--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 9, 2007, at 11:43 AM, sparaig wrote: [...] > > Quite so. Doesn't matter. I was talking about the relationship > > between this and meditation. > > All the MRI/fMRI prublished/referred to so far on Buddhist > > meditation says that it > > INCREASES the activity of the thalamus. This puts it squarely into > > the waking-state realm. > > > And as you know, the thalamus shuts down sensory input during > sleep...and the EEG of TM is almost identical to sleep... >
Guffaw. TMers often fall asleep during meditation, especially compared to practitioners of techniques who are warned to "stay vigilant" and NOT fall asleep. However, high levels of coherent alpha EEG are NOT part of the normal sleep EEG (except in people reporting witnessing sleep ala TM).
