The mechanism behind the design of these digital stress relievers is the science of binaural beats.

What are binaural beats?

Experiments in audio stimulation and reaction have determined that when two different sounds of similar frequencies are sent one to each ear, the brain initiates a process called entrainment.

Entrainment is a phenomenon that occurs when the brain automatically adjusts itself to the two different frequencies being piped in, and essentially filters out the difference between the two frequencies to create a new differential frequency or “beat”.

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Almost everybody knows that the FDA The Food and Drug Government Agency was originally set up to protect we poor consumers from bad food and drugs. Most everybody still believes that they do that, but they’re wrong! Did you know that 80% of the employees of the FDA work only on approval of new drugs, and less than 20% work on enforcement?

This makes it very plain that the FDAs primary purpose is to approve new and all too dangerous drugs. Not much else matters unless several people die from these drugs. Just ignore the many side effects, which should be a clue to future problems. Did you know that way too many of the persons on the board that approves new drugs have vested interests stocks, friends, boards of directors, grants, etc of the very drug companies they are supposedly protecting US from?

Recently, a study printed in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. showed clearly that there are distinct conflicts of interest in over 30% of all drugs approved, but less than 1% recused themselves from such approval meetings, as they are legally and morally required to do. In a recent case 10 of the 32 FDA drug advisers on the board that originally approved the controversial painkillers Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx had financial ties to the industry. Thats a powerful set of voters to influence that board. There are way too many persons on that board that are consultants to drug companies; on the board of directors of drug companies; have grants from drug companies, etc. For more facts and info on this see: http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2184

Did you know that the FDA is partially funded by the drug companies? I .was very surprised to learn that under the 1992 Prescription Drug User Fee Act drug companies were allowed to actually fund the FDA! The so-called Government Agency that is supposed to protect us from bad food and drugs is paid for by the very companies they are supposed to regulate. Even in the Roman Empire, the phrase Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? was well known – who watches the watchers? A conflict of interest! You bet!

Much more via A Few Truths About The FDA.

Beta waves between 13-40 HZ are associated with peak concentration, heightened alertness and visual acuity.·

Alpha waves between 7-12 HZ are associated with deep relaxation and are considered the gateway to our creativity·

Theta waves between 4-7 HZ are associated with the twilight state that we experience fleetingly as we drift off to sleep and are strongly linked with creativity and intuition.·

Delta waves between 0-4 HZ. are associated with deep sleep.As we slow the brainwave patterns from beta to alpha to theta to delta, there is a corresponding increase in balance or synchronization between the two hemispheres of the brain. Scientists have noted that these slower brainwave patterns are accompanied by deep tranquillity, flashes of creative insight, euphoria, intensely focused attention, and enhanced learning abilities.

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Binaural beats are an interesting tool: they directly affect your brainwaves and they can alter your mood, behavior and even your consciousness. This is accomplished by inducing brainwave patterns through the use of stereo sound.

Binaural beats are the byproduct of how your brain perceives the nuances of stereo phasing: slightly different tones are played into each ear and your brain perceives the difference of the tones as a beat frequency. Clearly, the stereo directionality of the binaural beat carrier frequencies is important.

Let’s say that we play a 220 Hz carrier tone into the left ear and a 226.5 Hz carrier tone into the right ear. While processing the audio stimulus, the superior olivary nucleus portion of each hemisphere of the brain will also perceive a 6.5 Hz beat frequency, a frequency associated with the frontal midline theta rhythm.

Obviously, headphones make easy work of the stereo requirements of the binaural beat carrier frequencies. The left channel is fed directly into the left ear, the right channel is fed directly into the right ear, and your brain does the rest of the work. (It is perhaps worth mentioning that it is possible to effectively listen to binaural beats on speakers, but to get the best results, great care should be taken in the positioning of the speakers relative to your head.)

Binaural beats, headphones and earbuds | Higher-Music.com.

