--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/18/05 6:06 PM, Bob Brigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > The whole point of my post was that RJ was not giving TM a chance, > > because he is using a lot of drugs by his own statement. And RJ has > > not made any such statement that he has been regular in his practice > > of TM, in any event. Regarding your claim that TMers need more than > > TM to quit smoking, that is not what research indicates: > > > > http://www.noetic.org/research/medbiblio/ch3_3.htm > >
> Pete Ports, who lives in Fairfield and is now dying of cancer, was one of > the first TM meditators in the US and became a teacher in the early 60's. He > still smoked up until recently. Maybe still does. *********** The whole point of science is not to rely on anecdotal evidence, but to do real studies with large numbers of people. I've lived in Fairfield off and on since 1974, and of course I've seen the 20+ year- TMers who still smoke and drink (to the point of alcoholism), but the tendency to rely less on drugs is clear from research, so nominating people who have TMed for years and still smoke does not negate the clear evidence that TMers reduce use of tobacco and alcohol. I posted here a couple months ago about 31-year-TMer David Lynch still being a chain-smoker, so I am aware of this phenomena of long- timers still having bad habits: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/40633 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/ <*> 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/
