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From: hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu (H. M. Hubey)
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103t_english@west.cscwc.pima.edu writes:

>> That the control of breathing might be the "pathway" to control of
>> autonomic processes [i.e. heart beat rate] has been known and
>> practiced for centuries.
>> 

>But this isn't "control" in any sense of the word. Talk to anyone who has ever
>learned TM from a TM center if you don't understand...

Does it happen all by itself? Does it happen at random?

>But "alpha rhythms" are not a good predictor of Pure Consciousness, or so I
>recall.

If I knew what "pure consciousness" was I'd be in a better position
to make a comment.

So what is it? Is it even slower delta waves?


>In fact, while most folks show increased EEG coherence, that isn't the best
>indicator either. From what I am hearing lately, the best test is the change in

It doesn't surprise me. 



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						-- Mark---
....we must realize that the infinite in the sense of an infinite totality, 
where we still find it used in deductive methods, is an illusion. Hilbert,1925
