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meditasi
Prof Dr Soetanto Hartono
“To study the Way is to study the self.
       To study the self is to forget the self.
   To forget the self is to be enlightened by
                                    all things.
To be enlightened by all things is to remove
the barriers between one's self and others.”
                                (Dogen, 2002)
Tujuan meditasi adalah untuk
mengembangkan Self-awareness, self-
regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART).

• Self awareness: kesadaran mengenai keberadaan
  dirinya sendiri
• Self regulation : kemampuan untuk memodulasi
  perilakunya secara efektif
• Self-transcendence: membuat hubungan yang
  positif antara dirinya dengan orang lain dengan
  tidak mementingkan dirinya sendiri melainkan
  mendahulukan kepentingan orang lain (pro-sosial)
Meditasi adalah merupakan
  pengembangan mental, dimana
         praktisi membangun rasa
sejahtera dengan cara mengenal
  dan mengembangkan dirinya
  sendiri, pola perilakunya sendiri
  maupun rasa sosial yang tinggi.
Meditasi berdasarkan atas loving-
kindness-compassion akan
menciptakan rasa sejahtera dan
membantu mencegah perasaan
marah atau teriritasi
pengulangan kalimat atau
“mantra”secara batin merupakan
  kunci untuk mencapai keadaan
     meditatif. Praktek lain yang
       dikerjakan adalah dengan
    memusatkan perhatian pada
   pernafasan, saat menarik dan
               membuang nafas.
Meditasi difokuskan pada:
•   pengembangan kesadaran batin, dan
•   membebaskan diri dari keinginan dan
    perasaan tidak puas , suatu bentuk
    equanimity atau diterjemahkan sebagai
    “melihat sesuatu kejadian dengan gugahan
    (arousal) yang seimbang tanpa
    hyperexcitability .

 Wawasan yang tidak terdistorsi ini disebut
 juga persepsi tanpa interpretasi.
Self transendence adalah kesadaran
       akan dirinya dan orang-orang di
  sekitarnya, mengarah pada perilaku
                                  etis.
 Perilaku etis didasarkan pada konsep
cinta dan kasih sayang yang universal
            pada semua mahluk hidup
Kesadaran adalah integrasi dari
otak dan interpretasi dari semua
  informasi yang ada pada suatu
waktu tertentu. Saat tidak tidur,
    informasi sensoris menerima
      rangsang dari lingkungan .
Pengaruh meditasi pada otak
               sustained
               meditation leads to
               something called
               neuroplasticity, whi
               ch is defined as the
               brain's ability to
               change, structurall
               y and
               functionally, on the
               basis of
               environmental
               input.
It Increases Gray Matter
A 2005 study on
American men and
women who meditated a
mere 40 minutes a day
showed that they had
thicker cortical walls
than non-meditators.
What this meant is that
their brains were aging
at a slower rate. Cortical
thickness is also
associated with decision
making, attention and
memory.
Lobus frontalis

         frontal lobes at the
         front of the brain
         modulate voluntary
         movement; speech;
         working memory;
         planning of
         complex, sequential
         actions; emotions;
         and self-reflection and
         personality traits.
lobus temporalis
          The temporal
          lobes, along with the
          limbic system
          (hypothalamus, amyg
          dala, hippocampus, ci
          ngulate gyrus, orbito-
          frontal cortex) are
          involved
          iemotion, motivation,
          and memory
          processing.
lobus parietalis
          space perception
Hippocampus:

• Stores and
processes
memories
• Helps find
memories
• Affects emotions
It Can Be Better
Than Sleeping
In a 2006
study, college
students were asked
to either
sleep, meditate or
watch TV. They were
then tested on their
alertness by being
asked to hit a button
every time a light
flashed on a screen.
The meditators
Gelombang otak saat tahap2 tidur
                  Awake: beta waves
                  Drowsy: Alpha waves
                  Stage 1 Sleep
                  Theta waves
                • Stage 2 Sleep
                  Sleep spindles and
                  mixed EEG activity
                  Slow wave sleep
                  (stage 3 and stage
                  4 sleep) delta waves
                  REM sleep
                  Low-voltage, high-
                  frequency waves
After meditating
regularly for three
months, 40 of the
60 patients showed
significant drops in
blood pressure
levels and were
able to reduce
some of
Telomeres -- the protective
caps at the end of our
chromosomes -- are the
new frontier of anti-aging
science. Longer telomeres
mean that you're also
likely to live longer.
Research done by the
University of
California, Davis'
Shamatha Project has
shown that meditators
have significantly higher
telomerase activity that
non-meditators.
Telomerase is the enzyme
that helps build
telomeres, and greater
t Can Slow The Progression Of
HIV
A 2008 study on HIV positive
patients found that, after an
eight-week meditation
course, patients who'd
meditated showed no decline
in lymphocyte content
compared with non-
meditators who showed
significant reduction in
lymphocytes.
Lymphocytes or white blood
cells are the "brain" of the
body's immune system, and
are particularly important for
HIV positive people.
Meditation works
by reducing
activity in the
somatosensory
cortex and
increasing activity
in other areas of
the brain.
David R. Vago* and David A. Silbersweig. 2012. Self-
awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a
framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of
mindfulness. Front Hum Neurosci, 6: 296.

