Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-17 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2008, at 4:02 PM, sparaig wrote: Apparently, the study didn't look at pre/post meditation effects, but only the effects DURING meditation. If that is the case, is it possible that all, or many, of the TM-meditators were taking some ayurvedic substance that reduced their free

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-17 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2008, at 4:52 PM, hugheshugo wrote: The ME does have a testable explanation, the field theory MMY provided. It's just that the mechanism contradicts all the known laws of physics, psychology and sociology. That doesn't mean it's rubbish of course, it just means you've got a long way

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-17 Thread Peter
--- Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 4:52 PM, hugheshugo wrote: The ME does have a testable explanation, the field theory MMY provided. It's just that the mechanism contradicts all the known laws of physics, psychology and sociology. That doesn't mean it's rubbish

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-17 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 4:02 PM, sparaig wrote: Apparently, the study didn't look at pre/post meditation effects, but only the effects DURING meditation. If that is the case, is it possible that all, or many, of

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread TurquoiseB
Does anyone detect the taste of sour grapes here? :-) The TM group came in last against the other two controls. That means we 'won,' because what was being measured isn't of value. Sparaig Science. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, Vaj, guess you

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone detect the taste of sour grapes here? :-) The TM group came in last against the other two controls. That means we 'won,' because what was being measured isn't of value. Sparaig Science. Er, um...

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Does anyone detect the taste of sour grapes here? :-) The TM group came in last against the other two controls. That means we 'won,' because what

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Does anyone detect the taste of sour grapes here? :-) The TM group came in

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: Does anyone

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2008, at 3:23 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Does anyone detect the taste of sour grapes here? :-) The TM group came in last against the other two controls. That means we 'won,' because what was being measured isn't of value. Sparaig Science. Well of course in mantra-shastra it is said

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] In both cases, what you're describing seems to me to be a clear case of drawing bulls-eyes around arrows. Here's this thing that we *assume* has something to do with enlightenment. Let's see if we can find it in

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 15, 2008, at 9:40 PM, sparaig wrote: Well, Vaj, guess you are correct: TM is less in-lightening than other meditation techniques. Moral is, if you want to glow in the dark more, practice a meditation technique

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 3:23 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Does anyone detect the taste of sour grapes here? :-) The TM group came in last against the other two controls. That means we 'won,' because what was being measured

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 15, 2008, at 9:40 PM, sparaig wrote: However, the determination of oxidation levels as the source of group differences needs to be verified further to confirm our hypothesis. I wonder if they were on any

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:05 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 15, 2008, at 9:40 PM, sparaig wrote: However, the determination of oxidation levels as the source of group differences needs to be verified further to confirm our

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread Vaj
On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:03 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 3:23 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Does anyone detect the taste of sour grapes here? :-) The TM group came in last against the other two controls. That means we

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread Duveyoung
What the hell is going on here? All the folks who quit TM for whatever reason were as much lab rats as anyone, and TM didn't cut it for them. THAT'S SCIENCE! They did the experiment, they did the time in the chair, and they got zip. They may have gotten pure gold and are simply stupid when

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:05 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: [...] I wonder if they were on any amla-based Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals (Triphala, Amrit Kalash, Chyavanaprash,

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:03 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 3:23 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Does anyone detect the taste of sour grapes here? :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:05 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: [...] I wonder if they were on any

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [...] In both cases, what you're describing seems to me to be a clear case of drawing bulls-eyes around arrows. Here's this thing that we *assume* has

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [...] In both cases, what you're describing seems to me to be a clear case of

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [...] In both cases, what you're describing seems to me to be a clear case of

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: [...]

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] Jeez, I can't believe I forgot nature support that ultimate piece of mood-making target-drawing. How many times have you heard someone say I got some nature support today. When what they they really meant to say

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] It's not me making these claims, I'm just passing them on. Your was meant rhetorically. I guess I should have said their, instead. Part of the Invincible America success has been no hurricanes, but last year

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@ wrote: [..] Jeez, I can't believe I forgot nature support that ultimate piece of mood-making target-drawing. How many times have you heard someone

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread hugheshugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@ wrote: [...] It's not me making these claims, I'm just passing them on. Your was meant rhetorically. I guess I should have said their, instead.

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, hugheshugo richardhughes103@ wrote: [..] Jeez, I can't believe I forgot nature support that ultimate piece

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM makes you less in-lightened then other meditation

2008-04-16 Thread coldbluiceman
Edg wrote: What the hell is going on here? All the folks who quit TM for whatever reason were as much lab rats as anyone, and TM didn't cut it for them. THAT'S SCIENCE! They did the experiment, they did the time in the chair, and they got zip. They may have gotten pure gold and are