Binaural Brain Waves - the digital drug

March 12th, 2008   Filed Under Spirituals, Technology, gyan  

I know this is not the place where I should publish my non-technical gyan. But this is a bit technical too.

Day before yesterday, I was reading through a column in my local newspaper and I came across a phrase called “Digital Drugs”. I immediately googled it, and found an altogether different context of digital drugs - The Binaural Brainwave Beats.

The theory revolves around the theory of EEG(Electroencephalography).
EEG is used to measure brain’s electrical vibrations from the surface of your head. It contains frequency patterns below 30Hz.

They are categorized into four states:

State Frequency range State of mind
Delta 0.5Hz - 4Hz Deep sleep
Theta 4Hz - 8Hz Drowsiness (also first stage of sleep)
Alpha 8Hz - 14Hz Relaxed but alert
Beta 14Hz - 30Hz Highly alert and focused

All of the frequencies are almost present in all of the mind states listed above. But the dominant frequency is considered to be the actual state of mind.

Commanding your Brain to enter in a desired state:
If you are found to be in Highly alert and focused state(14Hz - 30Hz or Beta state), it is possible to bring you down to the Alpha state by applying a 10Hz frequency as an external stimulus. The effect will relax you.

So how does the stimulus work is the next question came to my mind.
For example if you need to have a stimulus of some frequency for your brain, you need to be fed by that frequency, and it can be absorb by your mind from different sources. Ear is one of the very easily available source and directly does the work. To feed the frequency they use binaural beats technique. This technique feeds two different frequencies from both the channels in a stereo headphone, and does the following to generate a 10Hz stimulus:

Send a 500Hz tone from right channel and send a 510Hz tone from the left channel. The difference is what affects your brain state.

When I read about this, I was just thinking that it is some fooling around business. But actually after using it I felt the difference. I got a deep sound sleep and woke fresh in the morning by using it for 30 minutes in the night.

Although today is my 3rd day, but I can feel the difference.

For this there is a software called BrainWave Generator which can be downloaded from http://www.bwgen.com/download.htm and can be used for the following purposes:

  1. Increasing Concentration
  2. Meditation
  3. Relaxation
  4. Self-hypnosis
  5. Insomnia
  6. Increasing Creativity

Infact, in the Hindu Vedic Theories there is a theory of “Naad” - the sound waves. In the “Saam Veda” it was believed that each and every Naad generated in this universe has some or the other effect on the human mind.

And hence, “Saam Veda” teaches the performing art including chanting, music, songs and dance for the application of theory. The Indic Classical Music(Hindustani and Carnatic style) are the extension to the threads of “Saam Veda”.

Some of you might have also heard about the music therapy in India, where different types of percussions and sounds are generated to have effect on the brain and hence achieve a desired state of mind.

The theory also says that by controlling the state of the mind, we can have control over all kinds of mental illness.

Insomnia, Lack of concentration etc is nothing but the illness of our minds.

So, let yourself give a try to this.

Also in some of the forums, I read that some people felt uneasy after taking the dosage of the therapy. It may be correct. So if you try and feel that its not your cup of tea, then immediately stop using the therapy. Some people are too sensitive to sustain the change in mental state.

But for an exiting experiment you can give it a try.

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