<p><strong>Secret #1: The True Purpose of Meditation</strong></p>
<p>Many people feel a sense of fascination when confronted with the possibility of mystic visions, psychic intuition and heightened mental functioning. While meditators often report these sorts of improvements, these experiences should not be the primary reason for practice. The purpose of meditation is to bring us back to ourselves.</p>
<p>As we become healthier, happier and realize greater self-awareness, the other benefits of meditation begin to follow naturally &#8212; improved mental functioning, greater intuition as well as greater access to unconscious resources and abilities.</p>
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