Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: 'Does Shri Shri Ravi Shankar/Sell Techniques of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?

[Vaj]

On Aug 5, 2006, at 2:28 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: on 8/5/06 8:51 AM, Peter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure some former or current TM with SSRS might have some cognitive dissonance and might be using the above to lessen the dissonance. But the relationship between MMY and SSRS is something between them. What MMY says about SSRS publically is one thing and what he says about him privately is another. By the way, I always thought that MMY's comment about SSRS, "Meditators should watch out for sugar-coated poison." was quite the compliment. This is one of those "guru-speak" things. I say this because of my direct experiences with MMY as "Blazing Brahman" and my direct experiences with SSRS as "Blazing Brahman." MMY couldn't say something negative about SSRS if he tried.  Sure he could. Brahman is a field of all possibilities. I think he was clearly trying to convey the message to TM meditators who might be tempted to get involved with SSRS, or who already had, that although he seems sweet, you¹ll end up regretting your involvement. Not saying that¹s true, but that¹s the obvious purport of his words. The EEG studies that they published show it has a radically different effect than TM does.  Are you implying that those doing SSRS's Sahaj meditation are different than TM, even though they're doing the same technique? If so that's interesting because it would likely explain possible bias in TM researchers looking for something they were told to find or misinterpreting something as unique when it is not. It would really explain a lot. Of course there is no reason why the two should not be identical. If you are really interested in science, this should have been a red flag. Is that what you are saying, that TM EEG results are "radically different" from SSRS's research findings? This may help other researchers eliminate interpretational bias. All the things that MMY advocates appear to have much the same effect: inducement of  alpha EEG coherence, especially in the frontal lobes. This includes, according to a demo  that Fred Travis recently gives, things like listening to chanting of the Rig Veda. __._,_.___ 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  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___