On Jul 13, 2011, at 5:16 PM, William Parkinson wrote: > Vaj, as I understand it, the TM people don't make hay from the mere presence > of alpha waves, but rather from alpha coherence, which is wide spread over > the various lobes. Is that not correct? Am I missing something here? Someone > correct me if I am wrong.
Yes, you're right. I remember being wowed by that alpha coherence. Gawd, it sounded great to me. My brain was becoming more laser-like with each meditation. I'd be mind-melding in no time. Of course, it was years later till I found out that the level of alpha coherence found in TMers wasn't any different from Joe or Jane Doe tamasic non-meditator. In fact, I was surprised to find there wasn't any unique "fourth state EEG signature" at all. It was all regular waking-dreaming-sleeping EEG patterns. WTF? Then we began to see a unique fourth state of EEG in advanced, long-term meditators. Strangely both Patanjali yogins and Buddhist yogins had the same EEG signature! WTF?
