The Coherence Effect
Description
The Coherence Effect describes how to tap into the laws of nature to improve health, higher brain functioning and well-being. With a Foreword by neuroscientist and physician Tony Nader, head of the international Transcendental Meditation (TM) organizations in over 100 countries, the book is the product of years of research and practice by a powerhouse team of authors.
Dr. Robert Keith Wallace's postgraduate research at Harvard continued his pioneering research on the physiological effects of meditation. He is the author of several books on meditation and Ayurveda and one of the world's leading authorities on Vedic health practices.Dr. Christopher Clark followed his residency at Yale's Department of Psychiatry by pioneering the integration of Ayurvedic medicine into the practice of medicine and psychiatry; he is the author of Ayurvedic Healing-Contemporary Maharishi AyurVeda Medicine and Science. Jay B. Marcus has been a teacher of meditation for 45 years and He has lectured extensively on drug abuse, prison reform, and meditation. He is the author of TM and Business.
The authors begin by taking readers on a health and healing journey with an understanding of one of the most famous laws of nature, the Second Law of Thermodynamics. It says that anything that is not alive increases in entropy (disorder or decay) over time. Cars and houses fall apart, computers break down, food becomes rotten. The same natural tendency towards entropy affects the human body. But living organisms have the ability to grow and evolve and overcome the decaying effect of the Second Law at least for a time. And how we do this tells us what life is according to science and what we need for optimal health.
A prime lesson of The Coherence Effect is how to eat for complete digestion and what to eat to overcome particular disorders and entropy in general.
We know our immune and other self-repair systems naturally enable us to maintain inner order as the antidote to entropy and disease. When functioning properly, our immune system keeps germs out of the body and destroys those that enter; we naturally manufacture chemicals each day to heal wounds, aid sleep, improve digestion, and control bodily functions. When working properly, the body's self-healing systems do a thousand-fold more to maintain normal, orderly functioning than any pharmaceuticals could possibly do.
The book also compares meditation programs based on science and the laws of nature. So, those not satisfied with their meditation experience can decide if they want to try the TM technique, which generates brain coherence to overcome entropy.
Health and life itself depend on maintaining inner order or coherence, and the book shows how we can enhance our naturally coherent state for lifelong health even in a stressful and infectious world.
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Persons
Dr. Wallace is the founding President of Maharishi International University (MIU) and has helped established graduate programs to train physicians, health professionals, and wellness consultants in Maharishi Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. He is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Health and a Trustee of MIU.
Dr. Wallace is the author of a number of books including Dharma Parenting, Gut Crisis, and The Rest And Repair Diet. He and his wife reside in Fairfield, Iowa.
Content
Foreword by Tony Nader, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.R.R................................ xiii
Part I - THE IMPORTANCE OF COHERENCE
Chapter 1: The Big Picture : What is Life and How We Heal............... 2
Chapter 2: Brain Wave Coherence: The New Frontier of
Science's Age of Consciousness ......................................... 21
Part II - MEDITATION
Chapter 3: Super Coherent Brain Waves from
Transcendental Meditation ................................................ 36
Chapter 4: You're Not a Terrible Meditator-You Just Need
a Different Technique ......................................................... 51
Chapter 5: What the TM Research Shows: Whole Body
Coherence ............................................................................ 69
Chapter 6: The Coherence Effect in Overcoming Stress
and Preventing Disease ................................................... 77
Chapter 7: From Anxiety, PTSD, and Depression to Calmness
and Inner Fulfillment ..................................................... 90
Chapter 8: Overcoming Heart Disease, Addictions, and
Insomnia, and Leading a Joyful Senior Life..................113
Part III - RESONANT SOUNDS
Chapter 9: Healing Through Vedic Sounds or Vibrations:
Sometimes There are Dramatic Results ........................140
Chapter 10: Vedic Sounds on an App: Integrated
Development of Heart and Mind ...................................164
Chapter 11: How the Vedic Sounds Work: the Power of
Resonance and the Miracle of Coherence ................. 171
Part IV - DIET, DIGESTION, AND IMMUNITY
Chapter 12: Food as Medicine Requires Eating for Coherence
(by Knowing Your Ayurvedic Body Type) ...................188
Chapter 13: Matching Your Foods and Spices to Your Body
Type and Current Disorders .......................................... 211
Chapter 14: Best Foods and Spices for the Immune System ........... 227
Chapter 15: The Importance of Good Digestion and
Detoxification .................................................................. 235
Chapter 16: The Royal Detoxification Program: Pulse
Diagnosis and Panchakarma ...................................... 249
Chapter 17: The Coherence Healing Lifestyle .................................. 269
Part V - SPIRITUALITY AND MORALITY
Chapter 18: The Spiritual and Moral Effects of Coherence ............ 292
Appendix A: Selected Research on Higher Brain Functioning ........ 311
Appendix B: Learning to Meditate Correctly: What it Costs
and Advanced Programs ............................................ 318
Appendix C: References for More Information ................................. 326
Endnotes ................................................................................................ 328
Acknowledgments ................................................................................ 344
About the Authors ................................................................................ 346
