Ken Wilber Stops His Brain Waves

79898325 Says:

Nov 22, 2009 - Well once you learn about EEGs in detail and then see this video trying to make it look like this man is some kind of meditative guru when he's doing a fairly simple task it tends to upset you. Yes, it is an interesting video no doubt, but this man is trying to make it look like he is special somehow when he isn't.

iamaflyingsquid Says:

Nov 16, 2009 - there is never a state of no brainwave activity , just very little delta waves.

jadedmoon13 Says:

Nov 11, 2009 - stupseeeeeeeeeeeeeee, bare crap

v01d4d3pt Says:

Nov 7, 2009 - @mygodiswithin the key is when he presses the button on the machine. recalibration much?

Darkgravx12 Says:

Nov 4, 2009 - Same deal applies to theta, meta, and beta brain waves. We can control all these states. Course it is easiest to control the beta state of mind because we mostly generate beta waves during the process of conducting conscious daily activities (not sleeping or meditating).

Darkgravx12 Says:

Nov 4, 2009 - Near-death experiences, one can be medically dead for a couple of mins. and still be revived. For the most part this video merely pointing out that we can control our brain wave activity (make the brain generate alpha waves with meditation (while conscious) or during the REM sleep cycle (while unconscious) ). There is empirical evidence of this via brain wave monitoring.

mygodiswithin Says:

Nov 3, 2009 - Well, this seems impressing, but there is a cut right before he goes in to the "no brainwave" state. Not that I really think he's cheating let's be real and say he could be. You could also wonder why he keeps having oen hand on the back of his head at the place of some electrodes..? Isn't no brainwave activity equal to death?? while im writing, i have an interesting tip for you guys here. some new sound technology.. it's amazing.: watch?v=2_a-Yh5FTaE .

sonofhendrix Says:

Nov 1, 2009 - i dont think STOPPING the brain waves was actually the point in the demonstration. So stop making that the argument. The point in the demonstration was showing how one can control the brainstates and recognize those brainstates.

v01d4d3pt Says:

Oct 30, 2009 - also it looks like he actually recalibrates the machine's zero level. When his hand hits the button the output reads very close to zero across the board. Looks like the key element for BS.

v01d4d3pt Says:

Oct 29, 2009 - interesting. Brain waves may not have stopped considering that the levels zero. While, there may be electrical activity below the machines interpretation of zero.

uncledavey80 Says:

Oct 22, 2009 - I don't really understand the responses to this video. I found it fairly interesting, and yet it seems to elicit the sort of responses you usually find reserved for videos entitled "Look, real alien, video taped underneath my bed, ACTUAL PROOF!!!!!"But I don't understand why this video has received such comments.

talulabloo Says:

Oct 21, 2009 - ..really whats the difference betwixt this and him posing sans his shirt ? Very silly..very very silly.If he was 15 he could be forgiven

79898325 Says:

Oct 20, 2009 - Ken Wilbur, the amazing bullshit artist!The device he's using is an EEG and the graphs are probably legit but he is not "stopping his brainwaves". This is actually a very easy task with two electrodes which is the setup that Wilbur is using. The fact that he is decreasing the amplitude so much also does not indicate that he is "turning off his brain". He's just a stupid new age hippy.

ErichoTTA Says:

Oct 15, 2009 - Hey, I was just learning about this in Psychology class today!

tedthepantythief Says:

Oct 5, 2009 - this is bullshit

bryn93 Says:

Oct 3, 2009 - I would like to see his brain waves while he listens to 'Rock the Casbah' by The Clash.

djbro16 Says:

Oct 2, 2009 - if I had that device I bet I could do it too! I bet I could also make it do the wave... or make it look like a pong game..

MaBu888 Says:

Sep 23, 2009 - Alpha and theta are good for both meditation and telepathy, depending on how one uses them. Get the neurotic beta and gamma out of the way and a great luminous space to you arises. Other uses for these states is the transmutation of fear and hope into true empiricism. There are various other uses that I won't divulge now, but only upon inquiry.

1PostPoMoMaN1 Says:

Sep 18, 2009 - Jimi would have loved it.

sonofhendrix Says:

Sep 13, 2009 - I would be more interested in what each state could be used to achieve.Of course this sort of thing is being kpet supressed in the mainstream because it may be empowering to the individual.

MaBu888 Says:

Sep 13, 2009 - I agree that this exercise could be too informal for its own good. :)

jewto0b Says:

Sep 7, 2009 - lol..

solipsist8 Says:

Sep 4, 2009 - edit: 'mofd' should read "more"

solipsist8 Says:

Sep 4, 2009 - This is awesome. I just ordered my own EEG machine with Bioexplorer. Alpha/Theta/Delta synchrony training will probably speed up my meditative practice significantly.Delta brainwaves are really interesting. I like the idea of them being correlated to 'unconscious' or 'psychic' phenomenon, and a mofd responsive and powerful sense of empathy or 'emotional intelligence'.

iancobrazil Says:

Sep 1, 2009 - It looks/sounds interesting but I would have liked to see him do other activities, like a Suduko puzzle, listen to music, eat food etc to see the machine work in a more varied way. I would also have liked to see a lay person or inexperienced meditator try the same experiment. And who meditates lay on a bed with one arm behind his head?This experiment has interesting implications but is totally unscientific and therefore asking for criticism.I like Ken but he seems a little dogmatic at times.