TEDxConejo - Mark Robert Waldman - 03/27/10

Mark  Robert Waldman  is a therapist and an Associate Fellow at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind, Universi ty of Pennsylvania,  where he currently conducts research with Andrew Newberg, MD, on the neurological correlates of beliefs, morality, compassion,  meditation, religious
experiences, and spiritual practices. He is adjunct faculty at
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, where he is developing communication tools for the Executive MBA program.
He lectures frequently at conferences, colleges, and churches  on  topics relating to the  neuropsychology of stress, relaxation, emotional control,  relationship dynamics,
conflict resolution, mediation, communication,  weight management, and the neurobiological development  of personal values  and business ethics (neuroeconomics). His research  has been featured in Time Magazine,
Washington Post, Oprah Magazine and Radio, USA Today, The New York Times science section, and his  interviews have appeared on  dozens of radio and
television programs, including Oprah and Friends.  
Mark is the author of eleven books and anthologies, and his professional papers have been published throughout the world. He was the founding editor of the academic journal,  Transpersonal Review,  chairman of the Los Angeles
Transpersonal Interest Group, regional coordinator for the Spiritual Emergence Network, and he holds a ministerial credential in pastoral counseling.   He coauthors a monthly column on "Science and Spirituality" for Science of Mind magazine.  
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[MedSalesTraining]

Love it. Hebb's law in action

[HeraldSunshine]

This is wonderful information and presented in an awesome way - that allows all others - regardless of belief to allow the information in -- in a non-threatening way. Thank you.

How can I get a scan of my brain? I practice unconditional love. I am very interested to see. I wish I had a scan from before. I wish my students could get before and after scans. How wonderful to have greater proof of the benefits they receive.

[HeraldSunshine]

As you say "my deepest belief is compassion" and add "I am not very good at it" you hold yourself in that place. If you change and say "I am learning to be better at it -- you open the door to change. Nuances matter.

You understand the benefit of positive ideas. "I am not very good t it adds a negative flavor to a positive idea" -- Best of luck to you.

[Elan Star]

Fantastic research and your new book with Andrew newberg is very practical as well as revealing. We learn much about what transforms our inner and outer worlds in a healthy manner personally and globally

[johanncat]

I agree, with compelling music in the background: there are enormous benefits (even neurologically) to meditating on large, positive images. We are often told from an early age to do the inverse, which often keeps us tense, armored, and fraught; but positive thoughts (and these can be of peculiar, personal, poetic dimensions--"positive" does not mean "greeting card platitudes") can have a solar, energizing effect.

[angelgregzion]

This is amazing! He makes me feel like I can do anything!

[Kaoverii Weber]

I would suggest that it's meditation itself that taps us into what our deepest, innermost values are.

[Jan Payne]

Ye I agree - Recognize, Release, Replace

[Hopsinwreck]

You will not be inspired to TAKE ACTION, All your old Conditioning will keep repeating. You need to have that BIG IDEA to get you out of your current situation. Exercises: Set a BIG Goal, Repetition of the Right Information, Visualization, Meditation, Affirmation. Also Find all your old habits that formed when you were young, meditate on them and remove the Negative beliefs and vision by being grateful for the experience and just change the picture in your mind. <-- Good Start

[fitnaresponses]

The best ted talk so far , just amazing !