--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wellll... Short answer: there's no consistent physiological changes > found in hypnotic > > subjects while there is with TMers. > > I wonder if the hypnotic subjects you are talking about practiced it > as consistently as the TM group. What type of hypnotic technique was > used? As you may know, there are as many hypnotic techniques as there > are types of mediation. Calling one subject a hypnotic subject is > like using a generic meditator in place of a TM meditator. Perhaps > the TM form of self-hypnosis does show consistent physiological > changes. That doesn't prove that it is a different state, it may be a > subset of the broader trance phenomenon. > > MMY calls the TM induced states "higher states". I think this is > marketing hype with no evidence of "higher" anything in its practicers > with the exception of some who seem to have induced inflated > self-regard. > > I am glad there are people researching this stuff. There is a lot of > room for different points of view. I suspect that I chose my own view > after a more rigorous test of the uniqueness of TM states in the > movement than you have with hypnosis. If you were trained in > Ericksonian hypnosis you might change your mind. You have the choice > to study it, or not. > >
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