Meditation

Found on PrayerCards:

Meditation Exercise/Exorcize:

Try this once a day forever

Hey, is it becoming a fad, or a useful tool in psychotherapy, or both? Perhaps both. That may be the conclusion of the article, Lotus Therapy, linked from the front page of the NYT this morning. Mindfulness Meditation is catching on in a big way all over the planet, so why not shorten it to MindfulMed?

I keep trying it from time to time but that’s probably not enough. Oh, if I only had a brain! But that’s the idea: don’t have one, get rid of that left brain. Easier said than done, and how can I get anything done if I do? Well, again, that’s the idea: stop DOING things. Naw, that’s not it either. Too much analysis and not enough doing IT. OK, ten minutes a day for a start? If I can remember…..

Only this time it’s not a metaphysical mind-body, like I have been wont to talk about in the past, it’s a physical mind-body. The Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital offers their relaxation response for quieting our mind and reducing our stress. Tangible benefits such as reduced blood pressure result. Well, this is all well known. There’s also NCCAM, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. But getting back to BHI why don’t I try that relaxation response? Yeah, why don’t I?

I just discovered this, as a result of looking up MaharishiUniversity, as a result of looking at the link Danielle gave me to a YouTube video by John Hagelin. A small world, lots of connections! There’re some great videos of David Lynch talking about Transcendental Meditation and how he’s been doing it for 32 years and the effects it has on him. Fascinating! Here!.

See an earlier post of mine entitled, Lost Highway, a movie by David Lynch. Here’s a review.

Update: On second thought and after reading some material on conspiracy theories, for example, here, I’m not quite so enraptured by David Lynch. Yes, he’s a creative genius, I feel, but one must take much of what he preaches with a grain of salt. For example, I’m not at all convinced by his questioning of 9/11. However, I do agree that proper meditation, whether transcendental or not, would be good for the soul. I’ve tried it but haven’t gotten very far. Ah well, I can’t do everything.