Each to his/her own, I guess, but I think one of the factors that makes the impact of entering into samadhi/satori (and the like) such a profound experience is that it comes from within us without any artificial aids. It's like the difference between a mystical experience induced by drugs compared to one that comes to us by 'grace'. After any such 'natural' supramundane experience, there is a deepening of faith in the words/teachings of those who have gone before us. Any artificially induced experience seems shallow in comparison, IMO.
Mike ________________________________ From: Joe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, 18 August 2012, 0:33 Subject: [Zen] Re: Binaural meditation Bill, Yes, "it's a 'maybe', for sure!" ;-) But I suspect for sure that there is something there. Otherwise, the CIA would not have funded the research and development at the Monroe Institute. Despite this, or because of it, I feel rebuffed or repelled from approaching closer. ;-) --Joe PS The idea that brain waves, and a person, benefit from synching to some particular frequency is a theory not confirmed by Buddhism (where in the Sutras do we find it?). What is the benefit? Does it have to do with Awakening? It has no paper trail, nor oral-tradition trail. Its origins are secret, in the CIA. Ouch. > William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote: > > I stand corrected but I think that you get the gist of it. >but if Theta > waves produced by the brain induce Deep Meditative states then maybe there is > something there.Â
