Meditation they argue is very similar to a pill it is not an easy or certain cure for ailments but like medication meditation can produce changes in us both physiologically and psychologically and that it can affect all of us differently. The buddha pill is a useful antidote to the current mindfulness meditation boom in the us uk and other western societies and the best book ive found that focuses explicitly on whether mindfulness is an effective method of personal change. The buddha pill can meditation change you farias miguel wikholm dr catherine 9781786782212 books amazonca. In the buddha pill can meditation change you farias and wikholm examine 40 years of clinical studies about the effects of transcendental meditation popularized by beatles guru maharishi mahesh yogi and investigate the astonishing claims made by mindfulness meditation advocates meditation practice appears to have physiological benefits