---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <anartaxius@...> wrote :
But CC really isn't enlightenment, it's just 'glorified ignorance' as M said. It's not bad. You get inner wakefulness and silence along with a deluded mind. So this paper is not about enlightened people. Kinda is, Fourth State and Fifth State count for somethin.It's about people who have a certain degree of opening to spiritual experience, but far short of the goal. Not tooooooooooooo shabby? Fred's problem (?) is he does not have access to currently used state-of-the-art equipment in the study of consciousness, and even if he did, he probably would not be allowed by the TMO to use it (fMRI for example) as I'm sure you'd know, and he is probably under some other research restrictions as well proly?, as he likely would be booted if he published any negative results likely sooooooooooo?. Fred: 'The experience of Transcendental Consciousness transcends language and provides a platform for experiencing the world more with re[s]pect to inner abstract structures and less with respect to outer, changing concrete objects. This experience of Transcendental Consciousness is not a luxury and should not be isolated to a few individuals transcending during meditation practice. Rather, the experience of Transcendental Consciousness should be available to everyone to allow them to realize their full human birthright.' He did not even mention CC in his conclusion (above) either. I guess he knew you had him figered. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <LEnglish5@...> wrote : Fred Travis published research on enlightened people. This review paper looks at the research: Transcendental experiences during meditation practice - Travis - 2013 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - Wiley Online Library http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.12316/full Transcendental experiences during meditation practice - Travis - 2013 - Annals of the New Yor... http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.12316/full 1 Shear, J. 2006. The Experience of Meditation: Experts Introduce the Major Traditions. Princeton, NJ: The Infinity Foundation. 2 Travis, F. & J. Shear. View on onlinelibrary.wiley.com http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.12316/full Preview by Yahoo Fred is doing new research on people in CC and will be using more sophisticated EEG analysis, and possibly other measures as well. L
