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