: CIA-RDP96-00792R000700130002-5 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 244 J. GRINBERG-ZYLBERBAUM Left frontal Pah paren Na YU Tobe A h coherence activated mode Right frontal cae Tabe tert Frontal Vessel aaah lobe B.Low coherence deactivated mode Right frontal ol Pada, rans ate al 50.4 _ 1 sec FIGURE 4 Shows typical recordings of EEG measurement taken from a subject’s right frontal derivation (upper trace) and left frontal derivation (lower trace) both during acti- vation (A) and during deactivation (B). These results are in agreement with the existence of a direct level of commun- ication, In regard to the EEG recordings, Figure 4 shows a typical frontal EEG pattern during activation and in the absence of activation. When the subjects were activated, we noticed an increase in their frontal inter-hemispheric level of EEG coherence. 4.5 Third experiment (method) The results obtained during the second €xperiment, are in agreement with the observation about the existence of a direct communication level (10 in our scale) made during experiment 1. Furthermore, they (the method and results during experiment 2) established a standardized procedure for making EEG- communication studies in human beings. Unfortunately for the methodological procedure, but thankfully for us humans, human communication transcends and is more complex than a simple pressure feeling between the eyebrows. In order to study the EEG correlates COMMUNICATION, GRAVITATION AND UNITY 245 of a truly complex human communication session without missing the flavour of the phenomenon but simultaneously assuring an adequate level of standQd- ization and control, we decided to combine the best feature of the first @hd second experiments in a third experiment. oO In this, experiment 3, we decided to use the following method: 3 = i) A total of eight subjects from 22 to 33 years of age, four women @hd four men were trained to evoke internal images at will, and to detect Dery subtle subjective changes in themselves. More than a year of intense indivigQal and group meditation sessions elapsed until they were ready to participatfin experiment 3. aw GM The meditation techniques used during the training period were Zeti, TiQAs- cendental and Sufi group meditation, These techniques stimulate a state of p@&e and receptivity, considered ideal for the study of communication. The detailed procedures will be published in a separate paper. o ii) When (i) was completed, the subjects were trained to maintain Pir meditative state in a Faraday shielded room with EEG electrodes attache@fo their heads. < iii) Groups of 2 to 4 subjects sat quietly inside this room in complete dfak- ness while a bipolar EEG was recorded on a Beckman machine located in another room. The subjects sat comfortably in special seats without other and with a minimal distance of at least 30 centimeters between them. 9 iv) The subjects were instructed to close their eyes and to enter the meditaffe state, trying to establish communication with their fellows. Every two minu@®, the session was interrupted and the subjects wrote or taped their subjectye experience during that time. This 2 minutes interval was called a ‘trial’. The subjects were able to report their experiences at the end of each trial becatRe during their training period they had learned to verbalize internal states withdat hesitation or inhibitions. Adequate feedback at the end of each trial was sin in order to inform the subjects about the occurrence of similar or identigal conients in their communications. fe) LL v) Derivations F7, F3, F4, F8, T3, T5, T4 and T6 were used. Thus, at ie end of experiment 3 we had at least one record of each derivation a each subject. ro) vi) Communication was measured using a scale with four values;0, 1,2 afl 3. Zero meant absence of similarity between reports and three complete ident between reports. We considered that 3 was a direct communication value. The reports were analyzed blindly by two independent judges in order to test for the scale and criteria compatibility. The correlation between the aforesaid independent judges was positive and had a value of 0.89 being statistically significant at the 0.05 level. In Table I the scoring of both judges is shown.