It was at about this time last year, I felt a twinge in the base of my neck, piercing enough to shatter an eyebrow, and concerning enough to leave the imprint of numbness in the back of my skull. Through obvious concern from the lingering effects which lasted several weeks and melted swelling effects from eardrum to eardrum, I visited a medical practitioner. The sage wisdom and dime-store advice the good practitioner provided did nothing to ease the painful swelling – but it did bring new perspective into how delicate my cranial fluid columns were susceptible to disrupting effects – the wavelengths of my brain were ‘out-of-whack’ – so to speak…

As I mentioned, the pain subsided shortly thereafter, and with a scar of a lost patch of hair as a reminder, I could feel the bouncing waves of stress-free matter beaming back and forth within the confines of synaptic caverns, peaking signal after signal in free, unabated form – my headache had gone away. In my retrospected viewpoint, I attributed the signal fade of free formed brainwaves to stress – the concentrated process of focusing one aspect and area of the brain for long durations of time – stress seemed to infiltrate my guards of protection and penetrated my concentration into one singular point of entity – I had been stressed about my job…

If it hadn’t been for a couple month hiatus from employment, a renewed sense of purpose and a better understanding of money making endeavours, I’m sure a relapsing synaptic effect would have sure knocked on my cranial column by now… Anyways, the purpose of the point I plan to propose is one of obviousness – that our brains and minds are a fragile conglomeration of matter, and if ethereal matters such as one’s employment could cause concern for chaotic shutdown, what could real matters such as wireless wavelengths bring to the concentrated pools of spinal fluid traps and triggers of the mind?

MORE – via Carbon Copied: Wireless Wavelengths.

by Feel Good

Are you finding it difficult to meditate? Have you given up because you can’t reach the meditation frequencies and stay there for some period of time? Meditation can be hard for some people and brainwave entrainment can assist you achieve that state in a matter of minutes or days – not weeks or months.

We often get to a lower brainwave state state without our being aware of it. Watching TV shows can bring you to an alpha state level and everything you hear and see acts as a suggestion to your subconscious mind which can be unhealthy depending on the show. Idling or daydreaming can also bring you to that lower brainwave state. The mental chatter however is not controlled and it is the object of meditation to subdue the mental chatter and allow the signals from the infinite storehouse of knowledge and creativity that our subconscious holds to surface to our conscious awareness.

Attaining meditation can be done by examining the parts of your body one by one. Starting with your head, notice if there are any tension in the muscles. If there are, consciously relax those muscles. Move down to your forehead, nose, cheeks and all the rest of your body till you reach your toes. By then you should have reached a meditative state.

Vocalizing a simple sound can bring you to a meditation level like the famous ‘OM’. take in breath and while you exhale you say the word ‘OM’ and feel it vibrate in your vocal cords. Repeat this till you get to the meditative state.

Whatever technique you use, it requires practice and you may not succeed in the first few sessions. The mental chatter is so domineering to the untrained mind that lowering its dominion can prove to be a hard|difficult task. Negative thoughts such as fear can occupy most of your brain chatter and it is very unhealthy and can prevent you from reaching the meditative state.

Brainwave entrainment can hasten the time in which you can reach the meditative state. A sound is produced which is designed to entrain your brain to generate a lower brainwave frequency. A popular brainwave entrainment technology is binaural beats which requires headphones to accomplish the task.

Binaural beats, monaural and isochronic tones can provide you with brainwave entrainment. The use of headphones is advised to make the tones standout from the external noise which could disrupt the entrainment process.

Among the three technologies, isochronic tones seems to be the more effective. You can reach the alpha level quicker but the tone may not be appealing to some people. All you will hear is a toot toot toot sound similar to a helicopter.

Only several minutes are required to reach the meditative state when listening to brainwave entrainment software. However, there are some persons who requires more than one session to experience the meditative state. Once experienced, the subsequent sessions will be easier to achieve.

If you want to relieve yourself of the effects of stress on your body or to be more creative in your work by enhancing your focus and attention, then meditation can help you that. With the aid of brainwave entrainment tones, you can achieve a better and faster experience with meditation.

via Meditation with the Help of Brainwave Entrainment.

