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Meditation: An Introduction including Brain Electro Stimulation

Post author By healingmindn
Post date October 6, 2019

How Meditation is used as a Tool for Healing

Introduction to meditation for the beginner includes advanced topics. Brain electrostimulation is advised for a busy lifestyle. 7 Key Points:

Why Meditate?

Find your inner guidance
Learn to relax and walk your inspired path
Learn to lucid dream and explore inner space
Understand the subtle body & the human energy system
Awaken the kundalini and open the third eye
Learn to easily open the chakras
Heal the body, find your Self
Obtain the ability for tremendous concentration and focus
Control heart rate, blood chemistry, and other autonomic functions

Benefits of Meditation:

The benefits are unique for each person, but both physiological and psychological balancing are common. Some of the benefits of meditation will be realized quickly, and others over many months, so don’t be discouraged. Meditation is like a martial art in that there are different forms of meditation. Therefore, you will derive benefits according to the form of meditation you practice.

{e.g. In the basic QiGong meditation for martial arts, one meditates in order to focus the energy gathered in the extremities during practice towards the mental clarity of advancing one’s martial skill (nei dan kung). In turn, the internal energy (Qi) gathered during practice of one’s physical skill (wai dan kung) is once again focused towards mental clarity for further advancement through meditation (nei dan kung). In essence, all forms of meditation should have a feedback effect for your mental as well as physical self enhancement.}

What does Meditation do for Me?

Meditation is a way to change your attitude towards life. The act of practicing meditation changes you from inside. It takes a lot of work, but slowly you become more relaxed and more connected to people. It’s not an easy solution. But it is a solution. As in martial arts a beginner needs experienced instruction in the basics before practicing on his own. Like a martial art – meditation requires the necessary discipline to actually affect your life. Once you have disciplined yourself to meditate, the feedback from the meditation will increase your discipline. In turn, you will understand and appreciate the needs of others when they need or achieve internal discipline.

How does meditation Reduce and Eliminate Stress?

As the mind settles down, the body also achieves a unique state of rest. The changes that take place have been measured in physiological tests and are found to directly reverse the adverse effects of stress.

Everyone is aware of the negative effects of stress. It decreases performance, harms relationships, and creates physical wear and tear. In short, it curtails enjoyment of life.

Nowadays, stress is a fact of life. Furthermore it tends to build up in the system over the course of a lifetime. Even a good night’s sleep or an extended holiday may not enable us to recover fully.

There may or may not be things we can do to restructure our lives externally in order to help to reduce stress. But whether or not this is an option, regular practice of Meditation actually eliminates stress physiologically. This results in a more balanced outlook and greater appreciation.

One of the first things that people often notice when they learn Meditation is a reduction of stress. Research shows that when you meditate, the body experiences deep relaxation. Psychological stress has many adverse physical effects on the human body including a direct and damaging influence on the immune system.

What are the Physiological Indicators of Deep Rest?

A meta-analysis, the preferred scientific procedure for drawing definitive conclusions from large bodies of research, found Meditation produced a significant increase in basal skin resistance compared to eyes-closed rest, indicating profound relaxation. Deep rest and relaxation were also indicated by greater decreases in respiration rates and plasma lactate levels compared to ordinary rest. These physiological changes occur spontaneously as the mind effortlessly settles to the state of restful alertness, pure consciousness.

How does meditation decrease stress Hormones?

Plasma cortisol is a stress hormone. Study’s show that plasma cortisol decreased during Meditation, whereas it did not change significantly in control subjects during ordinary relaxation

Natural Change in Breathing

Subjects have been measured for changes in breathing rate during the practice of the Meditation techniques. Breath rates fell from about 14 breaths per minute to about 11 breaths per minute, indicating the Meditation technique produces a state of rest and relaxation. The change in breath rate is natural, effortless, and comfortable. The final obstacle in meditation is ecstasy; you feel great bliss and happiness and want to stay in that ecstasy. Do not yield to it but pass on to the next stage which is great calm. Sri Ramana Maharshi.

How does meditation reduce anxiety?

A statistical meta-analysis conducted at Stanford University of all available studies-146 independent outcomes-indicated that the effect of Meditation programmes on reducing anxiety. This analysis also showed that the positive Meditation result could not be attributed to subject expectation, experimenter bias, or quality of research design.

How does meditation unfold the potential of the mind?

Throughout the day we experience the mind in its busy active state. Often it may seem as if the mind is constantly filled with thoughts. During Meditation this activity settles down in a natural way, until the finest level of thought is “transcended” and the mind is left in a simple state of least excitation – a refreshing and deeply relaxing state of restful alertness. After we have finished meditating, the mind is fresher, quieter, more alert, happier. Any problems that there may have been prior to meditation are frequently seen in a better light.

It has been accepted for some time by psychologists that most people use about 5-10% of their full creative potential. Our mind is our most under-utilized resource! By gaining access to the quieter, deeper, more comprehensive and intuitive levels of thinking, Meditation helps unfold the potential of the mind. Regular practice sustains this development.

How does meditation increase creativity?

This study used the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking to measure figural and verbal creativity in a control group and in a group that subsequently learned to Meditate. On the post test 5 months later, the Meditation group scored significantly higher on figural originality and flexibility and on verbal fluency.

How does meditation increase comprehension and improved Ability to Focus?

Field independence has been associated with a greater ability to assimilate and structure experience, greater organisation of mind and cognitive clarity, improved memory, greater creative expression, and a stable internal frame of reference. The results show that practice of Meditation technique develops greater field independence. This improvement in meditators is remarkable because it was previously thought that these basic perceptual abilities do not improve beyond early adulthood

How does meditation improve Perception and Memory?

College students instructed in Meditation displayed significant improvements in performance over a 2-week period on a perceptual and short-term memory test involving the identification of familiar letter sequences presented rapidly. They were compared with subjects randomly assigned to a routine of twice-daily rest with eyes closed, and with subjects who made no change in their daily routine. {I might add that college research in meditation only reaffirms what is know already for millenia, yet only scratches the tip of the iceberg in comparison to the adepts who can instantly achieve a trance state.}

How does meditation increase Orderliness of Brain Functioning?

EEG coherence increases between and within the cerebral hemispheres during Meditation. EEG coherence is a quantitative index of the degree of long-range spatial ordering of the brain waves. They found high levels of coherence even before meditation began, spreading of coherence to high and lower frequencies about half way through the meditation period, and continuing high coherence even into the eyes-opened period after meditation.

Transcendental meditation, zen meditation or your own form of meditation, when used daily, can fully transform and empower your life. Whether you’re a beginner, expert, or somewhere in between, you can find incredible power with meditation techniques and concepts from all traditions throughout the world. By the same token, when the people of the world practice meditation for their own good, studies have found that the people are spiritually enlightened with increased intelligence, therefore, more interested in advancing their society.

What are brainwaves?

The brain is a neurochemical information processor that gives off electrical signals as electrochemical circuits close and open a million each second. If this is so, why can’t we detect these signals? Primarily because our skulls are too thick and the signals too weak for them to resonate outside our heads. With the exception of perhaps the most clairvoyant and telepathic among us, brain wave patterns are impossible to detect without the aid of a special amplifier called an electroencephalograph or EEG, which detects and records the changes in the voltage emanating from the brain. These electrical patterns tend to be similar in their general rhythm or rate of pulsation, and can be placed along the consciousness continuum.

The first pattern is described as beta waves, of short amplitude and very rapid pulsations of 30-14 cycles per second (Hertz or Hz). This pattern is optimal for intense mental activities such as calculations, linear logical analyses, and other highly structured functions.

The second pattern is described as alpha waves, characterized by a slightly larger amplitude of 13-9 Hz. This pattern typically occurs in daydreaming, relaxed awareness, guided or focused imagery and smoothly rhythmic athletic activity. There is often a euphoric, effortless feeling of “flow” as the doer is absorbed in activity, and subject and object are felt to be united.

