Want to start meditating? A new generation of scientists want to change how it’s done - Vox

A long and chewy read on secular meditation I found interesting. It is nice that meditation is finally being put under a scientific microscope, but as the article points out, it is still a difficult subject to quantify. The old 'using consciousness to study consciousness' conundrum. 

I do know that on a pragmatic level, meditation has made a huge difference in my life. I equate it to clearing the brain's cache daily of unnecessary mental junk. That is important in an age where our attention has become a commodity, and we are under a bombardment of media distraction 24/7.