"It's like coming home."

A few years ago, I was at a small conference of scientists all of whom practiced meditation on a daily basis. Toward the end of the four-day meeting, during which each of them had described at some length how he meditated,

I began to press them on the question of why they meditated. Various answers were given by different members of the group and we all knew that they were unsatisfactory, that they did not really answer the questions.

Finally one man said, "It's like coming home.

" There was silence after this, and one by one all nodded their heads in agreement.

There was clearly no need to prolong the inquiry further.

How to meditate, a guide book by Lawrence LeShan

http://www.spiritsite.com/writing/lawles/part1.shtml

Business Skills and Buddhist Mindfulness

Some Executive-Education Professors Teach Ways Students Can Calm Their Minds, Increase Focus

Wall Street Journal, April 3, 2012

The Age of Meaning

Digital Rules
Rich Karlgaard, 04.26.04, 12:00 AM ET
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/0426/035_print.html
Something big is happening in American culture at the moment. We are on the cusp of what sociologists might call a Great Awakening.  

The quality revolution was won in the 1990s--it's a safe bet that the worst television sets or automobiles made today will last longer than the best television sets or cars made in the 1970s. The cheap revolution is being won as we live and breathe.

So what's left? Meaning. Purpose. Deep life experience. Use whatever word or phrase you like, but know that consumer desire for these qualities is on the rise.

The United Nations present their first World Happiness Report

04/04/12

http://www.mindful.org/news/united-nations-publish-first-world-happiness-report

The report reflects a new worldwide demand for more attention to happiness and absence of misery as criteria for government policy.

Published by the Earth Institute, the report reviews the state of happiness in the world today, and shows how the new science of happiness explains personal and national variations in happiness.

Getting to know the mind

Ajahn Jagaro

http://www.buddhanet.net/budsas/ebud/ebdha094.htm

There are a lot of good things happening in the world today, but unfortunately there are also a lot of unpleasant things going on at the same time. The most obvious and striking failure of humanity is the inability to live in peace and harmony with one another. 

Who is happy?

By David G. Myers' and Ed Dienerz l Hope College and 'University of Illinois. Aflood of new studies explores people 's subjective well-being ..., Jan 1995

http://www.davidmyers.org/davidmyers/assets/Who.is.Happy.pdf

The Happy Couple: Secrets to a Long Marriage

The key to keeping the magic alive in a marriage, experts say, is finding ways to promote the positive

Scientific American Mind, Dec 23, 2009  | 10