Author: Buster
Date: 2012-01-02 00:12
Drew,
Though Wikipedia is not the end-all be all of research:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Relaxation_Response
The book is merely a beginning point; and if you were to actually read the work without dismissing it out-of-hand perhaps comments would be tempered.
As someone whom has dealt with G.A.D., O.C.D. and P.T.S.D. (and am not ashamed to speak of it), perhaps I CAN speak with a bit more weight on the matter than you- I dare say. This is Not a statement of Ego, but one of truth.
They no longer control my life as they did for many years, but I am fully aware of the physiological, psychological, and physical interactions/manifestations. Perhaps on a much deeper, more educated level than most- though I am not a medical professional as I stated previously.
Taking that into account I CAN say as a matter of truth:
1.) Problems of emotion and stress as a "mental block" and as a truly, medically based, tactile effect are 2 wholly differing entities.
2.) Dismissing the term "Zen" out-right does not completely degrade a work; but having a context from where the true definition of where a term comes from can perhaps enlighten a reader of material that invokes the term. Maybe that enlightenment may spur further reading that can educate beyond where the original Inner Game of........ reaches.
3.) The fact that dogmatic courses of "musical study", and the syllabi that they generate, are oft never subject to true peer review should be taken into account. Recommended works are quite often passed on as "The Solution" without ever having been truly dissected.
No offense intended, but your knee-jerk reaction to me questioning a book you hold so dear may speak of this.
4.) A work that was subjected to medical peer-review, and agreed to be published regardless of the measurable outcome, perhaps holds a bit more stature than a work which includes some unquantifiable ends.
I wished to attempt to keep this on as an "anonymous" tract as possible; however, the fact that you resort to citing precedent to support your stance, and addressing the matter in an egotistical way as if you have been "called out", does anger me. Thus, I would ask that you abide the irony of me making personal statements directed towards you.
However, short-sighted "supported" statements as you are making may be very incomplete, or even a bit skewed.
http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.pdf
-Jason
[Edited for clarity]
Post Edited (2012-01-02 00:14)
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