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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Your thoughts create your reality. How many times have you heard that? Today, more and more people are becoming aware of things like law of attraction and the power of the mind to manifest physical reality. And more and more people are also exploring their own manifesting ability. Yet not everybody gets the results they desire.
One reason for this is that successful, consistent manifestation requires that you keep your mind focused on what it is you actually want, rather than what you don’t want. And this mental focus can be challenging for many, as most of us have minds that are all over the place, hopping randomly from thought to thought and resisting any serious attempt at prolonged focus.
In an effort to better learn to keep their thoughts and focus under control, a lot of people are turning to meditation, particularly brainwave entrainment meditation. This involves listening to the sounds of specific frequencies, which have been demonstrated to help the brain to relax deeply. In this state, conscious thought slows down, and the kind of one-pointed focus that’s so powerful for manifestation becomes much easier.
While binaural beats are the most widely used type brainwave entrainment, isochronic tones are becoming increasingly popular. Let’s take a look at some of the pros and cons of using isochronic recordings for manifestation.
Advantages of Isochronic Tones
Firstly, isochronic tones have been found by many people to be the most powerful sound-based brainwave entrainment method. Compared to binaural beats and monaural beats of similar frequencies, isochronic seem to entrain the brain more quickly and deeply. This is probably because isochronic beats are more clearly separated, thus making it easier for the brain to follow along.
Secondly, unlike binaural beats, isochronic tones don’t require the use of headphones. This makes them great for anybody who has issues with using headphones for whatever reason, and more convenient too, as you can use them even if you don’t have headphones handy.
Another advantage of isochronic tones for manifestation is that they can make manifesting much easier than using traditional techniques. Isochronic tones can be very specifically targeted, making it relatively easy to achieve a very highly focused brain state that’s conducive to manifesting. They work because when the brain is highly relaxed, the subconscious mind is much more receptive to the suggestions and imagery you’re implanting in it. And when you change your subconscious beliefs and expectations, your physical reality will change to match it.
However, isochronic tones aren’t perfect.
Disadvantages of Isochronic Tones
For one thing, isochronic tones are a relatively new technology compared to binaural beats. As such they aren’t as widely available, so there’s not as much of a choice of isochronic manifestation recordings available.
Isochronic tones also have a distinctive sound, and unlike binaural beats they must remain audible in order to be effective. This means that they can’t be completely mastered by music, pink noise or other sounds. This isn’t necessarily a problem, but if you’re one of the people who found the sound of raw isochronic beats unpleasant, then isochronic meditation might not be for you.
Like other forms of brainwave entrainment, isochronic tones shouldn’t be used by people who are prone to seizures, and anybody who has health issues is advised to check with their doctor before using isochronics. If you do have health problems which make use of brainwave entrainment inadvisable, it’s best to stick with traditional methods.
On the whole however, I think isochronic tones are very powerful aid for almost anybody who wants to manifest their life exactly they want it. They help you to bring your thoughts under control in a very focused way, which is an invaluable skill to have if you want to create your reality from the inside out.
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.