cortex and posterior superior temporal cortex (pSTC). In summary, when assessing unfairness, meditators activate a different network of brain areas compared with controls enabling them to uncouple negative emotional reactions from their behavior. These findings highlight the clinically and socially important possibility that sustained training in mindfulness meditation may impact distinct domains of human decision-making. " Why not enjoy the "miracle of being alive" with a joint too? Maybe meditation is not the only way, though there are a lot of sanctimonious meditators about, oddly enough. Who can possibly validate anyone else's subjective experience? Though someone could measure my telomerase levels after a week of getting high. Point me to the experiment. I dont know if you would call it meditation what I am about to describe, but it is certainly relaxing for me. Like most of you I still suffer now and then from sleeplessness. One day I found in a library where I was doing some study the magazine of a professional society, with an article on that very subject. It included a number of techniques for falling asleep. They all sound a bit crazy, like counting sheep, but I've tried them and they work; first slowly, but with more practice and confidence ever faster. I'll describe my favourite. You're lying sleepless, tossing and turning in bed. Lights out. Lie still now, close your eyes, and imagine yourself out on a calm, windless night, standing on a steep hillside in a pitch black starless night. Opposite you is