Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.
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When Charles Darwin announced his theory of evolution in 1859 in
Origin of Species less than 1% of the world population believed as he did.
Religion explained it all in Genesis and it sufficed for individuals and
universities for the previous two centuries.

The term Survival of the Fittest was coined by British philosopher
Herbert Spencer who believed in division-of-labor in society and the
organism.

By the 21st Century 98% of college educated adults had rejected belief
in the creation of our world on the 23rd of October, 4004 B.C.

Archbishop James Ussher of Trinity College in Dublin doped out this date back in the middle of the 1600s and it became part of believing in the King James Version
of the Bible. When Darwin contradicted Ussher two hundred years later it was
a rejection of God’s Holy word. Not.

The Brain

Our 3 pound jellied coconut is an electro-chemical system. In Darwin’s time educated people freaked out thinking somehow they were related to monkeys.
Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle! is still an expression of amazement.

Our origin is not the split from chimpanzees but our bacterial and
viral ancestors. We hit prime-time when we evolved from cells to fish in the sea and all the creepy-crawly reptiles we find revolting.

Today homo sapiens is a mammal whose organs (heart, brain and cells) operate
on 8-10 watts of electricity and the Sodium-Potassium chemicals of Long-Term
Potentiation – (Google it up). Our closest structural relatives are your computer,
cell phone and refrigerator. We function and are structured electromagnetically and from your kid’s Xmas chemistry set. Are we really Cyborgs (cybernetic organisms) in disguise?

Hans Berger and his EEG Machine

Many scientists (Richard Hawkins) instinctively distrust biblical Tradition – Authority – Revelation because they offer no evidence to evaluate their reality. Not so fast – there are ancient traditions proven effective, authority that is honest and useful, and revelations from our intuition useful to solve mental, physical and scientific challenges.

Let us not throw out the bouncing baby with the dirty bath water. It is not Show me the Money – our Knowledge Economy says Show me the evidence and your proof.

In the U.S. with 300 hundred million population is it possible 3-5 folks have freaky talents, knowledge and skills to unlock the unsolvable?

In 1924 Dr. Hans Berger (remember McDonald’s Hamburger) was the first scientist
to record the electrical brainwaves in humans. He named them Alpha rhythms (8 to 12 cycles per second); Beta brainwave rhythms (13 to 30 cps Hertz – Hz); Delta rhythms 0.05 to 3 cps (Hz) and Theta brainwave rhythms (4 to 7 cps Hz).

He called his scientific instrument for measuring the electricity driving the neurons
in our brain an EEG (Electroencephalogram). It can show evidence of epilepsy,
Parkinson’s, brain tumors, inflammation and disease.

Today EEG is used to present feedback from various structures of our brain in order to learn to control behaviors produced by specific brainwave rhythms.
Neurofeedback is a recognize field of scientific research. It shows success in helping a patient take personal control in reducing anxiety, depression, ADD and chronic stress.

It is used to enhance getting into the Zone (Flow) for accelerated learning and memory.

Using Alpha Without EEG

We live in Beta consciousness 16 hours daily – it is alert activity with our left
hemisphere dominating our brain. Close your eyes and relax for one-minute
and your brainwaves morph into Alpha cycles per second (Hz), an altered
state of consciousness. It releases chronic stress through alert relaxation and
often leads to creative intuition.

Theta is a deeper form of Alpha consciousness associated with learning and
memory using more of our right hemisphere to offset our left-brain consciousness.

a) Close your eyes, feet flat on the floor, hands on top of your

knees.
b) Take three separate diaphragmatic breaths. Now mentally visualizing the numbers (breath) 3-3-3,
followed by (breath), 2-2-2 and (breath) 1-1-1.

c) Next, take one breath between mentally visualizing each of the following digits 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15.

d) Now you are now in Alpha and ready to mentally visualize
a page of unreadable text. Your job is to use the index finger of your dominant hand to underline the words of the sentences and move vertically down the page.

e) Simultaneously move your head left-to-right in rhythm to
your underlining hand motion. We know you cannot read the words of the sentences; it is the kinesthetic movements
diagonally (right-to-left) we want to program.

f) Mentally hear (subvocalization) in your mind’s ear the
phrase Speed Learning once each couple of seconds as
you move your hand diagonally down the text.

Sensory Multiplication

When you mentally hear the repetition of the words Speed Learning you are triggering your Auditory Cortex for learning and memory. Mentally visualizing
your index finger moving diagonally down the text you activate your Visual cortex.
Your volitional movement of the moving index finger uses your brain stem and basal ganglia and triggers your PreMotor cortex (Kinesthetic sense).

Using your three most powerful senses has a multiplier effect on synchronizing
your left and right brain for learning and long-term memory.

Whatever you do in Alpha and Theta is retained by your brain and placed in permanent retrievable memory. It is filtered and consolidated for future use during Delta sleep.

Using Alpha produces faster internalization of Speed Learning strategies. You will 3x your reading speed and add up to 40% to your attention and concentration skills.

Endwords

In the beginning you will want to discard this Alpha technique as irrelevant. It
is a cry from your mind to return to the Status-Quo and your old Comfort-Zone.
You are both your own teacher (autodidactic) and self-motivating so remember
that you rule! After five days of Alpha visualizing for Speed Learning effectiveness you create a new habit producing powerful results.

It is your choice to read-and-remember three books, articles and reports instead
of just one. You can decide to have the competitive-edge over your peers and maintain your place in the fast-lane throughout your career. The alternative is
returning to snailing and the old status-quo. Choose.

See ya,

copyright © 2006
H. Bernard Wechsler
Brainwave entrainment is a method to stimulate the brain into entering a specific state by using a pulsing sound, light, or electromagnetic field. The pulses elicit the brain’s ‘frequency following’ response, encouraging the brainwaves to align to the frequency of a given beat.

This ‘frequency following’ response of brainwave entrainment can be seen in action with those prone to epilepsy. If a strobe flashes at their seizure frequency, the brain will ‘entrain’ to the flashing light, resulting in a seizure.

On the positive side, this same mechanism is commonly used to induce many brainwave states; such as a trance, enhanced focus, relaxation, meditation or sleep induction. The brainwave entrainment effectively pushes the entire brain into a certain state.

Brainwave entrainment works for almost everyone. It is a great way to lead your mind into states that you might usually have difficulty reaching, allowing you to experience what those states feel like.

THE HYPE
There is a lot of marketing hype around brainwave entrainment. It is sold with promises of increasing IQ, promoting weight loss, ‘mind-tripping’, enhancing creativity, concentration, inducing spiritual states and more.

While these claims are not entirely true, they are not altogether false either. In practice, the claims are based on an overly-simplistic view of how the brain and the brainwaves function.
THE RUB
People are very seldom deficient in a certain brainwave type in all areas of their brain. Usually the distribution is much spottier, with an excess in one area and a deficiency in another.

We are all different, especially when it comes to the distribution of our brainwaves. Boosting a certain brainwave state may be beneficial for one person, and emotionally uncomfortable for another. Without knowing each person’s starting position, entrainment can be rather ‘hit and miss’.

If brainwave entrainment leaves you with unwanted side-effects (see below) or discomfort, you’re probably encouraging a range of brainwaves that are already excessive in some area of your brain. The way around this is to get a brain map to see what your brain’s strengths and weaknesses are, and see what (if any) brainwaves could use some encouragement.