CIA-RDP96-00792R000700130002-5 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 246 J. GRINBERG-ZYLBERBAUM judge B (third column) during 22 trials (first column) in four different sessions. A non- parametric correlation test gave a value of 0.89 with a P = 0.05. Thus a very high compat- ibility in the measurements of the written reports was achieved. Verbal report scoring compatibility Session Trial Judge A Judge B Difference July 5 1979 18 0 0 0: 2 I 0 i 3 2 I I 4 2 I I 5 3 3 0 6 2 2 0 July 9 1979 if 2 I 1 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 2 I 1 July 12 1979 1 2 2 0 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 July 16 1979 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 4 l 1 0 5b 3 3 0 4 Trial depicted in Figure 6. > Trial depicted in Vigure 5. vii) The EEG analysis consisted of a coherence study in which pairs of derivations were compared. Each trial of each session was divided into five sections. Each section lasted 24 seconds. One second from these 24 was chosen to make the coherence analysis. To choose this second of activity (point) the only criterion was to find a recording free of artefacts. Thus, if a session had 6 trials, 30 points of analysis were used. We considered this density of analysis to be sufficiently accurate. Each point in one derivation was compared with each point in all derivations using the following criteria: a) Three parameters were compared; morphology, frequency and phase. b) To measure morphology, the EEG pattern in each point was studied COMMUNICATION, GRAVITATION AND UNITY 2: visually and the amount of correspondence or agreement betweengpatter decided. A scale from 0 to 50 was constructed in order to quagaify th no @Gnilarit between EEG patterns, Oo o c) Frequency was measured by counting the number of cycleSjn eac point. If both derivations had exactly the same number of cycles, weassigne the number 30 to that point. If a difference of 5 cycles was found, a nbiber ] was assigned and if the difference was 10 or more cycles in each regnt, th number 0 was given. ~~ d) To study phase, we used a scale from 0 to 20. Ifa similar moggholog: was found in a point in two derivations, the beginning of each pafrn wa compared with the beginning of the other pattern. If both patterns beg@a in th: patternincid: with the end of the other, 0 was assigned. a .y e) Finally, the coherence} value was obtained by adding the Bues oO: morphology (50%), frequency (30%) and phase (20%). Thus, a score df 50 ir morphology, 30 in frequency and 20 in phase was a 100% coherence: point with that coherence value was completely identical with another point, A zerc coherence value was obtained when both EEG patterns were completely different. The coherence values were compared with the communication values&¥ order to study their relationship. Each pair of inter-hemispheric coherenges were compared and a correlation test was applied to them. These correlatiog=values were also compared with the communication values, * 3 4.6 Third experiment (results) The final results of this experiment can be summarized as follows:duman communication is directly related to the correlation of inter-hemggpheric coherences recorded from the brains of the subjects in communication. Im other words, two or more subjects communicate with each other when th? inter- hemispheric coherence of their brains increase and decrease togethergsThus, human communication occurs when the participants in it share thei@inter- hemispheric brain coherences. ro) In all the studied cases, when a high correlation between individuapjinter- hemispheric coherences was obtained, the verbal reports of the r lting communication rated high in our communication scale. Also, when“a low correlation between individual inter-hemispheric coherences was obtained, the verbal reports of the resulting communication rated low in our communication scale, The following figures depict two typical and extreme cases of high and low correlation between temporal derivations. elease 200
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000700130002-5 Approved For Release 2001/03/07. 248 J - GRINBERG-ZYLBERBAUM COHERENCE 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 2 3 4 5 ANALYSIS POINTS FIGURE 5 Shows the values of the temporal inter- during the communication session of July 16th 1979, at ap = 0.05 was found. hemispheric coherences of 2 subjects A correlation value of 0.96 significant In Figure 5, trial 5 from the July 16th 1979 session is shown. As can be seen from Table | 3 in the scale of communicati value). The following is an extract from the Te studied during this trial: , this trial was considered as deserving a value of on by the two judges (a direct communication ports of the two subjects that were Subject A: ... first 1 saw an image of a sport trophy; a man with his hands up. Later | thought about images. Vinally I entered meditation . . . Subject B: ... I let myself go. Then I saw a sport