AFAIK, Benson neverlearned TM and never claimed to have... --- In [email protected], "hyperbolicgeometry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "hyperbolicgeometry" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Get a synchronistic picture of your psychological state before and > after meditation. Pics change each minute and are sent in from around > the world: > http://www.humanclock.com > Click on to the square at top (view the clock); then scroll down to > where > it says "random" and click on to it. > Each minute will have a new pic. > > On another topic, some of you may have seen Sri Ravi Shankar and Dr. > Herbert Benson on CNN (Shankar came to Atlanta while Benson was at > Harvard, consulted as an academic "expert".). > Benson displayed his usual level of ignorance but this is to be > expected...the average CNN viewer (expect for the Chrstian > fundamentalists), wouldn't discriminate between various forms of > meditation/concentration/prayer/breathing exercises. Benson lumps them > all together under the rubric of the "relaxation response"; and > declares them all to be of equal value depending upon which you prefer > coupled with your religious or non-religious background. > I found it interesting that Benson borrowed an important concept from > TM (since he was initiated into it long ago): that if you are > consciously aware of a thought, innocently recognize it without using > mental force to manipulate the mind; then allow the next thought to > enter the mind...something like that (can't remember the exact words > Benson used but it had a distinctive TM/MMY flavor). > Benson has carved out a distinctive academic niche for himself at > Harvard by declaring his "they're all of equal value" manifesto. I > suppose that just from a physiological viewpoing, using gross > parameters of relaxation such as breathing amd heart rate, brain waves, > skin response, etc; such forms of meditation/prayers/breathing > excercise might be somewhat equal with ballpark data; but the notion > of "transcendance" hasn't apparently dawned on Benson, intellectually > at least. Maybe he's experienced TC but has concealed the fact. After > all, he has an academci career to protect and it's risky to entertain > ideas far from the mainstream of academia.
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