http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/ meditation research Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:40:34 GMT sīlānanda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/814 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/814 Dear Dhammafarers, Here are 37 talks given by Ven Pa Auk Sayadaw, Ven Agganna, Ven Mangala & Ven Pannananda at the recent concluded 3-month retreat held at Mon, 25 May 2009 04:36:24 GMT mike goldberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/813 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/813 Thank you Jeffrey. It is so true. I tell people who are interested in meditation that the "little" mind (i.e., the brain)  is like a camera. If you focus on Mon, 25 May 2009 01:10:05 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/812 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/812 Hello Mike and magpiekkc, and thank-you for posting your meditation enquiries here. Since this is a research site, we have investigated how people, who arrive Sun, 24 May 2009 13:38:48 GMT mike goldberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/811 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/811 The other thing is to fold your hands together and rest  them on the chakra point of your focus and shift your consciousness or your energy-self there Sun, 24 May 2009 10:49:10 GMT mike goldberg http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/810 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/810 Hi I started with what  directed meditation or seed meditation. That is for the purpose of stopping thoughts. I focus on a symbol with my eyes closed. If any Sun, 24 May 2009 10:35:38 GMT magpiekkc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/809 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/809 I have been meditating for 30-minutes every day for about 2 years. However, I have never been able to concentrate and by around 15 to 20-minutes, my mind will Thu, 21 May 2009 04:09:27 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/808 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/808 Yes David, bring all of my attention to the charisms also makes me more centered, self-aware, and peaceful, so it seems reasonable to speculate that doing so Wed, 20 May 2009 01:17:56 GMT David http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/807 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/807 Jeff I remember we had briefly spoken of the charisms inhibiting neural manifestations of dementia. It seems to me that when I am hearing charismatic Tue, 19 May 2009 20:42:16 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/806 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/806 I have long suspected that for those whom meditation produces absorption (jhana/Samadhi) might just be pushing the boundaries of their neurology into white Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:05:08 GMT David http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/805 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/805 ... Reality ... Haha, good to hear from you Ramon. I like the article you sent across. I follow a yogi who seems to have demonstrated what the author in your Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:07:10 GMT David http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/804 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/804 Hello everyone, for those not familiar Napoleon Nill is the renowned author of the number one selling book on self help from the 1930's named 'Think and Grow Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:57:06 GMT Ramon Sender http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/803 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/803 I know some folks here are interested in siddhis, so this article at Reality Sandwich, ³Psychedelics in The Light Of The Yoga Sutras,² might be of interest: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:56:42 GMT Jeffrey S. Brooks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/802 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/802 Hello David, I am not surprised that users of psychoactive substances experience similar stages of absorption to what contemplative experience, after all that Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:17:46 GMT David http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/801 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/801 Hey, I find it interesting that people who use DXM recreationally report four plateaus, or distinct different levels of consciousness. On the 4th Plateau most Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:32:48 GMT Don Adams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/800 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meditation_research/message/800 I wanted to share this information with the group here in the hopes that some members may have an interest in participating in an exotic, experimental research