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Meditation
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Answer 43 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Physical yoga
Mantra
Tonglen
Hatha yoga
Meditation
2. 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
High levels of gamma waves
Distinction between meditation and introspection
Hatha yoga
What is effect of meditation on longevity
3. 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.
Research-proven effects of meditation
Gtum-mo
Opening-up ( open presence) meditation
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
4. Focus of attention - but in non-analytical (narrow) way
Characteristics of meditative state
Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes
Meditation
St. Ignatius' composition of place
5. 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
Meditation
Research-proven effects of meditation
Dissolution of boundaries between self and others
Meditations involving manipulation of energy
6. Who show increased neural synchrony and high levels of gamma wave activity (even when not meditating)?
Advanced meditators
Direct transmission
What is effect of meditation on longevity
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
7. 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
Dissolution of boundaries between self and others
Vipassana
Meditation procedure
Research-proven effects of meditation
8. 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.
Meditation
Left-frontal dominant people
Christian contemplative
Meditation procedure
9. Things are naturally perfect as they are you don't need to change anything
Tai chi/qi gong
Sense of natural perfection
Stem
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
10. Not the same as analyzing something
Hatha yoga
Different mode of knowing
St. Ignatius' composition of place
Chakra meditations
11. 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.
Left-frontal dominant people
Dissolution of boundaries between self and others
St. Ignatius' composition of place
Research-proven effects of meditation
12. New age California. 'imagine these glow balls of energy moving down the center of your chest'
When frontal lobe activity increases
Unconditional positive regard
Tonglen
Chakra meditations
13. Meditation teachers as people who approach everything in an open - friendly - appreciative way
Mantra
Unconditional positive regard
Passage meditation
Characteristics of meditative state
14. Buddhist insight meditation (only do after you have done years of practice meditation)
Potential meditation-related problems
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Vipassana
When frontal lobe activity increases
15. 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
Unconditional positive regard
Sense of natural perfection
Meditation procedure
Tonglen
16. Buddhist meditation involving focus on the breath for long periods of time (before vapissana)
Meditation procedure
What is effect of meditation on longevity
Chakra meditations
Shamatha
17. 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
Psychological effects of meditation
Meditation procedure
Limitations of neurophysiological research on meditation
Opening-up ( open presence) meditation
18. 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
Potential meditation-related problems
Advanced meditators
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
Characteristics of meditative state
19. Heat energy to burn off incureties
Shamatha
Gtum-mo
Opening-up ( open presence) meditation
Left-frontal dominant people
20. A lot of native cultures do it; dance that generates a certain energy
Psychological effects of meditation
Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
Unconditional positive regard
21. Associated with enhanced attention - memory - and abstract reasoning ability
High levels of gamma waves
Purpose of meditation
Meditations involving manipulation of energy
Research-proven effects of meditation
22. 1. Relief of depression and anxiety and prevention of relapse 2. Reduction of recidivism rates of prisoners 3. Improves attention
Tai chi/qi gong
Left-frontal dominant people
Psychological effects of meditation
Advanced meditators
23. Allah - Allaha - kyrie eleison - adonai
Chakra meditations
Limitations of neurophysiological research on meditation
Mantra
Decreased activity in orientation association areas of parietal lobe
24. 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
Advanced meditators
Sense of natural perfection
Physical effects of meditation
Unconditional positive regard
25. Kundalini meditation - Tai chi/qi gong - Hatha yoga - Chakra meditations - Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes
Tai chi/qi gong
Meditations involving manipulation of energy
Long-term meditators (15-40 yrs)
Advanced meditators
26. Never work with a meditation teacher if you have any doubts about his or her integrity!
Purpose of meditation
Stem
Opening-up ( open presence) meditation
Direct transmission
27. Meditation accesses deeper levels of awareness and transforms how you perceive the emotions naturally.
When frontal lobe activity increases
Psychological effects of meditation
Tonglen
Distinction between meditation and introspection
28. Meditation that focuses on movements
Tai chi/qi gong
When frontal lobe activity increases
Decreased activity in orientation association areas of parietal lobe
Passage meditation
29. Tend to be happier - more optimistic
Characteristics of meditative state
Shamatha
Meditation
Left-frontal dominant people
30. You can only learn this from your teacher. It is advanced meditation technique. Manipulation of breath and energy
Psychological effects of meditation
Kundalini meditation
Potential meditation-related problems
Chakra meditations
31. 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.
Intention
Vipassana
Limitations of neurophysiological research on meditation
Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes
32. 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.
Sense of timelessness
Stem
St. Ignatius' composition of place
Hatha yoga
33. Less emotional activity
What is effect of meditation on longevity
Tai chi/qi gong
Decreased reactivity of reticular activating system
Opening-up ( open presence) meditation
34. Concentration increases...
Sense of natural perfection
Purpose of meditation
When frontal lobe activity increases
Meditation procedure
35. Your focus of attention is on the silent repetition of a mantra/sing word (twice a day for 20 minutes)
Decreased activity in orientation association areas of parietal lobe
Sense of timelessness
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes
36. Different mode of knowing - sense of natural perfection - dissolution of boundaries - sense of timelessness - spontaneous action
Unconditional positive regard
Characteristics of meditative state
Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes
Potential meditation-related problems
37. 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 -
Shamatha
Mantra
Limitations of neurophysiological research on meditation
Purpose of meditation
38. 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
Psychological effects of meditation
Sense of natural perfection
Stem
Meditation and attention
39. Use visualization to recreate scenes from the Gospels in vivid sensory detail as if you were really there.
40. Meditation is associated with changes in brain _____ activity
Distinction between meditation and introspection
Tai chi/qi gong
Direct transmission
Stem
41. Focused repetition of memorized passages from world scripture and the writings of great mystics; reading something like a script from the bible
High levels of gamma waves
Left-frontal dominant people
Kundalini meditation
Passage meditation
42. Processes space and time; may be related to sense of dissolution of boundaries between self and non-self
Sense of natural perfection
What is effect of meditation on longevity
Decreased activity in orientation association areas of parietal lobe
When frontal lobe activity increases
43. Show unusually high degree of left frontal activity
Decreased reactivity of reticular activating system
Kundalini meditation
Unconditional positive regard
Advanced meditators