"Deep states" of meditation: Phenomenological reports of experience.

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Meditation has been described as a group of practices that aim to transform consciousness through the deliberate alteration and control of attention (van Nuys, 1973; Boals, 1978; Goleman, 1981). The resulting experiences manifest as a wide range of cognitive, emotional, and perceptual changes in the meditator. For example, the following may be experienced by meditators: the meditation object is distorted (e.g. Deikman, 1969; van Nuys, 1973; Kubose, 1976), fantasies and hallucinations (Banquet, 1973; van Nuys, 1973; Walsh, 1978; Komfield, 1979), increased clarity of perception (Walsh, 1978), a decrease in reactivity to unusual experiences (Walsh, 1984; Forte, Brown & Dysart, 1987-88), a reduction in discursive thinking (Tart, 1971; Komfie1d, 1979; Walsh, 1984), altered perceptions of time (Deikrnan,1969; Kubose,1976; Kornfield, 1979; Brown, Forte, Rich & Epstein, 1982-83), and changes in the perception of the self and body (Maupin, 1969; Kornfield, 1979; Brown et al., 1982-83; Forte et al., 1987-88). Finally, meditators widely report affective changes as indicated by a sense of tranquility (Maupin, 1969; Lesh, 1970; Walsh, 1978), an increase in positive emotions described as bliss and rapture (Kernfield, 1979), as well as love andjoy (Osis, Bokert & Carlson, 1973; Kohr, 1977).

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