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 Transcendental Meditation and Consciousness Research
With all of the buzz about recent meditation techniques, you can't help but to be curious about what types of meditation are being researched, and what is being learned through the consciousness research that is included within this testing. While basic meditation has always been the subject of a lot of research, transcendental meditation has caught some recent attention in the scientists who are performing the various levels of consciousness research as it relates to meditation. Scientists are specifically interested in transcendental meditation because it seems to suggest that there may be a fifth level of consciousness that can be reached.
During transcendental meditation, it is believed that people experience the ability to become self-aware, without the typical thoughts and feelings that would usually preside within the mind. This is what is known as transcendental consciousness, and is what is considered to be the fourth state of consciousness, according to the Vedic fundamentals. The fifth state of consciousness is called Cosmic consciousness and occurs when a person alternates between the normal wake activity and the transcendental consciousness. Recent consciousness research into these states has dissected the experiences and proven that there is a definite physiological pattern that can be seen.
The consciousness research that was performed on transcendental meditation shows that there are brainwave frequencies that the brain produces, just like the four brainwave frequency types for a regular meditation session and the normal wake-sleep cycle. The physiological proof from this consciousness research has provided a frequency of 10 Hz to a whopping 40 Hz during transcendental consciousness. There was also a high reading in alpha EEG, as well as EEG coherence. For those of you that think these terms are rather technical, let me explain.
EEG coherence, at least for the purposes of this consciousness research, measures how the areas of the brain interact and function with each other, and in this instance, the frontal sensors were the ones that scored high in the EEG coherence area. The high measurements of the frontal sensors can produce more enhanced abilities to make decisions, follow through with planning, and have a greater sense of self. Since this EEG coherence was high during transcendental meditation, consciousness research here has explained why people engaged in transcendental consciousness are experiencing a greater sense of self.
There has been a great deal of misconception about meditation, particularly in the belief that all meditations are the same. This could not be any farther from the truth. With the consciousness research that has already been done, we have proof that different types of meditations have different effects on brainwaves. Because of this belief, there are many researchers that have performed consciousness research in the past, thinking that one type of meditation will yield the same results as any other. The result is that the past consciousness research has provided test results that were way too general.
Meditations differ in how they are performed. This difference in the procedures and structures yields differences in imaging and EEG measurements. There is also a pronounced difference in the physiological and psychological benefits that a person's gets from a particular type of meditation. More recent consciousness research and research of many different kinds of meditations has proven this.
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