On Jun 9, 2009, at 10:55 AM, sparaig wrote:
At the Harvard conference on meditation last month, Herbert Benson
listed 8 meditation techniques that have the same physiological
signature:
Vipassana Meditation
Mantra Meditation
Mindfulness Meditation
Transcendental Meditation
Breath Focus
Kripalu Yoga
Kundalini Yoga
Repetitive Prayer
So much for "uniqueness", huh?
The uniqueness lie is a marketing myth used by disreputable and
biased TM researchers to push their product. Apparently they're the
only ones who believe this. Other researchers know better than to
accept such BS. The independent research "Meditation: In Search of a
Unique Effect" put this and a number of other TM research untruths to
rest way back in the 80's!
So, by physiological signature, he was discussing breath suspension
of up to 1 minute, 5x during a 10 minute meditation period?
Where's the research to back this up?
I don't believe any of them consider these TM-induced apneas
significant. You keep bringing this up again and again, like you're
still having a hard time letting go of this. It's an interesting
chosen artifact, but that's about it. Experientially, from my own
experience of breath cessation during TM, it does not represent
anything worthwhile. I'd agree with Austin on this, at best it
represents the shallow preludes of samadhi.
Reductions in metabolic rate however, as recorded by Benson of 60
some per cent is very significant--the highest drop ever recorded in
humans.
