--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" wrote: > > Like flying, TM leading to better ethics > is a hollow claim with plenty of counter evidence.
> I'm not saying that some really impulsive people > don't benefit in being able to think before they > act a bit more from the influence of > meditation. But the movement is not filled with > more ethical people than I see in an ordinary mix > of well educated society and it has it > full share of criminals who meditate regularly. As an old-time TM teacher once pointed out to me, it's really the science that tells you whether someone's claims are valid. Any organization can trot out reasonably attractive representatives who relate inspiring anecdotes about their program's benefits. Or in your examples above, Curtis, it's easy to find scoundrels in the saintliest organization. But a strictly designed, well-controlled study shows you whether the program works regardless of the Shining Example here and the Sorry Disappointment there. Are you acquainted with the Nidiches research on ethics and TM? Do you have an opinion about it?
