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"Shakuhachi Meditation"? "Mindfulness" ... Really?
NeuroBiology, PsychoPhysiology: Human Brainwaves!
All that talk about "Shakuhachi meditation" leading to potential "Enlightenment"?
Who ever scientifically investigated and explained the neurobiological and psychophysiological "effects" of ascetic shakuhachi practice?
The truth is, of course: Nobody ever did anything like that!
Here is where to begin, for a start:
Chart: Types of brainwaves
Source: FitMind - "Brainwaves: Altered States & Technologies"
Google search results for "Brainwaves Chart"
Recommended readings:
2009:
James H. Austin: Selfless Insight: Zen and the Meditative Transformations of Consciousness.
MIT Press, 2009.
2006:
James H. Austin: Zen-Brain Reflections: Reviewing Recent Developments in Meditation and States of Consciousness.
MIT Press, 2006.
1998:
James H. Austin: Zen and the Brain:
Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness.
MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998.
1978:
Hirai Tomio: Zen and the Mind. Scientific Approach to Zen Practise.
Japan Publications, Tokyo, 1978.
1972:
Timothy Teyler: Altered States of Awareness.
Readings from Scientific American Paperback, June, 1972
1969:
Charles E. Tart, editor: Altered States of Consciousness.
A Book of Readings. John Wiley & Sons, New York, London, Sydney,
Toronto, 1969.
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