--- 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.
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