The brain generates tiny electrical pulses as thoughts travel through the brain. These occur in waves and can be measured by attaching sensitive electrodes to the scalp. Brain waves are usually expressed in the number of cycles per second and seem to occur in four main frequencies called beta, alpha, theta and delta.

Beta is the brain wave of your conscious mind. Used for thinking logically, figuring out complex problems, talking and doing something. Beta dominated thinkers concentrate on details.
Alpha is the brain wave pattern that occurs when we relaxed and daydreaming and imaging things. It is a state of relaxed alertness that makes taking in information easier, and allows the data sorting and filing processes to on much faster than beta, which is very much concerned with being aware of what is going on around us. The alpha state allows increased memory.

Theta is the brain wave pattern which occurs in states of deep meditation. It is the twilight zone of thinking and is associated with creativity, deep suggestibility and flashes of inspiration.

Delta is the brain wave pattern associate with deep dreamless sleep.
Our society is very beta oriented. We are trained in our schools to be logical. We rely on will power to achieve results. We are always busy thinking about the problems, and we don’t give ourselves the opportunity to use the solutions which can come when we access the other brain wave states.

Beta-type thinking was fine for a society organised around production of goods. It created workers who were very time oriented and detail oriented. Our schools are organised for beta thinkers with the emphasis on timetables and bell times, logical subjects like maths, science, computing and languages. The problem is that people who spend all their time operating at beta levels, become very stressed and lose their ability to be creative.

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