It is my desire to ensure this article leaves you with a better understanding of binaural beats and how you can use them in your life.

The power of binaural beats technology is about to be explaned.

Binaural beats are just tones which are generated to have a specific frequency and when listened to they can entrain your brain. Brain entrainment is just a fancy term used to describe what happens when a technology, such as binaural beats, is used to alter your brainwaves. Having the ability to change your brainwaves is enormously beneficial. With the right binaural beats you can produce a sense of deep relaxation, heightened creativity or even alert focus. As well as many other states that are available you can also create a feeling of euphoria and even expereience added health benefits.

Binaural beats were first discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1839. Dove learned that by taking two tones, that only differed by a small frequency, and playing one into the left ear and the other into the right ear, a beat effect was produced in the brain – even though no auditory beat actually existed. The beat had a frequency equal to the difference between the two tones. An example would be if one binaural tone has a frequency of 2000 hertz and the other binaural tone has a frequency of 2010 herts then the binuaral beat that the brain hears would have a frequency of 10 hertz which is the mathematical difference between the 2 tones. The beat itself does not really exist. It is merely the brain’s perception of what it is hearing that causes these binaural beats. They do not exist independently of the brain. A simile would be when you hear a word when the wind blows or see a shape in a cloud. Nothing is really happening but your brain tries to put meaning to what it is hearing and seeing!

Although this was a great discovery it wasn’t until 1973, when Gerald Oster’s article “Auditory Beats in the Brain” was published by Scientific American, that the enormous benefits of using binaural beat technology became apparent. It was found that when these binaural tones are played the brainwaves of the listener will follow the frequency of the beat that is produced.  It is now known that certain frequencies are conductive to different internal experiences. If your brainwaves are between 8 – 12 hertz, for example, you are said to be in the Alpha state. The ability to entrain the brain into different states is highly beneficial. Let’s take a quick look at the common brainwave states and their associated physical states to get some idea of what I mean.

1. Beta – you are in the beta state when you are engaged in thinking activities, anxious or stressed.

2. Alpha – this is the state of relaxed focus. You would be in an alpha state if you were watching a movie or daydreaming, recalling memories.

3. Theta – this is the state of sleep, very deep relaxation or most forms of meditation.

4. Delta – this is the state of very deep sleep where the body repairs itself and the immune system is strong.

Each of these states has corresponding benefits. Entering the Beta brainwave state heightens alterness and focus. If you wanted to relax, learn new information or reprogram your beliefs then the Alpha state would be the most appropriate. Let’s say you desired a change in the way you viewed memories. Perhaps they have strong negative emotional ties with them. You could use the Theta brainwave state to release the emotions connected to the memories. If you need to accelerate your healing, strengthen your immune system or undertake some powerful self improvement work then the Delta state would prove highly beneficial.

Here are the frequencies associated with the brainwave states mentioned above:

1. Beta – 13 – 25 Hz.
2. Alpha – 8 – 12 Hz.
3. Theta – 4 – 7 Hz.
4. Delta – 1 – 3 Hz.

Many people wonder why they can’t just listen to the desired frequency without the need for two separate tones. This cannot be done as we can only hear sounds that are between 20 and 20000 hertz.  Therefore frequencies that fall in the range of the desirable states, that we wish to create, would just not be heard if they were played as one track. As the tones used in binaural beats recordings create a beat that doesn’t really exist, this problem is avoided. In addition, the binaural tones, that cause the beat, have the added advantage of increasing communication between the two cerebral parts of the brain.

Michael McGrath

Here’s his well written summary of a recent study:

Study author Ulman Lindenberger of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and his co-investigators looked at electrical activity in the brains of eight pairs of guitarists. They monitored patterns of brain waves as the musicians played a short jazz-fusion melody together up to 60 times, and published their findings in the journal BMC Neuroscience.

