Delta Waves
Dr. Bruce Lipton, website: http://www.brucelipton.com who wrote the book, The Biology of Belief, has a compelling view of the unconscious. I don’t know if his view is based on the work of other scientists, or if it is completely his, so forgive me if I don’t give credit where it’s due.
He believes that the unconscious is a tape that tells us how to behave for the million or so circumstances that we encounter every day. We use our unconscious 99 percent of the time. For example, when we drive through a traffic light and later wonder if the light were red or green, it is because the car is driven by our unconscious.
This is a wonderful tool. Unfortunately, it is also a hindrance, because it is the reason we fall into patterns that are destructive. The reason we repeat the same mistakes over and over and over and over is because we are simply playing the program that was built inside of us. I know many of my million or so astute readers will know of Jung’s collective unconscious and wonder how that fits in. I don’t have a clue. But let’s put Jung aside for the moment.
Unfortunately, according to Lipton, is that all the psychological, and all the new (and not so new) age therapies are useless. The reason why they don’t work is because they cannot change the unconscious. These programs do not have a record button on that tape. Affirmations don’t get recorded into the unconscious. Neither does positive thinking. Forget them.
Lipton does have an answer. He says, “A variety of energy psychology modalities, such as Psych-K, Holographic Repatterning and BodyTalk, are among the variety of programs that can be found on the web.” Also, the Buddhist technique of mindfulness is helpful.
I think one could dabble in another way.
Lipton mentions that the unconscious is formed by the age of six. During this time, our EEG waves are delta and theta. We’re in a hypnogogic state and learn by copying the behavior of our elders and peers. After age six, the waves change to alpha. Theta is still produced, during REM sleep.
Is that the record button? Can I induce delta and theta waves on me to change my unconscious? That’s fascinating as only a mad scientist like me would think. The one way that this could be done would be to use a mind machine such as the Proteus: http://www.3pounduniverse.com/Proteus_Mind_Machine_p/mm4.htm
What would be the result of prolonged delta wave exposure? Would the brain be entrained into a sympathetic rhythm? If so, then a door could be opened and the unconscious reached. If I were to focus on specific thoughts, affirmations I suppose, then I could change the tape.
Or go insane. Who knows?
