Richard Davidson: Transform Your Mind and Change your Brain
Feb 27th, 2012 | Category: Mindfulness LecturesMedical Meditation
Science of Mindfulness Meditation
Google Tech Talk
September 23, 2009
ABSTRACT
Presented by Richard J. Davidson
In this talk, Richard J. Davidson will explore recent scientific research on the neuroscience of positive human qualities and how they can be cultivated through contemplative practice. Distinctions among different forms of contemplative practices will be introduced and they will be shown to have different neural and behavioral consequences, as well as important consequences for physical health in both long-term and novice practitioners. New research also shows that meditation-based interventions delivered online can produce behavioral and neural changes. Collectively, this body of research indicates that we can cultivate adaptive neural changes and strengthen positive human qualities through systematic mental practice.
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MIchael ~ Maybe you already know this. In Buddhism, there is a word sanhga that means community. It refers to lay and monastic practitioners, and recognizes the importance coming together to support and encourage one another.As connected as we are these days, we’re also very much scattered in a sense. Many of us are closer to friends who have moved away and friends we have online than people in our immediate vicinity. (It’s easier to find brother-sister mystics online.) I’m mesmerized by the thought of a genuinely communal spiritual life. And, while a Kindness Community could in no way replicate that experience, maybe it would be a source for us as we did our work in the world.A life of kindness, a life lived for the benefit of all beings (or as well as we can strive to achieve that) Is radical. Is revolutionary. Isn’t it? How much easier, how much more beautiful if we weren’t trying to do it alone?Twitter: