Atheists who understand the value of meditation, should one learn meditation from books and scientific papers?

There are many main stream meditations and most of them belong to religion such as Tibetan Buddhism or have an historical connection with religion. For example, TM is secular but is connected to Hinduism. There is also, of course, the Christian meditation.

Some scientists, such as Benson with its relaxation response protocol, have described meditations in scientific papers. Benson’s relaxation response is derived from TM, but there is no professionally trained teachers and some studies indicate that the benefits are different, which makes sense because the teaching is different. There are also many books on meditation.

The results of a given meditation vary from person to person, but studies show that, despite these variations, different meditations provide completely different results. The difference between two kind of meditations can be similar to the difference between just lying down and sleeping. Of course, the results of sleeping or lying down vary from person to person, but still these are clearly two different practices with different results and these differences are universal. Every one needs sleep. No one can replace sleep by just lying down (though there may very few exceptions). The point here is that it is not true that all meditations are similar and science can discover universal differences between different techniques.

So what is your position on this. Should we consider the different meditations scientifically as they can be currently learned, irrespectively of their connection with religion? Or should we reject any connection with religion and create our own personal meditation from books and scientific papers?
For those who want references, I would suggest that you do your own search in Google Scholar with the term "meditation"- avoid standard Google because then you will have all sorts of weird sites with no scientific value. In Google Scholar, you will see many sites with scientific research on mindfulness meditation and TM, the most studied. You will also find comparative studies. If you want my opinion, TM is the best, but please make your own evaluation.

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The questions im about to ask also about Buddhism.?

Ha-religious people have not been attracted to this religion because of meditation and the spiritual element? For example. Richard Gere – Buddhism. Madonna -? Approach are mantras or words / sentences used in this religion? Give examples.

It has been was a romantic vision of Buddhism in Western countries. This idealization leads some to think Buddhism is something that really is not something "special." One aspect of some Buddhist sects is the practice of chanting of mantras, which are used for various purposes (for example, the Heart Sutra is very popular in East Asia). By Moreover, some Buddhist sects ignore the power of singing and focus on other practices such as meditation.

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