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Originally posted by Ouroborus2012
fellow enlightened people like myself.
Originally posted by Tryptych
reply to post by drew hempel
Haha, I know it's not static. I'm just having a hard time with people who claim that they are "enlightened". It just seems so.. pompous.
"Spiritual" (yuck) development is indeed a ongoing, neverending process..
The EEG studies mentioned above found that during skilled athletic performance there were an increased number of alpha waves - electrical brain activity between 8-12Hz (cycles or waves per second) - usually associated with wakeful relaxation. In other words, mental calm.
However, these waves do not necessarily imply that the brain is similarly relaxed. In fact, a study that directly measured the link between alpha waves and the brain's use of glucose found that more energy was need as alpha waves increased.
This whole brain energy / activity link is a little crude, however, and a more recent study using fMRI - a technique that measures the difference in oxygenated blood - has found increased alpha waves linked to reduced activity in parts of the occipital, temporal and frontal lobes, but with increased activity in the deeper brain areas the thalamus and insula.
Originally posted by drew hempel
I worked 10 years at an environmental nonprofit
Originally posted by drew hempel
Ramana Maharshi states that even most yoga masters go into nirvikalpa samadhi but never finish it -- once in it then you can do astral travel and have powers, etc. but it's even easier to get attached to these powers. Ramana Maharshi says the key is to stay in nirvikalpa samadhi without using the powers. The powers may happen but not based on individual awareness or intention -- instead just keeping focusing the mind on the source of the I-thought.
Originally posted by Northwarden