Thanks for this link. It doesn't seem to me that this is more than the a priori claim that I used to make as a teacher, that TM is different from any other meditation. What is the sample size that Fred is claiming represents all other practices of meditation that he has studied in this way? If his claim was correct it would really matter who he chose, how long they had practiced. Can you imagine the fuss that would be made if an anti TM advocate chose me as the TM guy in the study? So for all I know he choose the village idiot of Tibetian meditators to prove his point.
His conclusions about what this different activity in the brain means is right out of MMY's play book. I don't know if this is the accepted interpretation of what such activity means or if there is universal consensus on these points. His conclusion about how this will effect us after meditation is just an old MMY claim. I just don't buy that this has been studied with enough other groups to know this. I am having trouble seeing this as real science rather than advocacy marketing playing on the public's lack of familiarity with neuro science. I don't doubt that TM has some benefits. I do doubt that they are substantially different from other passive relaxation practices. Most people seem to drop TM just as they do most self help programs and techniques. If it was so superior it seems like it would have more staying power. I will watch some of the other videos.Is there one comparing TM to hypnosis? --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is Fred Travis's lecture. He had to use his own slides. I'll get the brain 3D-ized eventaully > and he'll use it later on. Hopefully my animation will give him a way of making a more > sophsticated presentation presentable: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l41mBbn4ho > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
