When Swamiji was just sitting and his brain waves were recorded, Dr. Collins observed the following:🔗

• 1. Swamiji's brain was unusually quiet (especially the right side of his brain). Brain metabolism was 1/20th of normal people. This is significantly lesser that what he has seen even in very calm persons
  • o This implies there is an enormous conservation of energy.
• o Oxygen and other chemicals consumed by the brain to process information is greatly conserved.
• 2. The activity was a minimum; only the energy required to run vital body functions were being consumed.
• 3. The readings of brain activity and metabolism were at such low levels that Dr. Collins changed electrodes to more sensitive ones and even adjusted them a few times to make sure he was getting the readings. Despite the adjustments, the readings continued to show unusually low levels!
• 4. The left and right sides of his brain were working simultaneously. Strength of Alpha waves, which is generally high for people who are stressed, was significantly lower than normal.

Dr. Collins could not believe that Swamiji was in His normal state with this level of activity in the brain. He remarked, "There is no such thing as normal state for you!" Swamiji replied that he was right, because even during normal state Swamiji is really in Samadhi.

While Swamiji was meditating:

• 1. Higher frequency brain waves increased. This was found only in people who had meditated for 20 yrs or so.
• 2. Lower frequency waves decreased in strength. This was the reverse of what is normally observed in average persons, where lower frequency waves become more prominent during meditation.

The reason for this unusual reading is, as Swamiji pointed out, that when average persons meditate they concentrate, but Swamiji simply enters into awareness.