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renewed energy and poise. With stress under control, our capacity for happiness is naturally expanded.
Physical benefits: Meditation provides a deep form of rest that works wonders for the human nervous system. This increases the human capacity for managing stressful situations and provides a sense of increased energy for handling all aspects of daily living. Meditation brings the body, mind, emotions and spirit into harmony. Disease is a word meaning literally a form of discord which reflects from the emotions onto the physical body. Extensive research projects have produced valid claims for meditation helping control many ailments including hypertension, anxiety and panic attacks. This of course is not the reason why we practice PAM. All these advantages of meditation as prescribed in the system help us to implement the Commandments of the Master more easily. Earnest seekers know that many a time it is our bodily ailment that hinders our practice and therefore these points were covered to note that we are not neglecting our body or mind in any sense of the term when we attend to meditation.
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