You guys probably saw this already, but it was new for me: Two interesting talks on initial research of neuroscience of meditation by a monk/scientist and a scientist. (Bit long for the uninterested ) Matthieu Ricard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peA6vy0D5Bg&feature=relmfu and Richard J. Davidson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tRdDqXgsJ0&feature=relmfu Good news for us oldtime : you stay younger if you meditate
=========== Great thoughtful quote,Ocean wave5. Hope you didnt mind if i shortened your power quoite a bit. I have meditated[think, think over/ think over, ponder] ...]on Jack Schwager top trader books, Psalms Proverbs... I recommend that to anyone. Meditation can also mean chewing a cud like a cow[digesting]. So not in literal sense do i bite those books.LOL Cool /old & gold thread. But a friend of Mark Weinstein [mr stevens]talked about Mark ''digesting'' a tek analysis book. Hope this helps, it helped me
Hi MTT, Please drop all BS about meditation power and purpose,as there ar non,nada,zero... harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha Kalau means "in this age." Nasty eva, nasty eva, nasty eva - three times nasty eva. Eva means "certainly," and nasti means "not." "Certainly not, certainly not, certainly not," What is that "certainly not" ? One cannot realize oneself by karma. That is the first "certainly not." One cannot realize oneself by jnana. That is the second "certainly not." One cannot realize oneself by yoga. Certainly not. Kalau. Kalau means "in this age - age of Kali." Kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha. In this age one certainly cannot achieve success by any of these three methods. Then what is the recommended process ? Harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam. Simply chant the Hare Krsna mantra. Kevalam means "only." Simply chant Hare Krsna. It is the easiest and most sublime process. This is recommended, practical, and authorized. So take it. Accept it in any condition of life. Chant. There is no expenditure, there is no loss. We are not chanting a secret. No. It is open. And by chanting you will cleanse your heart. 4 basic Principles and 16 round of Mantra.Go for it!
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