The third pattern is described as theta waves, pulsations that are more ragged and irregular, in the 8-4 Hz range. While this range is rather small, a difference of 1 or 2 Hz in this zone is very noticeable, as it is proportionately much larger than it would be in the beta or alpha range. This pattern is associated with deep unconscious imagery, and thus creativity, as the person drops into a state of drowsiness and near-sleep.

The last main pattern is that of delta waves, pulsations that range between 3-1 Hz. In this range of profound relaxation, images and dreams have largely subsided, as the person slides into a state of slow wave restorative sleep. Meditators who remain aware during this state of near unconsciousness report tranquillity and peace.

Obviously, being able to control a mind state (the subjective mental state that typically accompanies a brainwave pattern) would be helpful in optimizing human functioning in contexts that required specific kinds of concentration and relaxation. While there have always been brainwaves, only recently have we become aware of them and been able to effect their change. This accessibility with demonstrable, rapid results has great potential for the relief of suffering and the evolution of the social mind of our society.

See the binaural harmonics page for more information on controlling neural patterns.

It was first coined by William James, a philosopher and psychologist. Some professionals have even stated even lower percentages, like Margaret Mead saying that we use 6% of our brains³. If this statement is true, it implies that humans could behave very differently and perhaps with greater thought and purpose. If the statement is a fallacy, it supports the brain equals behavior theory, such that the brain is not harboring unused capacities and behaviors.

The 1012 neurons in the brain have not all been researched for activity or not, but researchers have found no evidence for unused abilities or large, unused regions of the brain. Researchers know that humans do not use every region of their brain for every behavior, unless we are doing something so complex that it requires all of the brains capacities.

At any given point in time, about 5% of the neurons are active, but over time and change of ones behavior, PET scans and fRMIs show that the vast majority of the brain is active². Perhaps this is an evolutionary adaptation: To conserve energy and prevent an electrical and chemical overload from all the neurons firing and inhibiting.

The brain is about 3 pounds, using an inproportionate 20% of the body’s oxygen-rich blood, but is only 2% of the bodys total weight³. The significance of the brain receiving so much of the body’s energy supply, reveals its ability to perform important functions. The heart and the lungs main function is to provide the brain with oxygenated blood, presumably because the brains will be performing essential neuronal activity relevant to the days behavior. The highly specialized regions of the brain give some insight into the many functions that the brain is capable of doing. So the development of the brain into specific sections that have been researched to facilitate specific functions, provides evidence that these regions are active in a normal human’s lifetime.

The fact that the brain has a highly ordered procedure for developing, leads researchers to believe that each region of the brain is essential. In fact, researchers have found several regions to account for one function, to imply that the collaboration of several brain regions is sometimes necessary for normal functioning.

Other evidence against the statement that humans only use 10% of their brains

Of the 1012 neurons, humans possess extra neurons, but these neurons serve the purpose of repair when severe head traumas occur, like a stroke³. These neurons function like the lost neurons, giving an appearance of regeneration, by expanding the neurons dendritic field to compensate for the loss neurons⁴.

Research has been done on the plasticity of the brain and its implications. The plasticity factor is the brains ability to constantly change its structure and function in response to experiences coming in from the outside. An increase in neuron size, thicker cerebral size, and more neuron connections are all examples of the plasticity of the brain. A study designed to show the effects on rats in a rich and stimulating environment found that the rats brain weight increased by about 7-10% after 60 days, with synaptic connections increasing by about 20%⁴. It has also been experimentally shown that new and novel experiences increase the number of excitatory synapses per neuron and decreases the number of inhibitory ones in the visual cortex⁴.

The modification of the excitatory and inhibitory balance is a direct result of the plasticity factor in action. Also, the plasticity factor can increase or decrease the number of neurons depending on the richness or depravity of the experience. The neuronal increase was approximately 35-40% more neurons in the olfactory region⁴.

During human development, connections are being built at the speed of about 3 billion a second, reaching 1,000 trillion connections in the whole brain. All of these many neurons, connections, and maintenance thereof do not exist to remain dormant.

The implications of the plasticity factor include the fact that the brain has been empirically seen to physically reconnect itself, so that it improves its present functional state³. So perhaps the brain does not use its full potential, after all.

Perhaps, instead of less usage, we can improve our usage through education. Biologically, education increases the number of neuronal connections, improving memory, spatial and problem solving skills, and a number of other functions. The plasticity of the dendrites morph or extend and retract its processes when stimulated, in response to neuronal activity, chemicals, and neuronal damage⁴. Therefore, dendrites, composing about 95% of the receptor surface that neurons form connections, are the best tools to determine the plasticity of the central nervous system⁴.

It was experimentally discovered that dendritic fields also change, changing the structural organization of the central nervous system, according to stimulation. Behaviorally, education improves the number of positive values and attitudes about health and an increased self esteem⁴.

There is evidence that humans can build more brain capacity through specific exercises that increase neuronal connections and efficiency. Education makes us more immune to disease and premature aging¹.

And the earlier the educational exercises occur, the increased the mental capacities become⁴. If one performs these mental exercises throughout their life, it is like getting a booster shot of mental capabilities. In recent studies, it has revealed a relationship between dendrite atrophy and decreased function and increased dendritic space leads to an increasing function. This suggests that there is a relationship between brain plasticity and behavioral change⁴.

So if neurons have more connections and are structurally larger, the brain is hypothesized into having a greater influence over behavior. There is evidence that activity caused by experiences could increase the activity of genetic mechanisms responsible for dendritic and synaptic growth, ultimately influencing behavior.

Since there is evidence for the plasticity factor, it does not seem so outrageous for people who are left or right brain dominant to become ambidextrous. Being left or right brain dominant does not imply that the non-dominant hemisphere of the brain is not active at all. Many of the activities that humans perform everyday use both right and left brain specialties, such as sensory input. Hemisphericity is a dependence on one side of the brain to solve intellectual issues and physical issues, like unilateral thinking and headaches and insomnia⁵.

The body strives for homeostasis, which cannot be achieved by being left or right brained dominant. Perhaps the plasticity of the brain can lead to a more holistic brain, functioning in right and left brain dominant activities, like analyzing math problems and addressing issues of emotion. Practice using the neglected hemisphere through mental drills proves useful in becoming a more balanced individual¹. For instance, using the body in new ways helps, like doing routine activities with the non- dominant hand. Another exercise is doing something different everyday, like breaking from your daily routine to allow your brain to experience different situations to produce those chemical and structural changes in the nervous system¹.

How does meditation contribute to Development of Intelligence?

Students at Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa, who regularly practiced Transcendental Meditation, increased significantly in intelligence over a 2-year period, compared to control subjects from another Iowa university. This finding corroborates the results of two other studies showing increased IQ in Maharishi International University students.

What is The Maharishi Effect?

When a small, but sufficient, proportion of a population (sqr (1/10 x 1% of population)) regularly experiences transcendental consciousness, through the Transcendental Meditation^® (TM) or TM-Sidhi programs, an influence of progress and harmony spreads through the whole society. This phenomenon was named the Maharishi Effect after Maharishi, who first predicted it. Both the TM technique and the more advanced TM-Sidhi program were derived by Maharishi from the ancient Vedic tradition. The Vedic tradition is thought to be the oldest recorded tradition of knowledge in the world.

Maharishi has long held that war is the result of collective stress reaching such a high intensity that it must explode into violence. (Consider the economically depraved, politically fortified attitude of the U.S. people against “terrorism.”) Moreover, in his view, criminal violence within the nation, and other signs of social disorder, derive from the same source. Thus, though the consideration moves from the international sphere to the internal affairs of nations, the underlying principle remains the same.

