[FairfieldLife] Nice Article on Bowie's Last Creative Burst
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Meditation is generally promoted as having many health benefits, and mindfulness meditation has been actively promoted in the past two decades. It is a western, non-sectarian, research-based form of meditation derived from a 2,500 year old Buddhist practice called Vipassana. However, it is important to know that meditation of any kind is not for everyone.There are several studies indicating that up to as many as 55% of long-term meditators showed adverse effects, including partial epileptic-type seizures, with adverse effects increasing with the length of practice. Meditation can produce anxiety, panic, confusion, depression, agitation, ongoing dissociation, hallucinations, tics, sweating, trembling, shivering, worsened interpersonal relations, psychotic breakdowns and suicidal tendencies in some people. Meditation is particularly dangerous for those with a history of schizophrenia. The TM movement is known for ascribing positive qualities to all kinds of cult-induced psychopathology. A psychotic breakdown may be regarded as achieving cosmic consciousness, the key to enlightenment. TMers are indoctrinated to believe that if they spend thousands of dollars for a higher level of training, they would be able to levitate, also known as yogic flying. From here: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mind-body-connection/201407/cults-and-the-mind-body-connection
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On 7/22/2014 10:30 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: There are several studies indicating that up to as many as 55% of long-term meditators showed adverse effects, including partial epileptic-type seizures, with adverse effects increasing with the length of practice. We should be able to read these studies for ourselves and make up our own mind, right? So, why not just post the studies and let us read them for ourselves? To my knowledge, there has never been a study that proves that epileptic-type seizures are caused by meditation or just thinking things over. If that were the case, we would all be diagnosed as prone to seizures every time we think. meditation –noun 1 to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity: Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day. 2 to think seriously about something for a long time: He meditated on the consequences of his decision. 1 : to engage in contemplation or reflection 2 : to engage in mental exercise (as concentration on one's breathing or repetition of a mantra) for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness transitive verb 1 : to focus one's thoughts on : reflect on or ponder over 2 : to plan or project in the mind : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meditate To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com 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/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
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On 7/22/2014 10:30 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Meditation can produce anxiety, panic http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/anxiety, confusion, depression http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/depression/symptoms, agitation, ongoing dissociation, hallucinations, tics, sweating, trembling, shivering, worsened interpersonal relations, psychotic breakdowns and suicidal http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/suicide tendencies in some people. Meditation is particularly dangerous for those with a history of schizophrenia http://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/schizophrenia. You idiot - everyone on the planet meditates. You seem to be highly susceptible to suggestion. We couldn't go through a single day without pausing once or twice to take stock of out own mental contents. Meditation just means to think things over. Apparently you are trying to sell us some snake-oil and trying to convince us that TM is different from ordinary thinking. Next, you'll be be trying to convince us that people can levitate. Go figure. meditation --noun 1 to think calm thoughts in order to relax or as a religious activity: Sophie meditates for 20 minutes every day. 2 to think seriously about something for a long time: He meditated on the consequences of his decision. 1 : to engage in contemplation or reflection 2 : to engage in mental exercise (as concentration on one's breathing or repetition of a mantra) for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness transitive verb 1 : to focus one's thoughts on : reflect on or ponder over 2 : to plan or project in the mind : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meditate
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