--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > <snip> > > Although I have an obvious bias towards the hypnosis theory > > perspective on my own subjective experiences in TM over MMY's > > version, I am aware that there is a whole lot more interesting > > consciousness expansion information in these ancient systems. > > If we can get beyond the words used there is much to be > > learned from both perspectives that could be valuable. > > > > Thanks for your response. This topic fascinates me and > > any insights you or anyone else wants to share would be > > appreciated. > > Just as a data point, I'm one of those people who > is extremely resistant to hypnosis, but that didn't > seem to interfere with my TM experience. > > It may or may not be relevant in this context that > I had very little success generating alpha waves > on an EEG machine when I took a biofeedback course > (pre-TM). There was a distinct element of what I > think you would call "hypnotic induction" in the > instructions. > > And a caveat: You're coming awfully close to using > "hypnosis" to mean "anything that alters one's state > of consciousness." The broader you make your use of > the term, the less meaningful it becomes, and the less > useful for drawing the kinds of distinctions you're > looking to make. >
There's no general concensus on how hypnosis affects the brain. However, none of the studies claiming to show a consistent physical effect for hypnosis that I glanced at showed the same EEG coherence pattern as TM. The REAL interesting stuff will start to happen once Fred gets the thalamus activity data collated and published. That's major, MAJOR news and if it is publicised correctly, will make TM a hot research topic. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
