LEARNING ABOUT MANAGEMENT OF STRESS
The basis for the successful management of stress lies in our helping our brain to cope more effectively with the stream of disturbing impulses.
Our brain sorts out the stream of impulses effectively if given moments of profound quietness, as in the meditation. Sleep works in a similar way but less effectively.
Moments of profound quietness come to us naturally, as in moments of repose, day-dreaming, pondering nature, or just strolling aimlessly, and in the togetherness of man and woman. In these conditions our brain idles and, unbeknown to ourselves, lapses into a rhythm in which the disturbing impulses are better integrated.
When our level of nervous tension is high, these natural ways of avoiding stress tend to elude us.
We can easily discipline ourselves into moments of profound quietness by simple meditation. This type of meditation works by producing conditions which help the brain integrate the nervous impulses coming into it; and its effect flows on into daily life.
To obtain the full effect of meditation we need to follow certain simple rules such as transcendence of slight discomfort, avoidance of awareness of our breathing, and the avoidance of any sense of striving.
Meditation is the key to the management of stress which allows us a full and active life without avoiding the problems which may beset us.
Additionally, those people who learn to use the inner resources of their mind in this way, not only enhance the coping power of their brain and suffer little stress, but also come to experience a heightened dimension of life that eludes most of us.
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