Penn researcers just announced they have found out with just 30minutes a day of regular meditation people can improve their attention span and concentration levels. It seems that the discipline of mindfulness actually changes the brain chemistry in some ways not fully known yet. And, those being studied “demonstrated improvements in a matter of weeks.” For me, this jis more evidence for humanity’s spiritual nature and reminds us that we neglect our inner life to our own detriment. (even if not to our everlasting peril!) Meditation is, for me, the simple (and difficult!) act of listening for the “still, small voice of God” in our lives. Christians would do well to do more listening for God and less talking to God, seems to me.
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Jeff | 17-May-07 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
“If monks and nuns do not cherish their time of practice, they will have nothing to offer the world.”
–Thich Nhat Hahn
Something on the wall in front of me where I work. Actually, the calligrapher inserted “(and prisoners)” after the word nuns. I’m sure you can put ourselves there (parenthetically or otherwise) however we like as well.
Kerrie Pennington | 12-Nov-08 at 5:33 pm | Permalink
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