“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
佛陀說，“冥想帶來智慧，不冥想則無知。清楚知道引導和阻止你前進的因素，你就能選對那條帶領你走向智慧的大道。”
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.
冥想有助於理清思路，更好地放鬆，也是獲得靈感的好方法。
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.
冥想可以讓你清楚自己到底想要的是什麼。如果你一直對自己嚮往之物進行冥想的話，你就會找到通往夢想之路。
Meditation serves four main purposes:
冥想的四大功效：
1. It serves to clear your mind.
冥想有助於理清思緒。
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.
在一天長時間的工作之後，你需要花點時間來放鬆思想，緩解壓力。冥想可以有效地提升你緩解壓力的能力，因為通過冥想你可以給你紛繁的生活放個假。
2. Meditation also relaxes your body.
冥想有助於放鬆身體。
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.
通過冥想，你可以離開你所居住的郊區或者公寓，來到夏威夷的海邊。每天僅需花幾分鐘來冥想，你就可以放鬆身體，調整情緒，給自己帶來高品質的生活。
3. It serves as a way to generate new ideas.
冥想有助於激發靈感。
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.
怎樣用冥想來激發靈感？將你的注意力集中在你要解決的問題上，然後冥想如何才能找到解決的辦法，一直想，不要停，直到想到解決的辦法為止。
4. Meditation is a way to create your future.
冥想有助於開創未來。
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，那麼冥想就可以指引你達到你所嚮往的境界。（來源：滬江英語）