The Importance of Meditation

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Wonders are undervalued in our culture, but just We all of us miss out on the lot. That is a feeling that is well cultivated by meditation. I've noticed sometimes when I'm meditating All attain a state of calm and suddenly an idea will just pop up that actually is the solution to a problem. It's not like you're ending all mind wandering. The conscious mind is designed to think it's doing more Than it actually is in the first place.

Robert Wright, author of Why Buddhism Is True, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the psychotherapeutic insights of Buddhism and the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. Wright argues our evolutionary past has endowed us with a mind that can be ill-suited to the stress of the present. He argues that meditation and the non-religious aspects of Buddhism can reduce suffering and are consistent with recent psychological research.