--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Irmeli Mattsson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Irmeli Mattsson" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > If you are `certain' that a practice produces beneficial > effects to > > > > everyone in every circumstance even when people are forced to > do it, > > > > this certainty still doesn't guarantee that the practise > actually is > > > > beneficial. And what you understand to be beneficial may not > be > > > that > > > > according to somebody else's standards. > > > > If a practise is truly beneficial to most people, it will > spread by > > > > itself as fast as people are capable of appreciating and > adopting > > > it. > > > > > > > > E.g. meditation may have some beneficial influence on many > people in > > > > some aspects. But it also takes time to do it and because of it > you > > > > may have to drop some other activity. > > > > If it means that you spend clearly less time with your children > or > > > > drop physical exercise, the overall effect may not be > beneficial. > > > > > > Irmeli > > > > > > > > Not likely. 20 minutes TM is beneficial beyond the effects of 20 > > > minutes exercise. > > > > **** > > I was not claiming that 20 minutes of exercise is more effective > than > > 20 minutes of TM. > > Those are so different activities that their efficiency cannot be > > compared. What is more efficient: eating or using and moving your > > muscles? You simply need both, they cannot be compared in > efficiency. > > > > And TM is not beneficial for all people. There are also a lot of > > differences in what kind of physical activity is good for a person. > > E.g. if you have a serious muscular disease the beneficial > > alternatives are very limited. > > If you have such a degenerative disease, you likely will be finding > time for it, regardless. For MOST people, the benefits of 20 minutes > of TM vs 20 minutes of exercise, make the 20 minutes TM more > important. Especially when TM usually gives you more energy > afterwards so you CAN do that 20 minutes of exercise.
**** That is all true, but I was not discussing that. Irmeli 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/
