From: peterson_at_d...
Date: 2001-05-23 03:58:08
--- In buildcheapeeg_at_yahoogroups.com, yaniv_vi_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> hi rob
>
> nice - you know important people . dalai lama's biographer - cool :)
>
> sorry for the long letter - but i'll be gone for 3 weeks or more :)
>
> before i go to tibet , i have maybe some ideas what can be done
about
> the tibetian people's situation :
> one thing that can be done is to make them availble psychological
> techniqeus like neurofeedback , emdr , and eft .
> i feel that these techniques are maybe in the same spirit with
> teachings of the buddha of love compassion and wisdom , and can
help
> the tibetian people in there fight to conserve there culture of
> compassion , wisdom and love .
> maybe if these new powerfull techniques (and maybe others) would be
> introduced to the dalai lama in the context of empowering tibetian
> people and tibetian buddhizm , of course according to the buddhizm
-
> he would see the usefullness of them and teach them to his people .
>
> my feeling that given these techniques and the immense will power
of
> tibetian people - they will find new ways to make buddhizm live -
> even under chinese goverment - and maybe become much more powerfull.
>
Actually, I happen to know that the Dalai Lama is meeting with
Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin this week. Davidson
is the guy who discovered the frontal lobe activation asymmetry in
depressive disorders. Davidson is certainly aware of EEG biofeedback,
although I don't believe he endorses it as a treatment methodology.
He's not a clinician, and tends to be rather orthodox in his views
about mental health treatment. My bet is that the D.L. already knows
something about neurotherapy. BTW, Yaniv, when I attended the D.L.'s
teaching last week in Minneapolis we were invited to write questions
for him and I wrote asking about what potential he might see for
neurotherapy (I told you I would ask) but he never got to that
question. Ah, well . . . .
>
> and about making neurofeedback availble under chinese goverment -
> even if the chinese wuldn't want it to happend - i thhink that it
is
> pretty easy technologicly and socially to make it happen.
>
> another thing is :
> like there's a meeting between dalai lama and scientists every year
-
> there should meeting with him and people who do neurofeedback ,
> emdr , eft etc (rapid psychological etchinques) - so that both
sides
> could learn , and also if the dalai lama sees somthing usefull he
> could use his remarkable publicity power to let people know about
it .
>
> another thing is to open research that compares finding of
> neurofeedback with tibetian knowldge - and make it :
> 1. widely availble over the net
> 2. known also to tibetian lamas monks and teachers .
> for example - it would be very interesting i think to share
knowldge
> about the crossover frequency - and also to make this knowldge very
> more avilble to people
>
> so in short inroducing dalai lama to rapid psychological techniques
> 9in these forms and maybe others ) could be very very usefull.
> but that's all thoughts - before i know anything .
> but again it must be in the context of helping his tradition and
not
> destoying or replacing it - because destroying or replacing
tibetian
> budhizm is the last thing dalai lama needs now :(
>
>
> also another buddhist guy that introducing him to this knowldge
would
> be very usefull would be thich naht han . he is a very known
> buddhist , and also believes in a buddhizm without dogma .
> if you can connect with him and start a dialogu about
neurofeedback's
> place in buddhizm would be very very good , i think .
>
>
> and for another issue - i think that making the neurofeedback
device
> very low cost maybe won't be enough for elimination of adhd .
> the other problems we will face are :
> 1. how to diagnose adhd in children simply
> 2. lack of awareness from teachers and parents
> 3. money for the nfb instructors .
> so my feeling is maybe we somebody should start a newsgroup like
this
> focused on making nfb a widespread treatment for adhd .
> there should be nfb practicioners , teachers , students n teaching
> schools , marketing people .
> the group would be focused on solving these 3 problems .
> after the trip to tibet i think i'll be more then happy to join
such
> a group to see what i can help :)
>
>
> anyway thanks for reading all my thought - now my head is empty
> again - as usual :)
>
> so bye for now rob , good luck
> and see you after tibet .
> sincerly
> yaniv v.
> --- In buildcheapeeg_at_yahoogroups.com, Rob Kall <smile_at_compuserve.com> wrote:
> > Message text written by INTERNET:buildcheapeeg_at_yahoogroups.com
> > >
> > anyway i'm going to tibet for a month - so probably i won't be in
> the
> > group for the next month (so i could'nt help in this challenges ,
> at
> > least now) but i wish you all the best of luck ,and good times
> making <
> >
> >
> >
> > Interesting, I have been in contact with the head of the Tibetan
> Refugee
> > hospital in Dharamsala, working on putting together a package of
> > contributed biofeedback technology and training, since I met
Kuno,
> the
> > Dalai Lamas old friend and official biographer at the Council
Grove
> > meeting..
> >
> > I'd love to hear from you on how things are in Tibet, and what,
if
> anything
> > can be done.
> >
> >
> > Rob Kall
> > Futurehealth, Inc.
> > 211 N. Sycamore St., Newtown, PA 18940 215-504-1700, fax 215-860-
> 5374
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> > without using tests." Rob Kall
> >
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