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Meditasi

  • 1.
  • 3. “To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things. To be enlightened by all things is to remove the barriers between one's self and others.” (Dogen, 2002)
  • 4. Tujuan meditasi adalah untuk mengembangkan Self-awareness, self- regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART). • Self awareness: kesadaran mengenai keberadaan dirinya sendiri • Self regulation : kemampuan untuk memodulasi perilakunya secara efektif • Self-transcendence: membuat hubungan yang positif antara dirinya dengan orang lain dengan tidak mementingkan dirinya sendiri melainkan mendahulukan kepentingan orang lain (pro-sosial)
  • 5. Meditasi adalah merupakan pengembangan mental, dimana praktisi membangun rasa sejahtera dengan cara mengenal dan mengembangkan dirinya sendiri, pola perilakunya sendiri maupun rasa sosial yang tinggi.
  • 6. Meditasi berdasarkan atas loving- kindness-compassion akan menciptakan rasa sejahtera dan membantu mencegah perasaan marah atau teriritasi
  • 7. pengulangan kalimat atau “mantra”secara batin merupakan kunci untuk mencapai keadaan meditatif. Praktek lain yang dikerjakan adalah dengan memusatkan perhatian pada pernafasan, saat menarik dan membuang nafas.
  • 8.
  • 9. Meditasi difokuskan pada: • pengembangan kesadaran batin, dan • membebaskan diri dari keinginan dan perasaan tidak puas , suatu bentuk equanimity atau diterjemahkan sebagai “melihat sesuatu kejadian dengan gugahan (arousal) yang seimbang tanpa hyperexcitability . Wawasan yang tidak terdistorsi ini disebut juga persepsi tanpa interpretasi.
  • 10. Self transendence adalah kesadaran akan dirinya dan orang-orang di sekitarnya, mengarah pada perilaku etis. Perilaku etis didasarkan pada konsep cinta dan kasih sayang yang universal pada semua mahluk hidup
  • 11. Kesadaran adalah integrasi dari otak dan interpretasi dari semua informasi yang ada pada suatu waktu tertentu. Saat tidak tidur, informasi sensoris menerima rangsang dari lingkungan .
  • 12. Pengaruh meditasi pada otak sustained meditation leads to something called neuroplasticity, whi ch is defined as the brain's ability to change, structurall y and functionally, on the basis of environmental input.
  • 13. It Increases Gray Matter A 2005 study on American men and women who meditated a mere 40 minutes a day showed that they had thicker cortical walls than non-meditators. What this meant is that their brains were aging at a slower rate. Cortical thickness is also associated with decision making, attention and memory.
  • 14. Lobus frontalis frontal lobes at the front of the brain modulate voluntary movement; speech; working memory; planning of complex, sequential actions; emotions; and self-reflection and personality traits.
  • 15. lobus temporalis The temporal lobes, along with the limbic system (hypothalamus, amyg dala, hippocampus, ci ngulate gyrus, orbito- frontal cortex) are involved iemotion, motivation, and memory processing.
  • 16. lobus parietalis space perception
  • 17. Hippocampus: • Stores and processes memories • Helps find memories • Affects emotions
  • 18. It Can Be Better Than Sleeping In a 2006 study, college students were asked to either sleep, meditate or watch TV. They were then tested on their alertness by being asked to hit a button every time a light flashed on a screen. The meditators
  • 19. Gelombang otak saat tahap2 tidur Awake: beta waves Drowsy: Alpha waves Stage 1 Sleep Theta waves • Stage 2 Sleep Sleep spindles and mixed EEG activity Slow wave sleep (stage 3 and stage 4 sleep) delta waves REM sleep Low-voltage, high- frequency waves
  • 20. After meditating regularly for three months, 40 of the 60 patients showed significant drops in blood pressure levels and were able to reduce some of
  • 21. Telomeres -- the protective caps at the end of our chromosomes -- are the new frontier of anti-aging science. Longer telomeres mean that you're also likely to live longer. Research done by the University of California, Davis' Shamatha Project has shown that meditators have significantly higher telomerase activity that non-meditators. Telomerase is the enzyme that helps build telomeres, and greater
  • 22. t Can Slow The Progression Of HIV A 2008 study on HIV positive patients found that, after an eight-week meditation course, patients who'd meditated showed no decline in lymphocyte content compared with non- meditators who showed significant reduction in lymphocytes. Lymphocytes or white blood cells are the "brain" of the body's immune system, and are particularly important for HIV positive people.
  • 23. Meditation works by reducing activity in the somatosensory cortex and increasing activity in other areas of the brain.
  • 24. David R. Vago* and David A. Silbersweig. 2012. Self- awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness. Front Hum Neurosci, 6: 296.