... such as God, Buddha, est. Although defining meditation is usually a struggle, it can be seen as "initiating the clearing of the mind through the narrowing of attention to one point -from an object or a sound to a complete stillness where thought rests."(Roberts& Groom, 2001, p.120). West defined meditation in rather different way:" an exercise in which the individual turns attention or awareness to dwell upon a single object, concept, sound, image, or experience, with the intention of gaining greater spiritual or experiential and existential insight, or of achieving improved psychological well-being."(West, 1991, p.10) In the past years, large numbers of people in Europe and America have learned and practiced meditation. The clearing of the mind through meditation is one of the oldest forms of human behaviour. It is a state of full relaxation, a sense of being beyond though in an absolute stillness. "Through meditation we somehow had ...

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