--- In [email protected], "feste37" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > In a sense, TM is a victim of its own success and availability. So > many people have learned it (millions?) that it stands to reason that > out of those large numbers, some will have pre-existing mental > disorders that may or may not be helped by TM.But the > idea that TM causes these disturbances is ludicrous.
I still wonder about how many stuck with TM for any length of time out of the many who started. But yes, I am sure that there were those with mental health issues who were not helped by TM. I know this because I know of examples. As far as TM itself causing mental health problems, my guess is that 20 minutes twice a day is unlikely to do so. However, some people just get anxious when told to relax and can't get suggested out of it. And there are some people who think themselves into trouble and if they use their meditation to reinforce bad thinking patterns, (arguably not meditating properly, but remember it is supposed to be effortless, easy!) I could see problems being exacerbated. I certainly have seen meditators who are very irritable after meditating and critical of others. I refuse to lump all such bad behavior under the unstressing umbrella. Then again, I think there are some who thrive on the discipline of meditating twice a day and they find it relaxing. I think that rounding and other longer meditation practices have greater potential to cause problems or making problems worse. I think this can happen because people are sitting too much and are not active enough, or are too self focused and not enough other focused or are sleeping too much or sleeping too irregularly (either of which can happen with rounding), or are just thinking themselves into crazy.
