The Effects of Meditation on the Brain

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/sand2011

Physicist John Hagelin, director of the Transcendental Meditation Movement, advocates for meditation as a method of promoting a host of positive benefits, from relaxation to increased creativity.

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John Hagelin, PhD
President of the David Lynch Foundation
President of the Global Union of Scientists for Peace

SAND 2011 is a journey and exploration of the nature of awareness from the perspective of modern science, ancient traditions, philosophy, phenomenology, psychology and direct experience. Hear presentations of world-renowned quantum physicists, scientists, lecturers and authors like John Hagelin, Stanislav Grof, Lynne McTaggart, Fred Alan Wolf, Menas Kafatos, Gangaji, Rupert Spira, David Peat, Dean Radin, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Jeff Foster and many more, over this four-day conference.

The theme which we will be exploring this year is Time. What is time and does it really exist? Linear, nonlinear time, eternal now, infinity... SAND 2011 will be an exploration of the concept and paradox of time from the perspective of modern science, ancient traditions, philosophy, phenomenology, psychology and of course direct experience.

John Hagelin, Ph.D., is a quantum physicist, educator, public policy expert, and leading proponent of peace. Dr. Hagelin received his A.B. summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, and conducted pioneering research at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center).

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[alphacause]

No wonder why Sam Harris is so smart. He is a big advocate of meditation, and he advocates a form of meditation that is divorced from religion or any religious dogma. That is an important point. After all, as much as meditation has been proven to utilize the plasticity of the mind to such an extent as to improve emotional wellbeing, IQ, memory, etc., nothing could retard this progress more than being preoccupied with superstitious nonsense - i.e. religion.

[optimisticjames]

so how do you meditate?

[shamelessfootfucker]

I just hope I won't start talking like this guy when I get the hang of meditating

[Gnosis2078]

@alphacause I think you will agree there is nothing less intelligent than speaking definitively about something you do not know. Since you do not have a thorough knowledge of all spiritual disciplines you should refrain from deriding them as a category. If you have experience with certain religions then name them. Its ironic that you praise meditation and slam religion, given meditation would not exist if not for religion.

[ididjaustralia]

:)

[Ondal2]

I meditate almost everyday myself and I know how good it feels. Its definitely a positive thing in my life. But I have a hard time taking John Hagelin etc serious when they refer to so amazing studies, and they also say meditation basically only give these amazing effects if you use exactly THEIR technique, which is SECRET. WTF? As I understand, you have to get a personalized mantra, otherwise it wont work. So you have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars. That part just sounds like pure BS.

[JoshRom]

@angelwhite

1. sit

2. close your eyes and put earplugs in

3. focus on one thing (like the sensation of air flowing back n forth through your nostrils).

4. do it over n over.

[10templetons]

..but it's an obsolete view of human potential. hahaha

[clmrd5]

pseudoscience alert

[TheLonelyImmortal]

Look up the David Lynch Foundation. He's the president. He's not a neuroscientist or even a psychologist, necessarily.