On Dec 31, 2008, at 1:00 AM, sparaig wrote:
And maybe you are correct. However, regardless of the benefits or
non-benefits
of TM and the significance of the TC episodes during TM, there is
STILL
no published research on folk practicing other meditation
techniques, that show
the same physiological signature.
Oh well.
What "physiological signature" are you referring to Lawson?
As has been explained many times here before, and by the
neuroscientists who wrote The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness
(and as would be obvious to any trained neuroscientist), alpha
coherence (now considered an obsolete criterion) is ubiquitous in non-
meditating humans, period, and so it is also a very non-specific.
Just because you've been conditioned to believe that it has a
significant meaning does not mean it is actually meaningful! If it
was significant you'd be forced to assume that since Joe-and Jane-on-
the-street are constantly experiencing the same level of alpha
coherence in their day-to-day lives they'd be popping in and out of
sahaj-samadhi all the time. And clearly that is NOT the case!
Actually when using appropriate controls, alpha "coherence" DECREASES
during TM! Please see my previous post where this is scientifically
demonstrated by independent scientists. Thanks. :-)
