Call me loopy if you will, but I tend to experience sleep paralysis occasionally and found that stopping the "focus 10" tape half way and then going to bed increases the possibility of experiencing the paralysis
Now, that is mightily interesting. I've noticed too that the effects of 'focus 10' are very similar to sleep paralysis. How long is 'half-way' for you? I'm using one of the flavor of the reversed engineered 'focus 10' that comes with sbagen, for those which may have the same interest (just type 'sbagen focus-10-a.sbg' at the prompt).
Thanks for the info anyway, I'll put that to good use.
*I won't up any file to demonstrate the binaural illusion, we'll simply use sbagen for this:
sbagen -i 100+0.1/20
(remember, control-c stops the execution of sbagen)
This create a binaural beat which has a carrier of 100Hz and a beat of 0.1Hz. 20 is the volume. It is quite useless for anything else.
As Paolo pointed out, binaural beats in themselves don't really work. They are just a guide to help you attain some state of mind. Listen to some pure beat (sbagen -i 100+10/20) if you have difficulties entraining. Adjust the volume down so that you feel the sound moving, rather than hearing it. Quieter is very often the way to go, you'll notice that turning the volume down often amplify the effect.
Once you have it, you should close your eyes, relax, and focus on environmental sounds (this help magnify the binaural illusion). After a while, you should feel that the binaural beat is driving you towards a state of mind. Let go and accept that this external thing is controlling the 'gear' of your brain. Else, you're in for a headache.
@Wolfangel
Glad to see you're back!
Listening to repetitive sound loops which you can alter could be very hypnotic, I love it too! The basis of the efficacy and universality of music is probably the fact that it entrain our brain. A simple 4/4 rhythm played at a constant tempo is already a brain entrainment device after a few minutes. Am I alone in finding myself walking to the beat when I hear music in the street?
Here, we're talking about a different, although related, kind of brain entrainment. Binaural beats are way more direct than music, are quiet, and the frequency to which you are entrained can be changed rather quickly once your brain is 'in gear' to them. It does totally lack the emotions sounds loops can carry, obviously.
Talking about that, now that you got the hang of the 'slide' thing, you should try the 'drop'.
sbagen -m river1.ogg -p drop 01ds mix/99
This will drop the 'beat' from 10Hz to 2.5Hz over 30 minutes, while slightly dropping the carrier over the same amount of time. Try to remain conscious, but don't worry if you fall asleep, you'll awake very refreshed.
If you manage to entrain and remain conscious for about 15-20 minutes, you'll go through some very interesting states of mind, and possibly experience some kind of dream related stuff. Let go with the flow, as if you were gliding down a slide or going deep into the sea. Sometimes you will loose it, and sort of float up. Just let the binaural feeling help you gently lead you down again. This is invaluable practice for meditation and brain 'gear' control.
The beauty of all this is that it will train your brain, and give you some objective feedback which is lacking when meditating. When you're 'loosing' it, you will feel it while you are using binaural beats.
After a while you should be able to do the same thing naturally, without them. It has also the added benefit to somehow 'synchronize' the two brain hemispheres, making them work together. |