Reduction of this collective stress through the Maharishi Effect technology may simultaneously explain decreases in war intensity and violent crime, as well as improvements in international relations and progress within the nation. Thus, although the bulk of Maharishi Effect research concerns variables at the city, state or national levels, these are thought to be directly relevant to national and international conflict. (See the Maharishi Effect in different schools of the U.S. Courtesy of the Natural Law Party.)

How does meditation draw upon the forces of Nature?

Nature makes available to all of us a renewable energy source that we can tap into every day. Yet because most of us live in ignorance of it, we are forced needlessly to exhaust ourselves, to stretch our physical and mental resources to breaking point, even while the energy, relaxation and inspiration we crave is all around us. This is not just a bunch of new age treacle. Adepts advanced at psionic’s are quite able to draw energy from clouds, water, sometimes fire, trees, as well as other people (known as spiritual vampirism). The honorable adepts usually draw upon atmospheric and universal energy.

What is the purpose of a Mantra?

A mantra is a sound, word, or phrase that is repeated to yourself. It could be spoken aloud, as a chant, or silently, as in meditation. Many people think that the best mantras are sounds which have no clear meaning, and are used as a way of displacing your usual thoughts and moving your awareness inward. There are many mantras ranging from words taken from Hindu Sanskrit to Christian scripture (especially when “saying the rosary,” where the repetition of the prayer is meditative). The classic method of enunciation ranges from guttural to lingual to labial (when saying “AUM” for example). The esoteric schools of meditation concentrate on certain energy centers of the body such as “the third eye” by focusing the vibrations of the mantra at that energy center (or chakra in Hindi). In the case of the “the third eye” or seventh chakra, we focus guttural vibrations here in order to induce sensitivity to the more subtle, etheric forces. (“Prayer is your talking to God; meditation is your listening to God.”) -Yogi Amrit Desai

When are the best times to Meditate?

It is recommended that a person meditate twice a day. Before breakfast and before dinner are ideal. A full stomach tends to attract the psychic force away from those areas necessary to achieve a controlled trance state. The human circadian rhythm is in direct alignment with the passing of the day. The yin-yang symbol represents both extremes of sleeping and wakefulness; it also represents the passing phases between sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems:

yin yang clock shows apex for best times to meditate

A point on the yin-yang symbol where a “head” and “tail” merge can be considered an apex which represents dusk while the other represents dawn. That apex is also where sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems merge (the trance state between sleeping and waking may be considered a taichi state since it is a state of transition), therefore, dusk and dawn are optimal times for meditation. Noon and midnite are reserved for more advanced practitioners because of the extreme “yang” and “yin” conditions, respectively. This is the applied logic from Chinese medical theory of Chi Kung meditation used to program the psyche for greater achievement.

How does meditation increase sensitivity?

Meditation will bring you sensitivity, a great sense of belonging to the world. It is our world – the stars are ours, and we are not foreigners here. We belong intrinsically to existence. We are part of it; we are the heart of it. And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you – friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows, as friendliness grows. In essence, a spiritually enlightened person is in touch with his environment and tends to align himself with science and philosophy oriented towards nature and peaceful coexistence.

Of course, a busy lifestyle does not lend itself to true appreciation of our natural resources. There are not enough “civilized” people who have the time, much less, the discipline to devote to psychic exercises. A quick fix, magic pill, mechanistic culture does not lend itself to “strange science.” This would include meditation. For those few who are busy, convenience oriented, yet crave and understand the benefits of meditation there is hope. For the rest of you who see no point in further stimulating your brains, you should consider the aging factor:

The Aging Brain

As the brain ages it may lose some of its neural circuitry. Specifically, we experience a shrinkage and reduction in the number of dendrites, the filament-like extensions of the axons or main nerve fibers. In normal circumstances the dendrites of a given axon connect with the dendrites of many other axons, thus fostering full communication of information. As these connections shrivel with age, the communicating ability decreases. We find ourselves forgetting names of people, and then names of things and facts. Short-term memory begins to fail, e.g., going into the next room to get something and then forgetting what you are there for. We find it more difficult to follow instructions or to memorize material. These symptoms can start in our 40s.

That’s discouraging news; the good news, however, is that the more we can stimulate our brains, the more we can slow down this process and even reverse it.

Dr. Diamond’s amazing old rats

At UCLA Dr. Marion Diamond examined the maze learning ability of aged rats and found the usual deficits in keeping with their advanced age. However, when she took half the rats and increased the stimulation in their environment, their learning ability and other aspects of their functioning improved significantly. When the brains of both groups were later examined, Dr. Diamond was amazed to find that the brains of the stimulated group actually weighed more and had more dendrites than the control group who received no more than the usual stimulation. Dr. Diamond concluded that the unusual stimulation promoted the dendritic growth that contributed to the extra density and weight of these brains.

Does Dr. Diamond’s Brain Research apply to humans?

Large scale studies have not yet been done in this area of interest; however, Dr. Harold Russell, a Texas researcher and clinician, has completed a number of individual case studies on brain injured and aged individuals. Dr. Russell and his colleagues Drs. Carter and Ochs are exploring the use of audio/visual stimulation with such clients. Although their results are anecdotal (not part of a controlled study), preliminary indications are still impressive: in almost all of the case studies of stroke or other brain damaged victims, whose conditions had “plateaued” a number of years earlier, significant progress was made after using the stimulation daily over a period of months. Again, this research is still preliminary and firm conclusions cannot be rendered at this time.

It is noteworthy that Diamond and her former graduate student Allison McKenzie, Ph.D., found that brain damaged rats (simulated strokes) recovered more quickly and more fully if stimulated regularly than the control group which received no special stimulation. Finally, Dr. Diamond also discovered that the stimulated rats developed a stronger immune response than those not stimulated.

How does Electronic Stimulation enhance brain function?

Throughout the ages humankind has searched for new means to reach higher levels of consciousness. Most of this exploration has been shrouded in the occult and sought through spiritual or mystical experimentation. With the advent of the technological age science has joined the quest for the Holy Grail of expanded experience. This state of awareness has been sought in all cultures and described in the ancient eastern teachings as Nirvana, the state of bliss. The scientific exploration of this field has developed through psychology, studying human behavior and psyche, sensory deprivation with John Lily’s floatation tank, the psychedelic days with Tim Learny and friends, and finally to the most recent and technologically advanced form yet, electronic Nirvana.

Much research on brain and mind development has led to and been conducted on behalf of the development and use of transformational electronic devices. Included in the technology are tapes that emit sounds or tone that synchronize the left and right hemispheres of the brain; some include music or subliminal positive affirmations.

Some devices reduce the effects of ELFs (extremely low frequencies) from electrical appliances.
There are machines that create fields of resonant frequency that balance energies in the body.
Brainwave bio-feedback is available and can be run off a regular desktop computer.

Electronic Brain Improvement, Energy Health, and Spiritual Gifts

Electrostimulation sends small transmissions of electricity to the brain stimulating certain levels of consciousness and modifying behavior. And, of course, there are the popular light and sound synchronizers equipped with goggles and headphones that emit sound and light patterns that balance the brain hemispheres and adjust their wave frequencies.

Recent findings have revolutionized the theories surrounding brain science. The old model of the brain depicted its functions as limited in terms of growth. Intelligence was determined at birth and although knowledge could be attained, I.Q. remained the same throughout life. In addition it was previously believed that the brain would atrophy as life progressed and there was no way of thwarting the process of deterioration. While it was recognized that other cells in the body regenerated brain cells were thought of as incapable of this function. It was also believed that the brain fluctuated from the right and left hemisphere, dominated by the right when dealing with abstract thought intuition or creativity and the left hemisphere when thinking logically or analytically.

The new model of the brain/mind based on modern experimentation presents an entirely different perspective. Intelligence as well as brain size can be increased through exercising or stimulating certain regions of the brain. Studies have proven that neurons can regenerate under the right circumstances. It has been discovered that dendrites, the tentacle-like nerve extensions that receive impulses from the axon or core of other nerve cells, when stimulated become stronger and naturally extended. Extended dendrites have greater capacity to receive impulses from the axon or core of other nerve cells, when stimulated becomes stronger and naturally extended. Extended dendrites have greater capacity to receive impulses, enhancing their propensity toward complex cell transmissions. This means intelligence is actually increased.