The study reported that the frontal and central regions of the guitarists’ brains synchronized to a high degree. But, more surprisingly, the temporal and parietal regions also showed significant synchronization in more than half of the pairs. These regions may be involved in simply enjoying the music, researchers suggested.

via Music Therapy: Brain Wave Entrainment.

by Conrad Blomberg

Over time there have been many Philosophers and Thinkers (including the ancients) who have puzzled over what the mind is and how it works for humans. This self-same investigation is going on today. Modern science has assisted greatly.

The idea of the “split mind” is a modern theory which seems to make sense. In essence this theory posits that one side of our brain (mind) is more suited to one set of situations or ideas, and the other side has other capabilities.

Therefore, there is often talk about “thinking with the right side of the brain.” This means that the thinker is in contact with the brain’s right side — the place where thinking takes place. Well, good enough, but what about the left side of the brain?

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This is one of my favorite types of self improvement CDs. They are meant to make meditation easy, and they sure do that. Using “binaural beats,” they slow your brainwaves and relax you. All you have to do is put on your headphones and listen. Beats embedded in the background music (or rain, waves, or other sounds) slow your brainwaves into an alpha state or deeper (beta brainwaves, at 14 hertz or above, are the usual in a wide awake state).

They claim to raise your threshold for stress with regular use, and many people say they do just that. They may also help you increase your self awareness. I certainly find them to be a pleasant experience. They clear my mind and take away stress quickly. I also use them to put me to sleep when I need a “power nap.” There is no question that they powerfully affect your brain, and I have experienced and heard of only positive results.

via The Coach and Ideas For You: Five Kinds of Self Improvement CDs.

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Miller: A lot o’ people don’t realize what’s really goin’ on. They view life as a bunch o’ unconnected incidents an’ things. They don’t realize that there’s this, like, lattice o’ coincidence that lays on top o’ everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: Suppose you’re thinkin’ about a plate o’ shrimp. Suddenly somebody’ll say, like, “plate,” or “shrimp,” or “plate o’ shrimp” out of the blue. No explanation. No point in lookin’ for one, either. It’s all part of a cosmic unconciousness.

Otto: You eat a lot of acid, Miller, back in the hippie days? -Repo Man

The other night I was having a “Where are they now?” attack: an uncontrollable urge to find out what’s become of old friends, ex-girlfriends, etc. My orgy of nostalgia culminated in the early hours of morning, when I decided to do a Google search for a long-lost buddy of mine that everyone used to call Chet. Our reasons for calling him Chet were complex—suffice to say that they involved a character from a Cheetos commercial by the name of Chester Cheetah, and that everyone but Chet thought the nickname was just super. I found a band on MySpace called Gathering Moss whose singer had Chet’s name, and there was someone on Facebook who looked like he might be the guy, but I couldn’t be sure either of these people was the Chet I was looking for. I went to bed, figuring, “Maybe some other time.”

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First of all, I’m sure you’re curious right off the bat to hear what binaural beats sound like, so let’s take a listen:

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Binaural beats were first discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1839. Dove used 2 tones which were different only in frequency and only by a small amount. He then played one of these tones into one ear and the other tone into the other ear. This, he found, created a beat effect in the brain of the listener even though no beat actually existed. The brain perceived the beat when it mixed the 2 sound together. The beat had a frequency equal to the difference between the two tones.

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You can think about brainwave meditation as an optimized form of meditation, since it basically combines the old, traditional meditation techniques and exercise with the advanced technology, a technology that allows you to discipline your mind more efficiently

What Does Brainwave Meditation Stand for?

Brainwave meditation is based on the binaural beats these beats are sent to the brain, under the form of audio signals or stimuli with a certain frequency Therefore, brainwave meditation is often associated with a genuine massage for the brain What is the purpose of this massage?

