MEDITATION

Meditation proved difficult to define because it propagated different practices in different traditions. In popular usage, the words "meditation" and the phrase "meditation practice" are often used imperceptibly to designate practices found in many cultures. [6] [19] These can include almost anything that is claimed to train mind meditation or to teach calm or compassion. [20] There is no definition of a necessary and sufficient criterion for meditation that has gained universal or widespread acceptance within the modern scientific community. In 1971, Claudio Naranjo stated that the term "meditation" has been used to designate a variety of practices that are sufficiently different from one another so that we have trouble figuring out what meditation is. [21]: 6A 2009 study mentioned. "There seems to be a persistent lack of consensus in the literature" and "the ease of defining attention".                                                                                                                                                                                   Meditation has been practiced in many religious traditions since antiquity around 1500 BC, often part of the path towards enlightenment and self realization. Meditation) come from the Hindu traditions of Vedantism, and meditation has a long tradition of being practiced in Hinduism. [7] Since the 19th century, Asian meditation techniques have spread to other cultures, where they have also found application in non-spiritual contexts. , Such as business and health. Meditation is a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.[1]:228–29[2]:180[3]:415[4]:107[5][6] Scholars have found meditation difficult to define, as practices vary both between traditions and within them.