Meditation for Thursday 26 February 2026
A recent paper published by the Contemplative Studies Centre at the University of Melbourne showed that after surveying 2,643 people in Australia and New Zealand that 32.8% in Australia and 24.9% in New Zealand practiced meditation in the past year.
Most surveyed said they meditated to assist with their mental health.
Whatever our motivation for practicing meditation we know that in a life lived in awareness, a life lived out of the practice of meditation, even the most mundane of things are things of wonder.
The fact that we are alive is the biggest wonder of all.
In living a meditative, contemplative life it actually defies an exact description however at its essence is the experience, moment by moment of our own existence.
Ideally living in this way, we pare down life until we see it as it really is, free from our illusions – it is a mental divestment of ourselves until we recognise our own true nature.
Meditation invites us to see the essence behind the world of appearances. It is also practical because it assists us to live more spontaneously, even joyously because it enables us to clearly see the sacredness of everything, even of existence itself.
When we see this essence, we have a clear understanding of the meaning of life. Life is not a quest for leisure or pleasure as Freud believed, or a quest for power, but a quest for meaning.
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Meditation
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