Reflections ... Richard J. Davidson
For me personally, the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds is the realization of a dream that began the day I entered graduate school in 1972. I’ve always had the conviction that the mind underlies all that is important for flourishing and happiness; and that it has the inherent potential to be transformed. In 1992, I met the Dalai Lama for the first time and was convinced that now was the time for me to go public with my interests in meditation and contemplative practice. This has led to a flurry of important research that has been covered in all of the major newspapers and magazines and to the more widespread acceptance of meditation within the major institutions of our culture, including biomedical research and education. Moreover, a new hybrid discipline – contemplative neuroscience – is on the verge of being accepted widely in the scientific community.
The activities of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds will dramatically help to further these developments and bring important forms of mental training to a wider segment of our culture.
Richard J. Davidson
Director, Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, Waisman Center
Contact our Webmaster with any web-related questions or feedback
Website credit: Pigorsch Media Design, Inc.
© 2009 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
