Carol E. McMahon, Ph.D.

How Meditation Works And Why It Is Sure To Work For You

Meditation methods are many and varied. Some are vocal like mantra meditation. Others, like concentration on breathing, are silent. Some methods sit, some move, some are done alone, others in groups. At first glance they seem to have nothing in common, bu... Read >

How Meditation Works And Why It Will Work For You

Meditation methods are many and varied. Some are vocal like mantra meditation. Others, like concentration on breathing, are silent. Some methods sit, some move, some are done alone, others in groups. At first glance they seem to have nothing in common, bu... Read >

The Impossible Made Easy: How Feedback Tames The Restless Mind

"Restless man's mind, How shall he tame it? Truly I think the wind is no wilder." The words echo down through the centuries. All who meditate share the complaint. You sit down to meditate. You try to attend. More often than not, your mind wanders. At... Read >

The Sure Way To Happiness: Solve A Problem You Don’t Know You Have

What is the sure way to happiness? It is awareness. Awareness opens your eyes to beauty and your senses to pleasure. It opens your mind to truth and your heart to love. You might think you already have awareness. Most people think they do. If you think yo... Read >

How To Stop Aging

Are you aging unnecessarily? Answer these questions and find out: Do you see gray hair as loss of youth (as opposed to loss of pigmentation)? Do you describe how you feel as “young" or “old," rather than “energetic" or “tired" for instance? Do yo... Read >

How To Break Through To Enlightenment

Enlightenment breakthrough is peak performance meditation. If you’re eager for the challenge or just want to upgrade your practice, these guidelines will help. First, consider what breakthrough is. Let’s define the task. What Is Breakthrough? Defining ... Read >

Is There One Best Way To Meditate?

There are countless ways to meditate, more than two hundred in India alone. Among these, one is based on science not tradition. It uses feedback – visual proof of attention to assure success. Here’s what you need to know. Attention: The Key To Succe... Read >

What Is The Best Way To Meditate?

They say practice makes perfect but when it comes to meditation, all bets are off. You can meditate with no increase in practice skill. You might even lose skill over time. As Buddhist tradition says: “After twenty years you can finally say you’ve begu... Read >

How to Make Your Gurus Head Spin: Tell Him About Feedback

The temple was crowded; the Indian stick dance about to begin. I stood chatting with a meditation teacher, formerly an engineer. His own practice, he complained, was heavily burdened by a wandering mind. He wasn’t alone here. The same complaint echo... Read >

What Is Straight Line Meditation?

As anyone who meditates will tell you, mind’s wandering gets in the way. You sit down to attend (to a mantra, a candle flame, the breath for instance). Then instead of attending you drift and dream, wander in circles, while away time. If you could stop... Read >

What Is The “Light” Of Enlightenment? And How To Put It To Use!

We’ve all heard of it. Many have seen it. It’s the light seen in deep meditation – the “light" of enlightenment. To us it’s a metaphor. “Seeing the light;" like “opening your eyes," and “awakening," are just figures of speech, but we’re wrong here. ... Read >

Meditating In Circles? Try Straight Line Meditation

Research confirms it. No self-help tool holds more potential benefit for mind, body and spirit. Meditation promises “great liberation," “great knowledge," “great tranquility." Great promise however, is rarely fulfilled. The shortfall lies with med... Read >

Why The Best Meditation Requires Feedback

What do you gain from meditation? Consider what could be. Imagine entering "a world of peace and ease" without changing a thing in your life. Imagine "perfect mental balance: a balance of mind never upset by any event under the canopy of heaven." Medi... Read >

How To Meditate Better Than Your Guru: The Feedback Solution

Better than your Guru? No joke is intended. Read this and you'll know how to meditate better than Gurus past and present. You'll be free of the problem that limits success in all forms of meditation: mind's uncontrollable wandering. Even Gurus ar... Read >

Don't Waste Time Meditating! Make Every Second Count With Feedback

Don't Waste Time Meditating! Make Every Second Count with Feedback Yes, the raves are true. Benefits of meditation from relaxation to full enlightenment are time tested and research confirmed. No other single thing you can do has more benefit to min... Read >