--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: <snip> > Unstressing as I understand it is the release of stress from > the physiology and mind/emotions in an amount or to such a > degree that the release is uncomfortable and/or results in > unpleasant and sometimes inappropriate manifestation of > mental/emotional states and behavior that is detrimental to > the individual.
That's how the term "unstressing" is commonly used, but in my understanding, technically it refers to what happens during TM practice automatically. Thoughts that arise in meditation are said to be release of stress, even if they're pleasant. > People with PTSD are already in the midst of such non-TM > unstressing with flashbacks, intrusive thoughts and nightmares, > they donât need a technique that creates more unstressing. I agree. Let me ask you a hypothetical question, though. If TM were to be taught to PTSD sufferers by an independent group of folks trained as TM teachers but no longer loyal to the TMO, just as a mental technique without all the frills, and they had special training in how to minimize uncomfortable unstressing (reducing meditation time, etc.--down to zero, if necessary)--*and* using whatever other techniques had been shown to be helpful--would you be as adamantly opposed?
