--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Nov 8, 2011, at 4:38 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > I wouldn't use the words "placebo effect," as Vaj > > does > > > I'd more specifically call it "expectation effect from > indoctrination, that expectation creating a style of placebo > relaxation response." > > It really seems to center around belief.
Well, duh! That's rather exactly what according to PJ seems to be the conditio sine qua non of (asaMprajñaata?)-samaadhi (for upaaya-pratyaya-yogi_s): *shraddhaa*-viirya-smRti-samaadhi-prajñaa-puurvaka itareSaam! shraddhA f. faith , trust , confidence , trustfulness , faithfulness , belief in...
