--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:
snip > > > Mebbe so, but what TMer has not experienced the lessening of > breath > > > (which subsumes lessening of oxygen consumption), so it's a just > a > > > measurement problem -- it's not false that oxygen consumption is > > > significantly lower in TM. > > > > > @@@@@@@ > > > > Exactly, Bobananda. However, it would be indistinguishably lower > than if you were just > > sitting with eyes closed. > > > > L B S>>> > > > I have never in my life had anything like the experience of breath > suspension that I get from TM, by just sitting with my eyes closed. > The two are ENTIRELY different states of physiology, and if someone > measures me when I am in that state of breath suspension they will > wonder how my body is maintianed. There are yogi's who can sustain > it for days, with VERY low oxygen consumption. Mine is unstable and > I cannot cause it at will, but it is the same thing in lesser form. > > OffWorld &&&&&&&& You may be correct in this. My response to Bobananda was a sweeping overgeneralization in that I was only referring to the average readings. Breath suspension may be unique to meditation. I can't speak to this definitively because I don't know if there is research on the possibility or extent of breath suspension among those who just sit quietly with eyes closed. L B S > ------------------------ 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/
