Happy, Calm Children Learn Best

I Don't Really Follow Meditation Hype. But My Impression Is That Poor Studies Are Cited As "proof" Of Meditation's Benefits, Findings That Apply To Advanced Meditators Are Sometimes Touted As Accruing To Beginners, And, Occasionally, Some Benefits Are Simply Imagined. This May Be Most True In The Business World, Where Many Companies Are Bringing In Teachers Who Are A Bit Loose In Their Use Of Research As Evidence For The Usefulness Of The Method.

When The Eyes Of A Woman That A Man Finds Attractive Look Directly At Him, His Brain Secretes The Pleasure-inducing Chemical Dopamine - But Not When She Looks Elsewhere.

If You Are Doing Mindfulness Meditation, You Are Doing It With Your Ability To Attend To The Moment.

I Don't Think Focus Is In Itself Ever A Bad Thing. But Focus Of The Wrong Kind, Or Managed Poorly, Can Be.

But The Rational Mind Usually Doesn't Decide What Emotions We "should" Have !