--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/choke/201106/how-mindfulness-meditation-alters-the-brain > > How Mindfulness Meditation Alters the Brain > Mindfulness quiets brain regions responsible for our sense of self > > > TM, on the other hand, actually brings about a higher activation of some of > the same regions of the brain that mindfulness represses. > > > Mindfulness represses self. TM broadens/expands/enhances self. > > L
It seems mindfulness is unhealthy yet it is having a huge success in the West today. Do you have any explanation for this ?