General Meditation MCQs

1. Allah - Allaha - kyrie eleison - adonai

2. Kundalini meditation - Tai chi/qi gong - Hatha yoga - Chakra meditations - Shamanistic dance; whirling dervishes

3. Things are naturally perfect as they are you don't need to change anything

4. Never work with a meditation teacher if you have any doubts about his or her integrity!

5. Meditation that focuses on movements

6. Increased gray matter in the prefrontal cortex and the right anterior insula - as well as the hippocampus (learning and memory) - the cingulate cortex (emotional regulation) - and the temporo-parietal junction (empathy); it is associated with reducti

7. Processes space and time; may be related to sense of dissolution of boundaries between self and non-self

8. 1. Produces 'a wakeful - hypometabolic state of parasympathetic activity' and can thus be used to treat stress-related disorders - Large number of studies have indicated that meditation can reduce hypertension - insomnia - anxiety - asthma - and depr

9. Not the same as analyzing something

10. Take any position you want (sit - stand - lie down) - your back should be straight. Don't cross your arms or legs - try to be straight as possible. Take a few slow deep breaths and bring your eyes downward. If intention wanders (which it will) - just

11. A lot of native cultures do it; dance that generates a certain energy

12. Center all of your attention and desire on Him and make this the sole concern of your mind and heart; Focus on God and the center of your heart and make it soul object of attention and desire.

13. Ey in terms of whether meditation is working or not. People who are satisfied are because their relationships are expanding. They are able to connect with other people.

14. Buddhist meditation involving focus on the breath for long periods of time (before vapissana)

15. Different mode of knowing - sense of natural perfection - dissolution of boundaries - sense of timelessness - spontaneous action

16. Physical yoga

17. Expanding awareness to a number of different physical or mental events that can theoretically be performed during any behavior - being with your experience ina fully participatory way.

18. Concentration increases...

19. To get what you're aiming for. If you aim to zone out because life is too crazy it will work. Meditation should be about connecting with your real self.

20. In meditation - the body can be experienced as patterns of energy that cannot be described neurophysiologically. Can't describe what's happening using Western physiologically

21. You can only learn this from your teacher. It is advanced meditation technique. Manipulation of breath and energy

22. 1. Meditation - like psychotherapy tends to release unconscious material 2. Reported adverse effects range from depression - anxiety - and dissociation to psychosis 3. There may be other psychological risks as well - such as increase in passivity

23. Who show increased neural synchrony and high levels of gamma wave activity (even when not meditating)?

24. Heat energy to burn off incureties

25. Buddhist insight meditation (only do after you have done years of practice meditation)

26. Focused repetition of memorized passages from world scripture and the writings of great mystics; reading something like a script from the bible

27. 1. Relief of depression and anxiety and prevention of relapse 2. Reduction of recidivism rates of prisoners 3. Improves attention

28. Tend to be happier - more optimistic

29. Meditation accesses deeper levels of awareness and transforms how you perceive the emotions naturally.

30. Improvement in concentration - Enhanced ability to detect light flashes of short duration - Meditators show a pattern of greater initial arousal in response to aversive stimuli but faster recovery - Has been implemented in stress reduction and chro

31. Biofeedback can be used to control all of the following except __________.