Tentang Meditasi

Berikut cuplikan artikel tentang meditasi, yang tradisional dan yang modern.

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Science and Philosophy of Consciousness: Meditation, Dreams and Reality.: "Meditation comes in many forms. It is an important part of Buddhism and Hinduism and is practiced in Christianity and Islam as prayer. Buddhism stands apart from other religious systems of meditation because it stresses individual enlightenment rather than merger with God or a god. Western philosophers, especially Descartes (1641), have also practiced meditation to obtain introspective knowledge of the mind. Historically meditation was thought to be a method of transcending the material state and becoming closer to some non-material truth. More recently various techniques of meditation have been developed by materialists to maintain their health in the face of a harmful or distressing social environment."