!