--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "shanti2218411" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -I am defining hope here as the the expectation that things can change > > in a positive way.It is well understood that any treatment will > > influence a persons expectations.The word treatment here is broadly > > defined ie anything the person construes might bear on their how > > effective thier therapy will be eg what medical school the Dr went > > to,whether a friend has benefited from the rx.So if your Dr went to > > Harvard you MAY have more "hope" that your rx will be effective and > > your condition will improve(this will depend on what you think about > > his having gone to Harvard).Positive expectations have been shown to > > affect real clinical measures eg how quickly a person's temp returns > > to normal post sugery.When you give a person a drug you can > > potentially strongly influence his expections that he will obtain > > relief/improvement. > > All good and insightful points. > > It would be interesting to see some studies on TM (or other yoga / > meditation / tantra methods) in which one grouip had the standard > intro lectures are given -- which some would say build expectations, > even initial conditioning, about the results of the practice. And > compare this another group with a "pearls before swine approach": no > expectations-laced intro lecture, rather "here is a technique, it may > help or may hurt you, try it out and report back".
Since instilling optimism IS part of the overall TM instruction, I don't think that any on-the-program TM teacher would be willing to participate. HOWEVER, the inverse of your proposal --to try to make participants in the other meditation/relaxationtechniques have the same expectations and learning experience as the TM students-- HAS been done. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