Basically, brainwave meditation CDs help to induce a state of calmness and peace, a state that helps you relax and meditate in an optimum manner The main role of the brainwave meditation CD is to help the practitioners enter the desirable theta state and the surprising thing is that even the beginners who use brainwave technology can actually reach this state, without having experience in the meditation field Why is the theta state desirable?

via Are Brainwave Meditation Cds Really The Ultimate Meditation | True Visionary.

recently when i was surfing the net , suddenly i saw something that attracted me…it was I Doser…because of my curious of what it could be , so i click on it…and read some simple explaination and start to download it…it cost me 3GB++ hard disk space…and few day ago i have download finish…but i haven really tested it out(will test it when i am free)…here is some briefly explaination on I Doser:

I-Doser Labs is the leading producer of Binaural Brainwave CDs, MP3s, and computer-based Binaural Brainwave Doses. Using proven, scientific, and safe methods of synchronizing your brainwaves; a simulated state can be achieved through the use of our advanced audio CDs, MP3s, or the I-Doser Player Application for Personal Computers. Our Binaural process has been refined with years of research and development. With thousands of satisfied users, the I-Doser Labs CDs, MP3s, and Computer-Based Applications continue to lead the industry as the only safe and effective method to achieve a simulated mood or experience.

Brainwave synchronization (entrainment) may be achieved when audio signals are introduced to the brain causing a response directly related to the frequency of the signal introduced, called binaural beats. Two tones close in frequency generate a beat frequency at the difference of the frequencies, which is generally subsonic. For example, a 500 Hz tone and 510 Hz tone will produce a subsonic 10 Hz tone, roughly in the middle of the alpha range. The resulting

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1. Beta – you are in the beta state when you are engaged in thinking activities, anxious or stressed.

2. Alpha – this is the state of relaxed focus. You would be in an alpha state if you were watching a movie or daydreaming, recalling memories.

3. Theta – this is the state of sleep, very deep relaxation or most forms of meditation.

4. Delta – this is the state of very deep sleep where the body repairs itself and the immune system is strong.

Each of these states has corresponding benefits. Entering the Beta brainwave state heightens alterness and focus. If you wanted to relax, learn new information or reprogram your beliefs then the Alpha state would be the most appropriate. Let’s say you desired a change in the way you viewed memories. Perhaps they have strong negative emotional ties with them. You could use the Theta

via What are Binaural Beats? | Level Beyond.

Brainwave entrainment is the use of some external stimulus, usually different sounds that a person will hear with stereo headphones, to induce a certain level of brain wave activity. When a person’s brainwave activity is artificially altered by these means, it will subtly shift their awareness and perception.

Using binaural beats is a common and effective method of brainwave entrainment. In order for the binaural beats to be effective, a person must be using stereo headphones so that they can hear a different sound in each ear.

Most of the time, the binaural beats will be embedded underneath the layers of tracks on a song, usually soothing ambient music or soundscapes, so that the person listening can focus on the music and not on the frequencies they are hearing. If you either find or create effective binaural beat audios to listen to in stereo heaphones, the frequencies should blend perfectly into the background, and you should not be able to consciously notice them unless you really try to isolate them.

via Self Improvement And Motivation: Increase Creativity and Redce Stess Using Alpha Meditation.

Brainwave Entrainment is not new. in fact our ancestors used it in their dances and rituals. They used drums and other types of rhythmic instruments like rattles to create beats which would have a certain effect on those listening.

A very fast beat would whip people into a frenzy to prepare them for battle or any activity which required a lot of energy and enthusiasm. Other slower beats would calm people down almost to a dreamlike meditative state necessary for healing or to implant ideas into the subconscious minds of the listeners.

When we’re awake we are mainly in a state of beta,

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You can be this person too and the good news is, the technology is readily and widely available on the internet and offline as well, at a cost that is not prohibitive, and such methods of therapy are hardly restricted to time tables and lifestyles. In fact, it can be as easy as plugging in your digital music player and finding a quiet corner for about 20 to 30 minutes a day. It is that simple and once you and people around you realise that this is the new gift of the 21st century, only then will you be able to capitalize on life and jump over hurdles in life higher and higher.

via Change Your Mind For The Better With Brainwave Entrainment