--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote:
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> 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?
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> Hi, I'm banned from /r/meditation for mentioning Transcendental Meditation
> too much, but all the answers you have been getting are very limited.
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> 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)
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NBD, but that seems to be 'vipassana', pAli(?) from Sanskrit
vipashyana (vi-pashyana; H-K: vipazyana):
vipazyana n. (or %{A} f.) right knowledge Buddh.
