Cultivate happiness

It is a little the definition in this engaging and radiant character, author of this book, meditate is to cultivate and develop some basic human qualities.
Etymologically, the word comes from the Sanskrit meditation and Tibetan words for cultivating and familiar.
The book addresses all the questions that the aspiring meditator may arise; ponder why, is it possible to change, what to meditate, effects of meditation, change yourself to change the world, sharpen attention and mindfulness, mastering and releasing what is not meditation .
The conditions of meditation posture, place, time, and 100 and a meditation proposals to choose from.
A practice that can bring a lot, not only after years of practice, but right now, a certain detachment, calm, and joy. This is what I found during practice. Of course, the more you practice, the more the effects are deep and lasting, away increasingly disruptive monkey mind.
MR reports that a growing number of scientific studies also show that the practice of short-term meditation significantly reduces stress, anxiety, tendency to anger (which decreases the chances of survival after heart surgery), and the risk of relapse in people who have previously experienced at least two episodes of severe depression.
Eight weeks of meditation for 30 minutes a day, are accompanied by a significant strengthening of the immune system, positive emotions and faculties of attention, as well as a decrease in blood pressure in hypertensive and an acceleration of the healing of psoriasis.
If you are overwhelmed with daily activities, you can get up 30 minutes earlier, knowing that 30 minutes of meditation is equivalent to 2 hours of sleep. A little meditation before returning to work, when doing cut schedules, gives an exhilarating energy boost.
Gardener of happiness before the eternal, MR offers us to become, in turn, gardener, and cultivate our own happiness, transform the world through our own change.