On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 09:33, ss <[email protected]> wrote: > In fact doing nothing at all should also rewire your brain. But science > demands deeper hairsplitting.
Years ago, when asked to attend a vipassana camp a friend refused saying he cant sit 'doing nothing'[0][1][2][3][4]. Much later I realised why doing nothing was so tough. [0] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080902221741.htm [1] http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/25759.php [2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC526201/?report=abstract [3] http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:AvJwbU8a2GwJ:psyphz.psych.wisc.edu/web/News/buddhism_neuroscience.pdf+buddhist+monks+and+neuroscience&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh7gE5h5IGJ4sk0PZfbOyjEOhHE0HlT7bnSN5ZXnKe94zVnvZ2McUjViZwRAuv1sQuiiLnUNeOre9lwe1FKjcrI1zqAa1qzY-Z-G7LJmKdCf2rH7s6H20mZ7oJIwiebwYWcIHVM&sig=AHIEtbQrKbRcRMNmTcSKW26DtLY1hVVXTQ [4] http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:hXCDfBCSrqUJ:www.hms.harvard.edu/hmni/On_The_Brain/Volume12/OTB_Vol12No3_Fall06.pdf+buddhist+monks+and+neuroscience&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgiRL4UiaBa9kouhpbLou3S8X8zkGQNndnAi8GR-lOkr_8yKGdNIssb_iAlspo4PkL5il0o8XHm9TN20EFvqBu6taP0UT4xl0qcRRziJft5mXF1E3btnqzRvlL02OPxAarFXyoD&sig=AHIEtbTH6aWLzbl5iDAYN0gRBNC3LPIdcA -- .
