psychology and meditation

Research: Naming negative emotions makes them weaker

Wired Magazine reports on research that's of relevance to meditators -- especially those that use the vipassana technique of "noting,"…

February 16, 2009

Pioneer in emotions suggests training increases happiness

Deseret News: Think of happiness as a skill, not so different maybe from learning to play the piano: the more…

February 5, 2009

Meditation practice linked to less pain sensitivity

Modern Medicine: Experience in Zen meditation is associated with reduced pain sensitivity, a finding supporting the value of mindfulness-based meditation,…

January 27, 2009

Non-self and ethics: Just who do you think you are?

There's a compelling article in Atlantic on the theory that the self is not unitary but a composite of multiple…

November 13, 2008

Seven Buddhist strategies for coping with stress

We all know that mindfulness and meditation are increasingly taught as ways of coping with stressful situations. But what about…

June 4, 2008

“A General Theory of Love,” by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon

Available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk Every book, if it is anything at all, is an argument: an articulate arrow of…

February 22, 2007