meditation Archives

Mediumship: Research and Latest Discoveries

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Emma Bragdon 3 Comments

Exploring the Frontiers of Consciousness: Mediumship, Meditation & Citizen Science Using Muse EEG with Helané Wahbeh (above photo), Arnaud Delorme, and Chris Aimone Friday, May 2, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PDT) Register Now (Free) Please register even if you can’t attend live and you’ll receive a link to the recording. What happens in

Posted in Mediums, Spiritual Emergence brain, citizen science, consciousness, EEG, heartwave, IONS, meditation, mediumship, mind, MUSE, neuroscience, research

Imagine a NEW Earth

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Emma Bragdon

Pam Gregory (above) has a dedicated following of thousands and, in this short 15 min vid, she offers a way for each one of us to connect and provide our energies in charting a course to a “New Earth”. Are you asking yourself “What can I do to usher in an improvement to the way

Posted in Meditation, Spiritual Emergence Eckhart Tolle, meditation, new earth, pam gregory, spiritual emergence

Choosing Evolution

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 6 Comments

Choosing Evolution Paul Levy is an author, creator, long-term meditator, and consultant. About 40 years ago he underwent a dramatic spiritual crisis, during which he was taken to be mentally ill and hospitalized. He has since gleaned a deep understanding of spiritual awakening, its twists and turns, and supports individuals in this process through

Posted in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergency awakening, compassion, creativity, Emma Bragdon, evolution, meditation, Paul Levy, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergency

Emergence Phenomena: Defined and Discussed

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Emergence Phenomena: Opening the Dialogue The experiences individuals have as a result of “spiritual emergence” are many and simple categories often miss the subtle differences that are important to acknowledge. Especially if someone is a clinician and needing to make an assessment, i.e. if a client/patient is in a process of spiritual emergence or not.

Posted in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergence, Uncategorized anomalous experiences, Daniel Ingram, emergence, emergency, emergent phenomena, Frontiers in Psychology, meditation, non-ordinary, Oliver Sandilands, phenomenology, psychedelics, stan grof

Signs of Progress in Meditation

Posted on April 23, 2024 by admin

Meditation: Signs of Progress The true signs of progress in meditation are the following: An increasing peacefulness during meditation. A conscious inner experience of calmness in meditation metamorphosing into increasing bliss. A deepening of one’s understanding, and finding answers to one’s questions through the calm intuitive state of inner perception. An increasing mental and physical

Posted in Meditation, Spiritual Emergence meditation, mental health, reason to meditate, signs of progress

Spiritual Bypassing

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Emma Bragdon

Spiritual Bypassing Defined The term, spiritual bypassing, was made popular in the 1980’s by the late John Welwood, PhD, a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist who observed the phenomenon in his own spiritual community. Sometimes life is painful. What we do with our pain makes a difference when we are also in relationships with others. The

Posted in Integrative Mental Health John Welwood, meditation, spiritual bypassing, spiritual practice, spirituality

Meditation Sickness & Spiritual Emergency

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Emma Bragdon 5 Comments

Spiritual Emergency and Meditation Sickness The term, “Meditation Sickness”, was not just made up. It’s a translation from words in ancient Buddhist texts. It refers to psychological and physical problems that may arise during Buddhist meditation. It includes severe problems like extreme states that create an urge to suicide. As a pioneer and counselor

Posted in Meditation, Spiritual Emergency awakening, Buddhism, Buddhist practices, meditation, meditator, mental health, mindfulness, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency

Group Meditation Decreases US National Stress

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Emma Bragdon

A seventeen-year landmark study finds that group meditation decreases US national stress World Journal of Social Science published a study showing that group practice of the TM and TM-Sidhi techniques by ?1% of a population decreased multiple stress indicators in the U.S.. Scientists call for a group to create world peace. MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY IMAGE: SIZE

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Meditation create peace, group meditation, meditation, sidhi, sidhi meditation

The Power of Group Meditation

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

Group Meditation Believe it or not, there are studies that prove the existence of a ripple effect of peace in the surrounding environment when a group meditates together. According to the unified field superstring theory in physics, waves of vibration flow from everything in the universe affecting the collective consciousness. Group meditation has the power to enliven that field.

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Meditation EKAM, group meditation, Maharish, Margaret Mead, meditation, World Peace

Global Good News

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

Global Good News continues to awaken the world to all that is good. It’s time we tune into the increasing level of awakening in our world today. To get your fill of uplifting global good news take a look at http://www.globalgoodnews.com, an online newsletter published by the community of followers of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Meditation awakening, evolution, good news, higher consciousness, higher order, higher states of consciousness, meditation, peace, shake up, world news