The new brain model also recognizes that certain mental states such as deep meditation or intense creativity promote what is called synchrony or whole-brain thinking, which involves the synchronization of the right and left hemispheres. In such states human potential is heightened. Brainwave studies have shown that while or after being in such states, individuals can perform mental functions more effectively such as learning, memory recall or problem solving. Brain electro stimulation, light and sound devices and some audio-recorded sound tapes are designed to achieve synchrony. Although little conclusive research has been done with light and sound machines clinical physicians to successfully treat drug addiction, stress and depression and other psychological maladies have used them.

It is known that whenever a new stimulus is introduced to the brain such as meditation, psychedelics, sensory deprivation or alpha/theta stimuli it disrupts the arrangements for stored sense data, i.e., memory tapes, producing expanded awareness. This is one reason so many users of these devices report altered and even mystical states.

Altered states of consciousness may be produced by changes in brain wave cycles. When you decelerate frequencies in brain waves going from beta (14 – 30 Hz) to delta (0.5 – 3.5 Hz) the amplitude increases. Maximum impact on the human body is when the brain waves are in delta. This is when whole brain functions take place. Neurochemical secretions of endorphins and opiates produce sensations of bliss and access to the multidimensional levels of human experience.

What is the Paranormal Connection to Meditation?

Speaking of multidimensional, we must also consider the inherent quantum characteristics in each living cell. A structure within the cytoskeleton known as the microtubule has demonstrated quantum characteristics. Microtubules demonstrate the quantum coherence necessary to maintain our existence in any one particular universe according to the Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics.

Psychic enhancement through meditation is a key for opening our senses to manifold eigenstates or quantum coherence; this leads to the so called “sixth sense” of parallel realities, alternate dimensions, and hyperspace.

Paranormal abilities may seem unnatural, but a few people are mistakenly mislabeled as schizophrenics because they receive too much information due to their extra sensory perception. Others use their extraordinary abilities for scientific research. One of the goals of transcendental meditation is control and focus of the “sixth sense.” Electrostimulation of brain activity is a faster route to achieving E.S.P. In this case, the control would be in cooperation with a device. As beginners to this subject of brain stimulation we should, first, understand the basics.

How is Meditation used in Addiction Treatment?

There have been more extensive electro stimulation studies done in the area of healing as opposed to learning or mind expansion. In such research a wide variety of effects have been corroborated. Doctor Alan Brovar conducted a test on the use of cranial electrotherapy on chemical dependency. His results conclusively showed that patients admitted for treatment for cocaine abuse had much greater success in giving up the drug and far fewer relapses when electro stimulation was used as part of the treatment. Other health related findings include the reduction of pain in cancer patients and success in treating psychological disturbances and neurological disorders.

A noteworthy experiment done by Doctors Richard Madden and Daniel Kirsch confirms the positive effects of electro stimulation on learning. In a double blind test participants were tested in learning a computer game. The electrically stimulated group performed better throughout successive games than the control group.

According to Michael Hutchison “In addition to the physiological benefits many people report personal transformations. Some well-known musicians such as Pete Townsend, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards were treated with electrical stimulation of the brain for drug addiction. They as well as others report that not only were they able to get off drugs but they experienced a transformation. They no longer had addictive personalities.”

How does Meditation have a Life-Positive Behavioral Response?

Michael Hutchinson tells of a woman who, as a child, lost her mother in a car accident. “She realized that she had been blaming her mother for many of her current problems. She was under psychiatric treatment and taking antidepressant medication for severe depression. She couldn’t hold down a job. she was a total mess. After a couple minutes on a light and sound device, I noticed there were tears falling down her face. Afterward she said she had met her mother during the session and was able to create a reconciliation. They expressed their love for one another and her mother told her she wanted her to succeed and be happy. Later I found that she stopped taking the medication, got a job, lost twenty pounds and got married. She went through a life transformation from something that started as twenty-five minutes on the machine.

“I’m not saying she actually went and met the spirit of her mother but something very important obviously happened to her. She was clearly ready for it. And something else might have produced the same effect. But the fact is that the machine acted as a catalyst.”

Machines and tapes that synchronize and achieve different brain wave levels can also result in experiences of euphoria. Beta is the fastest level of brain wave function. It is associated with everyday brain awareness and moves at thirteen or more cycles per second. Alpha (8 – 13 Hz) is the next slowest level at eight to thirteen cycles per second. This level indicates a relaxed yet alert state of mind. Theta (4 – 7 Hz) waves at four to seven cycles per second produce greater insight, intuition and sometimes archetypical images. Delta is the slowest level ranging approximately from zero to four cycles per second. Delta is generally associated with deep sleep.

How does meditation stimulate Self Control?

Perhaps the most important discovery that has come from new research is that not only can all these effects be obtained, but humans can learn to control their own mental states. This is where brain bio-feedback becomes useful. Through sensors touching the scalp electrical impulses from the brain are fed into a computer. The computer feeds back information either through a sound or visual monitor on the brain wave the user is emitting.

The user can then learn to produce the brain wave and state he or she wishes to experience. One of the most noteworthy accomplishments of the new technology is that the participation of sciences in extra-dimensional experience creates a new appreciation and the inevitable mass consensus that comes from pragmatic verification. More than ever before in history the benefits of meditation and energy exchange are being experienced by the many instead of just the few.

According to Michael Hutchison, “People can learn to take control of their mental state. People tend to operate under the assumption that if they feel depressed they have to wait for their anger to be gone. The fact is that once you learn how, it is very easy to switch out of one brain state and into a higher or more beneficial one. As more and more people get into these higher states they will carry them into their lives and the world will be a better place. The whole point to brain technology is people learning to function in a high energy, high coherence and high efficiency brain state. We are talking about a momentous leap forward in human evolution.

“People are learning how to work their own software. Just like in computer work, you can use a particular program like WordPerfect as a typewriter. As you get deeper into the program you learn there are all sorts of hidden tricks you can use for different possibilities. As people get into their own personal software they are learning there are all kinds of hidden possibilities of which they weren’t even aware.”

Among the many beneficiaries of brain stimulation machines, there are quotes from businessmen and women who use the technology for stress release, scientists that measure and experience the effects, Wall Street analysts who use it to focus and clear their minds for more effective work and doctors and therapists who use it for treating patients.

But is there any benefit for meditators who have had many years of experience with heightened states of awareness? Michael answers this question with the following example. “A psychiatrist came to one of my workshops. He told me that he had twenty years of experience meditating twice a day and he is very suspicious of all this stuff. I put him on one of the machines and afterwards he looked at me and said ‘I can’t believe it, this is my meditative experience.'”

Now he uses the technology in his psychiatric practice to help people who have difficulty getting into meditative states. Many experienced meditators tell me that they can get into their meditative states faster and at times when their stress level might normally make it very difficult. It becomes a kind of meditation booster in that way.

It seems however that there is an experiential difference between brain stimulation and meditation. You cannot help but get the sense that you are giving up your process to a machine and perhaps losing some of the benefit that comes from flexing those meditative muscles. Michael gives his version of this idea. “The metaphor I often use is this: You can set out walking from San Francisco to New York. You will wear out some shoes and get sore feet but in the meantime you will meet fascinating people and undergo personal growth experiences by the time you reach your destination in about five hours. In a way these brain machines are like the jet plane. They can get you to pretty much the same place in less the time, but you won’t have undergone the same kind of personal growth that involves the discipline.”

