Re "TM has negative effects for some people and this keeps getting ignored and swept under the rug.":
I suspect you are right for "some people" but on any specific problem like depression rates; anxiety rates . . . and on the current topic of suicides, the only reliable test is to compare TMers with people who don't meditate but otherwise have similar profiles. In the US, suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 24. If it turns out that suicide rates among young people who meditate is signifcantly lower it could be used as evidence to vindicate the practice of TM. Only true believers who swallowed the Movement line that TM was a universal panacea leading to blissed-out fulfillment for all need revise their beliefs. ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : unsupported??? By what? The suicides happened and keep happening - the whole point is that TM has negative effects for some people and this keeps getting ignored and swept under the rug. It doesn't always lead to suicide, but I have seen it myself a number of times at various Movement facilities especially MIU. From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Another suicide in FF MJ writes: I was talking on the phone last night to a former MIU staff and student friend who was telling me about his friend Brian Henchcliff who killed himself back in the 80's. It won't go away because you don't like me bringing it up. Let's just put it this way with regard to your theories on suicide and TM: I think your objectivity is lacking, your logic is superficial and your conclusions unsupported. ---In [email protected], <mjackson74@...> wrote : unsupported??? By what? The suicides happened and keep happening - the whole point is that TM has negative effects for some people and this keeps getting ignored and swept under the rug. It doesn't always lead to suicide, but I have seen it myself a number of times at various Movement facilities especially MIU. From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Another suicide in FF MJ writes: I was talking on the phone last night to a former MIU staff and student friend who was telling me about his friend Brian Henchcliff who killed himself back in the 80's. It won't go away because you don't like me bringing it up. Let's just put it this way with regard to your theories on suicide and TM: I think your objectivity is lacking, your logic is superficial and your conclusions unsupported.
