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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While scientifically “clumsy” as this may sound, the mind is an untapped source of power that has been living in blissful ignorance to the rest of humanity – the very owners of this untapped power. Achieve success by harnessing the hidden power of the mind is not just a statement thrown together to make an interesting article; it is more of a push in the direction of personal development that we all need. We are operating on less than 50% of what the mind is capable of and in the sense of the many tests and obstacles that we experience in our existence, we are quite at a disadvantage. Learn faster and tackle more complex problems as the days go by.
Evolution through experience should be the name of the game when it comes to the mind and this is entirely possible with new technology that is emerging at a rapid pace. But where is this dampening field coming from? Well, this can be traced back to the developmental stages of when we were children and how the processes of critical thinking and rational thought were developed. As children, we thought in purely reactive terms and the subconscious mind was much more at play than when we were adults.
During this period, the brain develops certain talents, and in the case of the world’s human population, different people will peak in different areas. For example, this explains why some people are more talented in certain areas than others, some are better able to handle mathematical calculations, some are better at being creative and some even have a better threshold for concentration. These are not special personal talents; in fact, these are just the heightened capabilities of the mind that we are all capable of if we just put our mind to it – pun intended. The mind works in various stages of brainwave development, where the millions and billions of neurons in the cortical of the brain fire electromagnetic pulses that show up as frequency readings on sensitive equipment.
The correlation of the readings and ‘super’ states of the mind simply point to one thing. When we as children were developing our mental faculties, through our exposures and our learning, certain aspects of our brain were switched on to full power due to the influence of what psychologists called subliminal and subconscious learning. While in actuality, all of our brainpower should have been activated, we are not subject to the mental learning processes optimal for full development and usually, when the critical mental defences of our awareness are fully built, this is quite difficult to change.
The only way to reverse this is through advanced brainwave and induction technology like affirmation, biofeedback and brainwave entrainment. Through this breakthrough in modern science, we are able to change how our brain works through periods of progressive therapy easily done at home and get the brain that we always wanted. Thanks to brainwave technology, we can now achieve success by harnessing the hidden power of the mind.
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.