Meditation Can Wish You Well, Study Says

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U.S. News and World Report

THURSDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that qualities the world desperately needs more of -- love, kindness and compassion -- are indeed teachable.

Imaging technology shows that people who practice meditation that focuses on kindness and compassion actually undergo changes in areas of the brain that make them more in tune to what others are feeling.

"Potentially one can train oneself to behave in a way which is more benevolent and altruistic," said study co-author Antoine Lutz, an associate scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

How far this idea can be extrapolated remains in question, though.

This was posted to R/T, but it also has ramifications for health and so I thought I would post it here.

[elleng]

1. There's MUCH MORE to this,

I understand.

[Ramonna Villota]

2. Amen YES

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