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Interested in Meditation? What Method Should You Choose? The Most Important and Least Asked Question… I’ve highlighted 100 of the most widely used forms of meditation below; however, please take a moment to read the explanation and context first. At the start of my journey with meditation, I thought ‘meditation’ was just one thing, one practice, one method. But while, by definition, there is a…

Why did billions of dollars of research funding lead to less rather than more unstanding of meditation? Why has most of the presumed health benefits of meditation dissapeared? The answer is shocking but it may lead to a new way of thinking about psychology.

Part 1: Going Back to Basics: Dual and Nondual Perhaps as much as $5 bn has been spent by scientists investigating the benefits of meditation and mindfulness over the last 50 years. Over 30,000 scholarly studies, primarily scientific, have been published in the peer-reviewed literature. In 2010, mindfulness enthusiasts and entrepreneurs announced the arrival of a new age of understanding through…

How to Make Sucessful New Year's Resolutions The reasons why 83% of New Year's resolutions fail and what to do about it from a neuropsychological perspective.

Why Do New Year’s Resolutions Fail? A Scientific Perspective Why Do New Year’s Resolutions Fail? A Scientific Perspective As the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, hundreds of millions worldwide enthusiastically embrace New Year’s resolutions. These promises are often made with the sincere intention to enhance well-being, happiness, and success. Although research shows that nearly 83% of…

The latest research suggests that the psychological sciences may have missed the point of meditation.

A startling finding emerging from the groundbreaking Scientific History of Mindfulness is the failure of Western science to recognise the nondual nature of traditional forms of meditation. Experienced meditation practitioners may have been taught about the nondual view or nondual meditation methods, which are pivotal to many meditation traditions. However, most Westerners’ consciousness is…

Introduction Recent research into the development of Western variants of mindfulness meditation has highlighted a major under-researched problem. Western scientific understanding of consciousness is largely dualistic, for example, separating the subject and object of meditation. Many Buddhist methods tend towards non-duality, which avoids unnatural dichotomies. The problem for science is that…

Western forms of mindfulness were based on 'imaginaries' of Buddhist thought and practice. This problem has increased uncertainty over the mindfulness concept. However, by translating and reducing nondual religious practices to dualistic scientific ideas,

Has science missed the point of meditation? Credible challenges to the reliability of mindfulness research have led to many attempts to explain how Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) developed. In particular, how mindfulness was adopted by health and social policy in the UK ahead of robust evidence for its benefits. Originally, MBSR was promoted…

Meditation has constantly changed and been adapted as it crosses the boundaries of space and time. Therefore, it is unsurprising that scientists, politicians, and entrepreneurs have relocated spiritual knowledge to the West; but at what cost?

Meditation has constantly changed and been adapted as it crosses the boundaries of space and time. Therefore, it is unsurprising that scientists, politicians, and entrepreneurs have relocated spiritual knowledge to materialistic settings in industrialised societies. However, the Scientific History of Mindfulness (SHoM) reveals that confusing spiritual and scientific knowledge is highly…

The findings of a new four-year investigation provide the most complete insight into how mindfulness developed and its current status. The research illustrates how mindfulness became a global success despite major concerns about the science supporting it.

The findings of a new four-year investigation provide the most complete insight into how mindfulness developed and its current status. The research illustrates how mindfulness became a global success despite major concerns about the evidence supporting its use. The latest in-depth research explains why scientists and clinicians are rethinking the idea that mindfulness is a universal mental…

Because all beings matter I meditate because I refuse to accept that people are things. We are all living beings, it doesn’t matter who you are and what you have, you count. You matter just as much as anyone else. The materialistic values that currently dominate human consciousness are illusions. Meditation keeps me real. Don’t turn inwards, we are all connected. Things are inanimate objects,…

One of the least understood forms of #meditation holds great curative potential #nondual #mindfulness #health #happiness

Photo by Valerie on Pexels.com Non-dual meditation, also known as non-dual awareness meditation, involves becoming aware of the present moment and letting go of thoughts and beliefs that create a sense of duality or separation from the world. Here are some ways in which non-dual meditation can improve brain function: Amygdala: Non-dual meditation has been shown to reduce activity in the…

Scientific understanding of #compassion #meditation is at an early stage but it is already linked to many benefits. #mindfulness #health #happiness

Photo by Jaime Reimer on Pexels.com In Buddhist traditions, there are dozens of different forms of compassion meditation. One thing they all have in common is their potential to improve our health, happiness and well-being. By regularly engaging in compassion meditation, individuals can experience a range of positive impacts on their quality of life. Here are some of the ways that compassion…

Is meditation an effective relaxation technique? #meditation #mindfulness #stress #anxiety #relaxation

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com There is a significant amount of research that suggests meditation can be effective in reducing stress. One study published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine found that an 8-week mindfulness meditation program led to a significant reduction in stress, anxiety, and depression in a group of medical students. Another study published in the Journal of…