EEG measurement of Nirodha Samapatti

Revealing Nirodha Samapatti (youtube), a deep or even non-state analogous to flatlining that few practitioners have mastered.

Special guests Delson Armstrong and Dr Ruben Laukkonen discuss their latest ground-breaking paper ‘Cessations of consciousness in meditation: Advancing a scientific understanding of nirodha samāpatti’ in which Delson Armstrong’s ability to enter the rarefied state of nirodha samāpatti, a feat of extended cessation achievable by only the most virtuoso meditators, was tested by Dr Laukkonen and Prof. Slagter's neuroscience team with astonishing results.

Delson has been measured entering these states for minutes in the lab, but claims to have been in this state once for six days straight, a claim that would imply a type of human hibernation.

Delson's youtube

Future of Mindfulness Engineering

On the Guru Viking podcast

Ep128: Pioneering Science - Dr Jud Brewer, Shinzen Young, Chelsey Fasano, & Dr Sanguinetti

 

In this episode special guest Dr Jud Brewer - pioneering psychiatrist, neurosciencist, and New York Times best-selling author - joins the ongoing conversation featuring:

 - Shinzen Young, meditation teacher and neuroscience research consultant

 - Chelsey Fasano, a Columbia University neuroscience student

 - Dr Jay Sanguinetti, Assistant Director for the Center for Consciousness Studies and Research Professor at the University of New Mexico

 

In this episode Dr Brewer gives a fascinating summary of his ground-breaking work, and shares his wildest secret dream for the future of neuroscience and humanity at large. Dr Sanguinetti and Shinzen reveal the latest science in their lab, and dialogue with Dr Brewer about pseudo-arhats and the power of conditioning. The panel also map the 4 noble truths using the latest neuroscience theories, debate the pros and cons of including subjective experience in serious research, explore how to translate academic language into common parlance, and raise serious concerns about healthy integration of altered states.

Finders Course, Jeffery Martin Research + Video

The latest academic research on the Finders Course and 45 Day programs:

Effects of Two Online Positive Psychology and Meditation Programs on Persistent Self-Transcendence

 

 

A video presentation that features information about the "depth" and progress through the locations:

 

The Martin Matrix, a Comprehensive Map of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience 

 

Psilocybin Induces New Neural Connections

Landmark study shows one dose of psilocybin induces new neural connections

 

"The researchers show how the psychedelic prompts rapid growth of neural connections in the frontal cortex of mice and hypothesize this mechanism playing a role in the drug’s antidepressant qualities."

Psilocybin Increases Neural Connections

 Psychedelic spurs growth of neural connections lost in depression.

"a single dose of psilocybin given to mice prompted an immediate and long-lasting increase in connections between neuron"

Psilocybin as Effective as Antidepressant

Psilocybin therapy appears to be at least as effective as a leading conventional antidepressant

Psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, may be at least as effective as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, the leading type of antidepressant medication, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The phase 2, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial compared psilocybin to the antidepressant medication escitalopram.

Light and Sound Machines for Alzheimer's

Early Trial Shows Flickering Lights Could Fight Alzheimer's

Mouse studies using 40 hertz (gamma) stimulation of light and sound have had some effect in Alzheimer's models.  A preliminary study on 10 humans showed some immune response which indicates some potential benefits.