http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/choke/201106/how-mindfulness-meditation-alters-the-brain
How Mindfulness Meditation Alters the Brain Mindfulness quiets brain regions responsible for our sense of self TM, on the other hand, actually brings about a higher activation of some of the same regions of the brain that mindfulness represses. Mindfulness represses self. TM broadens/expands/enhances self. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "drpsutphen" <drpsutphen@...> wrote: > > Techniques are simply means to "arrive" someplace. Once you get there, how > you arrived is irrelevant. And you know that, "Buddhist terms are associated > with techniques that suppress the activity of the parts of the brain > associated with "sense of self.". Pray tell me how do you know this? > References? Or is this something you made up? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "drpsutphen" <drpsutphen@> wrote: > > [...] > > > As a side note, I actually find buddhist terms to offer a better > > > conceptual tool set when discussing enlightenment than the vedic/hindu > > > terms. They are, in my experience, more precise and capture subtleties > > > that the vedic/hindu terms miss. > > > > > > The Buddhist terms are associated with techniques that suppress the > > activity of the parts of the brain associated with "sense of self." > > > > TM doesn't do that. > > > > I'm wondering: you still practicing standard TM, os something learned from > > someone else... > > And remember: TM exists as it does because of HOW it is taught, not the > > words used to describe it. > > > > Samatha techniques are often described as "effortless concentration," but > > their long-term practice leads to increases in gamma EEG and decreases in > > alpha EEG, both during and outside of meditation. This is the exact > > opposite of the long-term effect of TM. > > > > > > > > L > > >