On Jun 9, 2009, at 1:09 PM, sparaig wrote:
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.
You think its supposed to be something special? Something striking?
Something NOTEWORTHY!!!???
Earth to Vaj: if its a sign of samadhi, you won't even notice it.
ROFLOL.
Reductions in metabolic rate however, as recorded by Benson of 60
some per cent is very significant--the highest drop ever recorded in
humans.
Interesting stuff. But, has he replicated it back at Harvard,
especially with
non-monks?
I don't know. I assume it's all monks.
