Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-02 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Xeno and Richard, as with any enlightenment related topic, one hears conflicting info. In fact, one hears totally contradictory info! I guess the advaitists would ask: who is it that has a body? I'd suggest common sense but I'm not sure what that has to do with enlightenment, if anything! On

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-02 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 10:00 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: As meditation(s) original intent was an aid to enlightenment, and physiological changes that result from various form of meditation can be a by-product, the idea that meditation should be promoted as a health nostrum really see

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-02 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 9:29 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: It's very typical to pick up diseases at any educational institution. Ask any parent. Once away from that environment unless you are working in a big corporation where the problem occurs too you will be less exposed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-02 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 9:20 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I never saw such a bunch of people with phobias, allergies, syndromes and complaints as the people I knew at MIU. For a brief period I was at MIU, though I generally stayed away from

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-02 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
ubject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and   It's very typical to pick up diseases at any educational institution.  Ask any parent.  Once away from that environment unless you are working in a big corporation where the problem occurs too you will be less exposed to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
rfieldLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and On certain measures, such as cortisol levels, that is almost certainly the case. As always, the issues is between TM and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
As meditation(s) original intent was an aid to enlightenment, and physiological changes that result from various form of meditation can be a by-product, the idea that meditation should be promoted as a health nostrum really seems to me to betray its original purpose. While you might feel bet

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
It's very typical to pick up diseases at any educational institution. Ask any parent. Once away from that environment unless you are working in a big corporation where the problem occurs too you will be less exposed to bugs. On 07/01/2014 07:20 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : I never saw such a bunch of people with phobias, allergies, syndromes and complaints as the people I knew at MIU. For a brief period I was at MIU, though I generally stayed away from the supposed cures for these things unless I could get it for

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
dLife]" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and   On certain measures, such as cortisol levels, that is almost certainly the case. As always, the issues is between TM and othe

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 7/1/2014 2:58 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: With regards to your significant other and heart attacks... It's a numbers game. Robert Scheider's research showed that for people who meditated regularly about once per day for 5 years, the incidence of mortaility dropped nearly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
On certain measures, such as cortisol levels, that is almost certainly the case. As always, the issues is between TM and other forms of meditation, not be tween TM and sleep. Sleep is vital to your health. So is TM. The difference is that if you need sleep, you spontaneously fall a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Bhairitu, when I stopped smoking, having smoked a pack a day for about 8 years, I gained 30 pounds. Later learned that nicotine is a stimulent. AND, that if a person quits, keeps diet and exercise the same, they will still gain weight. Never thought of it as kapha pacifying! I do think that TM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
And exercise can play a role in both kinds. Certainly TM would provide some relaxation just as simple breathing techniques do. My tantra teacher was practicing very advanced meditations but not watching his diet though he didn't have the problem albeit when he was smoking. Why? Because toba

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
And, going out on a limb here, just a tad, EVERY POSSIBLE cause for a heart attack besides acute poisoning, is exacerbated by long-term stress. TM helps manage long-term stress, and it is pretty much a given that his chances of survival would have gone up at least a little had he been doing TM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
With regards to your significant other and heart attacks... It's a numbers game. Robert Scheider's research showed that for people who meditated regularly about once per day for 5 years, the incidence of mortaility dropped nearly 50% in people who had already had one heart attack. If they

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
On 07/01/2014 11:34 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : He wasn't a strict vegetarian, ate chicken and fish. But I think he ate a lot of cheese. And his job was stressful. I suggested that he begin doing just TM but he, God rest

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : He wasn't a strict vegetarian, ate chicken and fish. But I think he ate a lot of cheese. And his job was stressful. I suggested that he begin doing just TM but he, God rest his soul, could be stubborn. Unless you have the detailed autopsy r

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
He wasn't a strict vegetarian, ate chicken and fish. But I think he ate a lot of cheese. And his job was stressful. I suggested that he begin doing just TM but he, God rest his soul, could be stubborn. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 1:20 PM, "Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]" wrote:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Probably a massive. Was he a vegetarian? On 07/01/2014 09:13 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: The coroner said he dropped dead in an instant, didn't feel a thing. Neither he nor his family had a history of heart disease. As many do, he died of a heart attack on Mond

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The coroner said he dropped dead in an instant, didn't feel a thing. Neither he nor his family had a history of heart disease. As many do, he died of a heart attack on Monday morning as he prepared to go to work. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 11:01 AM, "Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLi

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Massive heart attack or congestive heart failure? On 07/01/2014 08:46 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Thanks for posting this. Regarding Dr. Rosenthal's comment about TM and heart disease at the beginning, I am convinced that if my SO had continued meditating--he qu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

2014-07-01 Thread Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thanks for posting this. Regarding Dr. Rosenthal's comment about TM and heart disease at the beginning, I am convinced that if my SO had continued meditating--he quit in summer 2006--he would not have had a fatal heart attack 3 years later at the age of 46. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:37 AM,

[FairfieldLife] Difference Between Transcendental Meditation and

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