Ken Wilber stops his brainwaves through meditation

BainbridgeShred · Post by **BainbridgeShred** » 19 Apr 2007 11:42

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LFFMtq5g8N4

Watch the EEG

mc · Post by mc » 19 Apr 2007 17:13

I don't mean to cast doubt on what he did, not at all. What I'm about to say is more a reflection of my lack of knowledge than a skeptic statement.

I just couldn't help but wonder, if he's turned his brain off to that degree, how does he decide to wake back up? If his brain thinks nothing, how does the idea to snap out of it even occur?

Thanks for the post, dan. interesting.

sanuke okumatzu · Post by **sanuke okumatzu** » 19 Apr 2007 17:25

Matt Cross wrote:I don't mean to cast doubt on what he did, not at all. What I'm about to say is more a reflection of my lack of knowledge than a skeptic statement.

I just couldn't help but wonder, if he's turned his brain off to that degree, how does he decide to wake back up? If his brain thinks nothing, how does the idea to snap out of it even occur?

Thanks for the post, dan. interesting.

Aye, I agree...If you turn of your brain....how do you turn it back on again? Dosn't make much sense.

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 19 Apr 2007 18:17

awareness doesn't stem from thought, and thus one can be aware of their not thinking while not thinking.

BainbridgeShred · Post by **BainbridgeShred** » 19 Apr 2007 18:24

I really can't give a proper answer. I haven't been meditating for that long, and can't seem to go longer than about 15 seconds best before a thought invades, but I think if you guys tried meditating (As I'm sure some of you have) that you'll realize that when you're meditating it is something you can go in and out of. It isn't like Buddhist monks are stuck in the meditative state for their entire lives after reaching the state Wilber seems to have reached. "Turning off" your brain really isn't a good metaphor to use in relation to meditation either (Whether or not you are experienced enough to do what Wilber has done) and a better metaphor is probably something like flexing a muscle and just holding it. You don't turn off your brain in meditation, you just hold it on a different plane.