Waking Up –
Freeing Ourselves from our Sleeping Wakefulness
Winter Robinson, author of
A Hidden Order; Intuitions, Seeing with the Heart;
and Remembering, is internationally recognized for her
ability to incorporate the intuitive process as a complement to
medical diagnosis. A licensed therapist and medical clairvoyant,
Winter’s interest in dreaming began while she was a research
subject at the Monroe Institute, Faber, Virginia.
Michael Robinson is a
recovering corporate executive, consultant, and facilitator of
change. A former trainer at the Monroe Institute in Virginia, his
interest in sound as inducing various states of consciousness led
him to design the sound system the presenters use in their
seminars, and to incorporate their seminar on intuition with
dolphin swims.
Abstract
“Affairs are now soul-size. The
enterprise is exploration into god. Where are you making for? It
takes so many thousand years to wake. But will you wake, for
pity’s sake.” Christopher Fry. “A sleep of prisoners.”
In order to wake up, to free
ourselves from sleep-walking though our lives, we start by
exploring the relationship between our dream, intuitive, and
creative states of consciousness. In this workshop we will
primarily focus on experiencing the relaxed states associated with
the alpha and theta brain waves (expanded awareness) through the
use of sound and relaxation. (Each participant will have their own
headset.)
The Theory:
During normal waking
consciousness, for most of us, our brain is operating in beta.
Beta waves (13-40 Hz) are associated with peak concentration,
heightened alertness and visual acuity.
When
we start to relax our brain waves slow to alpha (7-12 Hz) and our
ego lessens its grip on our mental activity. This is a place of
deep relaxation, but not quite meditation. In alpha, we begin to
access the wealth of creativity that lies just below our conscious
awareness.
If we continue to relax we may
move into the state called theta (4-7 Hz), one of the more elusive
and extraordinary realms we can explore. It is also known as the
hypnogogic or twilight state which we usually only experience
fleetingly upon waking, or drifting off to sleep. In theta we are
in a waking dream, vivid imagery flashes before the mind's eye and
we are receptive to information beyond our normal conscious
awareness.
Our deep sleep is delta (0-4HZ).
Certain frequencies in the delta range trigger the release of
growth hormone beneficial for healing and regeneration.
Important caveat: There is no neurophysiological research which
conclusively shows that the higher levels of mind (intuition,
insight, creativity, imagination, understanding, thought,
reasoning, intent, decision, knowing, will, spirit, or soul) are
located in the brain. [1] Many scientists are beginning to
hypothesize that these states cannot be understood by
neurochemical brain studies alone.
