MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MEDITATION

Meditation belongs to any culture or religion.

Meditation is a serious religious practice.

Meditation is just a therapy or exercise.

Meditation is hypnosis or autosuggestion.

Meditation is an eastern technique.

You have to learn to suppress, cease or control your thoughts to meditate.

Meditation is turning off your thoughts or making your mind a blank.

Meditation involves becoming spaced out or less conscious.

Meditation means going into a trance.

Meditation is just a relaxation technique.

The purpose of meditation is to become a psychic superman.

Meditation is for saints and holy men, not for regular people

Meditation is for old age or middle age people and not for children and youths.

Meditation makes a person less active, boring and dull.

Meditation is running away from reality.

A week of meditation and all my problems will go away.

Meditation is selfish.

Meditation is dangerous and a prudent person should avoid it.

Meditation is a mysterious practice which cannot be understood.

Meditation is not successful unless we see interesting things in our mind.

Meditation is self-hypnosis.