Nevertheless, it is apparent that sometimes a quick flight is better than missing your appointment with bliss altogether. There is another point of import that should be addressed when offering a system of easy transformation to the general public. Meditation is more than a process of stress reduction. It is transmutative in nature. It is most effective when applied with a program of discipline and a reaching for a higher sense of self-awareness. Could it be that reaching higher states of consciousness without these important elements can lead to more difficulty than good?

Why is mediation important to our culture?

“In the classical context, meditation is a clarification in consciousness; it is an upheaval in one’s being, an explosion in one’s depth, a process of purification in addition to being a process that yields an experience of elevated awareness or bliss. The brain wave frequencies, in addition to creating physiological and psychological euphoric responses, relate to the data banks of the brain/mind computer.

When the brain goes into alpha theta and delta, windows open to the subconscious and unconscious. When we are in theta/delta all data that are incongruent with the experience we are having, which is one of increasing non-duality or oneness, has to be released or reprogrammed to be congruent with the experience.

When people start meditating they get a taste of the bliss and peace, and then they have to confront all their anger, anxieties and fears. This is particularly important for the western culture, as our culture is particularly suppressive. As a result Westerners experience a great deal more catharsis in their meditating. So it is imperative not only to use the technology available for accessing higher mental states but also to utilize the reprogramming and rescripting dimensions that address the integration of the upheaval. Then and only then is there a proportional expansion of awareness.”

So the executive using a brain machine to de-stress or tune his brain for more effective use may begin to experience forms of catharsis. It is important that people be aware that this may happen, and be prepared to take the steps toward integration.

It becomes apparent that the use of technology in and of itself as a transformation media can be limiting. Equal to the ignorance of the neophyte enlightened who believes that technology is unnatural has no place in the evolution of consciousness is that of the technological addict who uses the devices as a crutch. We can recognize that science and technology, just as any available tool can, as Brother Charles put it, “accelerate integration through greater precision in the transformation process.”

We must also acknowledge that this acceleration ultimately is monitored and created by inner awareness. It is important in an age of advanced technology that we remember who is the creator and who is the machine. You can most effectively utilize the mechanical tools by learning to induce heightened awareness with your own internal powers.

In addition to being passive and blissful, meditation can be creative and active. On the active side of the spectrum one can use subliminal tapes and other methods for integration. These tools used consciously can help entrain the inward process that moves one into more effective levels of actualization.

It is an exciting time in which we are living. The age-old polarity between physics and metaphysics is breaking down. In this integration we have the spiritual ideal manifesting on the physical plane as well as physical proof validating the spiritual ideal. Thus philosophy and science are beginning to embrace the one truth.

We are in the beginning of a new phase of human evolution. Science and metaphysics working hand in hand is a phenomenon in its infancy. We would be wise to proceed with enthusiasm secured with caution. All the effects of the devices mentioned, although decorated with examples of many benefits, have not yet been determined. As we learn more about this new field, its functions will be improved and the benefits augmented. In working with and enjoying our new abilities to electronically experience self-realization we are wise to fall back on a familiar message from ancient wisdom. Trust your inner knowing.

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts forever” Bibliography

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Disciplinary Studies Mind Control

Subliminal Hypnosis for Self Improvement

Post author By healingmindn
Post date October 6, 2019

Subliminal messages do not require hypnosis to affect individuals. Discipline can be obtained through self-induced suggestions.

What are subliminals?
- How do Subliminals Work?
How to “load” your subconscious mind
Your subconscious mind and how it works
- How Our Subconscious Minds Control Us
How was Subliminal Effectiveness Proven..?
- Legal issues and Subliminals
HOW DOES SUBLIMINAL PROGRAMMING WORK?
How Subliminals can Help You…
- How Subliminals are like Hypnosis
How to write your own good subliminal messages
- Example of using your own subliminal messages
How are Subliminals similar to BWE?
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What are subliminals?

Subliminals are an amazing technology for breaking negative habits and replacing them with new ones, easily and quickly. Subliminals allow you to choose the behaviors you’d like to change, identify the underlying attitudes which give rise to those behaviors, and replace those attitudes with ones that support the new habit you want to have.

How do Subliminals Work?

Traditional subliminal communications are simple messages placed at regular, short intervals of an audio/visual information signal which can directly affect the subconscious mind. Since they are too subtle or below the level of conscious awareness you cannot hear or understand them. Because you do not consciously hear the communications your conscious mind cannot reject the message. {Note: Subliminal suggestion does not represent the mind control potential of psychotronics such as the “psychological warfare” (e.g. How weather warfare technology is also used for psychological warfare) technology used in the Gulf War.}

Everyone has heard stories of how enterprising advertising executives have flashed phrases like “You are thirsty” or “Eat popcorn” on movie screens to increase refreshment sales during the golden years of cinema. Today, movie producers, with the help of psychologists, realize that the big screen itself with high-definition LED technology is more than adequate at burning impulse images into the audience retina.

In the golden years, some department stores used the subliminal audio message “I am honest, I will not steal” to reduce shoplifting. Store entertainment networks these days are far more subtle at increasing impulse buys while the corporate office passes whatever their losses to their customers and tax write offs.

There is always a great public outcry when these practices are discovered. Why? Why did the Civil Liberties Union and even the Congress of the United States condemn the practice (e.g. The People vs. Judas Priest)?

Subliminal messages are so effective that they scare people – when they know about them. When subliminal techniques were used in theaters, drink and popcorn sales soared – in stores, shoplifting was reduced dramatically. They worked so well they had to be condemned – but not turned off. Let me repeat that thought. Subliminal communications were condemned because they were too effective. They worked too well. The ability to influence peoples actions without their knowledge could not be allowed – on an official level. On the other hand, a unscrupulous people could utilize subliminal suggestions on inmates or soldiers to make them more anti-social and dangerous.

How to “load” your subconscious mind:

Until recently loading your subconscious with positive thought took effort – a lot of effort. The effort was required to overcome the blocking action of the conscious mind, which is filled with skepticism. There IS a way to overcome this problem. Subliminal message made from one’s own voice allows the message to overcome the blocking action of the conscious mind. Using this method you can saturate your subconscious with positive ideas. There is absolutely no requirement for special concentration.

Do the Madison Avenue researchers worry about if the people are in a meditative state before applying subliminal suggestion? No. They already know that most people are in a trance state. How? Most people, mainly adults, have closed minds which shut out certain facts – they are closed to certain parts of reality by way of their particular culture especially in civilized society where they are bombarded by popular media and peer group pressure. A closed mind needs to maintain its emotional securities, so it forms a barrier consisting of whatever positive or negative hallucinations are necessary to guard against certain parts of reality in order to protect those emotional securities. This state of mind is a personal “comfort zone;” it requires a trance state which, by its own creation, is subject to suggestion. Please reference Constructs of Belief: Emotional Securities.

All the politicizing, Madison Avenue psychologists have to do is feed that same trance state by reinforcing the emotional securities which created it through subliminal suggestion. Even if the subliminal suggestion is slightly skewed, as long as it feeds your emotional securities you couldn’t keep the thoughts from reaching your subconscious mind if you tried. As the messages are transmitted into your subconscious mind, amazing changes can take place, positively or negatively. In the positive, attaining your goals can be easier when communicating with your subconscious mind.

Your subconscious mind and how it works:

The subconscious mind is the part of your brain that provides information in it is stored all of life’s experiences. Everything you’ve seen or done or heard is stored for reference. Think of it as the memory bank of a modern computer. Just as a computer uses the information in its memory bank to solve problems, you use the information stored in your subconscious to solve yours.

A computer does not question the information placed in its memory. Neither does your subconscious question what is stored within it. Once information is in memory the subconscious tends to react to the information in terms of emotions rather than act upon it in terms of logic. Therefore, the subconscious is guided by culturally formed emotional securities which mainstream psychology determined as three separate components of a schism in the psyche: id, ego, and super-ego.

In fact, this schism only exists after a personality has been negatively impacted by culture, whereas, we are born with a pure soul-personality without such schisms. Please see the following graphic to provide you with an understanding on how this works.

