RADIANT Mind
What we call the I is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.
― Shunryu Suzuki (Japanese Zen master, 20th century)
RADIANT Mind
Breathing in general, and the control of the breath cycle, is considered critical in all meditative traditions, tradional and modern.
Just paying attention to this cycle alone can still the mind and purify thought. But for the first time, the technology behind
RADIANT mind allows even the novice meditator to precisely calibrate the elements of this cycle.
How does this work?
The three components of the cycle are shown above. RADIANT mind reads the EEG signal from the Muse™ EEG headband, and
from this signal it derives how well you are doing in one of three modes of your choosing: meditation, positivity, and enlightenment. It then continuously adjusts the length of these components
to maximize your performance in the chosen mode.
Think of this as meditation brought into the 21st century, with RADIANT mind as your personal guru guiding you to the optimized breath pattern, and associated ideal mental state.
RADIANT Mind Installation
Double-click on the RadiantMindInstaller.exe you downloaded with your purchase.
Click on the check box to add a shortuct to the desktop on the 2nd page of the installation.
Follow the instructions for installation until completion.
Running RADIANT Mind
Make sure you have paired your Muse to your computer with BlueMuse
(see the instructions below on installing and running BlueMuse).
Start the Radiant Mind app by clicking on the shortcut on your desktop.
[OPTIONAL] Go to the Preferences tab at the top of the window if you wish to run in a mode other than
Meditation, if you wish change the default sounds, or if you wish to change the length of the initial breath cycle
Hit the START button. After a brief countdown, your session will start.
Your task during the session is simple, to match the length of the components of the breath cycle (inhale, hold, and exhale) to the
animated circle; blue represents inhale, white inhale, and pink exhale on this circle.*
Radiant Mind will dynamically change the lengths of these components in order to achieve the goals
of the chosen mode.
Your progress will be shown in the charts to the right. Make sure you don't pay too much attention to
these while the session proceeds though, caring about an outcome will affect the quality of the meditation itself!
Open the downloaded folder and right-click on the file "InstallBlueMuse.ps1".
Choose the option to Run with PowerShell
If you have any trouble running this script in Power Shell,
you may to enable developer mode as described here.
Running BlueMuse
Make sure your Muse is powered on.
Start the BlueMuse program.
You should see your Muse model at the top of this window; otherwise turn your Muse on. If the battery
indicator is low, recharge your Muse.
Click anywhere at the top of this window.
Click on the Start Streaming button in this program.
The "Start Streaming" button should change to a "Stop Streaming" button. If not, hit the "Reset Muse"
button and try again.
* IMPORTANT: Usually you will have better results with your eyes closed, so follow the breath cycle
with the sounds, rather than the visual indication of the breath cycle.
