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