On Jun 26, 2006, at 8:40 PM, authfriend wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote:
By request.
Ken Wilber demonstrates different brainwave patterns on a standard
home unit used in Neuro-feedback.
Ever hear of a TMer doing a blank wave?
No, I'm sure you haven't...
You've posted this here before, as I recall, Vaj.
Yes, that's right Judy. Thanks for noticing. :-)
Explain to us again (a) why we should be impressed
that Wilber can do a "blank wave" on a home EEG
unit;
Because of the *style* of samadhi this is indicative of (to put it in
TM lingo) is that of Unity Consciousness.
However it should also be noted this relates to a different path than
PC -> CC -> eventually leads to UC. Instead it should be seen as UC
grasped as the path (unusual because you are taking UC *as the path*,
rather than as an *end state*) and maturing into BC (to use the TM
metaphor).
and (b) why we should be disheartened (or
gleeful, if we're TM critics) that we've never heard
of a TMer doing a "blank wave"?
Because we should realize and make the connection that *dualistic
methods lead to dualistic states of consciousness* (e.g. the
witnessing artifact, which is an artifact of a dualistic meditation
method). That's not in any way to imply that dualistic states of
meditation are *bad* or *lesser* than other forms of meditation.
Instead they should be understood as a continuum naturally occurring
in meditative praxis. However, it should not be missed that *one is
much faster than the other!*
Well, here it is:
http://www.tinyurl.com/cmay6
(bottom of the page)
Eventually we'll see similar technology used to qualify and verify
those claiming certain states (e.g. someone claiming access to a
non-dual state should be able to make a "flat" EEG).
Oh, and while you're at it, (c) why making a "flat" EEG
(on a home machine) should be considered a requirement
for those claiming access to a nondual state?
It's not a *requirement*, merely one possible, measurable
signature...that's all.
