you as an identity. As you close your eyes, the input from the outside world
is reduced, and your neocortex has less to think about and analyze. As a
result, the analytical mind begins to become subdued, and electrical activity
in the neocortex quiets down.
Then when you restfully pay attention, concentrate, and focus in a
relaxed manner, you automatically activate the frontal lobe, which reduces
synaptic firing in the rest of the neocortex. Therefore, you lower the volume
to the circuits in the brain that process time and space. This allows your
brain waves to naturally slow down to Alpha. Now you are moving from a
state of survival into a more creative state, and your brain naturally
recalibrates itself to a more orderly, coherent brain-wave pattern.
One of the later steps of meditation, if you keep practicing, is to move
into the Theta-wave frequency, when your body is asleep but your mind is
awake. This is a magical land. You are now in a deeper system of the
subconscious and able to immediately change those negative associations to
more positive ones.
It’s important to remember that if you have conditioned the body to
become the mind and your body is somewhat asleep while your mind is
awake, you could say that there is no more resistance from the body-mind.
In Theta, the body is no longer in control, and you are free to dream, change
subconscious programs, and finally create from a totally unobstructed place.
Once the body is no longer running the mind, the servant is no longer the
master and you are working in a realm of true power. You are like a child
again, entering the kingdom of heaven.
To Sleep, Perchance to Go Down,
Then Up, the Ladder ... Naturally
When you go to sleep, you pass though the spectrum of brain-wave
states, from Beta to Alpha to Theta to Delta. Likewise, when you
wake up in the morning, you naturally rise from Delta to Theta to
Alpha to Beta, returning to conscious awareness. When you “come to