--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > > > > > > > > The University of Wisconsin, who are responsible for much of the most > > cutting edge science on meditation, lists centering prayer, which in > > it's current incarnation is more like insight meditation, as one of > > it's recommendations. This is now trickling down to younger > > physicians and interested older docs. So eventually many, many > > patients will have the opportunity to learn meditation. It's hard to > > find a hospital in the US that doesn't have a Mindfulness class, a > > Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction course or offer Mindfulness-based > > Cognitive Therapy. > > > > That's narrowly interesting. Last weekend here in Fairfield there was a > workshop around subtle energy work of the chakras and spiritual experience. > About 20 people took it and several traveled coming to Fairfield from out of > town to do it. 2 of the total were from 'mindfulness' background (non-vedic) > of meditational practices. One of those two is 'awakened' in experience > already. Both were going home to also learn transcending meditations to > augment their practices. >
Evidently there is a place in the experience of spiritual growth for both, transcending and 'mindful' psycho spiritual work. In Fairfield this is where a lot of old TM'ers have graduated beyond & are doing the advanced work in spirituality. Sort of like, post-graduate work. That's more the reality of FFL now.
