Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Peer Reviewed Journals -- the Good, Bad and the Ugly

[Vaj]

On Nov 1, 2005, at 9:20 AM, L B Shriver wrote: For many years (based primarily on Wallace), TM teachers around the world proudly  pointed to the O2 consumption chart and told audiences collectively numbering in the  milllions that this one, single, incontrovertible measure proved beyond reasonable doubt  that TM provided the deepest level of rest available to humanity—an coincidentally,  unavailable by any other method. With Kesterson's finding, that claim was shattered. It was not, however, immediately  withdrawn from public use. No bulletin was sent out to teachers in the field. (In fact, I'm  sure there must be old timers out there still using it.) Instead, it was retired without  fanfare. In its place were now claims that subtle measures of blood chemistry and other  global measures showed that TM produced a level of rest "twice as deep as sleep". So the  concept was not dropped. One that's not being mentioned and was one of the items that "sold" me as a 14-year old was the old chart you used to see that indicated (IIRC) that TM was something like 8 times deeper than sleep! It was the old chart of galvanic skin resistance chart showing this deep dip in the curve for TM. In fact they still seem to be using "galvanic skin resistance" as something they feel is an important indicator: http://www.mum.edu/tm_research/p1.html If I find a picture of this chart, I'll try to post it here. IMO, that was probably the most misleading chart. I seem to remember being told that TM reduced the metabolic rate many times--6, 7 or 8 times--deeper than sleep. And they used this chart to sell it. 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  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.