--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2005, at 12:12 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > I read lots of folks on this forum who say that MMY's grandiose schemes > > yield nothing. Perhaps people familiar with Nepal can tell me if the > > TMO ever did teach virtually all prison inmates to meditate as was > > claimed? If so, did the prison system change as was claimed? > > > > If so, doesn't this validate the way MMY approached things in 3rd world > > countries? > > There has been some speculation of late as the results on prisoners who > practice a form of meditation involving compassion and the fact that it > shows neuroplasticity in the areas associated with compassion, empathy, > etc. that TM may be on its way out in prisons.. Needless to say if you > enhance this part of the brain, it has a great effect on the persons > outlook in life--this would be especially valuable to prisoners. (see > http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/0407401101v1.pdf ) > > I remember seeing some scifi movie where prisoners would go into some > sort of isolation tank and then computers would re-imprint the brain > over years, essentially changing them from within into new people. It > could go either way, but the latest advances in neuroplasticity and > meditation will have a positive impact on rehabilitation. > > Have you seen the documentary _Doing Time, Doing Vipassana_ where they > go into the worst prison in India? Very moving. This same movement is > going into Nepal with great success.
Interesting since the TMO already taught everyone who wasin the prisons TM. Who are the Vipassana people teaching and how did they get around the Mullah's outlawing of meditation in the prisons? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
