--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Good point. Of course none of this matters to people who do the > > practice and like it. The larger question of what this brain > > activity "means" is pretty wide opened from what I understand. > > TM has taken a position of advocacy here. Other scientists may > > be more cautious. > > I think a point that many of the TBs miss is that > they've been *told* that "coherence" in the brain > actually means something, and means "something good > is happening." > > The problem with "TM science" is that the researchers > set out to find something that proves TM or the siddhis > are good. They *start* with an assumption, and then > they try to find something -- anything -- that supports > that assumption. So they hook a few people up and they > find some things they call "coherence." And because > they *are* looking for soemthing -- anything -- they > declare "coherence" to be important. They *have* to > find *something*, otherwise they won't get any strokes > from Maharishi. And the whole *point* of performing > the research is to get strokes from Maharishi.
Two points. First, "coherence" has been a TM buzzword since before there *were* any studies of EEG coherence. Second, the purported importance of brain-wave coherence is hardly an idea peculiar to TM, as you'll find if you Google the term while excluding "TM," "Transcendental Meditation," and "Maharishi." It's quite well defined and not difficult to recognize. There are companies making money selling devices and systems that are said to generate brain-wave coherence and institutes that do research on its benefits. There have been articles in the press about how playing video games increases brain- wave coherence. As Lawson has pointed out, enhancing brain-wave coherence is said to be a potent remedy for ADD. You'll find brain-wave coherence touted as beneficial on both spiritual and scientific sites which are entirely unrelated to TM. In other words, your assumptions above, and hence your conclusions, are entirely *factually* erroneous. But don't let that stop you from promoting them. Unlike the TMO, *you* get to say whatever damn fool things you want with zero accountability. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/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/
