"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

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. 

A Monk in an MRI

New neuroscience—as was discussed at the recent Creating a Mindful Society conference—is forcing researchers to take mindful practice seriously. Daniel Goleman reports.

Jumping to Conclusions

Can people be counted on to make sound judgments?

By Deanna Kuhn  |  Scientific American Mind » February 2007