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The Dreamachine
The dreamachine (or dream machine) is a stroboscopic flicker device that produces visual stimuli. Artist Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs's "systems adviser" Ian Sommerville created the dreamachine after reading William Grey Walter's book, The Living Brain.[1][2]
History
In its original form, a dreamachine is made from a cylinder with slits cut in the sides. The cylinder is placed on a record turntable and rotated at 78 or 45 revolutions per minute. A light bulb is suspended in the center of the cylinder and the rotation speed allows the light to come out from the holes at a constant frequency of between 8 and 13 pulses per second. This frequency range corresponds to alpha waves, electrical oscillations normally present in the human brain while relaxing.[2]
The Dreamachine is the subject of the National Film Board of Canada 2008 feature documentary film FLicKeR by Nik Sheehan.[3]
Use
A dreamachine is "viewed" with the eyes closed: the pulsating light stimulates the optical nerve and alters the brain's electrical oscillations. The user experiences increasingly bright, complex patterns of color behind their closed eyelids. The patterns become shapes and symbols, swirling around, until the user feels surrounded by colors. It is claimed that using a dreamachine allows one to enter a hypnagogic state.[4] This experience may sometimes be quite intense, but to escape from it, one needs only to open one's eyes.[1]
A dreamachine may be dangerous for people with photosensitive epilepsy or other nervous disorders. It is thought that one out of 10,000 adults will experience a seizure while viewing the device; about twice as many children will have a similar ill effect.[5]
See also
Originally posted by BlueMule
Sometimes when I fast and meditate I can see a light shining behind my eyes, in my head. I wonder if its something to do with this.
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Originally posted by conspiracy88
Originally posted by BlueMule
Sometimes when I fast and meditate I can see a light shining behind my eyes, in my head. I wonder if its something to do with this.
www.souledout.org...
Wishful thinking my friend. When you see the blue pearl it will be unmistakable. There will be no, "I think" or "could this be it?" It takes a long time to see the blue pearl. You have to be of pure heart and mind to see it. It's the sign of a wise and adept soul. I say that everything that happened prior to the blue pearl was amazing but everything from the blue pearl on was really the start of the journey.
The light shining behind your eyes is simply illumination. You're steering on the right path but like I said, when you see the blue pearl, it will be unmistakable.
Also, meditation does not automatically equal awakened.edit on 29-6-2012 by conspiracy88 because: (no reason given)