To be honest, I don't know if a nonreligious form of TM would be good for kids or not. Basically, what David Lynch, with inspiration from the late Maharishi, is proposing is large-scale psychological experimentation on school kids.
I'm not aware of substantive research on the long-term effects of meditation on children. I imagine some will have abreactions, just as some adults do. Just as I think drugs with negative side-effects need to regulated and monitored, but may be taken safely by most people, it seems to me that many people enjoy their TM -- while a significant minority have problems such as depression, anxiety, dissociation, involuntary tics, etc. I'd sure be more comfortable if researchers would stick to experimenting on monkeys and leave the kids alone. J. --- In [email protected], "Robert" <babajii...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "John M. Knapp, LMSW" <jmknapp53@> > wrote: > > > > The upcoming McCartney/Lynch Concert to benefit the David Lynch > > Foundation will raise funds to teach Transcendental Meditation in the > > public schools. > > > > Many critics feel this is a clear Church/State violation because of the > > religious trappings of Transcendental Meditation. > > > > A group of critics -- including James Randi, Barry Markovsky, Meera > > Nanda, Andrew Skolnick, myself, and others -- have organized a free web > > event to discuss this controversy. You may be interested in attending. > > > > You can find the details at > > http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html > > <http://knappfamilycounseling.com/tmconcert.html> > > > Since the ruling on TM, back in the late '70's, I can see our school system > has really improved in so many ways... > Do you really think that practicing TM in schools would be a bad thing? > Do you think that ruling did anything to improve the quality of education or > the quality of anything? > R.G. >
