Just caught a post you made earlier to BillM (I think)...
I, too like spiritual material...but have that scientific training and bent that ALWAYS wants to see the data...were the studies sound??? (I teach statistics!)
The lastest one I've been reading really covers all bases...it's called "Destructive Emotions" by Daniel Goleman (in conversation with the Dalai Lama)
A bit of a research tome as it makes us of western science, brain imaging etc. to validate the positive influence of meditation...Pretty amazing stuff:
For example: People who mediate actually SHIFT activity in the brain from the right hemisphere (centre of negative emotions like anxiety, worry, dread) and into the left hemisphere (joy, eagerness, anticipation)...
I find it SOOO exciting to read material that SHOWS how much power we have over our own thoughts and mood states.
Cheers and nighty night!!!
Shiny
p.s. Pam...little tip for you, CHL was kidding with Bill about LL's (Bill said my LL is W not leaving!!), CHL added how about "the sound of silence" as an LL.
