--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" > > <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > "inthislifetime300" > > > <inthislifetime300@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sorry Judy, > > > > > > > > David signature was not on the previous post. > > It was at the bottom > > > > of his website. > > > > > > OK. Anybody know whether deeksha is a practice > > > of a specific religion? > > > > > > > > > > It's a practice of the followers of a specific guru: > > > > > > Deeksha is an energy transfer that facilitates > > awakening to one's personal indwelling > > Divine Presence. > > > > This is an actual Neuro-biological change. The > > parietal lobes, located in the brain near the > > top of the skull, are responsible for our > > orientation in space. Without them we could not > > get a spoon to our mouth or find our way through a > > doorway. Since Hans Selye's work in > > the 30's, however, scientists agree that the > > parietal lobes are overactive in most human > > beings. The overactive nature of the parietal lobes > > causes us to feel existentially separate > > and even opposed to our environment - not supported, > > not safe. The diksha energy calms > > the activity of the parietal lobes, allowing us to > > experience our natural oneness with the > > rest of creation. > > > > The frontal lobes of the brain are associated with > > the passion for life, enthusiasm, and love > > of God. The deeksha activates the frontal lobes. The > > activation of the frontal lobes leads to > > the experience of God realization, oneness with God, > > our own personal God. > > > > Diksha is being given to humanity at this time in > > its history to assist the world's > > transformation to a higher level of consciousness. > > It is a gift of the Divine through the > > intercession of Sri Bhagavan and Sri Padmavati Devi > > Amma. It is offered through their > > followers, called deeksha givers, all over the > > world. > > This is a profoundly gross simplification of brain > functioning and is a fairy tale. Pseudo science at its > best! >
Contrast this with Fred's theory about samadhi: The thalamus is the gateway to about 90% of sensory input into the brain (almost all visual, auditory and tactile input goes straight through the thalmus while taste and smell bypasses it) and it acts as a switchboard sending incoming sensory information from the various senses to the relevant parts of the brain for processing. Those parts of the brain then send the processed information back to the thalamus which routes them back through the loop again, modifying the incoming raw sensory input with the processed input. When you sleep, the thalamus tends to shut down, but the rest of the brain becomes less alert. During samadhi (ala TM) the thalamus tends to shut down, but the brain remains alert, according to various fMRI and EEG studies. The mind has "withdrawn its senses like a turtoise withdraws its limbs into its shell" and awareness is left awake to itself without sensory input--even the "subtle" sensory input from the feedback--to modify it. This is radically different than what is found during other forms of meditation, even/ especially when "bliss" is reported during them. It's the dfference between relative and absolute, played out neurologically within the brain. OR, the experience of this within the brain, leads one to describe the world in these terms. Either way, its radically different than the high concentration Buddhist meditation findings that Vaj likes to tout here. And the TM-Sidhis MERGE this neural behavior with activity, as MMY says, or so the EEG findings strongly suggest. 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/
