Many people have questioned the healing efficiency of meditation because of the lack of scientific research. It was believed the brain is at rest when you meditate. Based on this information critics have questioned the healing power of meditation.
The skepticism can now be laid to rest. According to the research carried out by Andrew Newberg, M.D., of the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine in Philadelphia, meditation stimulates certain parts of our brain. It also has been discovered that the brain is never at rest during meditation.
So what happens to the mind when you meditate?
The top part of the parietal lobe is the part of brain that processes sensation. It was discovered that the parietal lobe remains calm when you meditate, allowing you to disconnect your senses from distractions in your environment. It also helps quiet the mind instilling a sense of peace.
The frontal lobe is another part of the brain that has been discovered to be affected by meditation. The frontal lobe controls motivation. Focusing the mind when we meditate on a particular object sets the frontal lobe at work. Meditation helps to facilitate activity in this part of the brain.
The research also discovered that chanting in meditation induces the juncture where the temporal, frontal and parietal lobes of the brain meet. This juncture is known to stimulate relaxation. At times being high spirited during meditation can make you sing or chant. There is a certain feeling of joy and awe that goes on in the mind when you meditate as a result of having encounter with Divine.
The research reveals that this feeling of joy and happiness spurs the temporal lobe of the brain which regulates emotions in the brain. Secondly, lower temporal lobe where visual stimulus is processed in the brain is induced when you set your attention on spiritual images.
Research on the meditation is an on-going project. However, the above discovering are a pointer to the healing efficiency of meditation for those who are yet to witness it and to scientists in general.
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