Could Meditation Combat Dark Thoughts?

        That all depends upon which style of meditation we practice. If we practice focus or analysis in dependence upon our prefrontal cortex then it will stimulate our amygdala (the seat of anxiety and aggression) and giving into our dark impulses is only a matter of time. Fortunately, if we practice mindfulness (vulnerable, passive, visceral, random, and fleeting) in dependence upon our sympathetic nervous system and meditation that physically relaxes and mentally releases (in dependence upon our parasympathetic nervous system) then we could enjoy three levels of safety.

FIRST – this practice could calm our anxious and aggressive amygdala.

SECOND – this practice could stimulate our anterior cingulate gyrus that functions as the hub of our mirror neurons; the seat of our empathy, compassion, and love.

THIRD – in time this practice could induce our choices, utterances, and deeds, to flow from the effortless effort of love’s centered spontaneity. These three benefits are the key that frees us from the prison cell of the tyranny of our dark thoughts.

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