--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> > Ruth, you're not paying attention. Samadhi during TM is characterized by increased alpha. > It is also correlated, according to some preliminary research, with descreased thalimic > cortical feedback activity. Ok, now I am convinced that I don't understand what you mean by "witnessing" vs. "Samadhi." Are you in fact using the terms interchangeably? I would not think that they mean the same. But as I mentioned in another thread, I am not overly familiar with the language of mysticism. I just started poking around on the issue of cortical and thalimic activity, which appear may be effected by any number of different types of meditation. > > > This explains the "turiya" description of being dsitinct from all other forms of > consciousness yet at the basis of all of them: > > > waking: high external sensory activity; high internal feedback loops; high cortical activity. > dreaming: low external sensory activity; high internal feedback loops; high cortical > activity. > deep sleep: low external sensory activity; low internal feedback loops; low coritical > activity. > > turiya (samadhi): low external sensory activity; low internal feedback loops; high cortical > activity. > > > > Lawson Any cites you can give me to support this thesis I would appreciate. And yes, I am paying attention. But we have so many threads going at once and thus I am sure I will end up out of posts shortly! >
