Jason Meno

Yeah, it's just two groups. Right, exactly. And I did not have a control group for this. This study is definitely a very crude pilot without a control group, and you need a control group for these kind of things. It's a good beginning.

Yeah, it's just two groups. Right, exactly. And I did not have a control group for this. This study is definitely a very crude pilot without a control group, and you need a control group for these kind of things. It's a good beginning.

Yeah, the expectations. Exactly. Yeah, that's why I asked. Right. Yep. Great question.

Yeah, the expectations. Exactly. Yeah, that's why I asked. Right. Yep. Great question.

I sure did. So the positive expectations was for the finishers. They thought their positive feelings would jump all the way up to 59. From 25 to 59. No, no, no. Their positive feelings, they started on 49. Yeah, 49 to 59.

I sure did. So the positive expectations was for the finishers. They thought their positive feelings would jump all the way up to 59. From 25 to 59. No, no, no. Their positive feelings, they started on 49. Yeah, 49 to 59.

Yeah, they really didn't expect very much to happen, actually. Kind of interesting. And the non-finishers, they expected their positive feelings to go from 45 up to 58.

Yeah, they really didn't expect very much to happen, actually. Kind of interesting. And the non-finishers, they expected their positive feelings to go from 45 up to 58.

Yeah. So that wraps up all of the initial data gathering that we did right at the very, very start. So now we can go into what happened. So so there's now after getting all this information, they started the meditations. So, again, each meditation was 10 minutes long. And there were five.

Yeah. So that wraps up all of the initial data gathering that we did right at the very, very start. So now we can go into what happened. So so there's now after getting all this information, they started the meditations. So, again, each meditation was 10 minutes long. And there were five.

So the first meditation was a what's called a body scan meditation, where you just essentially start from your toes and you think and you think about like, OK, focus on the sensations of your toes and relax them. Now, focus that focus your attention on your ankles and relax them and then your calves and then your knees.

So the first meditation was a what's called a body scan meditation, where you just essentially start from your toes and you think and you think about like, OK, focus on the sensations of your toes and relax them. Now, focus that focus your attention on your ankles and relax them and then your calves and then your knees.

And so 10 minutes of that, like sweeping up and scanning throughout the body and relaxing different elements of it. And the second meditation was a counting concentration meditation. So you would essentially focus on your breath, and then as you breathe in and out, you'll actually count up to 10. So breathe in, one, breathe out, two, breathe in, three, breathe out, four.

And so 10 minutes of that, like sweeping up and scanning throughout the body and relaxing different elements of it. And the second meditation was a counting concentration meditation. So you would essentially focus on your breath, and then as you breathe in and out, you'll actually count up to 10. So breathe in, one, breathe out, two, breathe in, three, breathe out, four.

So it's a way to try to concentrate your mind on your breathing while mentally counting. So that was the second meditation. The third meditation was a loving-kindness meditation, where essentially you are imagining someone you love very much, and you use a mantra, basically, where you say to yourself, may they be happy, may they be free from suffering, may they be filled with loving-kindness.

So it's a way to try to concentrate your mind on your breathing while mentally counting. So that was the second meditation. The third meditation was a loving-kindness meditation, where essentially you are imagining someone you love very much, and you use a mantra, basically, where you say to yourself, may they be happy, may they be free from suffering, may they be filled with loving-kindness.

And then you apply that loving kindness thinking to someone who you love and then to someone who you feel neutral towards. And then you apply that feeling toward yourself. May I be happy. May I be free from suffering. May I be filled with loving kindness. And then you extend it to someone you don't like, someone you actually have quite negative feelings towards.

And then you apply that loving kindness thinking to someone who you love and then to someone who you feel neutral towards. And then you apply that feeling toward yourself. May I be happy. May I be free from suffering. May I be filled with loving kindness. And then you extend it to someone you don't like, someone you actually have quite negative feelings towards.

And you extend loving kindness thoughts to that person. And then it gets bigger and bigger and expands out to your whole community, the world, all beings in the universe, all beings in every parallel dimension. And I don't think it went that far, but that's typically how loving kindness meditation works. So that was the third meditation. And again, it's only 10 minutes.

And you extend loving kindness thoughts to that person. And then it gets bigger and bigger and expands out to your whole community, the world, all beings in the universe, all beings in every parallel dimension. And I don't think it went that far, but that's typically how loving kindness meditation works. So that was the third meditation. And again, it's only 10 minutes.