Meditation and studies, How can meditation help a Student

Often students want to learn meditation in the hope that meditation will help them in scoring better marks in exams. This is a myth or a wrong idea that meditation helps in studies or in cramming a subject. Practicing Meditation helps the student a lot but not in the way they expect.

In fact meditation could be the biggest help for a student who is unsure about his future and needs guidance. If a student practice meditation regularly and sincerely then the student will be more calm and at ease. He will be relaxed and only a relaxed mind can understand any subject. If the mind is already tense and filled with thoughts then how can a student understand the subtle points of a topic. Relaxation is very important to understand anything.

Whereas if we talk about cramming a subject then concentration will be of more help than that of Meditation and unfortunately many times we have to cram some topics to pass exam. In that scenario, concentration should be used and is quite helpful. There are many concentration exercises and the one which I used to do in my college days was Tratak on a point made in the wall. Tratak is an indian word which means continuously staring at a point without blinking the eyes and keep on staring for some minutes even if tears come to the eyes. After Tratak one should close the eyes for some minutes and let them relax.

One can do Tratak on Osho's eyes also or even on the picture of Om. But as a beginner we should avoid doing Tratak on sun or on fire. It is better to learn it from a good book or from a teacher. Please don't start practicing it on the basis of what I have written here. I have just given few hints and it could be dangerous. Wrong Tratak can make the eye sight weaker and may harm them. So we have to be careful.

If Meditation flowers in a student's life then that his life can take a very beautiful turn. e.g. as a student we all need guidance. We are not sure what should we do further in life, what profession we should choose and most of the time, almost in 99% of cases we end up in the wrong profession and regret or crib through out life. Meditation can be of great help in finding and pursuing a career or skill which we like and which we are naturally good in.

It is not even neccessary to meditate for knowing what profession we should choose. But the pressure and expectation from society, parents and friends is so much that we ignore our own voice and end up choosing a wrong career. Meditation helps a lot in this regard. It gives integrity to the meditator and a certain clarity about things and situations in life.

So, In the end I will summarise..

1. If a student wants to cram a topic, then concentration will be of good help
2. If a Student wants to understand and deepen his knowledge of the subject then meditation will be of help. Meditation makes us more relaxed and intuitive too. Many of the scientific discoveries are made because of intuition. Intuition is directly related with self-love and relaxation. It often comes in the moment of relaxation and more to those people who are loving and heart-oriented.
3. Meditation gives clarity and integrity to follow our own path in life and it is very important to struggle initially for some years to pursue our own skill rather than struggle through out the life.

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