Meditation Argumentative Analysis

Our topic is the societal impacts of technology, but because technology has drastically changed the way the entire world functions, the three authors have decided to narrow focus on two aspects of life: economics and mental health. While the two areas may seem incompatible, the economic state of a country directly affects the mental health of its citizens, and the economic estate relies on individuals. In order to accurately depict the two areas of effect, the author's focus is the United States, but compare technology use and mental health rates in the United States to the technology use and mental health rates of both China and Russia in order to generate a better understanding of American society. By understanding the impact of technology on economics and mental health, individuals are capable of making informed decisions about technology use, in doing so they directly impact their surrounding society.

In 2014, the average percent of students returning from freshman to sophomore year for a bachelor's degree was 64% (National). This means that over one third of college freshman do not return. Many factors hurt a student's chance of returning because the change of college life from high school is drastic. To ease the transition from high school to college, students need to learn how sleep, independent learning, and their mindset affect their success. With a better understanding of how these things can improve their lives, there will be a higher retention rate.

To consider both the man before the war and after the war a patriot, we have to look at what a patriot is. The dictionary defines a patriot as, “a person who loves and strongly supports or fights for his or her country”. (Merriam-webster.com, 2014) Being a man who continues to serve the military, we are all patriots at some point. Ron Kovic raised his right hand as the process of enlistment goes, swore allegiance and service to the United States, knowing he might have to give his life in order to defend it. At the time of enlistment and up to his accident he followed what he swore to do. He was fighting for his country as those who were appointed over him ordered him to do. No one can argue that Kovic was serving his country, supporting his country, being a patriot.

"The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt."

In an article by the Portland Press Herald, the 9th Circuit of the Court of Appeals recently ruled that immigrants under the age of 18 in the country illegally do not have the right to free legal aid that is often provided by the US government. According to the article, judges cited their ruling on the basis that there are no laws of the federal government that mandates complimentary legal help to adolescents standing trial for crimes related to immigration. The article cites that the adolescent who recently learned of his verdict came from the country of Honduras. In addition, both the child and his parent argued in their own defense for journeying into the United States as a result of the continuous wave of violence in their country of heritage. Despite this life-threatening defense, the article explained that the court was aware of the potential consequences if the duo does, in fact, get deported. Overall, the article outlines the particular case of an adolescent and his guardian who face deportation as a result of a federal court's ruling, and also explains the possible outcomes of other

The articles introduced to us, two different views of reading and how the reading process occurs in children. The first view of reading is called the Word Recognition view. Word Recognition involves the process of reading by identifying words and being able to convert the written words into oral language. Alphabet recognition, phonemic awareness and sight words all fall under this category on how reading occurs in the word recognition view. According to this view children can become fluent readers once they become familiar in decoding written language accurately.

come to the conclusion that there is a limit to what they can do. A conscious

Some view meditation as new age, hippie nonsense because it is not a social norm to sit in silence and dig beneath the surface of the mind. Others liken it to tuning an instrument before playing it. I subscribe to the latter; nonetheless, meditation is an ancient practice that can be traced back 2,500 years. However, neuroscientists are just now beginning to measure the effects that it has on the brain. While there are many types of meditation, they all have the same function; reaching an internal state of consciousness in which one is attending to a specific focal point. The content of this paper will be predominantly about mindful meditation and how it positively affects the brain. The process of mindful

There were some findings of cognition changes in long-term meditation. Some of the changes were improved function attentiveness and flexibility in cognition. While comparing non-meditators and meditators, it was found meditators increase of attaining attention and out formed all measures of speed process of visual information bestowed by Newburg. There occurred some cases of enhanced working memory, while a decrease in fatigue and anger. In all, during several cognition tests, it was founded that meditators tend to do have positive results than

Before I take this class, I know that meditation is just sitting on the floor, close eyes and meditating. Because I did not know how to do it, I didn’t know how difficult it is. The first day of meditation class, I had hard time to follow. We were sitting on the chair instead of floor. I thought meditation is only sitting on the floor. It was interesting. Probably sitting on the chair is easier than floor; we all used to sitting on the chair. I tried both at home on the floor, chair and bed. Sitting on the chair was the best. It was comfortable and my body was more relax.

As the division of neighborhoods became more clear, children of each race did not get to see the other race on a daily basis because they are physically separated. The lack of interaction between the two races created a mental gap. Without the opportunity to see the other race, children were only able to know the other race through memories passed down through their neighborhoods. The cycle of negative images of the other race passed down through generations set up a mindset in each race that they can never understand the other race. Similar to how Guitar, who live among other black people, characterizes white people as the “unnatural enemy”, children can easily understand other people inaccurately through limited knowledge and experience.

Throughout the eight weeks of Free Mind and Free Spirit staff/volunteers will be able to identify what sports and fitness game “gives children the energy and purpose”(Recognize the Power of Sparks, n.d.) to continue with their activity. In order for members to identify a child spark, they will need to encourage them to participate in activities that they feel comfortable and have the skill to proceed and succeed in. The reason that children will be asked if they prefer sports or fitness games would be because it will help members to identify children that have “non-skill base and skill base”(The Healthy Life Experiment, 2014), which would help members separate children in equal and skill groups and allow games to be fair. Due to the skills,

A major impact meditation has is on the physical increase of thickness of the cerebral cortex (outer layer of brain tissue) and grey matter

Argumentative thesis: Although many people assume medications such as antidepressants are the only way to treat patients with depression, meditation is a better choice of treatment as it prevents relapse in patients that are recurringly depressed, is accepted by a large portion of patients that are typically unwilling to take medication to treat their depression, and rebuilds brain structures affected by the mental illness,

Mindfulness meditation consists of skills and methods to unplug from the busy world around you and from the busy 'monkey brain ' so often experienced in today 's life and particularly in ADHD, anxiety and depression. According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness meditation trains and reinforces the ability to pay attention to the present moment, on purpose which helps to increase concentration, decrease anxiety, improve sleep, improve mood, decrease the stress response, and improve physical and emotional health. The studies are compelling about the health benefits of mindfulness meditation. In fact, studies show that mindfulness meditation actually changes the brain in positive ways. The cortex of the brain is thicker in certain areas of the brain in those who practice mindfulness meditation. And brainwave patterns are changed in healthy ways as well.