trophy made of gold. A lot of images. Then I saw subject A as he is seat ed. Finally I saw the gold trophy again . . , COMMUNICATION, GRAVITATION AND UNITY 24¢ COHERENCE 100 ite) 1] N oO oO 80 oO ioe) = oO =) 60 MN Subject C =4 . =) Subject 8 © ~~ 40 Subject A 4 . N o ae oO © 20 © o oO Q I 2 3 4 5 or ANALYSIS POINTS x FIGURE 6 Shows the values of the temporal inter-hemispheric coherences of 3 subjects during the communication session held on the 5th of July 1979, The highest coxglation value during this session was 0.09. oO 103/ = The statistical non-parametric correlation between the temporal coheremes at A and B was 0.96, significant at p=005. In Figure 6, trial 1 from the July Sth 1979 session is shown. O in the scale of communif4tion by the two judges. ® The following is also an extract from the reports during this trial: rd e 20 Subject A: ... First I was in a state of expectation. Later on I tried to concentrate and to relax. I wanted to feel both B and C (subjects B and C)... 2 Subject B: ... 1 send the image of some planets. Later | opened myself in order to @ceive some messages . > ce) = Subject C: Disperse thoughts... jor The statistical non-parametric correlation of highest value during thiSSrial was 0.09. Similar results were obtained for the frontal derivations. Thus, at least under our conditions, the correlation between communication and inter-hemispheric coherence is more global than local and possibly involves the whole cortex,
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000700130002-5 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 250 J. GRINBERG-ZYLBERBAUM Further studies are needed in order to clarify this statement and to extend our results and verify them under conditions similar to and different from ours. 5. GENERAL DISCUSSION In a related study, I demonstrated that a change in brain coherence was correlated with alterations in gravity. During this experiment, all sessions were conducted in a soundproof, electromagnetically shielded toom that contained an inner room resting on rubber cushions to filter and dissipate mechanical vibrations. The chamber was located on the third floor of a highly stable building situated on top of a mountain some 10 km from Mexico City, where the Psycho- physiological Laboratories of Anahuac University are housed. Experiments were conducted during the early evening to avoid noise, mechanical vibrations, and other types of interference. Three boxes fitting within one another were placed in the inner room: (from outside to inside) (i) metal cage: (ii) a Faraday cage; (iii) a wooden box with double walls separated by fibreglass. The metal box was resting on foam rubber and the wooden one was suspended inside the other two so there was no wall contact. Inside the third box a piece of metal weighing 0.1g was suspended from a Grass transducer which was fixed to a metal bar placed on antivibrational sand (Figure 7). The output of the transducer was recorded on a Grass polygraph located in another room. Nine different subjects ranging in age from 20 to 32 years old (six women and three men) sat on a chair located 100 cm away from the metal box inside the inner room. Bipolar electrodes were used to register frontal EEG activity from both hemispheres, which was also recorded on the Grass polygraph. A sound signal was given as a feedback signal to the subject each time that there was a change in the status of the transducer, activity. A total of 28 sessions were carried out with the nine subjects over a period of several months and the recordings were analyzed at the end of this time. Each session was empirically divided into two periods: control, when no changes in the output of the transducer were detected, and experimental, when a noticeable change in the transducer was recorded. From 4 to 7 randomly chosen sequences during both periods were analyzed for each session. Five measurements were made on the selected portions of the recordings: COMMUNICATION, GRAVITATION AND UNITY ve Sl SOUND PROOF ROOM 1. Metal cage ‘ 7. Rubber foam 2. Faraday cage 8. External wal] 3. Wood box 9. Internal wall 4. Transducer 10, Air chamber 5. Weight 11, Faraday cage 6. Sand 12, Rubber column CIA-RDP96-00792R000700130002-5 Figure 7 Diagram of the room in which the experiment was held. 107 FT, frequency of the transducer’s signal; VT, voltage of the transducer’s si 1; FR, frequency of the right frontal EEG recording; FL, frequency of the eft frontal EEG recording; and C, coherence between the right and left EEG frostal recordings. Coherence was graded on a scale of 10 to 0: 10 represented identg€al morphology, frequency and voltage of both frontal EEG recordings, andyo signified total dissimilarity. o Whenever a significant change in the transducer’s output was recordeqMa sound signal was given to the subject who was instructed to use whatever meeps possible to maintain the sound, with the exception of vocalizations, movemepts or mechanical vibrations. Each subject participated in a series of sessions w@h the aim of exploring different techniques for this purpose, but no one as finally able to control voluntarily the weight of the metal object. At the end Se each session, the subjects wrote down their experiences and tried to ident By the ones correlated with the sound feedback. 