http://www.integralcompany.com/taxonomy/term/302/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.integralcompany.com/blog/tom-goddard/meditation-can-boost-compassion <p>In what will be absolutely no surprise to practitioners of mindfulness in all traditions, researchers have found evidence that meditation may be able to increase one&#39;s compassion. </p><p><img src="/sites/integralcompany.peerproducers.net/files/images/Compassion.thumbnail.jpg" class="image thumbnail" height="67" width="100" /></p><p>While meditators have reported this for several millenia, what makes it interesting is that the study is focusing on the neuroscientific aspects of the phenomenon, or what Integral Theorists might call the &quot;upper-right quadrant&quot;. Like it or not, meditators, Western culture requires this sort of inquiry, in addition to individual (&quot;upper-left&quot;) and collective (&quot;lower-left&quot;) reports that validate this finding from the inside of our experience. </p><p></p><p>&nbsp;</p><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.integralcompany.com/blog/tom-goddard/meditation-can-boost-compassion">read more</a></p> http://www.integralcompany.com/blog/tom-goddard/meditation-can-boost-compassion#comments Behavioral Compassion Integral Theory Meditation Mindfulness Behavioral Compassion Integral Theory Meditation Mindfulness Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:19:57 -0400 Tom Goddard 215 at http://www.integralcompany.com http://www.integralcompany.com/behavioral-upper-right These blogs highlight research that focus on the "behavioral" quadrant of the "All-Quadrant" dimension of Integral Theory.<br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.integralcompany.com/behavioral-upper-right">read more</a></p> http://www.integralcompany.com/behavioral-upper-right#comments Behavioral Individual-External Industrial-Organizational Psychology Integral Theory Organizational Development Quadrants Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:25:30 -0500 Tom Goddard 189 at http://www.integralcompany.com