No to mention the fact that so many of the long time TM leaders who SHOULD be
enlightened by now all act like fuckheads.
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On Sun, 2/2/14, s3raph...@yahoo.com <s3raph...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Those who reject superstition are displaying
extra brain power
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 3:11 AM
Re "Don't act like it
doesn't happen and that long term TM practice and esp.
long term TMSP practice is not a factor.":
Totally agree with you. Of course, the problem with
issues like this is that if anyone claims TM has
such-and-such benefits, or alternatively that TM causes
this-and-that problems, the only way to empirically resolve
the issue is to have a large sample of people who learn TM
and another sample who don't. Make sure the two groups
are more-or-less matched for other features - age, status,
mental health, money issues, etc. Then follow the two groups
over the years and see what benefits or disasters occur that
are statistically significant. Anything
else is just anecdotal. You also have to rule
out the horse-before-the-cart fallacies: do people who learn
TM show a greater tendency to stop using drugs thanks to
regularly experiencing pure consciousness? Or is it the case
that those who display the discipline necessary to stop
using drugs and take up a regular practice of meditation are
statistically more likely to continue
abstaining?I'm pretty sure
that for some sensitive individuals, taking up TM could have
undesirable psychological consequences.
