--- In [email protected], "suziezuzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When someone starts meditating, is the flatness (separation of Self > from sense perception) that they begin to feel is a prelude to Cosmic > Consciousness or the beginnings of personality pathology that has > nothing to do with enlightenment? > > A prelude to CC is the understanding given to us by the TM movement. > Personality disorder, depersonalization, etc., is the explanation given > by the TM critics. How do we verify which is true? The state of > flatness as a prelude to CC would be measured by increasing > stabilization of Self as defined by what CC is. Personality disorders > such as spaciness, depersonalization, etc., would be confirmed by > observations of pathology. So who should we believe, the TMO or the TM > Critics. Is this 'flatness of perception a pathology or a natural, > normal prelude to enlightenment defined as stabilized Self throughout > the three states of consciousness? Mark >
The literature on dissoication (sp?) and EEG is inconsistent, but I've never seen or heard of a study on disociation that finds increased EEG inter-hemispheric coherence in people with that pathology. *Usually* there's no consistent EEG changes found. However, in a number of studies, there seems to be a situation where one hemisphere is dominant while the other is dysfunctional--generally the intellectual side is dominant while the emotional side is dysfunctional, which some researchers think explains the 'sense of "watching" while being uninvolved emotionally' that such people have. People reporting CC from TM practice, on the other hand, show balanced brain activity.
