--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> Spraig,
> 
> Your dismissive answer does not hide your ignorance about hypnosis. 
> TM researchers fixation on proving that the TM state is unique is part
> of their marketing hype.  Hypnosis researchers do not have the same
> agenda, so they may not just focus on the variables TM researchers use
> to prove their case that TM is extra special, super duper, and the
> very bestest trance in the whole wide world, worth every dollar charged.
> 
> 

Cought. PHysiological researchers looking for consistent neurological 
correlates of hynosis 
hav exactly the same agenda: to find any such consistent neurological 
correlates.



> 
> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues"
> <curtisdeltablues@> 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.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Short answer: where's the research published by scientists that
> shows consistent 
> > physiological correlates to hypnosis?
> >
>






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