Brain criticality and advanced meditation “cessation” events: An intensively sampled electroencephalography case study
IBRO Neuroscience Reports August 1, 2026 Remko Van Lutterveld, Thomas Cahaly, Lukas van Herk et al.
Advanced meditation includes meditative endpoints that are outcomes of meditation practice and occur with time and mastery of meditation. The “cessation” event (c.f. nirodha in Theravada Buddhism) is a meditative endpoint characterized by a loss of consciousness followed by a sense of mental reset and deep clarity. In general, organization of brain activity exists along a “criticality”...