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TallyMan
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01 Nov 2012, 12:44 pm

Take up meditation for a happier life. :)

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Buddhist monk is the world's happiest man

Tibetan monk and molecular geneticist Matthieu Ricard is the happiest man in the world according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin. The 66-year-old’s brain produces a level of gamma waves - those linked to consciousness, attention, learning and memory - never before reported in neuroscience.


Link to full article here


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01 Nov 2012, 12:46 pm

Awesome!


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01 Nov 2012, 1:11 pm

I am unable to meditate it seems. I do love those Tibetan singing bowls and gongs, though. :)



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01 Nov 2012, 1:12 pm

He's done some TED talks too. Link to talk here


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01 Nov 2012, 1:39 pm

If meditation would pay my rent then I'm all for it.


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01 Nov 2012, 4:12 pm

I've been practicing Mindfulness for a few years now and it has made an enormous difference to my wellbeing. It's not that the upsetting thoughts and emotions go away. They are still there (before enlightenment I was depressed - after enlightenment I was still depressed as a Buddhist monk is reported to have said), but I don't get embroiled in them as much as I used to. Just a thought, just an emotion, it will pass.



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01 Nov 2012, 5:01 pm

Here is a link to a relevant Wikipedia Article on Gamma Waves -- not to be confused with gamma radiation.



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02 Nov 2012, 5:11 am

Thanks for posting it TallyMan - it cleared up some ideas I already had in my head - he was very eloquent and concise.


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02 Nov 2012, 5:13 am

My psychologist taught me mindfulness. It helps.


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