--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- jyouells2000 jyouells@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe Maharishi isn't fully convinced about the > > > > > physiological > > > > > correlates either. Otherwise he would get wired up > > > > > and provide a > > > > > baseline to speed up the research. > > > > > > > > Physiological correlates would only relate to > > > > conditions of the mind. And there are many, many > > > > conditions of the mind from gross to very, very > > > > subtle. But I don't know if any "physiological > > > > correlate" of Realization will ever be established. > > > > Consciousness is "outside" of time and space. The mind > > > > can not quantify it; measure it. From the perspective > > > > of the mind, pure consciousness is absolutely nothing; > > > > emptiness; death; annihilation. Perhaps the best that > > > > could be done would be the impact on brain function of > > > > that Realization. But would there be a common EEG > > > > signature for all brains? I don't know. Right now I > > > > doubt it. It would be interesting to take MMY, Amma > > > > and SSRS and look at the similarities and > > > > disimilarities of their brain functioning. I'm curious > > > > what Fred Travis has come up with correlating specific > > > > enlightenment experiences with EEG function on the TM > > > > path (because I'm sure it would vary depending upon > > > > the path/techniques). > > > > > > > > > > Even if Fred used others, he would have to depend on the grokking > > > of MMY, Amma, and SSRS or someone to give the nod to the folks used > > > to establish the baseline signature. Have to start somewhere. > > > > > > > Actually, Fred asked for volunteers who were reporting long-term > 24/7 witnessing. He > > interviewed them and found correlations between how they reported > their internal > > perception of "self" and their EEG and other physiological measures: > > > > http://www.brainresearchinstitute.org/research/ConcCog2004.pdf > > > > > Can't help comparing Earl's question to MMY about why he doesn't > > > establish a group, when I think about this .... The EEG stuff is > > > good PR and grant getting material. > > > > Again, which state? And, while perhaps I misremember the original > letter, my recollection > > is that Kaplan reported MMY as saying "there is no evidence that > what you say would > > happen would happen." Kaplan took this to be referring to the ME. I > took it to be referring > > to financial support from a grateful world... > > > > Anything CC or above would be satisfactory for measurement puposes if > they were looking for 'stable' patterns . > > "This version of my story really starts about three years ago. I was > sitting with Maharishi privately, because at the time I had an open > invitation to come to Vlodrop and sit with Mahesh whenever I wanted > to. At that time I knew that Mahesh had many tens of millions of > dollars, the money he needed to create a 10,000 group. He was talking > about building big buildings, buying airlines, etc. etc. I said, > Maharishi, since you have the money and supposedly you have enough > pundits, why don't you create a 10,000 group in India and then the > world will experience peace and the TM movement will gain great > support of the laws of nature and our other activities will work out. > Mahesh looked at me like I was crazy and said "Earl, if we created the > group then we don't know if it would create world peace or not. We > would have to have the group and then see what the effect it has." > > Earl Kaplans Letter 04/16/2004 > > Both Earl and Maharishi refer to creating world peace not wether the > the world would support it finacially after the fact.
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