Binaural Beats and Meditation
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Binaural beats are unique sounds recorded in such a way that they re-adjust the brain wave frequencies listener automatically. Through a technological technique which has been named brain entrainment, binaural beats can alter the mental and physical condition of all who listen.
The analysis has shown that some brain waves and intense relaxation, ideal to learn and retain new information, while Delta Brainwave states promote relaxed sound asleep. Pending adjustment of binaural beats tapes, CDs and MP3 files, the only technique to create conscious change in your Brainwave patterns were in deep meditation. For thousands of years, this form of meditation has only been possible for practitioners of meditation with over 20 years experience as Zen Buddhist monks.
But by using binaural beats, it is now possible for any person to enter this kind of meditative states within minutes just by using good headphones and a specially recorded beforehand made binuaral beats shooting.
Although science is composed of brain entrainment is a bit complicated to explore the basic premise is easy to understand. Binaural beats were discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, when he was a Assosiate professor at the University of Berlin. Prof. Dove discovered that when 2-like sounds that differ only slightly in frequency are presented separately to the right and left ear (Binaural) they will cause a pulsation or beat type effect occurs in the brain.
That was in late-70th years, when Scientific American published research stati Dr. Gerald Oster called”Auditory Beats in the brain “. This document shows how to Prof. Dr. Oster Dove’s discovery research and found that the use of binaural beats brain processes directly to the audience to match the internal rhythm created binaural rhythms. When this happened the audience began brainwaves resonate with the same frequency as the binaural rhythms. Oster thus found that through this technology is able to alter brain wave frequencies and listeners bring intentional mental states.
To the normal person this would just be another scientific discovery that has lnothing to do with real life and our everyday routines were it not for the fact that everything you do in life has a corresponding brainwave pattern. Most times the effects you wish to create are affected bycorrespond to the state your brainwaves are in at that moment.
The things you do have a dominant frequency associated with each and every one. When you are in a state of deep relaxation when asleep your brain has a specific frequency associated with it with specific patterns such as Theta waves. When you a physical state where you are alert and intensly concentarting your brain is engaged in Beta or even Gamma frequency patterns.
When you enter a state of focused relaxation like enjoying TV, imagining or while under the influence of hypnosis, you are in the Alpha state. This is also the state experienced with most forms of meditation. However men and women with year of meditative experience, like Zen Buddhist Monks, can enter Theta and Delta states while staying extremely aware. These states, would normally take an entire life to achieve by pratcising meditation, can be prompted within minutes using binaural beats.
“This all sounds great”, you may say but how does it affect me? It is possible to induce meditative states at will using binaural beats? Is this relevant to you and me? In order to answer that question it is best to look at the benefits of meditation.
Some of the benefits of meditation include:
1. Deep relaxation.
2. More profound more restful and energizing sleep.
3. Higher levels of creativity.
4. A slower aging rate.
5. Releasing of past negative emotional turmoil.
6. Relief from Stress.
7. Heightened physical energy.
8. Heightened focus and concentration.
9. Better retention of learned information.
10. Faster recovery times after surgery.
This list represents a small sample of the benefits of meditation and this list is certainly not extensive.
The experiments were conducted in the binaural beats and its effects, shows that this technology allows to get results and can be successfully used by anyone. I have listed some resources that I have found for your interest.