The high-performance mind
by Anna Wise · first published 1995
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"The High-Performance Mind presents a fascinating and enlightening breakthrough on how to achieve the ultimate state of human efficiency, well-being, and balance through "brainwave training."" "Drawing from some of the latest scientific research and dozens of case histories, author Anna Wise shows us how the four kinds of brainwaves - beta, alpha, theta, and delta - communicate with one another to pass information between conscious and unconscious mind. Mastering these brainwaves through meditation and therapeutic techniques can help us heal ourselves from serious illness, enter creative state
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…meditate after eating more because of the full stomach. I suppose I should try that "fullness" sensation as a concentration object sometime. As for drowsiness, a tip I picked up from Anne Wise's book, High Performance Mind: you can fill a glass of water and hold it. That tends to keep people awake. You can also try standing meditation, as that is more energetic than sitting. If you are closing your eyes while sitting and…
on “Psilocybin shows success in medical trials” ↗The buddahnet.net looks like it has some pretty good information. For a different take, check out Anne Wise's "High Performance Mind" http://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Mind-Anna-Wise/dp/087... The former focuses on a form of meditation called mindfulness. It lets you be more present without the distractions of the monkey mind.…
on “Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness?” ↗…http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html I never heard of Unlearning Meditation but I do know that there were a lot of things I thought I knew about meditation and it was ... not exactly like that. Anne Wise's book, High Performance Mind gets into some of the technical details. I like Daniel Ingram's book, Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha but a lot of people don't. It's not exactly a beginner's book, but it's something to keep…
on “Psilocybin shows success in medical trials” ↗In this book https://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Mind-Anna-Wise/dp/08... and elsewhere I've seen "theta state meditations" that start with calming down and then, for instance, imagining that you are doing a lot of motion in a complex 3-d space like going…
on “Scientists Find Mysterious Brain Wave That Could Boost Memory and Creativity” ↗…alpha-band allows your working consciousness (the one you use to read these words) to visualize/verbalize it in a form that you can understand and remember. The book I sourced this from and use is Anne Wise's High Performance Mind. Note that I didn't really see any double-blind papers cited in there. I can only offer anecdoptal evidence that the techniques in there works for me. YMMV.
on “Ask HN: How do you learn to be creative?” ↗