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On its quest for truth - a tangible and measurable truth - science is unceasingly investigating the role of meditation on optimal health and healing, exploring its impacts on human brain and behaviors, glimpsing and increasingly proving the inseparability of body and mind.
You've likely heard of them before. Their most distinctive feature is a severe and progressive decline in memory, reasoning, and other primary cognitive abilities. Their diagnoses get easily mistaken for one another, and the two terms are often used interchangeably. Are dementia and Alzheimer's the same thing?
Experienced and high-level meditators share some common traits. They are generally more compassionate and mindful. They are normally more resilient and resourceful. And, according to science, their brain looks and works differently than most people's brain.
The blues got you today? Or is that upcoming speech giving you the jitters? As unpleasant as it is, it is OK. Sudden bouts of gloominess and uneasiness are completely normal responses to upsetting or potentially dangerous circumstances, whether real or imagined. Thankfully, they are short-lived.
You carry within approximately three pounds of pure, infinite potential. It's your brain. Your brain is not static. It's plastic. It's relentlessly learning, evolving, and redesigning itself. It's a work in progress. As you are. And, as one of the most fascinating, sophisticated, and probably less known objects in the known universe, it's unique to you.
Bright and breezy? You've got serotonin to thank. Gloomy and grumpy? A big ol' hug and a burst of oxytocin will perk you up. As it turns out, there's a chemical side to happiness. Lifestyle factors and genetics certainly play a role in this-the latter accounting for 50 percent of your high spirits, research says.
There is certainly a lot happening in your brain as you mindfully focus your attention on any chosen object of observation.
Surely, you've heard of placebo before. Wait, no ... not that Placebo ... not the late '90s British band. We mean the dummy drug that, despite not having any pharmacological property, can still make you feel better-pretty much like the rock band, right? Well, you might not know that placebo has an evil twin.
Ever been worried, apprehensive, or even panicky at times? Yes? We thought so. We all have. Suddenly, you feel a knot in your throat, your heart starts pounding, you're short of breath, shaky, drenched in sweat, and a bit dizzy. Brace yourself. Your body's fight-or-flight response is switched on and is quickly taking over.