Viva: How meditation calms the mind

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Human beings spend 47 per cent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they are doing right now.


This wandering mind is considered to be the cause of unhappiness. 

Meditation and mindfulness are often used in religious and spiritual practices to calm the mind and reduce stress.

Could this be the secret to keep the doctors away? 


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