Zero to 1: The Science of Meditation, Mindfulness vs Drugs & Vipassana in Prisons
Mindfulness & Meditation
4 INSIGHTS
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Extensive research over the past twenty years shows meditation's profound benefits on health and well-being, which are on par or better than using other techniques or taking drugs.
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Meditation significantly reduces stress by lowering cortisol levels, akin to the effectiveness of antidepressants but without the side effects.
Regular meditation practice reduces symptoms of anxiety and is comparable in effectiveness to psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy.
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Mindfulness enhances introspection, helping us better understand our thoughts, feelings, and behavioral patterns.
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Meditation has been so effective that Psychologists include it as part of their therapy, and it has even been used in Maximum Security Prisons in the US to reduce violence.
3 QUOTES
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"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." William James
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"Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there — buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day." Deepak Chopra
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"Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work." Thich Nhat Hanh
QUESTIONS FOR YOU
What is going on inside of you right now? What thoughts, feelings, and body sensations are you experiencing? How do you feel?
