MEDITATION TODAY: SCIENCE AND SHORTCUTS

Abstract

A daily practice for millions of people around the world, akin to prayer, meditation is now welcome in many professional areas such as psychoneuroimmunology that have proven its efficacy. Medical doctors like D.S. Khalsa, say that meditation produces “optimal cognitive function” and have found that it is positively rejuvenating for the brain and physiologically harmonizing for the body. This article is an outgrowth of presentations to audiences at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Psychotronics Association.* It provides an introduction to the practice of meditation for Westerners, with some science and shortcuts.