The Ripple Effect
“An individual influences the entire cosmos by every thought, word and action. Therefore someone with peace in his heart naturally radiates peace and harmony and influences the whole universe. ”
Every thought we have has a ripple effect. On our state of mind, our body, our environment and those around us.
When we think an angry thought, the neurotransmitters of anger and fear predominate our physiology.
When we think a happy thought, happy neurotransmitters flood flood our physiology, making us feel good.
The way we feel in our body and mind is felt by those in our event horizon, the Vedic term for our area of influence.
We all know how it feels to be in the presence of someone overwhelmed by stress, and how it feels to be in the presence of someone who emanates peace and calm.
We feel compelled to spend time with people contributing happiness to the environment around them, and typically find ourselves wanting to make excuses to create distance between ourselves and those contributing stress, worry or anger to the environment.
A regular meditation practice allows us to gently return to a lightness in our mind and body and become a contributor of peace to the world around us.
Each time we meditate and experience the still, quiet layer of our own consciousness state, it leaves an impression on our mind and our physiology. Meditation by meditation, we grow our baseline happiness and fill our cup with deep rest and cultivate an immovable background layer of stillness in our mind and body.