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Silence - Melathonin and Meditation

by Maria Ferreira da Silva

in 14 Dec 2016

  (...previous) The restlessness and agitation of worldly existence has an extremely negative effect on the mind, blocking thought processes and obstructing the irradiation of the Light of Love in the Heart.

Time dedicated to Meditation is essential for our physical and mental well-being, and a period during the day should be set “aside” for it; this may impinge on one’s daily routine, but in order to achieve effective results one’s Meditation practice should not be subject to any constraints of time. An essential part of the daily routine, Meditation requires organisation and discipline; it is Meditation that changes the being internally and the way in which we think and live, and dilutes the impact of mundane affairs. The way we deal with outer world gradually starts to change and we discover new values associated with meanings and goals of which were previously ignorant. This transformation of the mind and the consciousness awakens cerebral faculties which were previously dormant (passive), such as creativity and spirituality. As far as the emotions are concerned, our baser desires can be sublimated in aspiration to higher goals: well-being for ourselves and others, spiritual aspiration and the knowledge of God. Within the brain, there are certain cells specifically designed to create and stimulate a beatific and mystical impulse. However, they are only activated when one has already developed certain prerogatives, such as purity of living and thought on a higher plane. Meanwhile, one may be born with a certain degree of development, in which case these are manifested spontaneously, and this is the explanation for some unconscious mystical states.

This mystical activity of the brain, which could be termed “sweetness”, is stimulated by Meditation. Intervals between Meditation sessions should not be too long to provide for a degree of continuity; otherwise, the cerebral capacity for maintaining active cells impregnated with “beatitude” may be severely impaired. Meditation provides the means for maintaining them active and feeding them with energy, in order to help neurons “multiply” and produce the next flow of “sweetness”. Thus, the pleasure we feel (inner joy) is due to the ability of the brain to change the state of certain chemical substances such as “sugars”. The more “sugars” there are (chemical transformation of cells), the longer our feeling of well-being and happiness lasts. These “sugars” have nothing to do with the sugar we normally eat and is transformed by the body, but they are rather a sweet chemical element “produced” during Meditation that causes the feeling of “sweetness” or happiness.
Higher communion with the Divine through Meditation awakens and creates these “sugars” in the brain, by means of a stimulus to certain glands, such as the pineal gland, which gives us “pleasure” or beatitude. The greater the aspiration to and communion with the divine planes, the greater the happiness and enlightenment in the brain. This process culminates in ecstasy: the sam€dhi of the Indian tradition. Curiously, it is intuition and instinct that causes many people to eat sugar or its by-products, since it immediately causes a certain amount of pleasure due to the stimulus to the cells. However, if this need is satisfied by the practice of Meditation, the cells themselves will stimulate the brain to produce such “sweetness”, which is product of the human body, and remove the need to seek it in stimulants such as drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and refined sugar, which are so prejudicial to our health.
The love we feel inside ourselves also stimulates this area of the brain, but few people know how to direct it towards God or universally, and it is in relationships between two beings that this pleasure or happiness is most highly developed and activated. Sex is another stimulant, but if it is practised to excess, the cells (of the pineal gland) which produce happiness can be impaired and destroyed, leading to the opposite effect: unhappiness.
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