By: David Spector
Michael, There are quite a few individuals who, probably disillusioned either by their failure to reach enlightenment, which they thought was promised to them by the TM organization, or by changes that...
View ArticleBy: Michael H. Jackson
Let’s just stick to the facts David. A- I never said a word about the “evils of transcending” those are your words and they are an incorrect assumption. B – I still use my TM mantra sometimes and have...
View ArticleBy: Bjarne Ulrich Hansen
It seems there are serious points of justified critique to the article published by Dr. Robert Scheneider et al in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcome. 1) Dr Schneider seem to be in...
View ArticleBy: tammy harshaw
You express a lot of negative opinions, “Michael H Jackson,” but there is no evidence or any real-world truths for your condemnations of TM and the foundation that teaches it. For example, “the many...
View ArticleBy: tammy harshaw
This is a compelling and important study. It has gone through far more scrutiny and peer-review analysis than studies usually do, and no design flaws were identified. There is also a strong precedence...
View ArticleBy: tammy harshaw
The accusations of manipulating data are completely unfounded, as far as I can see. Where is there any evidence at all to support that? It’s just negative speculation. The “$20M” from the NIH is not a...
View ArticleBy: tammy harshaw
To address the qualms and insinuations here: “The paper reports on 52 primary endpoint events (the composite of death, MI, or stroke). Of these, 20 events occurred in the TM group and 32 in the HE...
View ArticleBy: Larry Husten
Tammy, thank you for carefully reading this and pointing out several errors. I have corrected the story and added an update notice. Here is my response to your points: 1. You are correct that I wrongly...
View ArticleBy: Bill Kossler
Dear David, I have read with interest the exchange between you and a friend of mine, Michael H. Jackson, and felt I just had to comment – my first on any kind of blog whatsoever. I’ve also been...
View ArticleBy: Michael H. Jackson
Tammy some of what I have written are my opinions and some are facts. If by empirical data you mean there are no scientific studies on the people who have problems from long term TM practice,...
View ArticleBy: Michael H. Jackson
Having made several posts here I would like to make one more for clarification. I am in no way shape or form a scientist and can hardly make heads or tails of scientific data presented in such papers...
View ArticleBy: Investigator Defends Controversial Transcendental Meditation Paper «...
[...] Note: Here is a response by Dr. Robert Schneider to my story last week about his controversial paper on Transcendental Meditation that appeared in Circulation: [...]
View ArticleBy: Emily
Thank you, Larry, for following this story. I really don’t see why my tax dollars should go to studying a religion for the purposes of medicine. The real problem with all of these studies is that they...
View ArticleBy: Chrissy
There is so much wrong with David Spector’s posts that it’s hard to know where to begin. One thing I have learned about TM teachers is that they are BIG talkers. It’s like if they just keep spewing and...
View ArticleBy: Chrissy
One should always be skeptical of any medical or other practice that finds “all-positive” results. I am a brain scientist myself (Ivy-league educated and highly regarded). There is nothing under the...
View ArticleBy: Chrissy
Another key to identifying scientific cover-up is Tammy’s statement that “no design flaws were identified.” As a brain scientist for the past 20 years, I can attest to the fact that the perfect study...
View ArticleBy: Chrissy
I love this sentence from Bill Kossler: “There seems to be an inverse relationship between a person’s position in the movemetn and their general ability to relate in a normal, human way.” It made me...
View ArticleBy: Chrissy
I know many TM insiders, and Michael H. Jackson speaks the truth. I found it really humorous recently when some TM insiders were going on and on about how bogus Scientology is and how silly of anyone...
View ArticleBy: Yet Another Look At The Transcendental Meditation Paper « CardioBrief
[...] the comments left by Michael Jackson and Chrissy on my earlier post to learn more about the dangers of TM. Or do your own research on the [...]
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