May 20, 2026
Chuong Ngo, Lionel A Newman, Monika Stasytyte et al.
preprint
Advanced meditative absorption states remain difficult to study scientifically because they are rare, challenging to elicit under controlled conditions, and depend strongly on first-person phenomenology. This study presents a neurophenomenological case report of an advanced Yogic meditator with more than 20 years of sustained practice who reliably entered a deeply absorbed state referred to by...
International Journal of Yoga
2019
Reshma Madhukar Shetkar, Alex Hankey, Hr Nagendra et al.
Important stages of creativity include preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification. Earlier studies have reported that some techniques of meditation promote creativity but have not specified which stage is enhanced. Here, we report the influence of cyclic meditation (CM) on creative cognition measured by a divergent thinking task. Our aim was to determine the degree of association...
Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine
December 30, 2017
BR Divya, Hr Nagendra, K Shiva Kumar et al.
Background: The subtle energies of sacred fire rituals performed in a scientific systematic way are very supportive for the human system at physical, psychological and spiritual levels. The sacred fire rituals help in tuning the consciousness of the participants to merge with the Supreme consciousness. Aims & Objectives: To explore the effect of Homas in offering epochs of sustained synchronous...
International Journal of Yoga
July 1, 2010
Sanjay Kumar, Hr Nagendra, Kv Naveen et al.
Practicing mental repetition of "OM" has been shown to cause significant changes in the middle latency auditory-evoked potentials, which suggests that it facilitates the neural activity at the mesencephalic or diencephalic levels. The aim of the study was to study the brainstem auditory-evoked potentials (BAEP) in two meditation states based on consciousness, viz. dharana, and dhyana. Thirty...
International Journal of Yoga
2010
Sanjay Kumar, Hr Nagendra, Nk Manjunath et al.
In Indian scriptures the sacred syllable Om is the primordial sound from which all other sounds and creation emerge which signifies the Supreme Power. To explore the significance of the syllable OM from ancient texts and effects of OM meditation in contemporary science. DESCRIPTIONS FROM ANCIENT TEXTS: The descriptions of Om have been taken from four Upanisads (Mundaka, Mandukya, Svetasvatara,...
International Journal of Neuroscience
May 1994
Shirley Telles, R Nagarathna, Hr Nagendra et al.
Middle latency auditory evoked potentials were recorded in 18 male volunteers with ages between 25 and 45 years, 9 of whom had more than 10 years of experience in "Om" meditation (senior subjects), whereas the other 9 had no meditation experience (naive subjects). Both groups were studied in two types of sessions. (1) Before, during, and after 20 minutes of mentally repeating "one" (control...