Please correct me if I've been misinformed here, but isn't meditation supposed to help you chill out, not make you go nuts? Although I guess if your mantra was 'Must kill everything I have ever loved' I could see the problem.
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Awareness gone wrong
Category: Brain Stuff
Posted on: February 2, 2008 4:54 PM, by Chris
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I don't recall where, but I've seen (written) works discussing meditation that have noted that it should be avoided by those (like myself) with schizophrenia or similar mental illnesses.
Posted by: Kevin C. | February 2, 2008 7:10 PM
CONCLUSION: Meditation can act as a stressor in vulnerable patients who may develop a transient psychosis with polymorphic symptomatology.
I guess I could see where this could happen. Talking with the neuro physiology guys might give some insights as to how the wiring of the brain would play into this.
Dave Briggs :~)
Posted by: Dave Briggs | February 4, 2008 11:40 AM
Real meditation or the sit and envision a deer by a babbling brook, I feel so good visualization? In real meditation, there are real results. However, we have LOTS of built-up crap that has to come out of us in order to make room for the enlightened stuff to flow in . . . this can be messy. Perhaps meditation taught by an authentic shaman could prevent some of this brain fuzz?
Posted by: cathy | February 18, 2008 6:17 PM
This is consistent with what many traditions that use meditation teach about it. That is, meditation's not a toy or a "therapy" or a hobby but a very serious pursuit, best attempted with guidance and likely to lead one down some unpleasant byways before benefits are achieved.
Posted by: zy | February 22, 2008 6:52 PM