http://www.meditationweb.com/blog Online Meditation Community Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:31:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Meditationweb.com Forum List: Meditation Lounge - First stop for new users and general meditation ta..... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2006/12/meditationwebcom-forums/   The Dalai Lama will present a lecture to the world's largest group of brain scientists this weekend. He's scheduled to speak at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, which begins Saturday in Washington, D.C. Some researchers are profoundly unhappy about the religious leader's scheduled speech. Hundreds have signed a ... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2008/01/the-links-between-the-dalai-lama-and-neuroscience/   Meditation describes a state of concentrated attention on some object of thought or awareness. It usually involves turning the attention inward to the mind itself. Meditation is often recognized as a component of Eastern religions, where it has been practiced for over 5,000 years. It has also become mainstream in ... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2007/07/what-is-meditation/ The word meditation comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, then later evolved into the more specific meaning "contemplation." The use of the word meditation in the western Christian tradition has referred generally to a more active practise of reflection on some ... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2007/06/overview-of-meditation/ According to Perez-De-Albeniz & Holmes (2000), the different techniques of meditation can be classified according to their focus. Some focus on the field or background perception and experience, also called mindfulness; others focus on a preselected specific object, and are called "concentrative" meditation. There are also techniques that shift between ... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2007/05/types-of-meditation/ Dynamic Meditation is the name of one of Osho's popular Active Meditation techniques. However, in general active/dynamic meditation refers to any meditation technique which does not have one's body assuming a static posture. Such techniques are widely used in Karma Yoga. An example of such activity could be Natya Yoga ... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2007/04/active-dynamic-meditations/ In recent years there has been a growing interest within the medical community to study the physiological effects of meditation (Venkatesh et al., 1997; Peng et al., 1999; Lazar et al., 2000; Carlson et al., 2001). Many concepts of meditation have been applied to clinical settings in order to measure ... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2007/03/clinical-studies-of-meditation/ The purposes for which people meditate vary almost as widely as practices. Meditation may serve simply as a means of relaxation from a busy daily routine; as a technique for cultivating mental discipline; or as a means of gaining insight into the nature of reality, or of communing with one's ... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2007/02/purposes-and-effects-of-meditation/   Different spiritual traditions, and different teachers within those traditions, prescribe or suggest different physical postures for meditation. Most famous are the several cross-legged postures, including the Lotus Position. Many meditative traditions teach that the spine should be kept "straight" (i.e. that the meditator should not slouch). Often this is explained as ... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2007/01/physical-postures-of-meditation/ Welcome to Meditation Web Your alternative health resource center for internet sites relating to meditation, guided imagery, visualization, self improvement, self hypnosis, spiritual mind treatment and music therapy. Meditation can be the most powerful tool you will ever use. Meditationweb.com Forum List: * Meditation Lounge - First stop for new users and general meditation ... http://www.meditationweb.com/blog/2006/12/meditationwebcom/