An 8-week Harvard study on Meditation led by a Harvard-affiliated team explored what if any measurable effects occurred in the human brain from mediation. MRI scans were used for change measurement. Those of us who are already familiar with meditative benefits will find the extent of change surprising. And for those still wondering if this practice is worth the time? Well, this could be your ultimate motivation. A summary of the study which appeared in the Harvard Gazette is

Impactful self-influences coming from ourselves that result in consequences on our well-being include: Physical functions Thoughts and attitude Desire to seek greater understandings Self-image Emotions - Do they control us? Degree of calmed quiet mind Balance between inner and outer life Each of these impacts the others, but the most powerful from the above listing are emotions and thoughts. Every moment of every day holds them. Some can lift and open us while others block a

How can Awareness, Wisdom, Intuition change the way you view things? AWARENESS is a new recognition about something, someone else, and/or ourselves. This new understanding is usually focused on physical life situations. WISDOM  is a deeper, broader, higher knowingness. It arises with our consciously living as part of and within the bigger web of existence. We know ourselves as an energy among many other vibrational types and kinds, each impacting the others. INTUITION is a