--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 27, 2005, at 9:03 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > You have no idea what "accumulations of merit and wisdom" the long-term > > witnessing folk show. > > Then tell. I'm listening.
Researchers at MUM had subjects fill out various forms, and tested their EEG and other physiological parameters and correlated test scores with physiology measures and long-termness of TM practice. Various things were found, including the fact that the long-term TMing group reported long-term episodes of witnessing, and also showed higher moral reasoning and other "positive personal quailty" [my term] test scores with the highest difference between short- term/long-term found in the following tests: Inner/outer orientation, Moral reasoning, Trait anxiety, State anxiety, IPIP: Emotional stability. The long-term TMers also showed EEG and other markers that were commonly associated with witnessing in other research on TMers, to be expected afterall since they WERE reporting witnessing of the TM sort. http://www.brainresearchinstitute.org/research/ConcCog2004.pdf Consciousness and Cognition 13 (2004) 401420 [...] Table 4 presents the number of subjects in each group (columns) who fell in the three super-code categories (rows). As seen in this figure, all subjects in the first group (Non-TM Group) described themselves in terms of feelings, thoughts and actions. Subjects in the second group (Short-Term Group) described themselves in terms of the first two categories. Subjects in the last group (Long-term Group) described themselves in terms of an independent, underlying reality. [...] Table 4 Table of number of subjects in each group in each of the three super- code categories that emerged from the content analysis Sense-of-self Non-TM group Short-Term group Long-term group -------------------------------------------------------------- Identified with Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions 17 3 0 Director of Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions 0 14 0 Independent and Underlying Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions 0 0 17 [...] [self-test scores] Test Non-TM Short-term Long-term F stat (2,26) p value Inner/outer orientation 60.2(23.8) 70.0(12.4) 84.4(13.9) 9.03 .001 Moral reasoning 3.1(0.4) 3.4(0.4) 3.7(0.2) 5.69 .009 State anxiety 35.9(15.2) 27.1(9.1) 22.3(2.4) 7.66 .002 Trait anxiety 40.2(15.5) 30.6(7.6) 24.6(4.0) 7.90 .002 [...] IPIP: Emotional stability 3.3(1.0) 3.8(0.8) 4.4(0.4) 10.64 .0004 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/
