RE: Do you practice Meditation?
December 1, 2015 at 4:10 pm
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2015 at 4:24 pm by Simon Moon.)
I am too lazy to meditate, so I 'cheat' and use a "light and sound" machine.
Like this:
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Through the use of flashing LEDs from the goggles and binaural beats from the headphones, they cause the mind to synchronize to the frequency being produced, and automatically create a meditative state. It is called the "frequency following effect".
For meditation, the target frequency is between 4 and 7 HZ (theta).
The alert state is 13 to 40 HZ (beta), relaxed, creative state is 7 to 12 (alpha), and 0 to 4 is sleep (delta).
These devices (there are quite a few on the market) have built in programs, that start at the frequency of the alert state, and over minutes, ramp down to the target state and remain there for whatever time the program is set for. The mind follows the visual and audible input frequencies to the meditative state. No training or practice necessary, just relax and let technology do the work.
Like this:
Through the use of flashing LEDs from the goggles and binaural beats from the headphones, they cause the mind to synchronize to the frequency being produced, and automatically create a meditative state. It is called the "frequency following effect".
For meditation, the target frequency is between 4 and 7 HZ (theta).
The alert state is 13 to 40 HZ (beta), relaxed, creative state is 7 to 12 (alpha), and 0 to 4 is sleep (delta).
These devices (there are quite a few on the market) have built in programs, that start at the frequency of the alert state, and over minutes, ramp down to the target state and remain there for whatever time the program is set for. The mind follows the visual and audible input frequencies to the meditative state. No training or practice necessary, just relax and let technology do the work.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
