One would think that anything goes in a thread titled "overmasturbation tinnitus".
IMHO, you're just being a dick for trying to break up a genuine debate between a woo woo practitioner and a skeptic.
This blue light is akin to religion, where people say thry have seen angels or that God has spoken to them. There's just no way for science to confirm this at this time, and it may never will. It sounds a lot like sensory hyperactivity, similar to our condition tinnitus. There is research into religion/spirituality though, and its' neurophysiological effects regardless if the experiences are "real" or not.@ChrisBoyMonkey -- According the spiritual path called Eckankar, the appearance of a blue light (in various forms, such as a pinpoint, a star, a ball, etc.) is a significant spiritual event in a person's life. This STORY is just one of many I've read from people who've had that experience. @Heavyantra @Star64 @R. David Case @Daniel Lion
To science, the kind of experience described in the above linked story would be inconclusive (to be generous). But to the person who has this kind of experience, it can become a bit of a dilemma. Do I accept it as real and of value, or do I reject it because my rational mind says it can't be real? Our decision often comes down to how much we trust our sense of discernment.
What helps me make a decision on the validity of an experience like this or something similarly "different", is to note if I feel a sense of love accompanying it. If so, then it tells me I'm experiencing something very real, and science really isn't going to have much of a clue about it. As far as I know, they've never tried to measure love.
BTW, here's a LINK to a 3-min. introductory video on singing HU (which is mentioned in the above linked story).
According to Ryan Hart (I have no idea who he is), tinnitus could be due to
https://www.ryanhart.org/ear-ringing-meaning/
Please tell me the difference between scientific and nonscientific verification.
Oh, you are saying that it has been verified scientifically?!
I don't know anything about medical journals. I know that in my discipline most journals aren't predatory.
So where is the study? And if the study isn't there, and you know that there is a huge incentive to publish such a study, then what is this telling you about whether or not the study (once it is done) is going to be successful?
Nonscientific verification = nonsense. Scientific verification isn't. Can you explain why you disagree with this statement?
It isn't a verification. Verification would involve a control group, researchers not knowing which group is the control group, many observations, advanced statistical methods to control for the natural variability of the data, etc.
The standard for accepting something as the truth shouldn't be that it hasn't been invalidated. I can't prove that you Aren't a space alien - this doesn't mean that it makes sense for me to believe that I am talking to a space alien.
Trust me, scientists are willing to do anything to get a publication in a good journal. Using scientific method to prove that there is something true about yoga sutras would definitely result in a publication. The reason nobody has published anything about that is definitely not because the scientists aren't interested.
Progress came about when people made a decision to stop believing statements that can't be proved. You are believing statements that can't be proved. So...
Yoga claims to achieve certain goals. If it could be proven that it achieves what it sets out to achieve, then nobody should have any problem with it.
Until the 19th century, billions of people used to believe that it is ok for a doctor to not wash his hands before seeing a new patient. Billions of people used to believe in spirits, and ghosts, and bizarre stories about how the world came about.
I am glad. The last thing I want is to upset a fellow T sufferer.
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