A deep interior silence filled with love and bliss

A sense of belonging

A sense of meaning

Ability to control involuntary bodily functions, e.g. heart rate, body temp, metabolism

Ability to see into the nature of existence

Altered states of consciousness (for peace, insight)

Animal communication

Answers to important life questions

At-oneness with God / Union with the Divine / Deep states of ecstatic absorption

Awakening;  Enlightenment

Bliss

Calm and clarify the mind

Channeling

Communicate with angels / guides

Communication with people who have crossed over (died)

Contemplate the divine qualities of God

Cultivate and awareness of the divine presence

Cultivate refined energy states

Cultivation of positive, beneficial, life-affirming mind states

Deep spiritual experiences

Devotion to God

Eliminate negative emotions and mind states

Enhanced creativity / "flow" states

Enhanced performance in work / life / sport etc.

Find answers to the mystery of suffering, old age and death

Freedom from the restrictions of "brand name" religions

Healing (physical and mental / emotional ailments)

Inner transformation

Invite the presence of God into the heart of the meditator

Invoke the power of a specific deity

Liberation from suffering

Open the mind

Open the mind and heart to the divine presence

Penetrating insights into the nature of the mind and the process by which it creates and perpetuates suffering and stress

Physical benefits (blood pressure, cholesterol, pain control etc)

Relax the body

Seeking (finding) the sacred in the depths of one's own being

Solicit dreams or visions to bring special wisdom or power /  contact with guardian spirits

Special powers (psychic, intuitive, healing, sensitive to energy, able to work powerfully with own energy & influence the energy of others etc)

Special wisdom

Spiritual realisation (manifestation)

Spiritual sustenance

Surrendering to the Divine (for the sake of union with the Divine)

Transform negativity directly into wisdom and compassion

Unshakable inner peace that external circumstances can't disturb

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