Everything You Need To Know About Binaural Meditation

By Trevor Johnson

Binaural meditation is gaining a large following with spirituality, alternative medicine, and new age writers. This buzz ranges from the blogosphere to the world of magazine publishing. People in yoga, meditation, and tai chi circles are also spreading enthusiasm for the tool through word of mouth. The reason is the effectiveness of using binaural sounds to enhance and ease meditation.

During the 1830s, a researcher discovered the curious occurrence of binaural beats. He revealed that if certain sounds that were very close, but slightly different, were played that the human mind would interpret a rolling, repeating beat. He also found that these sounds had a dramatic effect on a person's state of mind. It was treated as a curiosity arousing only the interest of a select few until the late twentieth century when interest in the phenomena exploded.

One of the main uses found for binaural beats is in assisting meditation. They nudge the mind into particular states, based on the arrangement and speed of the beats.

The same factors that make binaural sounds ideal for meditation, also make them fantastic for lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is when a person is almost awake within a dream. They are fully aware of the dream and its nature as a dream. Lucid dreaming allows you to influence and even change your dreams.

The effects of binaural meditation are based on a natural responsiveness of the human brain. When exposed to a repeating, steady rhythmic pulsing of flashing light or auditory beats then the mind will match the pace of the pulses. Higher rates cause the mind to act faster, leading to a faster train of thought and correlating to high stress or intense thought. Lower frequencies will produce a more lethargic, relaxed state of mind. The latter speed is what produces the mindset of meditation and also correlates with various stages of sleep.

There is a large market of binaural products available to the consumer. You should carefully review all products before making a purchase, as the quality can vary quite a lot from product to product. Software should be offered from reputable companies offering a range of related software. Online software reviews should indicate good results. Recordings you purchase should come with a programmed pattern, not simply a single beat. The accompanying sounds should also be suitable to the purpose. Relaxation programs should be accompanied by relaxing audio. - 31856

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