On Jul 15, 2011, at 4:54 PM, sparaig wrote: > Certainly that is the case, that the TM researchers thought (and still do) > that these episodes are significant. I'm curious as to why you think they are > not?
Because there's been nothing demonstrated as outside the normal realm of waking-dreaming-sleeping for one. But the primary source is yogic literature itself, which defines the different types of breath suspensions in considerable detail. The Hindu science of breath is quite detailed.
