Hey, empathia,

Pretty much. But I think the point is to raise awareness of how development unfolds so people don't feel daunted or freak out at freaking out in the process. My favorite method of meditation practically ensures seemingly negative effects (from facing your ghosts) till they're superseded by an attitude that could be described as an inner Rush. =]

alex, nope.

This is strange, alex. It demands nothing of me. But you're not missing much - in a nutshell, the video says progress in meditation is nonlinear and sometimes paved with strange reactions, from odd visual hallucinations to emotional outbursts, that often scientists new to the practice don't know about/to expect. It's a word of caution for people who recommend meditation without reserve. The patients who take it up may be unprepared to deal with those consequences.

The author draws his data from buddhist scriptures, which use some strong words to describe negative states experienced by learners, and observations made by Jack Kornfield, the famous meditation instructor, in one of his retreats, IIRC.

Edit: It's also meant to educate therapists who may have to deal with those patients.

I'm using Chrome now, but I remember browsing Vimeo on Firefox without issues.

Different policy for users from the UK? Doubtful, but I have no other explanation for the requirement to join.

Can you download the video, alex?

Hi dudes,

I think previous problems were a temporary glitch on their end; today I logged on and watched the whole thing with no problems whatsoever!
It sounds like some of these effects are similar to 'snapback' problems, doesn't it? -although in some cases the diagnosis 'something wrong with them in the first place' is open to interpretation. I mean, from an NH pov, who the heck hasn't got something wrong with them in the first place?  LOL  :  )

It's very relevant for researchers though and thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Best,
AR

Hi dude,
...I wonder how large a part lack of sufficient dream time affects meditation responses? Maybe the stuff that comes up as 'unresolved' is in fact just undefragged? I suggest this possibility because when sleep-deprived I experience lots more 'mind-wandering' when meditating, as though random stuff is just 'queueing up' to be defragged.

IBMT looks useful:
“Mechanisms of white matter changes induced by meditation,” by Yi-Yuan Tang et al., PNAS, June 11th, 2012.
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-c … itive.html

Best,
AR