--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
And the problems you see with this study are...? > 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.
