John M De Castro

Meditation has stronger relationships with mindfulness, kundalini, and mystical experiences than yoga or prayer.

Consciousness and Cognition September 1, 2015 John M De Castro 23 citations

Contemplative practices can have profound effects on mindfulness and on physical and sensory and mystical experiences. Individuals who self-reported meditation, yoga, contemplative prayer, or a combination of practices and their patterns of practice were compared for mindfulness, kundalini effects, and mystical experiences. The results suggest that the amount of practice but not the pattern and...