Yeah I find that site pretty silly and I agree that anyone can have any of those symptoms and attribute them to anything in their lives. I think you have to meditate and make a decision yourself as to whether it improves your life.
It's interesting that the quoted Government report that questions the validity of research in his paper have the following statement on the overall physiological and neuropsychological effects of meditation practices:
"The physiological and neuropsychological effects of meditation practices were evaluated in 311 studies. The majority of studies have been conducted in healthy participants. Meta-analysis revealed that the most consistent and strongest physiological effects of meditation practices in healthy populations occur in the reduction of heart rate, blood pressure, and cholesterol. The
strongest neuropsychological effect is in the increase of verbal creativity"
source -
http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/ev...tion/medit.pdf
I agree that most research based on something as subjective and amorphous as meditation needs better tools like fMRI, but the overall summary of the paper is that meditation is very positive. That certainly isnt reported by Knapp despite his initial view of meditation.
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