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Eastern meditation has become wildly popular. This form of meditation is totally different from the Hebrew and Biblical form of meditation. But are there dangerous side effects of Eastern meditation that are not talked about in the popular media? It is claimed to help aggression, empathy and various mental issues. But might it actually cause mental disturbances? What does the science show? Is there bias evident in the research? We will look at the science almost no one is talking about. Then we will look at research on prayer.
Links to studies and articles
Meta-analysis on meditation Kreplin, U., Farias, M. & Brazil, I.A. The limited prosocial effects of meditation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 8, 2403 (2018). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20299-z
Negative side effects in 25% of people
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0216643
Beyer, Monica. “25% of those who meditate report negative experiences.” Medical News Today May 20, 2019. Web. July 8 2021. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325167
Rocha, Tomas. “The Dark Knight of the Soul.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. June 25, 2014. Web. August 8 2021. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-dark-knight-of-the-souls/372766/
Prayer and Self-Control
Friese M, Schweizer L, Arnoux A, Sutter F, Wänke M. Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion. Conscious Cogn. 2014 Oct;29:90-5. doi: 10.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25277947/
Prayer and aggression
Friese M, Schweizer L, Arnoux A, Sutter F, Wänke M. Personal prayer counteracts self-control depletion. Conscious Cogn. 2014 Oct;29:90-5. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.08.016. Epub 2014 Sep 29. PMID: 25277947.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21421766/
