--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "drpsutphen" <drpsutphen@...> wrote: [...] > As a side note, I actually find buddhist terms to offer a better conceptual > tool set when discussing enlightenment than the vedic/hindu terms. They are, > in my experience, more precise and capture subtleties that the vedic/hindu > terms miss.
The Buddhist terms are associated with techniques that suppress the activity of the parts of the brain associated with "sense of self." TM doesn't do that. I'm wondering: you still practicing standard TM, os something learned from someone else... And remember: TM exists as it does because of HOW it is taught, not the words used to describe it. Samatha techniques are often described as "effortless concentration," but their long-term practice leads to increases in gamma EEG and decreases in alpha EEG, both during and outside of meditation. This is the exact opposite of the long-term effect of TM. L
