{"id":100862,"date":"2023-04-29T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=100862"},"modified":"2023-05-02T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:01:59","slug":"how-to-change-your-thinking-patterns-with-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-change-your-thinking-patterns-with-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Your Thinking Patterns With Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you often get stuck in unhelpful or self-sabotaging thinking patterns? How can you train your brain to think more positively and productively?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Joe Dispenza, the author of <em>Becoming Supernatural<\/em>, the key to changing your thinking lies in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/rewire-your-brain\/\">rewiring your brain<\/a> waves. The most effective way to do that, writes Dispenza, is through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/eckhart-tolle-meditation-mindfulness\/\">meditation<\/a>.&nbsp; Specifically, you need to slow down your brain waves to the lower-end frequencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to change your thinking patterns using brain wave meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-changing-your-brain-waves-changes-your-mind\"><strong>Changing Your Brain Waves Changes Your Mind<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <em>Becoming Supernatural<\/em>, Dispenza explains how to change your thinking patterns by practicing brain wave meditation. He explains that brainwave frequencies include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Beta waves:<\/strong> In your regular, waking consciousness your brain tends to be in a beta wave state most of the time. This can include:<ul><li><strong>Low-range<\/strong> beta waves: when you\u2019re relaxed and not perceiving any threat in your environment, but you\u2019re still alert\u2014for example, when you\u2019re chatting with a friend or playing with your child.<\/li><li><strong>Mid-range<\/strong> beta waves: a more alert state when you\u2019re slightly aroused but not terribly stressed\u2014for example, when you\u2019re driving in an unfamiliar city or doing a presentation at work.<\/li><li><strong>High-range<\/strong> beta waves: when you\u2019re in a high-stress state, such as road rage or in fear because you feel threatened.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Alpha waves: <\/strong>Your brain is in an alpha wave state when you\u2019re very relaxed, calm, and creative. You may slip into alpha-wave states throughout your day if you engage in meditative or creative practices that allow you to get out of your thoughts and into a calm \u201cflow\u201d state.<\/li><li><strong>Theta waves:<\/strong> your brain slips into a theta-wave state when you\u2019re in that zone between waking and sleep\u2014or when you\u2019re in deep meditation.<\/li><li><strong>Delta waves: <\/strong>This is the brainwave state you\u2019re in when you\u2019re asleep, but very adept meditation practitioners can also go into delta-wave states while awake.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Gamma waves:<\/strong> Dispenza calls this brainwave state a \u201csuperconscious\u201d state. It\u2019s a state associated with intense focus and transcendental and mystical experiences.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dispenza explains that<strong> <\/strong>to tap into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/your-subconscious-mind\/\">your subconscious mind<\/a>, you must train your brain through meditative practices to drop into the lower-frequency brainwave states. This is because those are the states in which you access your deepest subconscious programming. He says <strong>when your brain waves change from beta to alpha, theta, and delta, your autonomic nervous system reacts differently to the world.<\/strong> Rather than responding to the world with stress and fear, it responds in a healthy way, which will keep you from responding to life through the lens of the past.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Dispenza says that meditation improves the <em>coherence<\/em> of your brain waves, meaning they go from being disorganized and inconsistent to moving in a more smooth and harmonious pattern.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Meditation Can Be Transformational<\/strong><br><br>In terms of frequency, <a href=\"https:\/\/fitmind.com\/blog-collection\/brainwaves-in-meditation-brain-wave-frequencies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>gamma brain waves are the <em>highest<\/em>-frequency wave<\/strong><\/a>, followed by beta, alpha, theta, and delta (the lowest-frequency wave). Most people only ever experience brief fleeting moments of gamma waves, lasting less than a second\u2014for example when you have a momentary experience of blissful surprise, like the first bite of a delicious food. But some very experienced meditators have been shown to stay in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=10J6crRacZg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> gamma-wave patterns throughout their whole day<\/a>. This indicates that they exist perpetually in a different state of consciousness than the average person.&nbsp;<br><br>In their book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/533719\/altered-traits-by-daniel-goleman-and-richard-j-davidson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Altered Traits<\/em><\/a>, psychologist Daniel Goleman and neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson discuss their experimentation on what they call \u201cOlympic-level meditators,\u201d which shows that<strong> this kind of high-level meditation is fundamentally transformational. <\/strong>Such meditators show little experience of fear or pain and greatly increased levels of compassion and empathy. However, they also note that the meditative practices of most ordinary people, while still helpful for reducing stress and increasing compassion, have much less profound effects on the brain.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meditation-for-changing-your-brain-waves\"><strong>Meditation for Changing Your Brain Waves&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To change your brain waves, Dispenza suggests a meditation that has you <strong>focus your attention on the various parts of your body, one at a time<\/strong>. Even more importantly, though, he says as you focus on each body part, you should also try to <strong>become aware of the <em>space<\/em> that surrounds those body parts<\/strong>. As your attention moves throughout your body, and to the space around it, you then start to become more aware of all the space surrounding you\u2014from the space directly around your body, to the space of the whole room, and outward to the whole universe. This puts you in a mindset where you become aware of yourself as a part of the whole, and it will shift your brain waves from beta to alpha and theta-wave patterns. Dispenza offers <a href=\"https:\/\/drjoedispenza.com\/products\/tuning-in-to-new-potentials-updated-version-by-dr-joe-dispenza-meditation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the more detailed guided meditation on his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By practicing this meditation regularly, Dispenza says <strong>you\u2019ll begin to feel all the potential that exists in the universe, and your energy becomes aligned with the universal energy.<\/strong> This means you\u2019re tapping into and attracting that vast energetic potential in the universe, and you\u2019ll begin to attract everything you desire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: In his book <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/inner-engineering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Inner Engineering<\/em><\/a>, yoga guru Sadhguru says everything in nature has the purpose of reaching its fullest potential, and all other life forms, from algae to spiders to ravens, do everything in their power to become the fullest expression of what they\u2019re meant to be. Humans are the only creature that falls short of its potential. He says when you practice yoga, which is tightly connected to meditation, your body is like an antenna that can connect to the vast energy in the universe and is therefore the mechanism for giving that seed of potential within you the right conditions to grow into what you\u2019re meant to be.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you often get stuck in unhelpful or self-sabotaging thinking patterns? How can you train your brain to think more positively and productively? According to Joe Dispenza, the author of Becoming Supernatural, the key to changing your thinking lies in rewiring your brain waves. The most effective way to do that, writes Dispenza, is through meditation.&nbsp; Specifically, you need to slow down your brain waves to the lower-end frequencies. 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