Meditation is not a harmful activity, but rather a natural stage of inner growth and blossoming that occurs through holistic personal and social development. [1] Proper meditation requires going through different stages of physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual study, similar to progressing through school and university. [2] What is commonly practiced as "meditation" that lacks solutions for individual and social problems can be harmful and cause misery. [3] True meditation is an evolved state achieved through actively implementing holistic solutions to stressors in life.