psyphz.psych.wisc.edu— The brain, like the rest of the body, can be altered intentionally. Just as aerobics sculpt the muscles, so mental training sculpts the gray matter in ways scientists are only beginning to fathom.
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Buddhism from my understanding doesn't believe in a creator god. I am student of Buddhism and this is what I have grasped so far. There are a lot of articles on the web about this topic. This is from wikipedia:Buddhism is usually regarded as a religion without an absolute God who created the universe ex nihilo (from nothing) and to whom devotion and worship are due (although veneration and worship do play a major role in Mahayana Buddhism). Buddhism is a way of life which does not hinge upon the concept of a Creator God.More can be found at this link: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Buddhism">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Buddhism</a>
You don't have to be religious to be spiritual, and vice versa. This article is about meditation in general, not Bhuddism. Meditation has nothing at all to do with spiritualism or religion. Meditation is extremely beneficial and it's something everybody should do, like physical exercise. Bhuddism is 'compatible' with other religions, and is technically not a religion itself, but more a way of life.I only started meditating after my first trip on LSD. I wanted to reach the same level of enlightenment that LSD or magic mushrooms put me in without the use of any substance/surgery/device. After I read several books (If you haven't, read The Power Of Now and Mindfulness in Plain English) on spiritualism and meditation, everything the books were saying explained my trips on acid and shrooms almost EXACTLY, and that's when I took up vipassana meditation. So far, the results have blown me out of the water. I meditate 20-60 minutes a day, and practice mindfulness in everything I do.
vagrantwadeJun 18, 2007
If it wasn't for digg I would never get to read all of these up to the minute news articles from 2004!
akyraJun 18, 2007
Buddhism from my understanding doesn't believe in a creator god. I am student of Buddhism and this is what I have grasped so far. There are a lot of articles on the web about this topic. This is from wikipedia:Buddhism is usually regarded as a religion without an absolute God who created the universe ex nihilo (from nothing) and to whom devotion and worship are due (although veneration and worship do play a major role in Mahayana Buddhism). Buddhism is a way of life which does not hinge upon the concept of a Creator God.More can be found at this link: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Buddhism">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Buddhism</a>
swrostmoreJun 18, 2007
@devosion i wouldn't really call that the "whole purpose" of meditation...more like a side-effect
atomic1fireJun 18, 2007
depends on the contextholy as in sacredor full of holesWhich in your context was more then likely an athiestic one
cgreenJun 18, 2007
What rule is it you are writing about?
asdfasdfJun 18, 2007
You don't have to be religious to be spiritual, and vice versa. This article is about meditation in general, not Bhuddism. Meditation has nothing at all to do with spiritualism or religion. Meditation is extremely beneficial and it's something everybody should do, like physical exercise. Bhuddism is 'compatible' with other religions, and is technically not a religion itself, but more a way of life.I only started meditating after my first trip on LSD. I wanted to reach the same level of enlightenment that LSD or magic mushrooms put me in without the use of any substance/surgery/device. After I read several books (If you haven't, read The Power Of Now and Mindfulness in Plain English) on spiritualism and meditation, everything the books were saying explained my trips on acid and shrooms almost EXACTLY, and that's when I took up vipassana meditation. So far, the results have blown me out of the water. I meditate 20-60 minutes a day, and practice mindfulness in everything I do.