“Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
East of thought
West of idle mind
High on waves
“When our thoughts are stammering in our mind, and memorial failure dumbs down our passion for life, a deep dive in the brainwaves can be the lever that lifts our sense of self.” ―Erik Pevernagie
“We spend most of our conscious waking day with our attention on the external environment and functioning in Beta [brain wave state]. […]” —Joe Dispenza*
“[Fast Beta-wave states are the realm of the conscious mind]. [When your brain is in high Beta it] isn’t in creative mode [nor meditative, nor inspiration mode, nor receptive mode]; it’s fixated on survival. […]” ―Ibid
“Slow brain-wave states are the realm of the subconscious. [For example, slower] Alpha waves are created in the creative, imaginative state. […]” ―Ibid
“Your outer world is a reflection of your inner reality. […] Your thoughts have consequences so great that they create your reality.” ―Ibid
“When one holds a dream independent of the environment, that’s greatness.” ―Ibid
“Happiness comes from within. […] Once you change your internal state, you don’t need the external world to provide you with a reason to feel joy, gratitude, appreciation, or any other elevated emotion.” —Ibid
“Meditation Takes Us from Beta into Alpha and Theta Brain-Wave States. […]” —Ibid
“All someone has to do in order to be hypnotized or to hypnotize him- or herself is to move down from high- or mid-range Beta waves into a more relaxed Alpha or Theta state. Thus, meditation and self-hypnosis are similar.” —Ibid
“When you hold clear, focused thoughts about your purpose, accompanied by your passionate emotional engagement, you broadcast a stronger electromagnetic signal that pulls you toward a potential reality that matches what you want.” —Ibid
“True happiness has nothing to do with pleasure, because the reliance on feeling good from such intensely stimulating things [that come from the external environment] only moves us further from real joy [which exists internally, independently of the external environment].” —Ibid
“To be empowered—to be free, to be unlimited, to be creative, to be genius, to be divine—that is who you are…. Once you feel this way, memorize this feeling; remember this feeling. This is who you really are….” —Ibid
*The quotes in this post – mostly excerpts from Joe Dispenza’s Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One – come from goodreads.com. The series of picture poetry, High on Waves, comes from watching the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind, per Longfellow, and deep-diving brain waves to lift our sense of self, per the other quoted fellow. Any similarity to self-hypnosis is autosuggestion.
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GODSLAUGH.ME 
Some people say Ibid was a great thinker but it seems to me he mostly just rode the coat-tails of the whatever the previous quote was. Wonderful job, as always, CES
Thanks George. Btw, if Ibid is a great thinker, so is Anon, assuming Latin citations think alike.
Gorgeous art, guys 😍
Thank you! :))
Very interesting post (but I did miss your poetry). The images are gorgeous. A notion I found interesting was that meditation and self-hypnosis could be similar. I had never thought of that but as a long time meditator I can say that it has transformed me even if by autosuggestion.
meditate
hypnotize
into new waves of thinking
Thank you, LuAnne, for not missing anything else. 🙂