“Meditation is a skill that not everyone can achieve – the ability to block out the world around you and relax, letting everything go.
“The makers of the Lucia No.3 light say it acts like something of a fast-track for people wanting to reach that kind of state.
“A pulsing, whirring light – aimed at a person’s face, with closed eyes – leads to the person seeing a whirring array of colours and shapes.
“Vice magazine described the experience as “a bit like doing drugs, but without the comedown and achy jaw”.
“The light sells for around $25,000 (£16,000), making it unattainable for most people – and so the firm typically sells the machine to holistic therapy businesses.
“The light – developed by Dr Dirk Proeckl and Dr Engelbert Winkler – is paired up with a computer programme which generates the light sequence, and pairs it with music.”
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