Differences in Meditation

[notself]

I don’t normally start threads but there was a discussion on another thread about Catholic Meditation compared to meditation in other traditions. RobHom was kind enough to post the following about Catholic Meditation and transcendental meditation.

Originally Posted by RobHom
Maybe this will help: rickmk.com/rmk/Cath/meditation.html

Here’s another one:

landru.i-link-2.net/shnyves/p…tml#meditation

Peace!

I had previously posted this link about the results of a Harvard study of Buddhist meditation and its effect on the brain.

According to this study:
“Our data suggest that meditation practice can promote cortical plasticity in adults in areas important for cognitive and emotional processing and well-being,” says Sara Lazar, leader of the study and a psychologist at Harvard Medical School."

news.harvard.edu/gazette/…editation.html

I would like to add this link that contains more information about Buddhist meditation on compassion and its effects on the brain. This type of meditation in my tradition is called Metta-Bhavana. I don’t know the Tibetan Buddhist word for it. The process is pretty much the same.

sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080326204236.htm

If anyone is interested in continuing this thread, I would love to hear your comments.

 

[notself]

I am surprised that no Catholics use meditation. What a shame.

 

[MarcoPolo]

I think there is a lot of reading here that might prevent this thread from taking off. But Catholics of course use meditation…the Rosary is a meditation of the Gospels for starters!

 

[notself]

I think there is a lot of reading here that might prevent this thread from taking off. But Catholics of course use meditation…the Rosary is a meditation of the Gospels for starters!

Good point. In my experience most people don’t read links.

The one on Catholic Meditation should be read by every Catholic, IMHO. It is the first link provided by RobHom. It is very clear and looks like it would be very worthwhile. I have sent the link to my sister for her to take a look at. It would probably take about 30min to an hour to follow; about the same length of time as Buddhist meditation.