Editorial Review:
Dr. Hardt's Alpha Training has given me more awareness and ability to increase these benefits for my clients and in my own life as well ...
-James Arthur Ray, Speaker, Author, Harmonic Wealth If you're at all serious about your emotional and spiritual growth, this is going to absolutely blow your mind.
-Bill Harris, Founder, Centerpointe & Holosynch(tm) technology There's a leap in me
And I must let go
To fall freely into the hands
Of life - To touch the core
Of my being- to be in the flow...
-Excerpt from poem written by Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith Inspired by Alpha Training at Biocybernaut Institute Reprinted with permission. From the Introduction: How would you like to access all of your brain s innate capacity to learn, invent, create and solve problems? Would it improve your life if you could think more clearly, access your intuition, reduce stress and anxiety, and prevent your brain from aging? We ve all heard that we use only a tiny percentage of our brain s natural capacity. If you've ever wondered why, The Art of Smart Thinking will provide some answers and solutions. Every experience you have is the result of certain brain waves. Unfortunately, most of us are only accessing two of our four brain waves, and the two left out, Alpha and Theta, are actually the most important for exceptional creativity and intelligence! . You can learn to produce these two types of brain waves on command, which will allow you to: - Restore your youthful brain wave patterns
- Enhance your creativity, empathy and problem-solving ability
- Improve your personal relationships
- Reduce your feelings of stress, anxiety, anger and depression
- Enhance your special skills and abilities
- Achieve physical and mental peak performance states The Zone
- Improve your mental clarity and memory
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Customer Reviews
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Gives a mis-guided view of the field  2008-08-03
As a practicing Neurofeedback therapist I was intrigued by this book. It gives an interesting slant on a therapy which is currently primarily used for psychological ills such as ADD, Depression, PTSD and so on.
Hardt has some insights in to the spiritual aspects of brain-waves and he is certainly one of the pioneers in the study of how different brain waves are related to different "spiritual" states.
But other reviews which judge the book to be a barely disguised advert for his Biocybernaut Center, are pretty fair.
The book is biased towards a conculsion which suggests we do all need to spend $15,000 for the level one course at his clinic.
In reality, the Alpha and Alpha-Theta waves which are especially important to his work, are being worked with by neuro-feedback therapists like myself, all over the world. And for a tiny fraction of the cost. I charge $100 per hour and that is typical for a qualifed therapist working with a large amount of highly sophisticated neurofeedback equipment.
What is more, it is possible to learn to induce these brain waves oneself using certian techniques. But, neurofeedback is the optimal route and has scientifically proven record with many disorders, not least those needing more alpha - such as anxiety, post traumatic stress, subtypes of ADD and many more.
If you are intrigued by the ideas in this work then I would highly recommend the following as more honest, user-friendly and fact based introductions to the field of brain-wave altering procedures using the EEG as feedback:
1) Google "Neurofeedback and Alpha" - you'll find lots of interesting links
2) A great book about Alpha states and techniques to increase them is Les Fehmi's Open-Focus. Les Fehmi was the true research leader in this field.
3) A good introduction to brian wave work in general and the history of neurofeedback is A Symphony in The Brain by Tim Robbins
4) A classic on spiritual growth, consciousness and EEG brainwaves, are the books by Anna Wise. Anna is a pioneer in the field - amongst the very first in the field in the 60s and 70s to start researching what was really going on in the mind's of meditators.
5) Finally, you might even consider buying a decent neurofeedback machine yourself. They start at around $800 and four day intro courses to the subject are abundant and around a further $1000. For less than a seventh of the cost of Hardt's introduction week, you would have your own system. A life-time's exploration at your fingertips.
In short, I would probably recommend reading the above books rather than this Hardt book, and, above all, doing your research and not assuming that this rather vain work is the only way to reach EEG nirvana.
Have a wonderful journey. Brain-wave entrainment (in all its forms) and consciousness transformation is a very exciting and real field. Enjoy it. Claim it for yourself - but don't be fooled by this book that it costs $15,000 or anywhere near.
The Art of Smart Thinking  2008-06-30
Although this book could benefit from some skillful editing, the information is exciting and valuable. The author has a passion for the field of biofeedback, and his credentials are solid. What he has learned about biofeedback from the brain is nothing less than astonishing.
Extremely Insightful 2008-05-05
I had seen a number of reviews before I bought this book saying it is a brochure for the training offered by Dr Hardt. I , likewise don't have the money laying around to take them. I bought the book anyway in the hope that I would learn some things I wouldn't find elsewhere. I was not disappointed. This book contains extremely valuable insights from Dr. Hardt's research and insights. This is groundbreaking research that is capable of changing the world. The thing I understand that people have been unhappy about is that with all these benefits of being in an alpha state it doesn't tell someone how to do it , and recommends the training sessions. This would be nice for those of us for whom money is no object. For the rest of us I would recommend learning to quiet your mind through meditation techniques , of which there are many . The Yogis and Hindus Dr Hardt has studied as examples of those proficient in putting themselves into alpha states learned through meditation and so can you . There are many different teachers and books and CDs for that purpose available. This book is still extremely interesting and insightful for me.
save your money  2008-04-26
Bill Harris is a master marketer who lured me into Dr. Hardt's Biocybernaut program with his glowing personal testimonial of its benefits. I learned only later he only "test drove" it for a day or so. Dr. Hardt's center was nothing I expected it to be for $15K, but rather had a "back room" warehouse feel with what appeared to be cobbled together monitoring equipment and training rooms. It reminded me of Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory. The training is grueling, numbing, and obviously brainscrambling and Dr. Hardt's follow up group sessions were, in my opinion of questionable effectiveness. Producing alpha is great in theory,but in and of itself is not the "holy grail" to happiness as suggested in the book and the program. While, I did experience some beneficial awareness and experience of both enhancing and suppressing alpha in the chamber sessions, the program is essentially group therapy with electrodes. A very expensive indulgence in my opinion, without any particular long term benefit.
Something needed, Something that can help  2008-04-26
I'm excited to find there really is a method to constantly teaching and retraining the brain. In the US, our analytical skills have deteriorated to such a level, we now fail to realize we are suppose to have any. We count on others, whether it be celebrities, TV shows, etc. to tell us what to think. It means a lot to know we do not have to continue this path. This book tells one how to really learn to think for oneself, fell confident in the choices and comfortable in accepting the responsibility for those choices.
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