On 03/19/2013 11:20 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@...> wrote: >> It turns out that the EEG pattern of long-term TMers during TM remains the >> same as the EEG pattern found in short-term TMers: it's simple relaxation, >> no matter how long you have been doing it. Pure Consciousness is just the >> same pattern in its most extreme form. >> >> In every other meditation technique with published research, you see a shift >> away from simple relaxation towards something different, as you become more >> experienced. >> >> In other words, I wouldn't trust the words of a non-TM teacher with regards >> to your TM practice. They literally don't understand where you are at and >> can only attempt to transform your practice into their practice. > Ahem. Isn't another way of interpreting your first two > paragraphs that there is no *progress* in TM? *You* > are the one interpreting simple relaxation (which never > gets deeper or more profound) with "Pure Consciousness." > I doubt that scientists would. > > As for "not trusing non-TM teachers," I can say that TM > teachers don't know diddleysquat except the stuff they > were given to memorize and parrot. That's fine, as far > as it goes, but it really doesn't go very deep, or have > any relevance to the larger field of meditation. They > know a little about one tiny technique, and nothing > about any of the others. They are actually *prevented* > from learning about any of the others, under pain of > banishment. > > Just sayin'... If you dispute this, cite things that > were taught to you on your TM Teacher Training course. > Oh, that's right, you can't. Again, just sayin'...
Some might think of Graham Hancock as being new age woo-woo but one should listen to his rap that Michael Ruppert presented on his March 10th Lifeboat Hour show on the Progressive Radio Network. Hancock presents a pretty good argument about what's wrong with modern day consciousness research. You can download or listen to the show here. http://prn.fm/category/archives/the-lifeboat-hour/
