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Meditation
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1. Use visualization to recreate scenes from the Gospels in vivid sensory detail as if you were really there.
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2. Focus of attention - but in non-analytical (narrow) way
Tai chi/qi gong
Christian contemplative
Meditation
Advanced meditators
3. 1. Produces 'a wakeful - hypometabolic state of parasympathetic activity' and can thus be used to treat stress-related disorders - Large number of studies have indicated that meditation can reduce hypertension - insomnia - anxiety - asthma - and depr
Potential meditation-related problems
Research-proven effects of meditation
St. Ignatius' composition of place
Physical effects of meditation
4. Never work with a meditation teacher if you have any doubts about his or her integrity!
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Gtum-mo
Direct transmission
Shamatha
5. Focused repetition of memorized passages from world scripture and the writings of great mystics; reading something like a script from the bible
Passage meditation
Mantra
Tai chi/qi gong
Limitations of neurophysiological research on meditation
6. Meditation teachers as people who approach everything in an open - friendly - appreciative way
Gtum-mo
Unconditional positive regard
What is effect of meditation on longevity
Sense of timelessness
7. 1. Meditation - like psychotherapy tends to release unconscious material 2. Reported adverse effects range from depression - anxiety - and dissociation to psychosis 3. There may be other psychological risks as well - such as increase in passivity
Decreased activity in orientation association areas of parietal lobe
Potential meditation-related problems
Tai chi/qi gong
Stem
8. Concentration increases...
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
When frontal lobe activity increases
Direct transmission
Meditation
9. Kundalini meditation - Tai chi/qi gong - Hatha yoga - Chakra meditations - Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes
Meditations involving manipulation of energy
What is effect of meditation on longevity
Sense of natural perfection
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
10. Buddhist meditation for awakening love and compassion - you need to give to yourself before you can give to others - otherwise you are an empty cup - the heart is universally considered the source of love
Meditation and attention
St. Ignatius' composition of place
Left-frontal dominant people
Tonglen
11. You are in the present. This is what the power of now is all about. Right here right now because it's exactly as it should be.
Mantra
Sense of timelessness
Stem
Distinction between meditation and introspection
12. Meditation accesses deeper levels of awareness and transforms how you perceive the emotions naturally.
Purpose of meditation
Meditations involving manipulation of energy
Distinction between meditation and introspection
St. Ignatius' composition of place
13. Allah - Allaha - kyrie eleison - adonai
Decreased activity in orientation association areas of parietal lobe
Left-frontal dominant people
Meditation
Mantra
14. Physical yoga
Chakra meditations
Hatha yoga
Sense of timelessness
Shamatha
15. Associated with enhanced attention - memory - and abstract reasoning ability
High levels of gamma waves
Sense of natural perfection
Dissolution of boundaries between self and others
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
16. In meditation - the body can be experienced as patterns of energy that cannot be described neurophysiologically. Can't describe what's happening using Western physiologically
Sense of timelessness
Limitations of neurophysiological research on meditation
Different mode of knowing
Characteristics of meditative state
17. Expanding awareness to a number of different physical or mental events that can theoretically be performed during any behavior - being with your experience ina fully participatory way.
Sense of natural perfection
Opening-up ( open presence) meditation
Advanced meditators
Purpose of meditation
18. Meditation is associated with changes in brain _____ activity
Dissolution of boundaries between self and others
Stem
When frontal lobe activity increases
What is effect of meditation on longevity
19. To get what you're aiming for. If you aim to zone out because life is too crazy it will work. Meditation should be about connecting with your real self.
