Though Binaural Beats Technology was known to man for over one-hundred-and-fifty years, it is only in the past one decade that it has exploded over the self-development scene as a New Age product. Despite the heavy marketing being done by SEO Gurus and internet marketing seers, it is surprising to come across posters in forums who have health-related complaints, who are on debilitating drugs, but still are blissfully unaware of this technology's existence and utility.
For the benefit of the newbie, Binaural beats are a sequence of sounds that are produced on the terra-firma of the brain when you put on a stereo-headphone, and the music you hear in both the ears is essentially the same, but one ear receives music at a pitch different from the other. The difference is very small, ranging usually from 1Hz to 50Hz. When the sound waves from the two ears reach the neurons, they begin to tap-dance at a frequency which is equal to this difference. Interestingly, these are frequencies that the brain likes! And naturally vibes with!
Your brain, you may be surprised
to know, generates electromagnetic waves that are similar to the ones emanating from a radio station. Only, these waves have a frequency which falls in the range of, yes - you guessed it, 1Hz to 50Hz. Depending on what you are thinking (and the operative word is "thinking"), and depending on your physiological state, your brain produces a particular frequency. So when you have woken up from bed, the brain has one set of dominant frequencies, when you are thinking hard at how to earn the next dollar, those neuron cells are generating a different set of frequencies. When a self-limiting thought crosses your mind, blip! A different pitch begins vibrating on the brainscape. When stressful thoughts well up, the scenario changes yet again. During the entire day, therefore, like a 24 by 7 radio station, your brain keeps dishing out a diverse variety of music, and continues to do so even when you are sleeping and dreaming. (The frequency bands are called Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta and Gamma, by the way.) In fact, the entire nervous system, and ergo, the entire body is affected by this divine music.
Binaural beats CDs capitalize on this observation and seek to create beats in the brain at just the appropriate pitch, so that the brain is "entrained" into a corresponding physiological state that is required for your body and mind to resolve any issues that you may have. When you pick up the CD which is right for you, what you get to hear is a soundtrack that plays to create binaural beats and entrain the brain. By consistently entraining the brain thus, I have discovered that not only certain biological problems, but psychological issues too have been resolved and let go. There is a rich literature on the internet on the research work being carried out in this domain.
Coming to the review of the BB CDs that I purchased, here are the relevant details:
Site purchased from: http://www.short10.com/?c=binbeats
Price: USD 29.95 each.
Delivery period: After purchasing it online, I got them in my mail on the sixth day.
Items received: One CD per item. I purchased the following CDs:
1. First Digital Drug
2. Headache Release
3. Total Relaxation.
The "First Digital Drug" was for a woman entering menopause (menses had stopped for the past two months), "Headache Release" was for a boy with persistent sinus problems, and "Total Relaxation" is for myself.
Here are my results:
1. The woman had a general feeling of euphoria immediately after the first session. Her mood swings, grouchiness, irritability stopped remarkably within the first week. Her daughter-in-law reported more peace and less heated arguments over petty matters in the household (they are a joint family).
2. The sinus boy's sinus and headaches began reducing in a week's time. He is now better able to respond to the medicines he has been prescribed.
3. I enjoy the total relaxation the CD lulls me into. And it is very soothing, at the end of a hectic day. I of course use the CD in combination with other self-development tools.
I have already placed orders for "Chakra Balancing" and "Einstein's Mind" - I now look forward to my son becoming a genius! :)
Here are some tips that I can pass on to those using these CDs:
1. Get good quality stereophonic headsets. Ordinary headsets didn't give me the desired results.
2. Keep the volume low.
3. Keep your eyes closed. I had trouble getting the menopause woman to keep her eyes closed while she was listening!
4. When the binaural beat is playing, focus on what it is that is being healed. Perhaps it is a relationship issue, perhaps it is success in life, perhaps it is relief from stress and anxiety, perhaps it is eliminating self-imposed limitations ... whatever. The main point is: focus on the issue positively, focus on the end-result, think that what you had started out to seek, is already there in your life. Remember, binaural beats are creating the right environment in your brainscape, and you have to use this environment to its fullest in order to achieve your desired goal.
5. Don't keep listening to the CD for hours together! That is not how it is meant to be! The brain has several other functions to perform, besides looking into your particular problem. So it is best to listen to the CD for one run everyday.
Binaural beats are fascinating: they are a drugless way to resolving issues in your life. You have to listen to the CDs to feel the difference, my mere words are inadequate. It is like trying to describe in words what "a sweet taste" means, to somebody who has never ever known what sweetness means in their life!
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08.12.2006 03:14
Great Review. Chris
01.12.2006 19:39
What a fascinating report - I am guessing that the phase difference between the stereo channls is meant to induce a kind of resonance at chosen frequencies. I'm aware of this in electronic circuits, and even free-space audio transmissions but my biology is poor so I can only imagine that the effect is similar. Interesting.
26.11.2006 11:50
Another great review on a fascinating subject. alley x