--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 14, 2007, at 8:10 PM, sparaig wrote: > > >>> Er, no. People go for years and decades (or their entire lives) > >>> without transcending, and yet > >>> they show much the same physiological changes in their brain. > >> > >> > >> Er, yes. Of course you notice the same changes--they're still > >> cogitating a mantra! But they have failed in their meditation > >> practice. > >> > >> They require more skillful means. > >> > > > > So they failed at meditating. Thanks for explaining it all... > > But, as you pointed out, they were able to get some relaxation from > the mantra, which Barry-1.0 pointed out is a good thing. >
And, you have no idea what, if anything, besides simple relaxation, occurred due to their practice, and have never met 99% of the TMers of theworld, but are willing to decide what is what based, not on some alternate theory, but merely on your belief that TM doesn't work as advertised.