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Meditation won't make you happy. It will help you deal with stressful situations so you can make better decisions. And that as a result makes you happier.

• VMG 14y ago
  Hate to be that guy - but is there good scientific evidence for your claims?
  • chc 14y ago
    There are studies that show a strong correlation between meditation and higher levels of happiness and lower levels of stress. These studies are a big part of why meditation is sort of trendy nowadays AFAIK. Googling [meditation study stress] (or whichever claim you're interested in) will yield a number of relevant results.
  • praptak 14y ago
    There seems to be quite a lot of research on this topic, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation This article: "Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits. A meta-analysis" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15256293 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15256293 seems to be relevant to your question. Of course the mere existence of articles does not prove anything. Caution advised :)
    • zbuc 14y ago
      MBSR is becoming increasingly common in cognitive behavioral therapy as well -- it's interesting (to me) to see how much intersection there is between meditative practice and what cognitive behavioral therapy is discovering. Different paths to the same conclusions.