Meditation (July 2008)
Meditation: When the space between your thoughts becomes greater than the thoughts between your spaces.
- Alan Cohen
Pause when you have your hand on a doorknob, take a deep breath, and ask,
"Where am I?"
"How can I be more centered as I go through this doorway?"
Resources
Best 'how to meditate' book:
LeShan, Lawrence. How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-discovery, New York: Bantam/ Little-Brown 1974
General review of research on health benefits of meditation:
Murphy, Michael/ Donovan, Steven. The Physical and Psychological
Effects of Meditation: A Review of Contemporary Meditation Research
With a Comprehensive Bibliography, 1931-1996. San Rafael.CA: Esalen
Institute of Exceptional Functioning 1997.
General meditation references
Annotated bibliography of Transcendental Meditation research
Meditation and other approaches as self-healing:
Benor, Daniel J. Healing Research, Volume II: (Popular edition), How Can I Heal What Hurts? Bellmawr, NJ: Wholistic Healing Publications 2005