Practice Of Meditation Correlated With Specific Changes In The Brain

Practice Of Meditation Correlated With Specific Changes In The Brain from Natural Blaze A new study conducted at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca shows that the subjective feeling of well-being experienced by many people with the practice of meditation is correlated with specific changes in the brain. The research, which appeared in Brain and Cognition, examined the effects of the technique known as Transcendental Meditation (TM), which consists in the silent repetition of a meaningless sound, a “mantra”. For the study, conducted at the Molecular Mind Laboratory (MoMiLab) of IMT…

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Meditating on God’s Presence (Podcast)

Meditating on God’s Presence Podcast by Pastor David Platt There is a temptation for Christians to monotonously drift through the pages of Scripture without meditating on the glorious truth of God’s Word and the great reality that He is with us. In this sermon from Joshua 1:1–9, David Platt exhorts us to see that like Joshua, even in the face of uncertainty and despair, we have great reason to be confident and filled with hope, living each day trusting in God’s presence and clinging to His Word. Podcast HERE >>>…

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