| The Tibetan Monk ExperimentThe market
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| | _action_. (emphasis mine).Another
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| today is flooded with CDs that entrain
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| | research, ignored by the media [it didn't
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| the brain towards Gamma wave generation.
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| | involve celebrities, you see :)],
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| As is well known, Gamma waves vibrate at
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| | involves studying the very same gamma
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| a frequency level of between 26Hz and
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| | oscillations, on two epileptic patients.
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| 100Hz, which is like a blizzard on the
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| | The subjects here were required to
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| terra firma of the brain. Usually, gamma
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| | identify items that were presented to
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| waves are associated with intense mental
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| | them a while ago. [The capability to
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| activity, while solving problems, while
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| | remember things some time after you see /
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| handling emotions such as fear, learning,
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| | read / hear / sense them, is known as
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| conscious perception, and the like.The
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| | "working memory". Remember the time when
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| motivation behind this sudden interest in
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| | you were verbally told about three to
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| Gamma entrainment has been a research
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| | four totally things that were new to you
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| paper published in 2004 by Dr. Richard
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| | and which you were to buy from some shop?
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| Davidson and his colleagues from the
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| | Remember the slight tingling in the head
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| Wisconsin-based Waisman Center for Brain
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| | as you grappled with this new information
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| Imaging and Behavior, in association with
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| | that you were presented with? That was
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| Dr. Matthieu Ricard of Kathmandu,
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| | your brain shifting into higher gear,
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| Nepal-based Sechen Monastery. The paper
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| | ensuring that it remembered them all.
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| reported an experiment conducted on a
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| | That is working memory! :) ]The very same
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| team of eight Buddhist practitioners,
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| | electrodes were suctioned on their scalp.
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| aged between thirty-four and sixty-four.
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| | The two patients showed a peak of 38Hz
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| The chief qualification of the subjects?
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| | when they were presented with the items
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| Every one of them had been practicing
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| | they were to remember; this peak level
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| Tibetan Nyingmapa and Kagyupa style
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| | was sustained throughout the period when
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| meditation for anywhere between fifteen
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| | it was required to remember them, and
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| and forty years. Had they maintained a
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| | then this level fell abruptly when the
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| logbook a la air pilots, it would have
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| | time came to identify that which had been
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| showed a huge chunk of ten to fifty
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| | retained.The researchers concluded there
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| thousand hours of their life spent in
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| | is a sudden gush of blood to very
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| meditation.On the bald scalp of each of
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| | specific neurons on the cortex when you
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| the subjects was attached a web of
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| | are trying to remember things. This gush
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| electrodes. Electroencephalogram (EEG)
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| | is associated (follows or precedes?) with
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| was taken at three stages. The initial
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| | gamma wave generation. (emphasis
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| baseline EEG was collected by asking the
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| | mine).Gamma Entrainment CDs Fortified
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| subjects to relax and be neutral (no
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| | with all the information that we have
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| specific thoughts). Next, the
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| | collected thus far, we come to the
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| participants were asked to meditate, and
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| | crucial question. What end do we wish to
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| allow the mind to be in a state of
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| | achieve with Gamma Entrainment CDs? When
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| "unconditional loving-kindness and
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| | we listen to these CDs, what is supposed
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| compassion". The Tibetans call this the
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| | to happen to us?When the Tibetan monks
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| dmigs med snying rje state of mind. The
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| | meditate on the thought of dmigs med
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| second EEG was taken in this state. The
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| | snying rje, their brain generates Gamma
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| final EEG was recorded after the
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| | oscillations. When the two young patients
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| meditative session was over.When the EEG
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| | try to remember things that they know
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| machine crunched data collected from each
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| | they will have to identify later, their
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| of the electrodes for each subject, and
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| | brain generates Gamma oscillations. When
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| assimilated them into one holistic sheet
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| | we listen to a Gamma entrainment CD, will
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| giving comparative and absolute results,
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| | we begin to harbor thoughts of dmigs med
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| jaws must have dropped in the EEG room.
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| | snying rje ourselves? Or will our
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| For, the results showed very
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| | meditative powers increase? Or will we be
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| high-amplitude gamma rhythms - between 25
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| | able to remember and retain more? If A,
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| to 42Hz - in the parieto-temporal and
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| | then B. But if B, then A?The researchers
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| mid-frontal cortex of brain of the
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| | themselves state very clearly (in both
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| meditators when they were in the state of
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| | the papers I have discussed here) that
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| meditation. Their brain seemed to
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| | their work on the subject is incomplete.
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| function as a single unit, as if the
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| | Logically speaking, therefore, isn't it
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| neurons of almost the entire cortex held
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| | premature for marketers to rush to the
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| each others' hands, and synchronized and
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| | market with these CDs? Isn't it premature
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| danced at such high frequencies. The
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| | for users to gullibly buy them, just
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| transition from the relaxed,
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| | because the labels "meditation" and
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| low-frequency state (pre-meditation) to
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| | "Tibetan monks" are incidentally
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| this high-frequency state was attained
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| | connected to the concept?In a few forums
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| with total ease by the veteran
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| | where people discuss their experience
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| practitioners.Conclusions From This
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| | with these CDs, the general observation
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| Experiment This research clearly linked
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| | that I have come away with is one of
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| meditation - more specifically objectless
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| | confusion. What I experienced: was it
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| meditation - to the incidence of high
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| | good or bad? Huh?Final Word In contrast
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| gamma oscillations detected in the
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| | to the high haemodynamic response (blood
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| cerebral cortex of the practitioners.
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| | gushing to the neuron cells) that the
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| Besides the eight monks, there was
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| | brain gives in association with gamma
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| another batch of ten young lads, still
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| | waves, binaural beats and relaxation CDs
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| wet behind the ears in matters of
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| | are associated with alpha (7-13Hz) and
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| meditation, which acted as a control
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| | theta (4-7Hz) waves. This is the level of
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| group. This control group too showed
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| | brain activity when you are actually
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| increased oscillations on the cortex, but
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| | relaxing or deeply meditating. If
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| not as intense and abundant as that of
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| | self-development is your objective, then
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| the senior group. (The full research may
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| | I would suggest going for CDs that work
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| be read here.)As compared to meditation
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| | at these frequencies.As for Gamma
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| techniques where the practitioner focuses
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| | entrainment, let the scientists and
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| on an object (such as a mantra or one's
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| | researchers figure out how they could be
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| breath), in objectless meditation, the
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| | helpful to us, if at all.Sanjay Agrawal
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| focus is not on one single entity but on
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| | is a Business Coach and self-development
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| the essence of meditation itself.What
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| | enthusiast. Eliminate the stress and
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| this means is that when the meditators
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| | anxiety from your life by listening to
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| brought the thought of compassion, the
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| | some excellent binaural beat CDs
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| dmigs med snying rje in their mind, it
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| | available here. Want to relax yourself
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| must have automatically been followed by
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| | before any big moment? Get this. The
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| the mind preparing itself to act on the
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| | Dalai Lama has written a beautiful piece
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| thought - to do something, to be the
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| | on the practical benefits of
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| vehicle of bringing about compassion. As
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| | altruism.Copyright 2006.
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| if the brain was responding to a call to
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