--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > On Jul 15, 2011, at 11:27 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > These days, scientists call it the "default mode of the brain." > > Which scientists are these? Lemme guess, from MUM?
Doesn't seem to be. I couldn't find anything in a search for "default mode of the brain" and "transcendental meditation." Couldn't find anything for "default mode of the brain" and "pure consciousness" either, however. "Default mode of the brain" is a common enough concept in neuroscience: "The default network is a network of brain regions that are active when the individual is not focused on the outside world and the brain is at wakeful rest. Also called the default mode network (DMN), default state network, or task- negative network (TNN), it is characterized by coherent neuronal oscillations at a rate lower than 0.1 Hz (one every ten seconds). During goal-oriented activity, the DMN is deactivated and another network, the task-positive network (TPN) is activated. It is thought that the default network corresponds to task-independent introspection, or self-referential thought, while the TPN corresponds to action, and that perhaps the TNN and TPN may be "considered elements of a single default network with anti-correlated components".[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_network Good basic article: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-brain-20100830,0,479095.story Given the neuroscience definition of the brain's default mode, it would certainly seem that TM's pure consciousness is the least-active state thereof.
