> (Curtis, why you're arguing with Willytex > is beyond me. There's no fascinating depth > to be explored here, no crazy-wisdom > insights to be gained. What you're seeing > is a third-grade mentality in an adult > brain. If all you're doing is exploiting > his pathology to make yourself look smart, > that's a pretty creepy thing to do.)
You have had more exposure to Richard and I was curious who is behind the posts. He is an odd mix. Creepy? I'm gunna go with a "no" on that. Rapport challenges are not creepy to me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" > <willytex@> wrote: > <snip> > > So meditation is eu-stress, that is, > > unstressing. Stress, according to Marshy, > > is anything that distorts the normal, > > natural functioning of the nervous system. > > No, TM isn't Selye's "eustress," nor is > unstressing Selye's "eustress." In the TM > context, "eustress" is simply one kind of > stress, no different than distress in terms > of the effects TM is concerned with. > > > Judy Stein on stress: > > > > "MMY and Selye found a certain resonance > > in each other's thinking. Selye thought > > TM was good at relieving stress, and MMY > > accordingly adopted the term "stress" > > to refer to the concept of samskaras so > > he'd have a Western scientific-sounding > > model for the ancient yogic concepion." > > Please don't quote my posts as if they > supported your notions. > > (Curtis, why you're arguing with Willytex > is beyond me. There's no fascinating depth > to be explored here, no crazy-wisdom > insights to be gained. What you're seeing > is a third-grade mentality in an adult > brain. If all you're doing is exploiting > his pathology to make yourself look smart, > that's a pretty creepy thing to do.) >