5 In general, a great deal of difficulty in maintaining the sound and even si identifying which experiences were related to its onset were reported. Re subjects all agreed that what happened was very difficult to know. This is remarkable, considering the fact that at least two were meditators and one had more than three years of practice in yoga and meditation. Therefore, the first finding is that whatever caused the weight to change is very elusive in terms of conscious experience,
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000700130002-5 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 252 J. GRINBERG-ZYLBERBAUM At least half the subjects reported that they felt something but that it was impossible to verbalize. The ineffability of the experience is exemplified in the following statements: I felt a sense of transparency and ; peace and the sound appeared i something but I can’t say what. PP when I was trying to <° I had a lot of images and suddenly I found the commo ’ , n ground for them; more preci what was behind them in terms of explanations. Then, the sound appeared. precisely. This last report is extremely important because it makes clear that an actual change in weight is associated with the bringing into consciousness of formerly unconscious relationships. More often, the subject said that the sound was presented when he felt peaceful and as if there were an internal order, or when he was able to transcend the experimental situation with the accompanying sensation of being inside a soundproof chamber. The lack of voluntary control over this experience is possibly due to the limited number of sessions held with each subject. Nevertheless, there was a clear increase in the number of sounds that at least one of the subjects was able to activate as he was exposed to the experimental situation (Figure 8). Thus, it appears that the ability to effect gravitational changes can be increased by learning, even if the subjects are not able to verbalize the actual techniques being used. The mean of all the measurements taken over the 28 sessions are shown in Table Il. The most outstanding result is the increase in coherence found when a change in weight was detected (24 out of 28 sessions: p = 0.00009 by sign test) Some examples of recordings in which this increase was observed are shown in Figure 9, Number of presen’ ations im 1 Jsec 5 4 Session number % FIGURE 8 The number of presentations of ignifying of sound feedback signifying a change in th status of the transducer. This increase with the number of sessions, demonstrating capacity for learning in the subject. Mean values of EEG coherence, trans Control Experimental a?) Mean Mean N ee Oo 5.821 FT 14.556 FT =4 0.114 VT 0.470 VT oO 16.468 FR 16.240 FR = 16.170 FL 15.531 FL Oo 0.262 C 0.335C oO ee S FT — Transducer frequency. oO VT — Transducer voltage. oS FR — Right frontal lobe frequency. w FL — Left frontal fobe frequency. . as N c — EEG coherence. oa Nid “ r=) COMMUNICATION, GRAVITATION AND UNITY 253 TABLE II ducer frequency and voltage, and left and right frontal lobe EEG frequency, obtained in the gravitation experiment. erence of the EEG activity recorded from thes ed with changes in the output of & located 100 cm from the head of the subjects and completely m. One way of understanding this phenomenon is to supposqz d from the brain capable of passing through a metal boxe 1, two walls of wood and fibreglass, and reaching the ded from it. The possibility that the changes - s is small due to the construction of theS chamber and the transducer, and our controls. Likewise, the alterations wer not caused by heat, movement of air, or any other physical forces. =] If the explanation given above is true, there are two possible mechanisne by which the weight change might be affected: (i) an increase in brain cohereng> is able to create an electromagnetic field of such high power and frequency thi it is capable of penetrating the objects between the subject and the transduce or (ii) an increase in coherence causes the structure of space to change, creatirfB gravitational waves. These waves might be produced b y a modification in th informational content of the syntergic field resulting from its interaction wif 4a neuronal field. An increase in coherence is in some sense an increase in redundancy witha the brain. One subject stated that the sound signal was elicited by finding te ing behind different images. This is in agreement with the pos. ¢ theory that a high neurosyntergic brain is capable Of ‘approaching a state ‘of unification. It is not known if the changes in cohererfee are correlated with an increase OT decrease in weight, since the transduceggs limited to oscillatory responses. We are now beginning a new experi allow us to answer the questions of whether th Thus, an increase in the coh Frontal lobes of human subjects is conelat transducer isolated from the that something emerge a Faraday isolation chambe transducer with the weight suspen were caused by mechanical vibration common mean lation of the syntergi ment using laser technology that will e weight change is caused by an
