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runningfutility April 1 2008, 22:34:50 UTC
thanks for posting this. this is the kind of thing i'd like to do with kids. i'm thinking it may also be helpful for people with ADHD, but i'm not sure. i don't think anyone's done that yet.

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fastlearner April 1 2008, 23:32:08 UTC
A lot of work has been done with ADHD and meditation. Just google those two words, lots of interesting stuff.

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b_vainamoinen April 2 2008, 00:55:48 UTC
In cognitive behavioral therapy - one is trying to identify cognitive distortions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion
and then, by "cognitive restructuring"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_restructuring
challenge those thoughts and replace them.

The MBCT framework focuses on being able to see them, think about them, and not necessarily CHALLENGE them, as much as see them from a different point of view.

It strikes me as very compassionate and embracing. Realizing that these distortions are illusory.

It's all very Buddhist. I like the idea.

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Mindfulness is its own reward. b_vainamoinen April 3 2008, 14:13:37 UTC
Yeah. I'm with you. I have a real problem with Transcendental Meditation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Meditation

The folks into that have made ALL KINDS OF CLAIMS about the stuff it can do. John Hagelin has made some pretty big claims. Most notably his "Invincible America Assembly." http://www.hagelin.org/

I'm not happy that TM got brought into the article.

"Reduction in depression symptoms" isn't enough? I'd say that just reducing depression symptoms would be a pretty danged amazing outcome from meditation. I don't really need it to give the subjects "magic powers" too.

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