--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <waybac...@...> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Jul 24, 2009, at 4:49 PM, dhamiltony2k5 wrote:
> >
> > > Does this guy have public health proposal as a plan to reduce non-
> > > meditation? Pay people to meditate like David Lynch Foundation or
> > > Howard Settle? Given all the worthy research and thot about it, what
> > > would be his policy initiatives towards more mindfulness?
> >
> > For children, innerkids.org but also mindfulness is taught in most
> > major hospitals in the US and abroad. HH the Dalai Lama has requested
> > he and other scientists do what religion, theistic and non-theistic,
> > have failed to do, and bring peace by creating a non-sectarian
> > meditation method or methods for the masses. See:
> >
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~vajranatha/Site_6/Movie.html
> >
> > (requires Quicktime)
> >
> > >
> > > Teach it systematically in public schools to each generation and rid
> > > the world of non-meditation generation by generation?
> >
> > Already being done.
> >
> > >
> > > He's a scientist with no apparent affiliation other than UCLA. Just
> > > as mental health policy, he might be able to get away with it.
> > > Evidently would change the world. I wish him well.
> >
> > He's affiliated with the Mind and Life Institute, probably the most
> > important scientific effort ever regarding meditation and includes
> > some of the finest scientific minds on the planet. He's also
> > affiliated with the Garrison Institute which helps with the
> > intersection of contemplation and engaged action in the world. He's
> > also involved in yearly meditation retreats that introduce meditation
> > to scientists.
> >
> > http://www.mindandlife.org/
> >
> > http://www.garrisoninstitute.org/home.php
> >
>
> These 2 organizations sound wonderful - and also remind me of what I thought
> MMY was going to be able to do over time with his plans and ideas. It may be
> rationalization, but I do feel that MMY and the TMO created a softening and
> more aware world and scientific culture which is now ready to accept
> meditation and the programs being offered by the Buddhist way. Thank
> goodness someone as grounded, practical and compassionate as HHTDL is
> around, and he is willing to be honest. Science is now on board, and the
> technology is now there to really do some meaningful research on meditators.
>
I meant to add that I hope that these Buddhist research studies end up
benefitting other styles of meditation - Someone (outside the TMO) may then
have a model to use to study TM and its effects and we could get some facts
instead of wishful thinking.
