Cosmic Consciousness and Lucid Dreaming
Mason LI, Orme-Johnson, DW. Transcendental consciousness wakes up in dreaming and deep sleep. International Journal of Dream Research 2010 3(1): 28-32. PDF
This paper reviews EEG research supporting Maharishi's model of the development of higher states of consciousness. It summarizes the EEG evidence for transcendental consciousness during the Transcendental Meditation technique, waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, and contrasts witnessing sleep with lucid dreaming.
Cosmic Consciousness. Witnessing sleep is the principle indicator of the development of cosmic consciousness. It is experienced as transcendental consciousness maintained during deep sleep, as silent inner awareness at all times. The EEG evidence supporting the reality of witnessing is that people having these experiences exhibit the EEG signature of transcendental consciousness, which is theta/alpha (7-9 Hz) EEG power and coherence, along with the signature of deep sleep, which is delta EEG (1-4 Hz).
Lucid Dreaming. Lucid dreaming, on the other hand, is the experience of being aware that one is dreaming and, in some cases, being able to voluntarily manipulate the dream content. The EEG associated with lucid dreaming appears to be the coexistence of gamma EEG (30-50 Hz), which is associated with waking cognitive activity, along with the EEG of deep sleep.
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