: CIA-RDP96-00792R000700130002-5 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 254 J. GRINBERG-ZYLBERBAUM { i 1 [ 1 ae ae teeeiee ith bkn sana aft meaneamen ated 2 heed asta Shae ated 3 ravenna iia 4 A B A A B | | HA re eeNttiSee SWANLEY 2 peanchenendineienainy SAM NIHHIAHONARe Warcinabieyitity Mah Ayia Wh 3 emmnmnanyenninn aranin ny nutar phy etna AA Mpaans 4 Atti nt ANA Yamane A B A B | Gop. (pereremnrememserntsane 1 sac FIGURE 9 Representative recordings from different j i I ig subject experimental (B) periods. 1. Time Transducer secordine: Ran r (calibration, 1 sec); 2. Transducer recording; recording from left frontal lobe: 4. EEG recording from right frontal lobe. me: 3. EEG 1 45 al A eectromagnetic field or by a field more directly related to gravitation, and in what direction is the change. Meanwhile, the present results suggest that a brain is capable of altering the energetic structure of the space-matter continuum in a way predicted by the syntergic theory, and that this ability can be augmented by procedures using biofeedback techniques. Now, in the communication study, changes are correlated with the level meaning of these findings has alre similar inter-hemispheric coherence EEG of human communication. The probable ady been discussed in the theoretical COMMUNICATION, GRAVITATION AND UNITY 255 introduction to this article. Briefly, a neuronal field, the product of all the neuronal interactions in the duration of the present interval is being built insil? the brain and later on interacts with the fundamental structure of space. Tigy field is capable of changing the gravitational structure of the space-matie continuum and also interacts with other neuronal fields during communicati€R between human and possibly other beings. = An increase in coherence inside the brain increases the syntergic (see section value of the neuronal field and thus raises the possibility of its interaction wh high syntergic fields. =4 In the experiments reported here, it is clear that communication involves py interchange between inter-hemispheric coherences in the brains of the wee involved in it. Thus, these findings are in agreement with our thedfeti postulates. A full agreement requires a close and direct relationship between iR level of coherence and the phenomenon of direct communication. In othg} words, if direct communication occurs when two or more brain inter-hemisphef? coherences are interchanged during high individual coherence levels and othey types of communication occur while two or more brain inter-hemisphefé coherences are interchanged during medium or even low levels of individuag coherences, then a high syntergic state is related to unification as our theogy proclaims. Obviously, we have tried to make observations about the character of tbs messages that our subjects interchanged during high, medium and low levels @ coherence, but the number of cases in each category was too low to reach safe conclusion. Nevertheless the few cases that we have studied indicates thes a low level of individual coherence is related to messages having more concre® contents and a high level of individual coherence to more abstract levels. N We need other laboratories to become involved in this fascinating field a the physiological correlates of gravitation, unity and human communication & order to reach solid conclusions about these questions. Meanwhile, our resulgg agree with the idea that all of us are One. References dForR Borges, J.L. Zl Aleph, EMECE, Buenos Aires, 1970. Capra, F. The Tao of Physics, Fontana, U.S.A., 1976. Caulfield, H.J., Lu Sun, The Application of Holography, Wiley Interscience, U.S.A., 1970. Cooke, J. The New Tarot, Western Star Press, Kentfield, California, 1970. Grinberg-Zylberbaum, J. Nuevos Principios de Psicologia Fisiolégica, Trillas, México, 1976 ag Grinberg-Zylberbaum, J. The retrieval. of learned information. A Neurophysiological Con- vergence-Divergence Theory. J. Theoret. Biol., 56, 95-110, 1976b, Grinberg-Zylberbaum, J. Los Fundamentos de la Experiencia, Trillas, México, 1978. Grinberg-Zylberbaum, J., Cueli, J., Szydlo, D. Communicacién terapéutica; una medida objectiva. Ensefianza e Investigacion en Psicologia, 4, No. 1 (7), 97, 1978. Grinberg-Zylberbaum, J, El Cerebro Consciente. Trillas, México, 1979. Grinberg-Zylberbaum, J. Correlativos electrofisiolégicos de la experiencia subjetiva. pprove
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