--- In [email protected], "BillyG." <wg...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > "When someone has been put on a 'Long-Term TMers > > Watch List' to be viewed as an example of what TM > > really produces in its practitioners vs. what it > > claims to produce, and reacts to that by resorting > > even MORE name-calling and reactivity and defens- > > iveness than ever, what does THAT say about the > > long-term effects of TM?" > > It takes a long time for the complete transformation > of character, you must remember habits go back many > lifetimes, a few years of TM isn't going to erase > lifetimes of bad habits. Mental and physical health > may improve immediately, but the overall character > defects that keep us bound take more time.......30 > to 40 years of TM is what I call "a good start".
Why is it then that studies on the effects of mindfulness meditation, both with "people off the street" and in *prisons*, ferchrissakes, report radical changes within a few weeks? One of the reasons that mindfulness is being intro- duced into so many environments is *because* people who practice it become testably less reactive and prone to getting their buttons pushed within such a short time. Please explain to me why this is true of a "lesser" form of meditation and is NOT true of "the most effective form of meditation in the world," as TM has characterized itself for decades. I'll wait.
