"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom." —Buddha

佛陀说，冥想带来智慧，不冥想则无知。清楚知道引导和阻止你前进的因素，你就能选对那条带领你走向智慧的大道。

Meditation is a way of clearing your mind; it offers you the ability to enter new levels of relaxation, it's also a technique that can help you conceive new ideas.

冥想有助于理清思路，更好地放松，也是获得灵感的好方法。

Meditation is a way to get clear on what you really want from life, and if you meditate on your desires long enough, you will discover a way to manifest them.

冥想可以让你清楚自己到底想要的是什么。如果你一直对自己向往之物进行冥想的话，你就会找到通往梦想之路。

Meditation serves four main purposes:

冥想的四大功效：

1. It serves to clear your mind.

冥想有助于理清思绪。

After a long day at work, it's essential that you take time to relax your mind and reduce your stress. Meditation affords you the ability to significantly reduce your stress-levels because it gives you a much needed break from the hustle-and-bustle of life.

在一天长时间的工作之后，你需要花点时间来放松思想，缓解压力。冥想可以有效地提升你缓解压力的能力，因为通过冥想你可以给你纷繁的生活放个假。

2. Meditation also relaxes your body.

冥想有助于放松身体。

Through meditation you can leave your suburb or apartment and transcend to the shores of Hawaii. Just doing this for a few minutes a day will give you a higher-quality of life by relaxing your body and changing your mood.

通过冥想，你可以离开你所居住的郊区或者公寓，来到夏威夷的海边。每天仅需花几分钟来冥想，你就可以放松身体，调整情绪，给自己带来高品质的生活。

3. It serves as a way to generate new ideas.

冥想有助于激发灵感。

How do you do this? Just think about your particular problem for a second; then begin to generate ideas in your mind to solve that problem, let your mind run free until it finds a solution to your problem.

怎样用冥想来激发灵感？将你的注意力集中在你要解决的问题上，然后冥想如何才能找到解决的办法，一直想，不要停，直到想到解决的办法为止。

4. Meditation is a way to create your future.

冥想有助于开创未来。

If you can believe what you see in your mind, your mind will also give you the instructions on how to attain your vision.

如果你相信冥想的力量，那么冥想就可以指引你达到你所向往的境界。