Buddhism and the Blues
Buddhist psychology's core techniques of meditation and awareness may have much to offer ordinary Westerners.

By:Hara Estroff Marano

To most people Buddhism is an ancient Eastern religion, although a very special one. It has no god, it has no central creed or dogma and its primary goal is the expansion of consciousness, ( Read more... )

So, I've started meditating again.  The last time I did this regularly was in '98 where I would sometimes sit for some mini-marathon of 2 hours.  I had been meditating intermittently for some time now, so have been thinking about some of the research studying the effects, e.g. (with some relevant claims in smaller text below each linked article):

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