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• n  continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
  the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge
• n  (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)

• Scientists find that meditation not only reduces stress but also reshapes the brain.
• Although they both work with the same organ EM the brain EM the Western tradition represented by neuroscience and the Eastern tradition represented by meditation seemed to have .
• Meditation also reduces the impact of several peculiarly Western diseases.

• speculation

News & Articles

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• Meditation Directories Launches
  Meditation Directories is an online directory aimed at connecting meditation trainers, groups and resources with people wanting to learn meditation in their local community. (PRWeb June 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10830372.htm
  June 14, 2013 - PRWeb
• DEARBORN: Interfaith Meditation Chapel dedicated at Morley Manor
  DEARBORN —Representatives of five major faiths were on hand to dedicate the newly renovated Interfaith Meditation Chapel at Morley Manor residence in Dearborn. Members of the cooperative apartment building filled the chapel to overflowing May 19 to hear invited guests talk about aspects of their faith traditions.
  June 14, 2013 - Dearborn Press & Guide
• Meditation class planned
  The Mahakankala Buddhist Center will hold a meditation class from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 22 at Stone Pine Hall, 210 South H St.
  June 13, 2013 - The Lompoc Record

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Mom Logic
  In the preface of the book, Obama writes, "I think sometimes that had I known she would not survive her illness, I might have written a different book--less a meditation on the absent parent, more a celebration of the one who was the single constant...
• Oliver Stone in Globe and Mail
  But in July, Stone called the untitled project "a work of collective passion, a serious meditation on what happened, and carries within a compassion that heals."
• David Lynch in Washington Post
  Real peace is not just the absence of war, but the absence of all suffering, all negativity,Lynch said at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem. "Change comes from within. From the first meditation, boom, you're there."