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To understand meditation, one has to understand how our brain works. Once you fully understand the brain, it's a no-brainer to meditate regularly. If you are ga
by perseusprime11 8y ago
To understand meditation, one has to understand how our brain works. Once you fully understand the brain, it's a no-brainer to meditate regularly. If you are game, I recommend everyone read the Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt.
- falcolas 8y ago> To understand meditation, one has to understand how our brain works. I'm fairly sure we're still decades if not centuries away from this. We barely understand the broadest strokes of the brain, and can only really treat its deficiencies by bathing the entire thing in chemicals.
- perseusprime11 8y agoI did not mean from a comprehensive understanding but there are things we can understand such as left vs. right brain, role of our limbic system, role of emotion when it comes to reason and decision making, etc. These concepts will give us a window into how our brains work and the need to train it using techniques such as meditation. Sorry, I was cryptic in my earlier comment.