Soul Personality Dissociation

The subconscious accepts and stores everything without discrimination. Impressionable young minds without benefit of moral or ethical “gate keepers” accept ideologies without question. Like the subconscious, young minds do not determine right from wrong or positive from negative; they just store everything experienced.

When your conscious mind has a decision to make it bases it on the information stored in your subconscious. Unfortunately, not all the material stored there is in your best interest. You have been exposed to the negative influences of other people, newspapers, television, etc. Of course, the most dramatic influence was your family in whatever environment which raised you. Your decisions are limited by the information stored in your subconscious.

How Our Subconscious Minds Control Us

Allow me to clarify this subject of information in the subconscious: The subconscious stores the information on how we automatically react to certain stimulation. We have the natural reactions of fear in the face of danger or “shrink away” from negative stimulation. We naturally embrace people or things which make us feel good or “grow” towards positive stimulation.

Our culture beginning with our families demonstrate how to react to different things and ideas in even more emotionally complex ways. These reactions become trained, engrained, and stored in our subconscious minds over the years. If a person’s way of thinking has been shaped to conform to living a certain way of life, then emotional securities about the way reality works must form by consequence.

If a person is brought up to react negatively to a certain stimulation, then that person has stored that information on how to react in his subconscious. For example: A person reacts to a new concept with a negative attitude or stereotypes certain ideas negatively according to his culture. If negative thoughts have been stored, then you will reach negative decisions and form negative habits. If, on the other hand, your subconscious is loaded with positive thoughts you will make positive decisions and form positive habits. It’s as simple as that.

Scientific studies have proven that if the subconscious mind is intentionally programmed with positive thoughts, that soon the conscious mind will begin to act with the information and positive results will be obtained

How was Subliminal Effectiveness Proven Scientifically?

During the past 50 years, thousands of universities and research institutions have studied the phenomenon of subliminal messages. Subliminal messages have been tested in eight areas of human behavior: dreams, memory, value norm anchor points, conscious perception, verbal behavior, Emotions, drives and perceptual defenses. There is, at present, no serious question that human behavior can be influenced by subliminal messages.

Dr. Norman Dixon, a psychologist at University College in London, England summarizes extensive research on subliminal learning in his scholarly work, “Preconscious Processing.” He cites 748 references with over 80% of the studies on the effects of subliminal communication showing positive results.

Dixon provides a model for understanding the flow of information and its entry to consciousness. According to his model, five factors govern whether a stimulus surfaces at a conscious level: direction of attention, signal strength, external noise level, internal noise levels, and signal importance (meaning).

Legal issues and Subliminals

On a side note: The wrongful death action brought against Judas Priest and CBS in Reno led to a judicial interpretation regarding subliminal communication and First Amendment Rights.

First Amendment Rights have often been at issue when the jurisprudence process becomes involved with subliminal stimuli. Current trends, however, tend to exclude subliminal communication from protection under our freedom of speech rights. The Honorable Jerry Carr Whitehead, District Judge in the State of Nevada, eloquently argues that indeed subliminal communication violates first amendment liberties when covertly or surreptitiously employed.

Whatever ultimate interpretations or direction of the controversy, one thing is quite certain, “subliminals,” used here as a noun referring to the general nature of their type of communication, are here to stay. {Please note that weak minds have a weak constitution, therefore, weak minds tend to give into temptation such as that offered by negative subliminal suggestion.}

HOW DOES SUBLIMINAL PROGRAMMING WORK?

The conscious and the subconscious mind making up the human brain have often been compared to a computer. The conscious mind acts as a communication center it controls all voluntary actions of the body, makes decisions, reason, calculates; it usually represents the left hemisphere of the brain or logic. In tandem with the right brain it can also think of new ideas, register pain, fear, happiness, etc. In order to react automatically the conscious mind has to pull information from the subconscious mind.

The subconscious mind is where everything we experience is stored. The subconscious mind retains everything. It doesn’t screen information. It doesn’t determine right from wrong, positive, from negative; it just stores everything experienced. For example have you ever heard a song on the radio that you hadn’t heard for many years and start to sing along with it?

Did you ever try to remember something and say, “it’s right on the tip of my tongue?” Sometimes you remember right away and sometimes it will come to you later. Most often, you do remember. This is because your subconscious mind and the latter’s storage bank scanners are constantly working and looking for the answer.

Beyond storing information for reacting automatically, the subconscious mind also stores the information about the sensations which accompanied the information. If you notice, that “tip of the tongue” information usually comes to you when you experience that certain aroma, flavor, sound, texture, visual sensation or even an adjoining memory that matches the stored information.

The human mind can give out answers based upon information it has been programmed with just as a computer does; it reacts based upon information stored. Our habits depend on our subconscious programming. We are all a product of our mind patterns.

Often associated with advertising, subliminal messaging is inherently found in almost every form of communication. The following retro Coca Cola poster serves as a good example. (Do you remember when Britney Spears did Coca Cola Commercials? I bet not as much as her bald-headed tirade.) It has been suggested The people at Coke want you to associate youth, vibrancy and attractiveness with the use of their product. These qualities are visually implied in their advertisements. Lately, they have aimed their advertising at pairings with well known, usually delicious fast foods: If your mouth waters at this food, then your mouth waters at the Coke next to your favorite food – like Pavlov’s Dogs!

Interestingly, the Coke Poster gives you no instructions such as “Enjoy Coke!” or “Take home a six pack today!” The poster doesn’t need to; if you associate being desirable with their product you’ll buy Coke without being asked. These messages are said to be “subliminal” – a silent, implied form of communication. Think about those feel-good tunes and happy, young faces that accompany those car commercials – no word about mileage, warranty or other stats – just another hip, slick MTV oriented, sugar coated reason to part with the sense of logic that goes with your hard earned money – as long as you feel “good” about it.

How Subliminals can Help You with Your Personal Development

Many scientific studies have proven that if the subconscious mind is intentionally programmed with positive thoughts and ideas, then the conscious mind will act with the information it has received and positive results can be easily obtained.

The conscious mind can reject an idea. The subconscious mind, on the other hand, can and will accept information which is not audible/visible to the conscious mind.

Subliminal messages enter the brain in such a way that only the subconscious mind sees, hears, and understands; they are peripheral enough, so the conscious mind is not aware and will not block them. This way subliminal messages can potentially remove negative thoughts, behaviors and habits and to communicate positive suggestions directly to the subconscious.

The primary reason subliminal messages are so influential is because they bypass the critical filtering aspects of the conscious mind. They go directly to the regulating files we keep to direct our behavior, potentially, to replace negative emotional securities with positive ones.

By enlivening and activating healthy wishes and drives already present in one’s unconscious.
By imparting new and useful information into one’s unconscious mind.
By increasing one’s unconscious selective attention while potentiating awareness.

Using subliminal programming, we are able to remove negative thoughts/ideas behaviors and habits and communicate positive new suggestions directly into the subconscious mind.

How Subliminals are like Hypnosis

Subliminals cannot cause behavior contrary to a person’s subconscious motives, drives and values. A subliminal message cannot force anyone go do anything they wouldn’t want to do. For instance, you can’t feed subliminals to people and expect them to exercise regularly, return to alcoholism, or go naked at the beach unless those “hidden” intentions were there already. For the same reason, a person cannot be “hypnotized” to yell “fire” in a crowd unless the subconscious drive to do this was already there.

Subliminal messages only reinforce and trigger these subconscious motives, drives and values. Through positive reinforcement, subliminals make hidden desires for self improvement more influential on conscious behavior. The mind pattern shifts towards positive thought.

How to write your own good subliminal messages

There are several factors which affect whether subliminal messages will be effective:

The message should be in the first person (using I or me).
The message should be in the present tense.
The message should be positive and must not be the reverse of a negative.
You should write the message as if you are talking to yourself.

