--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 7:32 PM, sparaig wrote: > > >> Do you and Lawson know anything about this new funding for a research > >> center? Or are you making assumptions based on what Vaj said? > >> > >> Dawn, on what do you base your assertion that 20 years of meditating > >> experience is more or less required to draw conclusions on TM's > >> effects? How many years have you been meditating? > >> > >> Lawson, I do not believe that there is TM research on their concept > >> of > >> unstressing. Are you aware of any? > >> > > > > Nope. But there's myriad articles on relaxation-induced anxiety, > > whigh fits > > the TM theory to a t... > > > Well, not quite. Relaxation-induced anxiety (and it's resolution) > isn't meant to be a path to enlightenment. > > In fact, if you listen to the recently circulated MMY tapes, you find > out that "unstressing at the level of the nervous system" meant > something altogether different in MMY's eyes...actually something more > "traditional"... >
It's a matter of degree... ANY kind of relaxation can induce RIA. Tyically, normal relaxation only induces RIA (unstressing) in people with pathology. However, TM evokes a deeper level of relaxation than your average relaxation technique, and the corresponding RIA can be quite unusual. Lawson
