1. To experience deep inner peace.

2. To experience a greater sense of wellbeing.

3. To increase the amount of grey-matter in your brain.

4. To increase the amount of activity in your brain.

5. To take control of your thoughts.

6. To take control of your life.

7. For spiritual purposes.

8. To develop greater compassion for others.

9. To create a more positive outlook on life.

10. To develop greater emotional understanding.

11. To shift your perception.

12. To raise your current level of conscious awareness.

13. To deeply relax your mind and body.

14. To consciously control your brainwave patterns.

15. To increase your I.Q. score and level of intelligence.

16. To increase your overall energy levels.

17. To increase your levels of concentration.

18. To increase your levels of inner motivation.

19. To help build up a stronger immune system.

20. To make your life easier.

21. To learn more about yourself.

22. For self-mastery purposes.

23. To consciously control unconscious body functions.

24. To enhance your religious practices.

25. To “awaken” your mind.

26. To consciously control your reality.

27. To lower levels of destructive stress hormones.

28. To improve the condition of a mood disorder.

29. To “bliss out” and experience inner euphoria.

30. To make you happier than you already are.

31. To quiet your mind.

32. To strengthen your heart.

33. To improve blood flow to the brain.

34. To build new neural connections in the brain.

35. To increase your overall vitality.

36. To help manifest your desires.

37. To decrease chronic pain.

38. To try something new.

39. Because your friends meditate.

40. Because it sounds like an interesting practice.

41. To give the brain a quick “refresh.”

42. To use as an alternative to taking a nap.

43. Because there are so many different types of meditation.

44. To transcend space and time.

45. As an escape from the physical world.

46. Because it feels soothing [to your body and brain].

47. To use as a healthy alternative to watching T.V.

48. For healing past traumas.

49. To improve your memory.

50. To connect with the universe.

51. To enhance your ability to visualize.

52. To develop greater empathy.

53. To connect with God or the Source.

54. To learn about and guide your ego.

55. To untap the full potential of your soul.

56. To develop a more creative mind.

57. For personal growth or personal development purposes.

58. Because successful people meditate.

59. To get a “natural high” off of your own brain chemistry.

60. Because you want to change.

61. To help create peace on Earth.

62. To develop high-levels of brainwave coherence.

63. To develop high-levels of heart wave coherence.

64. To spend time with just yourself.

65. To improve your negative behavior patterns.

66. To improve your quality of thinking and clarity.

67. To help develop a warmer, more positive personality.

68. To improve relationships and your social life.

69. To feel relaxed in any environment.

70. It is the single most effective relaxation technique.

71. To reduce or overcome insomnia.

72. To help you kick a drug habit.

73. To help you kick an alcohol habit.

74. To help you boost your brain power.

75. To help you ditch an addicting habit.

76. To experience enlightenment.

77. To reach a state of nirvana.

78. To improve your sex-life and libido.

79. To lower your blood-pressure.

80. To help prevent devastating diseases.

81. To help prevent brain-aging.

82. To help you discover your purpose.

83. To replace suffering with understanding.

84. To develop a state of detachment.

85. To aid in the production of vital neurotransmitters like “serotonin.”

86. To increase the production of healthy hormones.

87. To slow physical deterioration and the process of aging.

88. To overcome limiting beliefs.

89. To increase work-productivity.

90. To develop a more open mind.

91. To set a healthy example for others to follow.

92. Meditation is an easy practice to learn.

93. Meditation gives you something to do when you are bored.

94. To clear past negative karma and bring forth positivity.

95. To cleanse your energy centers a.k.a. “chakras.”

96. To develop a greater mind-body connection.

97. To help replace aggressiveness with assertiveness.

98. To curb anger (and other negative emotions) and prevent fighting.

99. To help improve any area of your life.

100. Because there are so many positive side-effects associated with with meditation.

Bonus: 101. [Insert your reason(s) here] – Feel free to post your reason in the comments section.

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