Your subconscious mind works in the present only so the messages should be in the present tense. You should prompt your mind about things you do want to think about and you should be careful not to remind it of things you do not want to think about. For example, if you write I do not want to smoke then the image which your mind uses is based on the word smoke and you are constantly reminded of this image which is not productive.

Example of using your own subliminal messages:

Good: You should use the first person (I am happy), current tense (I am happy), positive affirmations (I am happy).
(This positive affirmation would have a direct impact on the image which your mind will conjure up when you read the message).

Bad: You should be careful not to use negative affirmations (e.g. I am not sad) because these remind you of negative thoughts. (This negative affirmation would create an unhelpful image in your mind when you read the message).

Be happy and use positive affirmations. You should experiment for yourself and it is best to personalize the messages to yourself and your own situation.

How are Subliminals similar to Brain Wave Entrainment?

Synchronized brain waves have long been associated with meditative and hypnogogic states. Audio with embedded binaural beats has the ability to induce and improve such states of consciousness. The reason for this is physiological. Each ear is “hardwired” (so to speak) to both hemispheres of the brain (Rosenzweig, 1961).

Each hemisphere has its own olivary nucleus (sound-processing center) which receives signals from each ear. In keeping with this physiological structure, when a binaural beat is perceived there are actually two standing waves of equal amplitude and frequency present, one in each hemisphere

So, there are two separate standing waves entraining portions of each hemisphere to the same frequency. The binaural beats appear to contribute to the hemispheric synchronization evidenced in meditative and hypnogogic states of consciousness. Brain function is also enhanced through the increase of cross-collosal communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

According to psychoneurophysiology texts, any external stimuli consisting of regular beat frequencies induces a corresponding physiological entrainment down to creating a resonant post synaptic potential response between neurons (i.e. cortical evoked response). Beat frequencies are usually auditory and / or visual, but can also be tactile; this includes electromagnetic (EM) stimulation among other forms of bioresonant energy. For this reason, our brain wave patterns are regularly synchronized to geophysically induced standing EM waves. (See Schumann Resonances: Geophysical Resonances for more info.)

Subliminals on the other hand need not match brain wave frequencies, but can occur at regular intervals wherein subconscious thought patterns tend to synchronize with the repetitive messages (in spite of believing we can ignore them). For example, television program directors have been advised by psychologists to broadcast the same commercials at regular intervals for the same reason. For this reason, software programs for personal development usually combine both BWE and subliminal technologies for maximum effect.

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Disciplinary Studies

Multiple Mentalism: The Multiple Mentality Course

Post author By healingmindn
Post date October 6, 2019

Heal Your Mind from One Way Thinking

Introduction to Multiple Mentalism exercise 1 for memory improvement: writing the alphabet backwards.

“Writing the Alphabet Backwards”

How to Write the Alphabet Backwards

The first lessons are almost childishly simple. But as you progress from one to another they become more difficult and involved. However, you mind will become correspondingly more able to grasp them and, in a surprisingly short time, you will actually be amazed by your own ability to perform mental feats you had not thought possible — feats of incalculable value to you in the business and professional world. You will realize at last that there is literally NO LIMIT to the extent to which you will be able to make your mind work for you!

With each lesson, you will learn how you can apply the principles of mental function you acquire to help you in your everyday life. There is no lesson that does not have it practical application in achieving financial or social success. When you are only half way through, you will be unwilling to accept $1000 for the ability you already will have acquired. No matter what your education, training, or experience, you will be using them to real advantage for the first time your your life.

Obviously, this course can benefit you only in proportion to the time and sincerity with which you follow it. Therefore, devote the prescribed time and effort to every lesson. Do not cheat yourself. Do not copy the exercises from the words you put down. Do them from memory — and from memory alone. Do not proceed to any lesson until you have thoroughly mastered the one preceding it. To do so defeats the purpose of the course defeats your own desires — nullifies your efforts. Be fair with yourself throughout! Be Your Own Boss! Soon you will be achieving mental exercises previously never thought possible.

Although the exercises necessarily are performed with words and figures, the results they accomplish in building Brain Power will be reflected in your work day by day, no matter what that work may be. you will find that problems now difficult or impossible for you to cope with resolve themselves into simple matters before you are half way through the course. In short, the Impossible Becomes Simple!

There lies dormant within every man and woman in some thought, idea, plan — call it what you will — that probably is deeply buried in his subconscious mind, doomed never to reach fruition. But if that thought or plan were brought into the light, allowed to develop, it would make its owner a truly outstanding SUCCESS — a man of achievement to which people would point. If you train your mind to work for you — to delve into the unexplored resources of your brain and emerge with the treasures hidden therein, then spectacular success will be yours! If you are honest with yourself in understanding Multiple Mentalism, if you are earnest and sincere in your desire to rise far above the ordinary, then we will show you how to be successful and powerful beyond your fondest dreams! Simply follow the instructions as given and you will amaze both yourself and the world at large!

EXERCISE I

Although this is the simplest of twelve exercises, it is by far the most important, for it is upon this exercise that all subsequent instructions are based. Now is the time to acquire the proper habit of study. “Well begun is half done,” and this exercise comprising three separate mental drills affords you the opportunity to establish your earnestness, punctuality, and continuity of effort. It is designed to train you to apply yourself to a mastery of Multiple Mentalism and to give you a firm foundation of thought application upon which the rest of the lessons in this course depend.

You must not copy this exercise, but must work from memory alone! In this way, and ONLY in this way, will you be able to train your mind to do things for you, when and as you want them done! It is work, but it is fun too. It takes time, but it is worth it! And the results will seem nothing less than miraculous! First Lesson, the English Alphabet: (I have found that an inexpensive electronic notebook is most useful in doing the following exercises. Having to rip through one piece of paper after another is just a hassle!)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

We were taught to memorize this in the first grade – in this order. Now, with pencil and paper, BUT WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT EVEN ONCE, write the alphabet backwards FIFTY TIMES. Throw away or cover each of your previous writings each time. Don’t Cheat! The first time will be difficult and you may make mistakes. But don’t look, nor copy, nor take too long to “think it out.” Write it backwards at a fairly even speed, regardless of how slow that speed may be, and do so from MEMORY only. This is the first training for your mind. In ten or twenty attempts you will be able to write the alphabet backwards easily. Do it fifty times or more until you will have mastered it perfectly. Do Not Proceed until you have mastered this lesson.

Start by copying the alphabet backwards into the text field below (Do NOT look at the text field!)
When you feel comfortable with this exercise, erase your exercises from the text field
Move the alphabet away from your visual range, then copy it backwards from memory
Also try doing this with your eyes closed (You know the alphabet forwards with your eyes closed!)

Use the following text field to practice writing the alphabet backwards:

Click for multiple mentalism exercise 2:

The Best Teachers in Mind Development – Methods Exposed like Hand in Glove

How to memorize a list of three letter words forwards and backwards using methods from Harry Kahne’s Multiple Mentality Course, lesson one, part 2 and Harry Lorayne’s How to Develop a Super Power Memory, Peg System of Memory.

Below is original text from Harry Kahne’s Multiple Mentality Course, lesson 1, part 2. In juxtaposition, separated by blockquotes such as these, follows Harry Lorayne’s Peg and Link system to help you logically generate lists of memorable three letter words.

“50 three letter words from memory”

First lesson, exercise II: Write from memory as many three-letter words as you can, at least fifty of them. Fifty to one hundred would be better. There is not much mental work involved in that. Is there? Here are just a few samples:MAN DOG CAT THE HAY SEX RUN TOP WAS BUT NOW FOR HIP HAT AND AIM ALL END

Use the following text field to practice writing three letter words forwards – from memory.
Please push the list of words above the fold of the page,
so you can’t cheat:

Now, write your list from memory! Do not copy these words, but think up three-letter words yourself and write them on a sheet of paper (or the space above which is much less wasteful). Write them a half dozen times until you have them pretty well in mind and can recall them from memory.

