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