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90 MEDITATION BENEFITS lived to be true ten thousand years ago should still be true today and should remain true ten thousand years from now. Knowledge gained from meditative insight is based on real truth. There is much more to the secrets of life than can be found in books or lectures, or through one’s thinking abilities. Meditative attainment allows us to tap into the “inner knowledge” that reveals our true nature and the spiritual essence that exists within each one of us. **Merit Gained From Meditation Practice** – One of the byproducts of meditation is “merit”, a form of positive energy that is created whenever a good deed is performed, mentally, physically or verbally. Merit is the basis for all wealth, health and happiness, and the force that causes one to be beautiful, smart, rich, famous, or fortunate. Merit acts like a wish-fulfilling instrument that turns our wishes into reality. It behaves like a magnet that attracts good things to us. Merit also has the ability to purify the mind and improve its moral quality. Merit is generated through the practice of good deeds, the most significant of which include charitable giving, keeping moral precepts, and mental cultivation through the practice of meditation. Whenever you practice meditation, you generate merit.