From: Dharma Mitra Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 9:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Abhinavagupta] The Effects On Your Brain And Glands Of Meditation, Chi Kung, Reiki -- What Do You Want To Know?
I'm doing some research of regular meditation, asana, and subtle energy practitioners to learn what you would like to know about changes in your bodies after extended practice of yoga, tai chi, chi kung, and other forms of meditation, especially changes to glands, lymph, and brain function, usage, mass, etc. A recent report in NeuroReport, a neurology profession publication, has demonstrated extended mass in the prefrontal lobe and other areas of the brain from the peace-loving practices of longtime Buddhist meditators. You've often heard of the biophysical effects of meditation and perhaps witnessed some miracles in people's lives as they continue to practice sadhanas with sincerity and implicit faith. What have you pondered about regarding the effects of yoga, chi kung, reiki, and such on your life, upon other or all practitioners? Have you felt changes in your body, in your brain, perhaps shortly after having received a new meditation lesson, a new pranayama, or simply having witnessed in heart and mind a physical response also to the subtler realms of your human evolution? I'm developing a proposal to medical centers to research this further, I welcome your input to help sculpt what that proposal will request of them. Tell me what you want to know or offer regarding furthering evolution through these practices. Do you want to know more about how the glands and brains of meditators change, contribute to personal growth, and about how these practices may affect your posterity, evolve our species to new thresholds of social, physical, psychic, as well as spiritual excellence more common to everyone? I have researchers in place to study the brains of meditators and subtle energy practitioners, we're formulating the scope of this study now and I wish your input to congeal the proper attention of our study. There are many glands in the brain and elsewhere in our bodies that are positively affected by meditation, pranayama/chi kung, and asanas. This current study is geared towards the brain and surrounding areas. Your curiosity may help me develop a broad-ranging or focused study of yogis, we may be able to make a snapshot of a quantum leap in evolution. My thinking is that before the last iceage, there was a certain general type of humanoid on the planet, then after the iceage, CroMagnon appeared. Yogis have said that the iceage upon us now and the pole shift about to occur will do the same thing in changing humans into a new species by the time the poles have shifted and the imminent iceage is over. I say yoga will prepare coming generations for that change, that the prefrontal lobe, the foremost portion of the frontal lobe will be much larger. Along with serving as the theatre for imagineering, that area of the brain is also seat of ethics in we humanoid critter people. Prove to me that you too are evolving a fine prefrontal lobe of your own by responding ethically and with courtesy with your conscientious suggestions of what you, as a meditator want to know about the brain's changes resulting from your practice. And a mahâsamâdhi to you, too. :-) Flourishingly, Dharma Mitra DharmaMitra2 AT gmail.com They are "educated" who have learned much, remembered much, and make use of their knowledge in everyday life. And of these lessons integrated into their life, moral conscience is the most imperative to learn and convey to others. Their virtues give true meaning to education. - Copywriting - Editing - Publishing - Publicity - ------------------------ Thanks for this very interesting, unusual, and appropriate post. Just a couple of directions for inquiry to kick-off this thread: * Is it possible to *will* the enlargement of the pre-frontal lobes (with or without meditation)? I had interesting experiments along these lines from around age 14.... * Study of such somatic changes (even in color of body-hair...) might be extended to any intense (emotionally 'traumatizing') experience of 'self-rejuvenation' (as contrasted to just calm meditation). regards, Sunthar ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he hits you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/HcoraC/rbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
