"Researchers say the implication of this connection means people in many disciplines, including peace studies, health care or religion can learn different ways to attain selflessness, to experience transcendence, and to help themselves and others."
> > Selflessness -- Core Of All Major World Religions -- Has Neuropsychological > Connection > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124156.htm > > > > > > > > "This study, along with other recent neuroradiological studies of > > > Buddhist meditators and Francescan nuns, suggests that all individuals, > > > regardless of cultural background or religion, experience the same > > > neuropsychological functions during spiritual experiences, such as > > > transcendence." > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > TM is practiced in public and private schools throughout the USA these > > > > days as part of the "Quiet Time" program of the David Lynch Foundation. > > > > > > > > It is true that there is no way in the USA for TM to be funded by a > > > > public school system, but the DLF has introduced the Quiet TIme program > > > > to hundreds of US public and private schools, including 2 public > > > > charter schools in Tucson, AZ (that I have heard about). The program > > > > has been so carefully crafted that Americans United for Separation of > > > > Church and State have been unable to find a venue for a new lawsuit ala > > > > the Malnak v Yogi ruling of 32 years ago. > > > > > > > > In other countries, with less anal definitions of religion, TM is > > > > welcomed as a secular practice in all sorts of places, including > > > > schools. China has no qualms about > > > > TM being taught to its college students for example. > > > > > > > > L > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >"In comparison, TM is very much proprietary source software. It > > > > > >>cannot > > > > > >really ever be completely divorced from its origins in Hindu (or, if > > > > > >>you > > > > > >prefer, Vedic) trappings." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Would seem that TM is between a rock and a hard place trying to get > > > > > in to public institutions generally. Could the TM-Rajas alter their > > > > > source code, just to get in? Or be satisfied to just stay outside > > > > > with private and church institutions otherwise? > > > > > > > > > > > "Transcendence, feelings of universal unity and decreased sense of self, is > > a core tenet of all major religions. Meditation and prayer are the primary > > vehicles by which such spiritual transcendence is achieved." > > >
