--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: > > the moderators of the meditation forum on reddit don't like me (snif). So > I've been responding to questions about TM privately. Any comments/criticisms? > > > > > ++++++++++++ > Hi, I'm banned from /r/meditation for mentioning Transcendental Meditation > too much, but all the answers you have been getting are very limited. > ' > Alpha EEG is associated with restful alertness. The idling state of the brain > when it is awake. > Gamma EEG is associated with concentration and paying attention/thinking. The > working state of the brain while it is awake. > . > There are two main effects of meditation: training attention, which involves > increasing gamma/decreasing alpha EEG, and resting, which involves decreasing > gamma/increasing alpha. > While any time you close your eyes, you tend to increase alpha EEG at least > temporarily, both mindfulness (vippasana)
.............. NBD, but that seems to be 'vipassana', pAli(?) from Sanskrit vipashyana (vi-pashyana; H-K: vipazyana): vipazyana n. (or %{A} f.) right knowledge Buddh.