------------------------------------------------------------------- F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. (Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network, Incorporated) a non-profit computer bulletin board and electronic library 601 16th St. #C-217 Golden, Colorado 80401 USA BBS 303 530-1942 FAX 303 530-2950 Office 303 473-0111 This document is part of an electronic lending library and preservational electronic archive. F.A.C.T.Net does not sell documents, it only lends them according to the terms of your library cardholder agreement with F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 -- More on TM -- Study Finds TM Not Special Transcendental Meditation, and other popular meditation techniques to measure and improve human performance, are no more effective at reducing stress or hypertension than "resting quietly," a study by the National Research Council recently concluded. The finding was in a 291-page report of a research panel chaired by UCLA psychologist Robert Bjork. (From "Performance-Enhancement Techniques Found Flawed or Ineffective in Study," by Curt Suplee, Washington Post, 9/25/91, A3.) Meditation Behind Bars At a two-day seminar in the District [of Columbia] this spring, some 300 area drug rehabilitation counselors and corrections officials heard TM instructors report that after transcendental meditation was taught to 11,000 people in 31 prisons in Senegal. their rate of return to prison in the following six months dropped from 90 percent to only 6 percent. (From "Meditation Behind Bars," by Sandy Rovner, Washington Post, 9/10/91, 11.) Indian Psychiatrists Protest Cult Label In response to parts of an American Psychiatric Association book on Cults and New Religious Movements, the American Association of Psychiatrists from India presented a workshop at the annual APA meeting this year titled "Indian Religions Are Not Cults." The goal of the workshop was to educate the audience about the Hare Krishnas and the background of ancient Hindu texts, beliefs, and practices. (From "Indian Psychiatrists Sponsor Workshop In Response to APA Monograph," Psychiatric News, 9/20/91.) 2 Cults on Campus: Continuing Challenge Essays and articles about campus cult-recruitment techniques, why students are so vulnerable, effec-tively monitoring cult and occult-ritual activities on campuses, counseling students and families, and providing cult-education programs to staff and students. 126 pages. $12.00 per copy. $10.00 for financial supporters of the American Family Foundation. $2.00 postage and handling ($3.00 for Canadian and overseas orders). 3 "Cults: Saying 'No' Under Pressure" Twenty-nine minute videotape (VHS only) narrated by Charlton Heston focusing on decep-tion, manipulation, and mind control used by cults and how to resist them. Brief mention of occult ritual abuse. Discussion guide. 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F.A.C.T.Net does not sell documents, it only lends them according to the terms of your library cardholder agreement with F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------- CARD CATALOG ENTRY DOS FILENAME OF TEXT FILE: CO1091AE.TXT DOS FILENAME OF IMAGE FILES: none ADMINISTRATIVE CODE: OK SECURITY CODE: SCO DISTRIBUTION CODE: RO DESCRIPTION FOR BBS FILE LISTING: The Cult Observer Vol. 8 No. 10 SORT TO: AFF CONTRIBUTOR: American Family Foundation (AFF) LOCATION OF ORIGINAL: American Family Foundation (AFF) NOTES: Back issues and selected reprints of the Cultic Studies Journal are available from the American Family Foundation, P.O. Box 2265, Bonita Springs, FL 33959-2265. THE EXPERTS WRITE ON CULTS: | 1 More on TM | 2 Cults on Campus: Continuing Challenge | 3 "Cults: Saying 'No' Under Pressure" For additional verification see the contributor of the document. 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