[Buddha-l] Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve BigMentalHealthWoes, Says Merck Vet Ben Shapiro

[jkirk]

Sorry--I grossly mis-spoke in that post you refer to here--I'm
not against real research at all.

What got to me was that spate (which seems to be subsiding) for a
while of 
Buddhist meditation teachers (not necessarily monks) helping out
business folk to be 
more successful, make more money, control more of the turf, on
and on. 
I got carried away because of being distraught about the way
things are NOT going even with an alleged Dem-controlled Congress
and an alleged Dem president (meaning, corporations--business--
neocons in the white house--against suitable health care
insurance reform, in particular the public option.

Schrecklichly yours,
JK
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On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:56 PM, jkirk wrote:

> How about the Buddhist monks who cooperate with these biz
outfits? Too 
> bad they don't spit on them all.

Well keep in mind, they're typically interfacing with University
profs. of excellent standing--not drug company reps.

> The reason they do
> not, of course, is that those who collaborate already are
struck by a 
> sense of their superior virtue, compassionately offering it to
help 
> the perplexed in the biz world, thinking that their
intervention will 
> make significant differences. Not. It could even teach people
how to 
> be even more manipulative than they are now.

Drug companies will need to consider their findings because the
facts probably are, if you have say ADHD, it would be much better
to give the child some attentional training, like Buddhist
meditation, till lasting changes take place in the brain, rather
than drugging them up of adderal or ritalin.

What insurance company would like to pay for drugs for kids, and
possibly through their adulthood, when they could attend instead
a hundred dollar course?

> Speaking of manipulative, NPR is today worse, if possible, than
it was 
> under Bush, today loaded with even more infotainment, plus that
vapid 
> "Market Watch" program that openly or subtly supports
Republican views 
> while we now have an alleged (?) Dem controlled government.
Anyone 
> ever hear that NPR program "Speaking of Faith"? Aargh.

Probably, I listen to NPR a good bit.

>
> Moving on:
>
> Wow, Steve--what kind of health insurance is that? never heard
of one 
> that good. Please tell us more.

It's just a typical plan by Blue Cross from what I can tell.
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