The actual hopping during the TM-Sidhi program may be related to the dark energy that scientists have recently discovered. This energy comes from the vacuum of space which is fueling the accelerating expansion of the universe.
--- In [email protected], Dick Mays <dickmays@...> wrote: > > The Review, Vol. 27, #2, October 5, 2011 > Copyright 2011, Maharishi University of Management > http://www.mum.edu/TheReview/ > > Study Compares Brain Waves of Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs > > For the first time, a study has been conducted > that compares the EEG patterns during the > Transcendental Meditation® technique with the > patterns during the TM-Sidhi® program. > > "The results of this study suggest that practice > of the TM-Sidhi program stabilizes the experience > of pure consciousness while it supports the > ability to think and act within the > transcendent," said faculty researcher Fred > Travis. > > He found higher alpha1 and beta1 EEG amplitude in > frontal executive areas during TM-Sidhi practice > compared to TM practice. Also, eLORETA reported > sources of activation in right-hemisphere > object-recognition areas involved in > specific/holistic representation of words, which > supports the description of the practice as > putting one's attention on specific sutras or > verses. > > "We've long understood that the practice of the > TM-Sidhi program, which is traditionally called > sanyama, involves both awareness of specific > sutras and of one's unbounded Self," Dr. Travis > said. "Now we're able to see that this subjective > experience is reflected in the activity of the > brain as measured by EEG." > > The specific object-recognition areas that Dr. > Travis looked at included the right > parahippocampus gyrus, right fusiform gyrus, > lingual gyrus, and inferior and medial temporal > cortices -- areas involved in specific/holistic > representation of words. > > He said that this supports the description of the > TM-Sidhi program as involving internally directed > attention in contrast to the process of > effortless transcending during the Transcendental > Meditation technique. > > Although EEG patterns during Transcendental > Meditation technique have been extensively > investigated, this was the first study to compare > those patterns with those during the practice of > the TM-Sidhi program. > > Dr. Travis's random-assignment study, published > in the International Journal of Psychophysiology, > involved 26 subjects who had been practicing the > Transcendental Meditation technique an average of > 25.6 years and the TM-Sidhi program an average of > 19.4 years. >
