I read this a couple of months ago. What an idiot!--it's amazing to
me that this ever got published. It's quite clear the guy never was
initiated into Clear Light Meditation, but he's quick to attempt to
associate TM with that type of meditation. OTOH I guess it's a good
thing to have some science on just how desperate and truly deluded TM
researchers have gotten. Once again, it would be hilarious if it
wasn't all so rather saddening.
On Jan 2, 2007, at 3:52 PM, sparaig wrote:
Full text:
http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/3/4/513
Studies of Advanced Stages of Meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist
and Vedic Traditions. I:
A Comparison of General Changes
Alex Hankey
Hethe House, Cowden Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7DZ, UK
Abstract
This article is the first of two comparing findings of studies of
advanced practitioners of
Tibetan Buddhist meditation in remote regions of the Himalayas,
with established results
on long-term practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation
programs. Many parallel
levels of improvement were found, in sensory acuity, perceptual
style and cognitive
function, indicating stabilization of aspects of attentional
awareness. Together with
observed increases in EEG coherence and aspects of brain function,
such changes are
consistent with growth towards a state of total brain functioning,
i.e. development of full
mental potential. They are usually accompanied by improved health
parameters. How they
may be seen to be consistent with growth of enlightenment will be
the subject of a second
article.
