Guest guest Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 From http://www.quantumconsciousness.org/EEGm editation.htm ====================== Long-term meditators self-induce high- amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice. by Antoine Lutz, Lawrence L. Greischar, Nancy B. Rawlings, Mathieu Ricard and Richard J. Davidson. in The Proceedings of THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES USA 101(46)16369-16373, 2004 ====================== ...... One subject group was composed of young students trained for a week in meditative technique; the second group consisted of TIBETAN BUDDHIST practitioners with 15 to 40 years of meditation training and practice. The EEG methodology was rigorous, and the results were clear. Compared to novice meditators, the highly trained Tibetan Buddhist meditators had markedly higher amplitude, long-range global gamma SYNCHRONY in bilateral frontal and parietal/temporal regions. An increase in gamma synchrony was also observed in baseline measurement (before meditation) which became enhanced and more global during meditation in the trained Tibetan meditators. ..... One could say (I would not) that the gamma synchrony/coherent 40 Hz corresponding with contentless meditation implied a BLANK SLATE, perhaps like a radio station carrier wave, that the coherent amplitude increase was due to lack of interference stemming from lack of cognitive processing. But the trained meditators were conscious-HIGHLY CONSCIOUS-of the feeling of PURE COMPASSION. So my impression, as suggested above, is that their enhanced gamma synchrony reflected a release from external (e.g. thalamic) distractions, allowing pure qualia to fill consciousness. Why gamma synchrony (or any brain activity) should be conscious is, of course the 'hard problem'. As those familiar with my views might suppose, my guess is that conscious experience derives from quantum mechanisms in cytoskeletal structures within coherently excited components of hyper-neurons. These in turn facilitate a more direct absorption in what Buddhists call fundamental luminosity. My guess is also that intensity of experience corresponds not only with coherence, but also frequency, that the 80 to 120 Hz coherence is present in the trained meditators and represents the HIGHEST FORM OF CONSCIOUSNESS. ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 --- adithya_comming <adithya_comming wrote: > > > From > http://www.quantumconsciousness.org/EEGm > editation.htm > > ====================== > > Long-term meditators self-induce high- > amplitude gamma synchrony during mental > practice. > > by Antoine Lutz, Lawrence L. > Greischar, Nancy B. Rawlings, Mathieu > Ricard and Richard J. Davidson. > > in The Proceedings of > THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF > SCIENCES USA 101(46)16369-16373, 2004 > > > ====================== > > ..... > > > One subject group was composed of > young students trained for a week in > meditative technique; the second group > consisted of TIBETAN BUDDHIST > practitioners with 15 to 40 years of > meditation training and practice. > > The EEG methodology was rigorous, and > the > results were clear. Compared to novice > meditators, the highly trained Tibetan > Buddhist meditators had markedly higher > amplitude, long-range global gamma > SYNCHRONY in bilateral frontal and > parietal/temporal regions. > > An increase > in gamma synchrony was also observed in > baseline measurement (before > meditation) which became enhanced and > more global during meditation in the > trained Tibetan meditators. > > > .... > > One could say (I would not) that the > gamma synchrony/coherent 40 Hz > corresponding with contentless > meditation implied a BLANK SLATE, > perhaps like a radio station carrier > wave, that the coherent amplitude > increase was due to lack of > interference stemming from lack of > cognitive processing. > > > But the trained > meditators were conscious-HIGHLY > CONSCIOUS-of the feeling of PURE > COMPASSION. So my impression, as > suggested above, is that their enhanced > gamma synchrony reflected a release > from external (e.g. thalamic) > distractions, allowing pure qualia to > fill consciousness. > > Why gamma synchrony > (or any brain activity) should be > conscious is, of course the 'hard > problem'. As those familiar with my > views might suppose, my guess is that > conscious experience derives from > quantum mechanisms in cytoskeletal > structures within coherently excited > components of hyper-neurons. These in > turn facilitate a more direct > absorption in what Buddhists call > fundamental luminosity. Have you tried the view that all is electromagnetic radiation? Just light. All is light in different densities. No structures needed, no duality present. As for consciouseness and awareness, exclude them they are troublesome concepts, usually never ever given up especially by its many promoters. Getting rid of the I me mine concepts is easy to do compared to dropping the notion of consciousness and awareness. Has it not dawned on you that consciousness or awareness are strongly reified concepts? The reason why it is so difficult to deal with these is because they are figments of imagination, mere appearances, they have no inherent self existence. You can create anything you want to explain what you want explained or use others creations to do the same. Lewis > > My guess is > also that intensity of experience > corresponds not only with coherence, > but also frequency, that the 80 to 120 > Hz coherence is present in the trained > meditators and represents the HIGHEST > FORM OF CONSCIOUSNESS. > > ..... > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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