Cataphatic meditation, also known as affirmative meditation, is a kind of meditation that uses images or visualizations to encourage a certain state of consciousness. It is a “content-filled” meditation and is considered the opposite of apophatic meditation, which implies an emptying or… View Full Term
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The first health benefit of chanting Om, or Aum, is stress alleviation, which naturally improves one's mood. A lot of studies claim that chanting Om can lower the levels of adrenaline in the body. This is in part because...
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