এই "অদ্ভুত ব্যাপার"খানা কী সেটা রহস্য থেকে গেলো, যদিও আমার ধারণা আমি হপ্তা তিনেক রোজ শিবনেত্র হয়ে মাটিতে বসে এই ধ্যানমতন করলে, কয়েকদিনের মধ্যেই আসন ছেড়ে ইঞ্চি তিনেক উড্ডীন হতে পারতাম, "
সেটি আপনার ব্যাপার যদুবাবু, আমার পক্ষে এ নিয়ে কমেন্ট করা উচিৎ নয়, আমি আর কতটুকু কি বা জানি। তবে আমেরিকান সাইকোলজিকাল এসোসিয়েশন যখন তাদের ওয়েবসাইটে লেখে,
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Researchers reviewed more than 200 studies of mindfulness among healthy people and found mindfulness-based therapy was especially effective for
reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. Mindfulness can also help treat people with specific problems including
depression, pain, smoking, and addiction. Some of the most promising research has looked at people with depression. Several studies have found, for example, that
MBCT can significantly reduce relapse in people who have had previous episodes of major depression.
What’s more, mindfulness-based interventions can
improve physical health, too. For example, mindfulness may
reduce pain, fatigue, and stress in people with chronic pain. Other studies have found preliminary evidence that mindfulness might
boost the immune system and help people
recover more quickly from cold or flu.
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আরো একটি গবেষণার সংক্ষিপ্তসার (নেচার ২০২৪ সালে প্রকাশিত)
"Currently, 280 million people worldwide experience depression, ranking it third in the global burden of disease. The incidence of depression has risen due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making it essential to examine evidence-based practices in reducing depressive symptoms during this unprecedented time. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to analyze randomized controlled trials during the COVID-19 pandemic that evaluated the effect of mindfulness meditation on depressive symptoms in individuals with depression. Four databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus) were searched in November 2023 using search terms including meditation, mindfulness, depression, and depressive symptoms. The meta-analysis was conducted using Review Manager 5.4 software (Cochrane Collaboration). A random model and Standard Mean Difference analysis with 95% CIs were used for continuous variables. The systematic review included 26 RCT studies. The meta-analysis showed significant effects of mindfulness meditation interventions (SMD = − 1.14; 95% CI − 1.45 to − 0.83; P < 0.001) in reducing depressive symptoms compared to comparison groups. The findings suggest a positive effect of mindfulness meditation on depressive symptoms in individuals with depression during the COVID-19 pandemic."
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-71213-9 )
তখন বিষয়টা শুধুই অবাস্তব কল্পনার আর ওড়াউড়ির নয় বলেই সাধারণ মানুষ ধরবে |
আপনি উচ্চমার্গের লোক, আপনি উড়তে চান, আমাদের মতন সাধারণ মানুষ কি আর ঐভাবে ওড়ে? তবে শ্রীমল্লার যে প্রশ্নটা করেছিল, তার উত্তরে মনে হয়েছিল বলে বললাম। তিন সপ্তাহ ধরে করলে কি হবে সেটা একমাত্র শ্রীমল্লার বলতে পারবে, আমি আমার অভিজ্ঞতা বলতে পারি, তাতে তো শ্রীমল্লারের লাভ হবে না |
আরেকটা কথা।
নিজেকে নিজে দেখা নিয়ে আরো অনেকে দীর্ঘকাল ধরে গবেষণা করেছেন, তাদের একজন Alan Wallace মশাইয়ের জবানীতে,
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With the decline of contemplative inquiry in the West and the rise of mod-
ern science, attention was directed away from the inner environment of hu-
man awareness and outward to the physical universe. Whereas Christian
contemplatives had sought to discover the “kingdom of heaven within,” the
pioneers of the scientific revolution began to probe the heavens above. And
they developed their own kind of “samadhi” for enhancing and refining their
observations of the firmament. This was the telescope, first invented by the
Dutch, then improved upon by Galileo in 1609. ...
... Since Galileo’s time, the science of astronomy has advanced hand in hand
with the development of increasingly powerful telescopes. ...
Such extraordinary progress in science and technology has revealed the
astonishing ability of the human mind to explore the external natural world
of the physical universe. But to explore the internal natural world of the
mind, one must build and refine the inner telescope of samadhi. The use of
highly refined, stable, focused attention has by no means been confined to
the contemplative traditions of India, even though they appear to have made
the earliest and greatest advances in this field.
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কাজেই আপনি যা ভাল মনে করেন লিখুন বা ভাবুন।