--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:02 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > Can't find where he mentions shamatha by name. He mentions someone > > else's proposed categorization of meditation into 2 main groups and > > proposes that TM belongs in a 3rd category... > > > In the neurological division of different types of meditation there > are two: FA and OM IIRC. FA is shamatha, i.e. TM, shamatha, etc. > > The TM researchers, without providing parallel research, tried to > invent a faux category I believe they called "automatic transcending" > or some similar diversion. Due to the lack of similar, parallel > evidence, I don't believe anyone but the radical TMers believed it. > It's just part of their underlying belief that they must maintain > some sort of "unique" brand-name recognition. >
You've seen their evidence for why they propose this 3rd category of meditation and you can't even recall what they call the category? Hmmmm.... Lawson
