--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 17, 2006, at 12:01 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > But IS it the same state? > > > > > > The brainwave coherence study that Vaj likes to tout is only > > concerning the very high (for EEG) frequency gamma band, whereas TM- > > induced coherence is over all frequencies save, perhaps, the gamma > > band. The state induced by TM practice apparently gets more > > pronounced during meditation for about 4 months and then stabilizes. > > However, the state outside meditation continues to become more > > pronounced over decades of practice. The Buddhist meditation EEG > > coherence appears to continue to get more and more pronounced during > > meditation as time goes on. The gamma band EEG of the Buddhist > > meditation is associated with paying attention to specific objects. > > The alpha band EEG is associated with being alert, period. > > > > > > There's no research that I can find (nor can the Esalen Institute) > > that document breath suspension during Buddhist meditation, whereas > > there are several studies on hundreds of individuals who show this > > during TM practice. > > > > There's no mention of correlation between EEG changes and > > enlightenment in any of the research that Vaj mentions, whereas > > that's one of the big areas of study for EEG and brain imaging at MUM > > currently. > > The way I would show the same EEG pattern if I wanted to duplicate > "witnessing" on the EEG is to do ishta meditation with a mantra (what > Tibetans call yidam practice). It duplicates the same EEG signature > as TMers doing ishta mantra. Very easy to do. >
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