Essays on Meditation

In Descartes Meditations he talks about many different things. Two things he talks about are his arguments on Dreams and what he calls the Evil Demon. Both of them have to do with deceiving the mind into believing in things that may be untrue. The dream argument has to do with that we never truly…

Descartes’ first meditation, his main objective is to present three skeptical arguments to bring doubt upon what he considers his basic beliefs. Descartes believes this to be an intricate part of his complete epistemological argument. Descartes skeptical arguments are not intended to be a denial of his basic beliefs. On the contrary, he uses these…

Descartes overall objective in the Meditations is to question knowledge. Toexplore such metaphysical issues as the existence of God and the separation ofmind and body, it was important for him to distinguish what we can know as truth. He believed that reason as opposed to experience was the source for discoveringwhat is of absolute certainty….

The Transcendental Meditation technique is a simple, natural, effortless procedure practiced for any amount of time, usually 10-20 minutes in the morning and evening, while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. During this technique, the individual’s awareness settles down and experiences a unique state of restful alertness. As the body becomes deeply relaxed, the mind…