On Nov 18, 2005, at 4:26 PM, uns_tressor wrote: >>> On Nov 18, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Dick Mays wrote: >>> This is from New Scientist magazine. It doesn't say what kind of >>> meditation people were doing, but the results reported (in studies >>> by neutral scientists) are pretty impressive. >>> Meditation builds up the brain >>> 15 November 2005 >>> NewScientist.com news service >>> Alison Motluk >>> Bruce O'Hara, University of Kentucky >>> Massachusetts General Hospital >>> Meditating does more than just feel good and calm you down, it >>> makes you perform better - and alters the structure of your brain, >>> researchers have found. > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Vipassana, which is a different style of meditation than TM. It's >> also being used very successfully for rehabilitation in prisons >> worldwide. If you would like to see the the documentary on this, I >> could post it again. Very compelling. > > Why do you say that the meditation > type spoken of was Vipassa? > Uns.
Because the word that was used in the research I've read was "Buddhist Insight Meditation"--synonymous with "Vipassana" (Pali). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
