--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > Well gee. TM probably doesn't work with people who have > > dysfunctional thalamuses. > > I have nothing to contribute to this discussion. I just > had to comment that the word 'thalamus' is one of those > words that probably was never intended to be used in > the plural. 'Thalamuses' sounds really silly. :-) >
Sorry. Have thalalumi on the brain right now. The first part of the samadhi animation is to show the generic high-level brain activity during a visual stimulation. The lateral geninulate nucleus of the thalamus is the main gateway into the rest of the brain for visual input so I've been reading a jillion articles and websites the past few days. LGNs? LGNs? We don't need no stinkin' LGNs. As to what this has to do with samadhi? Recall that meditation is sometimes described as withdrawing of the senses like a turtle draws its legs into its shell. The thalmus is the gateway for all the senses except smell. If a meditation technique somehow lowered the overall activity of the thalamus, this would result in "withdrawal of the senses." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/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/
