| Titel: | Meditation: Is it always beneficial? Some positive and negative views |
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| Autor: | Krishna, G |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of Altered States of Consciousness |
| Jahr: | 1975 |
| Band: | 2 |
| Heft: | 1 |
| Seiten: | 37 - 47 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Abstract: | The current interest in higher states of consciousness is related to the pressure of psychophysiological changes in the nervous system. These changes mark the point where consciousness is able to reflect upon itself. The notion that techniques for training brain waves will enable unpracticed meditators to duplicate the physiologcial states of Zen and Yoga is disputed. A differentiation is made between the alpha and theta states and the state of concentrated attention preceding mystical ecstasy. Drug-induced states are also distinguished from mystical consciousness. The importance of intense application alternated with periods of rest is noted, and the distempers of modern civilization are attributed to the lack of mind-culture methods that conform to inner evolutionary processes. |