Oneness State and The BRAIN

Oneness State and the BRAIN
Written by Erik Hoffman

Awakening depends on a Shift in Brain Function.
Professor Andrew Newberg, author of the acclaimed book 'Why God Won't Go Away' has
studied Tibetan Buddhist monks scientifically, using brain scans. He found that the brains of
these monks were functioning in a completely different way from the brains of ordinary people.
When the monks were in deep meditation he found a shift in brain dominance from the rear to
the front part of the brain or - as we say - from the old to the new brain.
When the frontal area of the brain is activated and supplied with large amounts of high grade
energy there is an awakening to a higher state of consciousness, also called the Oneness State.
This shift in brain dominance, we suggest, is the biological foundation of Enlightenment or
Awakening as we prefer to call it.
Four levels of Reality

You awaken to a higher level of consciousness every morning when you wake up from sleep.
Actually you wake up twice, once when you go from deep sleep to dream sleep and again when
you wake up to your normal daily consciousness. We suggest that it is possible to wake up even
from that state to a higher level of reality.
Each of these four levels of reality is associated with a specific brain structure and a specific
brain wave frequency. At the lowest level is the Reptilian brain with its survival functions
reflected by the slow delta waves. This is a part of the brain which is active during deep sleep at
night. When we start dreaming (REM sleep) a higher level in the brain (Limbic System) steps in
with all its emotional activity indicated by theta brain waves. Eventually the Neocortex wakes
up, the brain now starts producing alpha and beta waves and we wake up to our normal daily
consciousness. Now, the point is that we can awaken to an even higher level of reality (the
Oneness State) when the frontal area of the brain is activated and starts generating high
amplitude synchronous gamma waves.
Brainmaps demonstrates changes of Brain Functions after Awakening

We suggested that a fully awakened person (Maneka) who is permanently in the Oneness state
would show a different topographical distribution of brain waves compared to normals, even
during the baseline condition.
Since Alpha brain waves are positively correlated with brain blood flow and are indicators of
high neurological coherence, we hypothesized that the distribution of Alpha brainwaves (8-
13Hz) in the baseline condition with closed eyes reflects the balance between the brain's two
command centers located in parietal and prefrontal areas respectively.
In the above figure there is a comparison of baseline brainmaps (with closed eyes) from 1) a
normal person, 2) a person with a strong ego and 3) our awakened subject (Maneka). We, of
course, realize that the use of these terms are subjective in nature. It can be seen that the ego-
oriented person has a powerful concentration of Alpha activity in the rear part of the brain while
the awakened person shows a more even balance of Alpha between the rear and frontal parts of
the brain - or between the OAA and the AAA areas. The 'normal' or average person has an alpha
distribution which falls between the two others.
We hypothesize that as the Ego is diminished and a higher level of consciousness steps in
through the brain's frontal area, Alpha activity is reduced in the rear and increased in the frontal
part of the brain. In that case Alpha power will be more evenly distributed over the whole brain
as we can see in Maneka's brainmap to the far right in the above figure.
This author has found in his research that when people grow psychologically and spiritually
through therapy, meditation or brain wave training, their Alpha activity begins to spread from the
back to the frontal parts of the brain reflecting an increased level of energy and awareness in the
frontal lobes. This process is in most cases slow and gradual but it seems, as we shall see, that it
can be speeded up tremendously through the Deeksha process.
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Oneness State and the BRAIN

Written by Erik Hoffman

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Brainmaps demonstrates changes of Brain Functions after Awakening

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