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44Meditations Difier inHow Much Efiort They Require &Their Efiects on the EEG FrequencyConscious ThoughtsSilent MindPure Consciousness1 secondEEG SignatureFocused AttentionVoluntary focusing of attention on achosen object: Zen, Qigong,Compassion, VipassanaGamma (20-50 Hz)Theta (4-8 Hz)Alpha1 (8-10 Hz)Nonreactive monitoringof the content of experiencefrom moment to moment:Mindfulness, Kriya YogaOpen MonitoringTranscend the steps of the meditationpractice, leading to pure consciousness:Transcendental MeditationAutomatic Self-Transcendingtm-001Diagram Reference: Travis, F. T., & Shear, J. (2010). Focused attention, open monitoring and automatic self-transcending: Categories to organize meditations from Vedic, Buddhist, and Chinese traditions. Consciousness and Cognition, 19(4), 1110%u20131118.
