Thanks. I might. Judy also pointed out that I don't understand the meaning of the term brainwashing. It was an off the cuff remark better left unsaid - I apologize. Stupid's o.k. with me though.
________________________________ From: johnt <johnlasher20002...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2011 5:49 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: WHY TM CAN'T BE LEARNED FROM A BOOK try reading some of Bandler and Grinder and some NLP research and educate yourself or just stay stupid --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> wrote: > > Sheeeeeeet. Â Is that what "brainwashing" is? > > > ________________________________ > From: johnt <johnlasher20002000@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:17 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] WHY TM CAN'T BE LEARNED FROM A BOOK > > > Â > Why TM can't be learned from a book > > A TM initiation alters the brainwave pattern of the one performing the puja. > When the teacher then passes on the mantra to the person learning meditation > he also passes on a brainwave state by a process know in neurophysiology as > entrainment. Brainwave entrainment or "brainwave synchronization," is any > practice that aims to cause brainwave frequencies to fall into step with a > periodic stimulus having a frequency corresponding to the intended > brain-state. This is only one of the Neuro effects of a TM initiation which > is a very well crafted design of several which lead to a self transcending > effect of the mantra. >