What Do Buddhists Engaging in Meditation Practices, Navaho Elders Drinking

question 359

Multiple Choice

What do Buddhists engaging in meditation practices, Navaho elders drinking peyote tea, and New Zealand Maori priests performing nightlong rituals to communicate with the mythical period the Aborigines call "Dreamtime" all have in common?

• A) They are used as a rite of passage for the young men in each culture.
• B) They are all meant to cleanse the mind and body and bring about altered awareness and personal revelation.
• C) They are all considered illegal practices in most Western cultures.
• D) They have all of these in common.

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Definitions:

Free Association

A technique in which the patient says whatever comes to mind. In other words, it is a kind of daydreaming out loud.

Loftus's Studies

Research conducted by psychologist Elizabeth Loftus, focusing on the malleability and unreliability of human memory, especially in the context of eyewitness testimony.

False Memories

The phenomena where a person recalls something that did not happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually happened.

Repressed Memories

Memories that have been unconsciously blocked due to being associated with a high level of stress or trauma.