MEDITATION

The reason meditation works is because it slows down our brain waves. The deeper the meditation the slower the brainwave. The slower the brain wave the more we can access our Creativity, Inspiration and Intuition... When we begin to daydream in the middle of the day and twenty minutes later we suddenly 'wake up' and realize that we have absolutely no idea what transpired around us during that time it is because we entered a slower brainwave rhythm.

Of course faster brainwaves are crucial to our survival.  They make us ultra alert to danger .... in the fight or flight state our brainwaves are in hyper mode.    But although that means we are very focused on an acute need and therefore have the better chance of physical survival .... it is certainly not the best state to be in when making more subtle decisions and observations.

The faster brainwaves equate with a narrowing of consciousness. We seem and are very alert .... but over a very narrow field of awareness. We only focus on the information needed to relieve ourselves of the perceived threat.    Sometimes the threat is very real, sometimes it`s something that seems threatening only because of a misinterpretation.  If it`s real then we need the narrow focus and the narrow focus is an appropriate state to be in.   However, meditation, because it broadens our overall awareness and consciousness makes the chances of a threat that is only a misinterpretation less and less likely.