What happens to the brain during consciousness-ending meditation? | Psyche Ideas
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What happens to the brain during consciousness-ending meditation? | Psyche Ideas
The first is that, in general, people who do not meditate do not have high habitual levels of concentration power. When a unitive, or no-self/big-self, state arises, they lack the concentration power to zero in on it and maintain it in the center of their awareness. Second, even if people have some concentration power, they usually lack the sensory
... See moreShinzen Young • The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works
From the standpoint of mental cultivation, both of these activities are exercises in concentration. The normal deluge of conscious thought is restricted, and the mind is brought to one conscious area of operation. The results are those you find in any concentrative practice: deep calm, a physiological slowing of the metabolism, and a sense of peace
... See moreHenepola Gunaratana • Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition
through meditation one can cultivate an inactive state of mind where one is not cognizant of anything.
Edwin F. Bryant • The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary
There is now a large literature on the psychological benefits of meditation. Different techniques produce long-lasting changes in attention, emotion, cognition, and pain perception, and these correlate with both structural and functional changes in the brain.
Sam Harris • Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion
Jhanas are a technique for invoking altered states of consciousness through sustained concentration, which can then relax our brains to perceive the world more clearly — it could really be that simple.