Psychological effects of meditation
Meditation and attention
Chakra meditations
Intention
20. Dis-identifying from false self or ego; identifying with real Self - you are much more than you see here in this physical body - as you are sitting here in this physical body - you are also existing in an inner world. That inner you - that broader -
Meditation and attention
Vipassana
Decreased reactivity of reticular activating system
Purpose of meditation
21. 1. Relief of depression and anxiety and prevention of relapse 2. Reduction of recidivism rates of prisoners 3. Improves attention
Left-frontal dominant people
Chakra meditations
Direct transmission
Psychological effects of meditation
22. Processes space and time; may be related to sense of dissolution of boundaries between self and non-self
Decreased activity in orientation association areas of parietal lobe
Passage meditation
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
23. Buddhist meditation involving focus on the breath for long periods of time (before vapissana)
Stem
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Shamatha
Left-frontal dominant people
24. Heat energy to burn off incureties
Gtum-mo
Advanced meditators
Hatha yoga
Stem
25. Meditation that focuses on movements
Opening-up ( open presence) meditation
Different mode of knowing
Tai chi/qi gong
What is effect of meditation on longevity
26. Things are naturally perfect as they are you don't need to change anything
Unconditional positive regard
Vipassana
Stem
Sense of natural perfection
27. Who show increased neural synchrony and high levels of gamma wave activity (even when not meditating)?
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
Sense of timelessness
Sense of natural perfection
Tai chi/qi gong
28. A lot of native cultures do it; dance that generates a certain energy
Psychological effects of meditation
Kundalini meditation
Unconditional positive regard
Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes
29. 1. Longitudinal studies indicate significant reduction in cardiovascular mortality rate - cancer mortality rate - and overall mortality rate among meditators (Schneider et al - 2005) 2. Increased survival rate among elderly who were taught meditation
When frontal lobe activity increases
What is effect of meditation on longevity
Unconditional positive regard
Sense of timelessness
30. Buddhist insight meditation (only do after you have done years of practice meditation)
Unconditional positive regard
Shamatha
Vipassana
Chakra meditations
31. Center all of your attention and desire on Him and make this the sole concern of your mind and heart; Focus on God and the center of your heart and make it soul object of attention and desire.
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Christian contemplative
Chakra meditations
Left-frontal dominant people
32. You can only learn this from your teacher. It is advanced meditation technique. Manipulation of breath and energy
Purpose of meditation
St. Ignatius' composition of place
Kundalini meditation
Meditation procedure
33. Different mode of knowing - sense of natural perfection - dissolution of boundaries - sense of timelessness - spontaneous action
Characteristics of meditative state
Chakra meditations
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
Left-frontal dominant people
34. Show unusually high degree of left frontal activity
Tai chi/qi gong
Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes
Sense of timelessness
Advanced meditators
35. Less emotional activity
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
Decreased reactivity of reticular activating system
Chakra meditations
Decreased activity in orientation association areas of parietal lobe
36. Increased gray matter in the prefrontal cortex and the right anterior insula - as well as the hippocampus (learning and memory) - the cingulate cortex (emotional regulation) - and the temporo-parietal junction (empathy); it is associated with reducti
Shamatha
Physical effects of meditation
Research-proven effects of meditation
Purpose of meditation
37. Tend to be happier - more optimistic
Left-frontal dominant people
Different mode of knowing
Unconditional positive regard
When frontal lobe activity increases
38. New age California. 'imagine these glow balls of energy moving down the center of your chest'
Meditation
Sense of timelessness
Sense of natural perfection
Chakra meditations
39. Take any position you want (sit - stand - lie down) - your back should be straight. Don't cross your arms or legs - try to be straight as possible. Take a few slow deep breaths and bring your eyes downward. If intention wanders (which it will) - just
Direct transmission
Different mode of knowing
Meditation procedure
Sense of timelessness
40. Not the same as analyzing something
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
High levels of gamma waves
Different mode of knowing
Sense of natural perfection
41. Your focus of attention is on the silent repetition of a mantra/sing word (twice a day for 20 minutes)
St. Ignatius' composition of place
Tai chi/qi gong
Mantra
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
42. ey in terms of whether meditation is working or not. People who are satisfied are because their relationships are expanding. They are able to connect with other people.
Meditations involving manipulation of energy
Dissolution of boundaries between self and others
Kundalini meditation
Potential meditation-related problems
43. Improvement in concentration - Enhanced ability to detect light flashes of short duration - Meditators show a pattern of greater initial arousal in response to aversive stimuli but faster recovery - Has been implemented in stress reduction and chro
Decreased activity in orientation association areas of parietal lobe
Christian contemplative
Meditation and attention
Hatha yoga