Ken Wilber Stops His Brain Waves

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You already knew that Ken has no heart, now we find out that he has no brain, either!

That's right, Ken can stop his brainwaves on demand. Actually—and in a more serious vein—this is the famous EEG machine recording where Ken enters various meditative states, one of which is a type of "thoughtless," "image-less," or "formless" state, whose correlate is that his brainwaves come to an almost complete stop, as clearly recorded on this portable electroencephalograph (EEG) machine. (This video is discussed in One Taste, April 10 entry.)

We asked Ken to do a short 10-minute commentary on these various meditative states and the corresponding brain-wave patterns that are shown on the EEG machine in the video. Ken enters four meditative states (nirvikalpa closed eyes, nirvikalpa open eyes, sahaj, and mantra-savikalpa), each of which has a very distinctive brain-wave pattern. In his commentary, Ken emphasizes that the patterns shown on this machine may or may not be typical, but they do emphasize that profound consciousness states can be evoked at will, and these show immediate correlation in brain-wave patterns.

If nothing else, seeing somebody's brainwaves flatline in about 4 seconds is a sight not easily forgotten! It also explains why we once heard Ken's girlfriend say, upon delivering news that she thought might not be happily received, "Now, um, honey, make your brain waves go to zero...."

More seriously, as Ken often says, "If you want to know God, you've got to get your brain out of the way first. It's just one big stupid filter...."

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Uploaded: November 21, 2006 at 1:12 am
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Video Comments:
MaBu888 (December 1, 2008 at 3:21 am)
He would he bury himself alive or sleep on a bed of nails, only if he had a more conventional sense of humor.
MaBu888 (November 15, 2008 at 2:15 pm)
Just as healthy as deep sleep, and it is very similar to deep sleep, only, one is consciousness during it.
jef108 (November 15, 2008 at 4:41 am)
look ma! No brain!
jef108 (November 15, 2008 at 4:38 am)
cool! Why did he start up again?
JustinoXProductions (November 5, 2008 at 7:31 pm)
activating the pineal gland!
MaBu888 (November 11, 2008 at 4:17 pm)
Changing brain state/ state of consciousness in4 seconds...
MaBu888 (October 29, 2008 at 12:44 pm)
I bet very few people can contain one's bodymind so well.
MaBu888 (November 15, 2008 at 2:16 pm)
Oh, and ask more if anything at all is unclearabout this.
gmdinformation (October 19, 2008 at 5:18 pm)
I'm not "making believe" the sun is a cause. Obviously the sun is a cause, and a major one at that or planets and moons as diverse as Triton, Jupiter, Pluto, and Mars wouldn't all be heating up _simultaneously_. For that matter our own antarctic shouldn't be gaining ice if there's really such a thing as global warming, but it is gaining ice. And while a _majority_ of climate scientists may agree somewhat on Global Warming, only a couple of them are at the top of their field.
mechanicalbeast (October 19, 2008 at 4:40 pm)
lol, calm the fuck down everyone