The document discusses research into brain wave patterns during dowsing. Studies have found that dowsing changes brain wave patterns, producing more delta waves associated with higher states of consciousness and intuition. Masterful dowsers have similar but not identical patterns to healers and those practicing transcendental meditation. Additionally, dowsing without tools and with eyes closed produces brain wave coherence across a broader frequency range than when using tools. This suggests deviceless dowsing with eyes closed allows for a deeper dowsing state. The document encourages practicing deviceless dowsing to enhance intuition and dowsing ability.
The document discusses research into brain wave patterns during dowsing. Studies have found that dowsing changes brain wave patterns, producing more delta waves associated with higher states of consciousness and intuition. Masterful dowsers have similar but not identical patterns to healers and those practicing transcendental meditation. Additionally, dowsing without tools and with eyes closed produces brain wave coherence across a broader frequency range than when using tools. This suggests deviceless dowsing with eyes closed allows for a deeper dowsing state. The document encourages practicing deviceless dowsing to enhance intuition and dowsing ability.
The document discusses research into brain wave patterns during dowsing. Studies have found that dowsing changes brain wave patterns, producing more delta waves associated with higher states of consciousness and intuition. Masterful dowsers have similar but not identical patterns to healers and those practicing transcendental meditation. Additionally, dowsing without tools and with eyes closed produces brain wave coherence across a broader frequency range than when using tools. This suggests deviceless dowsing with eyes closed allows for a deeper dowsing state. The document encourages practicing deviceless dowsing to enhance intuition and dowsing ability.
The preliminary results of the Jurka and Stillman studies indicate that there is definitely a difference in brain wave patterns during dowsing. Although we'd love to see a broader study with many more subjects and clearer qualifications for being considered a masterful dowser, the important conclusion is that dowsing, done properly, changes your brain wave patterns. The patterns of masterful dowsers, as noted by Ed Stillman, are similar but not identical to those of healers and those who practice Transcendental Meditation (TM). Stillman also quoted a study by Dr. Maxwell Cade that showed that delta waves are only noted in waking conditions "during higher levels of consciousness, at the onset of paranormal phenomena, or when reaching out to the unknown." The latter reference is not explained in Stillman's article (though it is a clear analogy to dowsing), but the first two, higher levels of consciousness and paranormal phenomena, will not surprise dowsers, since dowsing has long been listed as a psychic ability. For those of us who don't like characterizing it as such, the "higher levels of consciousness" rings a bell. We believe dowsing is a natural human skill that anyone can master, but as a skill, it requires practice and proper technique to reach this higher level of consciousness. In our book, Dowsing: Practical Enlightenment, we make a strong case for dowsing as a way to raise one's level of consciousness and live a more enlightened lifestyle, but that result only comes through mastery of dowsing. Just dowsing now and then does not yield the results. But even when 'mastered'--that term is yet to be defined clearly--does the dowsing state always look alike in terms of brain wave patterns? The answer Ed Stillman got was 'no.' There were consistent differences between dowsers who used tools, eyes opened, and subjects who dowsed devicelessly, eyes shut. As noted in the previous chapter, it's a shame that Stillman changed two variables during the test--eyes open/shut; use of tool/no tool--as that means it's impossible to say for sure which variable was responsible for the difference in results. He speculated that maybe all dowsers should not look at their tools, should close their eyes while dowsing, as the brain wave patterns of the deviceless dowsers was coherent across a broader frequency than those using a tool. For many years, we have advocated teaching dowsers deviceless dowsing first and foremost, because it is our belief that starting with a tool has many detrimental side effects, diminishing effectiveness. We can now add this observation to those. We dowse almost exclusively without tools, and we believe it is the more natural and accurate way to dowse. A tool is very helpful in certain situations, and we are not saying tools should never be employed, just that one should use deviceless dowsing unless there is a compelling reason to use a tool. A masterful dowser can no doubt get accurate answers with a tool, eyes wide open. But it now appears that the dowsing state of that dowser is measurably different from that of a dowser dowsing without tools, eyes shut, and the broader coherence across frequencies obtained by the deviceless dowser should encourage you to put your tool aside and master deviceless dowsing. Our interpretation for the observed differences in brain waves is that it's the lack of tool that matters. We encourage students to soft focus when dowsing devicelessly, which means not looking at anything. That, in our opinion, should give similar results to closing the eyes. The visual focus on the tool diminishes the brain coherence during the dowsing state, which is restored if one dowses devicelessly, no focus on external objects, but looking within. Increasing theta and delta waves has been shown to enhance intuition. This may explain a perception that dowsers have as they master dowsing. Often, they find that their intuition in general improves. They are able to get 'gut feelings' more easily. By learning to dowse well, being able to get in a dowsing state and practicing dowsing often, you will increase your delta and theta frequencies in the brain and most probably, notice improvement in your intuitive abilities. Most research suggests that if you can become consciously aware in the delta brainwave state, you will have a nearly perfect sense of intuition This may explain why we have found that as we became accomplished dowsers, we often did not have to dowse about something in order to know the answer. If you're interested in learning more about different brain waves and what they mean, we recommend you read Understanding Your Brain Waves by Dr. Jeffrey Fannin. The white paper may be obtained for free on the internet.