Neurobiology of meditation
The main focus of this article is on the neurobiology of meditation It covers the experientially perceived mind-space including personal, peripersonal, and extrapersonal space, the concepts of mind in the Western and Eastern literature, and the neurobiological foundation in the brain stem, reticular-limbic system, forebrain including the five thalamo-cortical-basal ganglia circuits, multiple sensory modalities, integrated perception, speech production, language communication, voluntary movements, and intentional actions. The wholeness of conscious mind is expressed as bio-psycho-social-abstract/spiritual Introduction “All experience is local. I am not limited to local events. I am nonlocal awareness. It is an awareness of local consciousness.” There is a lot of ambiguity in the field of consciousness studies about the use of the terms consciousness, awareness, presence, and experiential space. Some authors think that consciousness and awareness are the same.[1] Some a...