The Most Concentrated Mind

Summary

June 4, 2021, 17 min

How to concentrate and learn better by dropping from the stressed beta brainwave into slower alpha and theta states rather than pushing harder. Covers Yogananda's apple visualization exercise, Tesla and Edison, Hakalau before class and exams, and alternatives to visualization through feeling, hearing, taste and smell.

In this video

Teaches

BrainwavesConcentrationVisualizationHakalau

Discusses

Paramahansa YoganandaNikola TeslaThomas EdisonHypnagogic state

Mentions

Left hippocampusTranceHRV ResonanceRight hippocampusLeft and right brain

Key moments

00:00Students ask how to supercharge the mind for their studies 01:07Stressing the beta brainwave makes concentration brittle 02:24Going down into alpha and theta 02:43Yogananda's apple visualization exercise 04:04Holding an image in theta; Tesla's machines in the mind 05:03The maintenance monk who turned objects in his mind 05:47Edison's ball and tin plate trick 06:54Slower brainwaves feel fuzzy and reflect gamma inspiration 08:10Relax and absorb in the lecture instead of holding on 09:06Hakalau before class and before the test 10:43Can't visualize? Feel or hear the picture 11:51Seeing weird clumps still counts as seeing 13:07Use hearing, feeling, taste or smell instead 14:16A plan for class: Hakalau and half a grade point