On 5/2/2014 6:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Samatha practices can be described the same way as TM, but the way > they are taught, they are certainly in the mainstream of "focused > attention" practices, and the EEG signature reflects this. > According to B. Allan Wallace, mindfullness is mediation - in which "sustained voluntary attention (samadhi) is closely related to memory, because in order to deliberately sustain one’s attention upon a chosen object, one must continue to remember to do so from moment to moment, faithfully returning back to refocus on that object whenever the mind wanders away from it."
Research at NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) released the findings of a study where in magnetic resonance images of the brains of 16 participants 2 weeks before and after mindfulness meditation practitioners, has shown that meditation is beneficial in lowering blood pressure, decreasing anxiety, as well as improving numerous other physical and mental health conditions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Complementary_and_Alternative_Medicine --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
