Roland Griffiths has done a lot of work on psychotropics and doesn't appear to
have a TM connection, so I'm in.
From: "dhamiltony...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 9:12 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Have you had an experience of higher states of
consciousness? Please FORWARD!
Dear Diane, you may not know this but this FairfieldLifeat yahoo-groups list
has been misappropriated by a number of peoplewho with a culture of unkind
abuse have methodically driven off mostothers who have expressed higher states
of awareness. This is reallynot a very tolerant place for either diversity of
experience or tolerance for diverse viewpoint. You may have to look further
andelsewhere to find the depth that you wish to survey for. This FFLyahoo-group
list as it has devolved is quite unfriendly to spiritual experience. Best of
regards for your research project, -inFairfield, Iowa
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <arlingtonlife@...> wrote :
Dear Friend of the TM Community,
I am writing to ask for your assistance. My colleagues and I at Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine are conducting a fascinating anonymous, internet-based
survey study to characterize experiences that some people have of Higher States
of Consciousness — something that someone from a different spiritual tradition
might all a personal encounter with The Divine. The study will permit a better
understanding about the phenomenology, interpretation, and enduring effects of
such encounters. Our hope is that, ultimately, we will receive thousands of
responses to the survey so that we can better understand such experiences and
how they may differ across faith traditions and occasioning events (e.g.
prayer, meditation, spontaneously-occurring, nature experiences,
drug-occasioned etc.).
Although the survey takes 30+ minutes to complete (depending on the time taken
on optional open-ended questions), we have received many spontaneous positive
comments from survey respondents who have said that answering the survey
questions prompted them to deepen their appreciation for these uplifting and
meaningful experiences.
REASONS TO TAKE THE SURVEY:
1. The survey is an opportunity to revisit an uplifting and personally
meaningful experience.
2. Because the survey questions prompt deep reflection on a seminal
transcendent experience, completing the survey may provide a fascinating topic
of discussion among people interested in meditation, spirituality or religion.
3. By telling their story, individuals will be making an important contribution
to science.
We would sincerely appreciate it if you would consider taking the survey and
letting others know about it.
The survey link is here:Survey -- Higher States of Consciousness
Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., Principal Investigator
Contact information: rgriff@...
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
IRB approved application NA_00054696
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