--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On May 14, 2008, at 5:39 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > >> > >> http://brainimaging.waisman.wisc.edu/publications/2008/ > >> LutzAttention_TCS.pdf > >> > >> Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, Department of > >> Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705, USA. > >> Meditation can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and > >> attentional regulatory training regimes developed for various ends, > >> including the cultivation of well-being and emotional balance. Among > >> these various practices, there are two styles that are commonly > >> studied. One style, focused attention meditation, entails the > >> voluntary focusing of attention on a chosen object. The other style, > >> open monitoring meditation, involves nonreactive monitoring of the > >> content of experience from moment to moment. The potential regulatory > >> functions of these practices on attention and emotion processes could > >> have a long-term impact on the brain and behavior. > > > > But in TM, thoughts aren't ever distracting. > > So you claim, unconvincingly.
Says Vaj, who seems never to have "got" TM. > > Distraction is distraction is distraction, no matter how you > rationalize it. > Says Vaj, who seems never to have "got" TM. > > I haven't read the article, but on the face, it sounds poorly > > thought out, since it > > doesn't acknowledge that TM is different. > > It's preliminary and quite well thought out I thought after reading it > thru, although it would certainly be interesting to hear criticisms if > they're legit. > > It is not about TM, but TM is a form of "FA" (focused attention) as > they call it and that is the one modality it focuses on (the other > being OM). ButTM isn't about focused attention, on the mantra or anything else. They're more in line with the classical Hindu yogic schools > than TM though (at least compared to you presentation of TM). It is > not considered effortless till you can, with merely the intention to > "go", you can go into transcendence for whatever amount of time you > desire. And they do. > Says Vaj, who has never "got" TM. A hint about this last: TM isn't about gaining transcendence during meditation. Lawson
