After research efforts of nearly a year had transpired, with hundreds of subjects using Biological Feedback EEG devices, the following empirical data emerged, much to everyone's surprise. We found that subjects who made very little initial progress had been ignoring or were unaware of this information.
It is extremely important that one never attempts alpha wave or theta wave sessions in the same building in which any friend, loved-one, husband, wife, lover, or member of one's own family is physically present (or whose presence is immediately expected) until many weeks after he has confidently learned to maintain "centering".
It now appears that adepts sought out caves and mountain tops with good reason.
Regardless of the dynamics or apparently constructive aspects of a relationship, on deep unconscious levels mankind fears and resists any changes in others, particularly when "change" spells your "freedom from control". When your hang-ups, habitual responses, fixed patterns of thought, "push buttons", etc., begin to disappear, this becomes a basic threat to their security; they unconsciously feel their influence over you slipping away.
As you become more aware and de-polarized and multi-ordinal, your new powers become a threat to those around you. You don't have to do or say a word; they instinctively sense the change. And the more sensitive, intelligence, and aware the persons involved, the more rapidly and devastatingly these factors come into play. Your new levels of consciousness are "sensed" immediately and you may get crucified before you learn how to fly. (If you are masochistic, and secretly want to lose or suffer, then ignore this warning information.)
Typically, whether voiced or silent, the reaction is: "You've changed." Then followed by: "You don't love me anymore." This is probably untrue; however, you will relate to people differently. It is generally more comfortable for them to relate to the "old" you, which they can better understand, predict, and control. SO they will find ways to somehow interrupt your alpha or theta training sessions with unconscious demands for attention, phone calls, skinned knees, little intrusions, ridicule — the [9] whole gamut of human insecurity. If you call this to their attention it will be denied. People refuse to confront or acknowledge their own unconscious actions and motives. They think and say: "I'm only trying to help you." So be warned. Take the necessary precautions to insulate yourself from well-meaning but threatened loved ones.
SHIELD YOURSELF FROM INVALIDATORS
One classic experience out of dozens to date may illustrate this point. An engineer who purchased an Alpha-Metrics instrument was in the middle of a session on the second floor of his home, progressing nicely with a good percentage of alpha. Suddenly he experienced a total blockage of alpha signals. His first thought was that the batteries had run down, but blinking his eyes produced "beeps" which verified the instrument was working perfectly. So he ended the sessions and went downstairs where to his surprise he found his mother seated quietly in the living room.
She had come across town to visit, and having a key, had silently let herself in and was waiting patiently for him to "finish his work" and come down and chat with her. He had not heard her enter; there was no sound of a car door slamming outside; and he was consciously totally unaware of her presence. But on the psychic levels, perhaps by some mechanism of ESP, some part of his beingness was alerted to her presence (Through an Aka thread connection between mother and son? RHC), and this inhibited from being on his own center and at the alpha-level. Perhaps all of his life he had to live a role suitable to her image of him, and this conditioned response inhibited the possibility of encountering his own true center as long as she was anywhere in his environment.
We may hate to confront these realities; however, like death and taxes, they do exist. If you ignore these probabilities you may expect to crash and burn before you manage to soar clear.
So let at least three weeks go by before you're tempted to use your new levels of consciousness or "center yourself" in the presence of people you know. It's much safer around total strangers; they'll respond to you like a magnet. After you've learned to "maintain", you may be safe in the presence of loved ones. But meanwhile, take every precaution to shield yourself from conscious or unconscious invalidators.
In two unusually refractory cases, we've recommended that trainees go to a different environment altogether, and make certain that there were no telephones and no possibility of interruptions; and only then undertake a serious session. These people were so hooked in on their desks stacked with mail, and the familiar surroundings that they literally had to get away from themselves to find themselves. Only by letting no one know [10] where they were or could be reached were they able to cut enough connecting threads of their lives to get a fresh viewpoint.
(The foregoing helps to account for the glorious "trip" we had with the psychedelic drug Mescaline while at the Aiken Clinic in Socorro, New Mexico in 1963. We were completely away from the administrative load her at hdq and free to soar. Our transcendental reactions to the drug are described in BSRF No. 21, "The Psychedelic Experience", 48 pages. Also included are the Chatterton's experiences with LSD and Bernard Copley's participation in the Moon ritual of the Navajos, using Peyote.)
While you are getting where you want to be, perhaps the best advice can be summed up by the instructions always given by any Master after an enlightenment: "Go thy way and tell NO man."
Second: Stay off pills, cigarettes, alcohol, and any pain-killers. Even aspirin may occlude your awareness during initial consciousness enhancement.
Lastly: Don't attempt initial sessions after 8 p.m. Many trainees have independently reported flashing on strange and frightening vibes "out there" after dark. This is becoming better understood, but meanwhile we strongly recommend sessions to be undertaken only between sun-up and sun-down.
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If you want to get in touch with Mr. Beck about his Bio-Feedback training program, write to Alpha-Metric, 6311 Yucca St., Los Angeles, California, 90028. He manufactures equipment and gives lecture-demonstrations.
In a recent phone conversation with Bob the subject of Silva Mind Control came up. He observed that the Silva system claims to be able to turn on Alpha and Theta in subjects simply by hypnosis and self-suggestion. He found this not to be true in those Silva graduates he tested with his Alpha Wave equipment. At least there was no measurable Alpha or Theta showing up on the audio or visual monitors, after they had suggested themselves into a presumed Alpha or Theta state.
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"You know, my friends, you can help one another. You do not have to wait for a special healer. Each of you have the power in your own hands, and in your own creative self. Experiment with it some times when you are in a group together. Use concentrated thought, put the sick person in the center of your circle and pray for them. Concentrated thought, picturing them in good health." The Yada di Shi'ite after doing a healing ritual over a member of the group at a Probert seance in San Diego. From tape No. 68040.
References
- Crabb, Riley, Larry Chattergon, Kathleen Chattergon, Bernard Copley, and John W. Aiken. The Psychedelic Experience: Part I: Peyote, LSD, Psilocybin, Mescaline. Vista, Calif: Borderland Sciences Research Associates, 1960. Print.
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