--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > On Apr 25, 2012, at 3:26 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > In an exploratory study on Pure Consciousness, the only baseline needed is > > between episodes of pure consciousness and the rest of the meditation > > period. The subjects provide their own baseline. > > > > Once you establish that there is a distinction that can be made in those > > specific subjects, you can then start to compare them with people who don't > > report regular episodes of pure consciousness, but until you establish that > > there is something to study, using a control group makes no real sense. You > > don't even know what to be looking for in the first place. > > > Well, like it or not, when controls are used it makes TM look rather ordinary: >
Shrug, if that is the case, than the new DoD research on PTSD and TM will show this more and more as time goes on. I'm prepared to be disappointed. Are you? L