Before you proceed trying to memorize a random list of three letter words which can take a very long time, please examine the Peg and Link System for creating a logical list of words:

tie – number 1 represents hard sounds “t” or “d”
Noah – number 2 represents hard sound “n”
ma – number 3 represents hard sound “m”
rye – number 4 represents hard sound “r”
law – number 5 represents hard sound “l”
shoe – number 6 represents soft sounds “sh,” “ch,” “g,” or “j”
cow – number 7 represents hard sounds “c,” “k,” “g,” or “q”
ivy – number 8 represents hard sounds “v” or “f”
bee – number 9 represents hard sounds “b” or “p”
toes – number 0 represents hard sounds “s” or “z” – Since “10” is a combination of two numbers, this forms a new word which sounds like “toes.” We might also pronounce “doze,” but nouns tend to be easier memory pegs.

Vowels and left over consonants like “h” and “w” have no value; they are filled in according to context and your personal phonetic cognitions. The Peg and Link System helps us memorize a series of words first as a number association with the “peg” word, second as an image association with the “link” word. The “peg” word is a logical association because of the numeric value. The “link” word is usually an illogical association because of the image value.

For the moment we will use the “peg” word association to form any number of three letter words to fulfill the Multiple Mentality Exercise. For example (vowels are only filled into form nouns):

11 - tit, tot, tut
12 - tan, tin, ton, den
19 - tab, tub, tap, tip, top
21 - net, nit, nut, nod
29 - nub, nap, nip

You can get as creative as necessary to “memorize” any number of “peg” words. When you see the word “cat,” you know this represents the number 71. From 71, you can form other three letter words such as “cut,” “cot,” “kit, “gut,” “cad,” “cod,” “God,” etc. Using the Peg System of word “memorizing,” you can go back to that first exercise and fill in the window with at least 50 three letter words!

Next, without looking at what you have written, write as many of those words as you can remember, BACKWARDS, from memory, like this: NAM GOD TAC EHT XES NUR POT SAW TUB WON ROF PIH TAH DNA MIA LLA DNE

Some of the words you have selected will form new and correct words when spelled backwards, but disregard these new words thus formed. For the purpose of this exercise they mean nothing, but are merely coincidences.

Palindromes aside, every word “memorized” counts. For example, the number 17 easily forms three letter words like “dig,” “dog,” “tag,” etc., but just as easily forms words backwards such as the above example.

The purpose of this drill is to train your mind to see things wholistically and in their entirety. For instance, when you think of the word “can,” it would mean not just the sequence “c-a-n” to you, but should also appear as a picture in your mind, of three letters, each equally important regardless of arrangement. The “a” is as important as the “c” or the “n” even though it is in the middle of the word. You can see the practical application of this in the consideration of common place problems of life and business!

Use the following text field to practice writing three letter words backwards – from memory:

Repeat this exercise twenty-five times, each time removing your previous effort from sight and making your new attempt entirely from memory, quickly forwards or backwards. When that word pictures itself in your mind, it will appear to you not as a static sequence of three letters, but as three separate letters which your mind will be able to group into any form at will.

“But what good will that do me?” you may ask. “What good is it to me to be able to spell short words backwards?” This exercise will have taught your brain to do something it never could do before — it will have broken down another rut in which your mind was traveling — it is a step towards untrammeled, original thinking. And it will have developed your brain by just that much preparing it for further training by the lessons that follow in this course.

Furthermore, it will have trained your brain to see little things like little words, in their entirety. The small problems of life or business or the home are made up of two or three sides, or questions, or “angles.” Now matter how simple, every question has at least two sides.

The successful man is the one who can see ALL sides at once, the other person’s as well as his own. Knowing the other person’s problem he is able to take advantage of the situation to his own interests. The other person, who sees only HIS side of the matter and does not grasp the problem as a whole, is placed at such disadvantage that he usually comes out second best. This exercise is powerful indeed in its potentiality.

Of course, learning the lessons so far will not make you a success overnight in whatever you are striving for, but they have started your brain on the path to clear, concise, concurrent and analytical thinking which is essential to success in any effort.

If the rich rewards offered you through Multiple Mentalism seem disproportionate to the seeming childishness of the exercises given here, think again! True, you will not become chairman of the board in charge of all the Dupont interests because of your ability to write backwards. Nor will you land any big contracts based on your strength of transposing letters of the alphabet. But neither would Mohammed Ali expect to enter the ring with a skipping rope and beguil the public with the old childhood formula, “Salt, Pepper, Mustard, Vinegar.” He spent much of his training time in skipping rope but only to improve his footwork, coordination, and endurance.

In other words, the exercises provided here are silly if viewed as ends in themselves, which they are NOT – unless you intend on becoming mayor of Palo Alto. (For example, a martial artist might play memory games, so he can instantly recall every situation surrounding himself and his opponent.)

Considered in their true character, as MEANS to an end, they are the most effective, the most fruitful, the speediest, and most practical means of mind training that the world has ever known. Actual results will prove that I am understating their value.

With a better understanding and appreciation of what it takes to gain Multiple Mentalism, we are ready to advance.

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Lesson 2, EXERCISE I: Transpose the Alphabet

Second Lesson: Transpose in 1-3 2-4 order the letters of the alphabet from A to Z as follows:

A C B D, E G F H, I K J L, M O N P, Q S R T, U W V X, Y Z

Do this FIFTY times from MEMORY ONLY. It will be by no means easy the first few times, but you will gain accuracy quickly (especially if you have mastered the first lesson). However, you will profit nothing if you look at the letters of the alphabet in order to copy the exercise, so make sure you have plenty of scratch paper.

Its value lies in the training given you by breaking up the sequence of letters in YOUR MIND without the help of your eyes. You can readily understand how this will lead to mental agility in grasping and revolving business problems in your mind.

Therefore, do this exercise AT LEAST fifty times, or as many more times as may be necessary for you to be able to do it quickly and accurately. Use the following text field to practice writing the transposed alphabet (from memory):

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Lesson 3, EXERCISE I: Forwards/Backwards Transpose the Alphabet

Third Lesson: In the same way, transpose the letters of the alphabet FIFTY TIMES, in the order of 1-26, 2-25, 3-24, 4-23, 5-22, etc. The first 13 letters (A to M, inclusive) in their regular order; the last 23 (Z to N, inclusive) backwards; intermingling the two halves of the alphabet thus::

A-Z B-Y C-X D-W E-V F-U G-T H-S I-R J-Q K-P L-O M-N

Do this also from MEMORY only. Do not copy or look at the alphabet. And when you are doing this exercise realizing that you are doing two things at once with your mind: You are writing the first half of the alphabet in its usual sequence, and the last thirteen letters in reverse order.

You are making your brain do something for you that it never did before. It is performing a dual operation. When you have done this third part of Exercise I fifty times, entirely from memory, you will have demonstrated to yourself that you can make your mind really work for you with a nimbleness and certainty heretofore unrealized! Use the following text field to practice writing the forwards/backwards transposed alphabet (from memory):

Don’t forget that you cheat only yourself, not anyone else, if you fail to perform these mental gymnastics from memory and if you fail to spend ONE HOUR A DAY on these exercises. One hour spread throughout the day during your breaks and off hours works fine.

On your honor, for your own sake, master this exercise, all three lessons, before you go on to Exercise II. Each exercise and lesson in this course is based on all that goes before it. Your success with the second lesson depends on your mastery of the first. Be conscientious. Be fair to yourself. Be Your Own Boss. Spend all the time you need to do each exercise quickly, accurately, and easily.

Remember, however, that the letters, words and figures used in this training are merely the tools with which you work on your mental processes, as useless in themselves as a slide rule is to a sunday driver. They are the means, the end result is a mind of such power and adaptability that it will cary you to pinnacles of achievement far beyond your present imagination.

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