--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > snip: > > > ME: The lone TMer practicing quietly without the full blown belief system is > a myth. > > > > > Lawson> Not really. In situations where elderly meditators in rest homes > have been > > turned loose with no consitent followup past the first few months, TM is > > still practiced decades later, > > I'm willing to look at this but I have a few skeptic points upfront. I mean > I play music in rest homes and they don't have decades left. But more > importantly, this is a non representative group. They will do anything > regularly, they kind of run on routines. In any case let me see how many > people this was and I'm willing to be proven wrong about people in nursing > homes doing it regularly. But if one nurse in the home is a big TMer, all > bets are off. Or if they get visits by young checkers if they claim to > meditate...you know how people are in places like this don't you? They are > desperately lonely. > > unlike the other meditation relaxation techniques, > > even though all were taught using a format deliberately similar to the TM> > > program's. > > Hey you are the studies guy here. I'd love to read it if you can give me a > link.
http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=search.displayRecord&uid=1990-11540-001 Sorry I don't have a free copy for you. Its buried in a box. > > > Lawson
