We have organized our life in a way which we thought can bring us enjoyment, but little do we realize that we are only deluding ourselves. The modern world creates excitement but not happiness. This excitement disturbs our minds and upsets our nervous systems. Meditation is the only way to calm the mind and the nervous system in order to help us to lead a healthy life through spiritual development.

The Buddha has said, ‘Health is the highest gain.’

If we neglect our health, no matter what we gain, we will lead a very miserable life. It is already established that meditation is the remedy for many physical and mental sicknesses. Medical authorities and great psychologists the world over say that mental frustration, worries, miseries, anxieties, tension and fear are the cause of many diseases. And even latent sickness will be aggravated through such mental conditions.

Naturally, the untrained mind is very elusive and persuades people to commit evil and become slaves of the senses. Imagination and emotions always mislead man if his mind is not properly trained. One who knows how to practice meditation will be able to control his mind when it is misled by the senses.

Most of the troubles we are confronting today are due to the untrained and uncultured mind.

The Buddha discovered that meditation is the only way to find peace and realize the ultimate of life. He had, therefore, made the practice of mindfulness central to his Teaching.

Mindfulness, then can be summarized as:

- The unfailing master key for knowing the mind, and is thus the starting point;

- The perfect tool for shaping the mind, and is thus the focal point;

- The lofty manifestation of the achieved freedom of the mind, and is thus the culminating point.

The Buddha made it very clear that this is the only method for us to gain final liberation from an unsatisfactory existence in this life.