No Rest for the Brain (local headline)
An idle brain may be the self's workshop - latimes.com
This is the article i intended to post earlier today, i couldn't find it because it was published earlier than i guessed, and with a different headline. I am not a believer that brain equals mind; nevertheless i will accept that the structure of the brain (and the processes allowed by that structure) do influence the way we think, and perhaps, to some small extent, what we think.
In meditation, the mind is focused, but not on anything in particular, except maybe the simplest thing --one's breathing, a mantra.
While this is not the same as "daydreaming," it may function similarly in freeing the brain to "fire on all cylinders." Allowing it to be open to whatever the universe has to offer it. We know that people (brother Lawrence) can meditate while carrying on well practiced tasks--such as getting one's breakfast.
To me this article reinforces the belief that meditation is basic human behavior, as natural as breathing. It only requires practice and discipline and training because we have strayed so far from our natural state. As the Buddhists say, the training in meditation is to help us discover who we always were and already are. enlightened. But the light is always under a bushel, especially in our frantic world with so many "problems" and pseudoproblems to solve. I don't know if this information is useful. or even true, but i'm guessing it is.
U guess, therefore i post.