Vaj wrote: > Ah yes, James Austin. Good stuff! > Ah yes, James Austin, the same James Austin that cites Herbert Benson, who as everyone knows, first published the results of TM with Keith Wallace. According to Austin, scientists have mapped the relaxation response in TM meditation. Makes one wonder if all that stuff you said about TM was true.
8. Lazar, S, Bush, G, Gollub, R, et al. "Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation." NeuroReport 2000; 11: (7): 1581-1585. http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=2896 "Meditation is a conscious mental process that induces a set of integrated physiologic changes termed the relaxation response..." 'Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation' Lazar SW, Bush G, Gollub RL, Fricchione GL, Khalsa G, Benson H. PubMed, 10841380, May 2000 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10841380