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A review by hrusewif
Beginning Meditation For Busy People by Linda Johnson
1.0
Once again I could not get passed the first couple pages. I'm sure there is some sort of valuable information within the book, however I'm not sticking around long enough to find out just on the basis of how scientifically unsound it is while using science to validate its claims.
The only scientific studies that have created a connection between physical health and a basic (non-deep set) meditation state, very clearly, that meditation's ability to balance the mental state and relieve mental and emotional stress removes stress from the body and decreases one's chances of getting sick and may possibly increase one's longevity. There's also significant scientific data that proves meditation may also work as a pain reliever. Of course, this is already solidifying something we knew: That those who lead low-stress lives live longer and are generally in better physical and emotional health due to a lack of unneeded strain on one's body.
However, there's absolutely 0 scientific data that correlates basic (non deep-set) meditation to any sort of cure of physical diseases such as cancer, diabetes, etc, and no possibility of meditation acting as a curing treatment, but a preventative method to prevent these conditions in the first place by balancing and alleviating stress to reduce the chance of contracting conditions due to high stress levels.
Completely ignoring the scientific data that proves deep set meditation, spiritual or otherwise, is extremely dangerous to ones health and mental and emotional states unless done under the guidance of someone who knows what they're doing and should not be used in the long term, only deep set spiritual meditation has scientifically been linked to any real, significant impact on one's health.
I was done with this book the second the author started making wild claims that meditation helped to heal her cancer.
The only scientific studies that have created a connection between physical health and a basic (non-deep set) meditation state, very clearly, that meditation's ability to balance the mental state and relieve mental and emotional stress removes stress from the body and decreases one's chances of getting sick and may possibly increase one's longevity. There's also significant scientific data that proves meditation may also work as a pain reliever. Of course, this is already solidifying something we knew: That those who lead low-stress lives live longer and are generally in better physical and emotional health due to a lack of unneeded strain on one's body.
However, there's absolutely 0 scientific data that correlates basic (non deep-set) meditation to any sort of cure of physical diseases such as cancer, diabetes, etc, and no possibility of meditation acting as a curing treatment, but a preventative method to prevent these conditions in the first place by balancing and alleviating stress to reduce the chance of contracting conditions due to high stress levels.
Completely ignoring the scientific data that proves deep set meditation, spiritual or otherwise, is extremely dangerous to ones health and mental and emotional states unless done under the guidance of someone who knows what they're doing and should not be used in the long term, only deep set spiritual meditation has scientifically been linked to any real, significant impact on one's health.
I was done with this book the second the author started making wild claims that meditation helped to heal her cancer.