a few brief remarks regarding audio visual entrainment
I have been using my own version/s of brain
wave stimulus by use of electronic vibrations
originating from a sound generator
and numerous filter since music synthesizers
first became portable during the 1980s
I have ALWAYS found it very effective for calming
and for chronic insomnia and severe PTSD
while doing work on "photic entrainment" I have always
thought that there are physical responses to the various vibrations,
some of which feel "really good" while they are happening
I find it more than a little interesting that various persons
are working hard at trying to establish exactly what it is
that is taking place
I have noticed over the years it is at it's most effective
with big speakers (normally 8", although 15" so-called
organ speakers are even better)
with the speakers turned up one can actually feel
the vibrations as they travel through the body
the deep toned long waves are particularly calming, for me
when I use headphones, it is completely different
all inside the head
but, still quite physical, as various frequencies
and sound patterns and rhythms seem to elicit
different physical responses
I usually am forced to use headphones,
due to other persons being nearby around me
which is particularly nice when going to the beach,
or hiking in the mountains
hiking to the top of delph sanctuary in greece,
taking 90 minutes of steady uphill climbing
through incredibly well preserved gigantic temples
and other ruins, while listening to TAHITI 2012
is an experience I shalll not soon forget
i relive it over and over again
every time I listen to the music
I like to find a quiet place in my house or wherever I am,
at any given time, and then lay down and "blot out"
by closing my eyes and begin to "float" with the music
in between 10 and 20 minutes I will be in a fully trance-like
dissociative state, like having been hypnotized
pure peace and quietness and stillness of soul
from there I will "ride" the soundwaves, and pulse and rhythms,
and counter-melodies, and counter rhythms deep inside my mind
after about 30 minutes. and while in a highly dissociated trance-like state,
if all goes well, I will, finally "become at one with the music"
no longer knowing whether I am a floating quantum field,
or some other equally "quarky" thing
I am a whole new person, when done
like being restored, regenerated and renewed
when using headphones I refer to it as "going under"
a reset
been doing it for over 40 years, and cannot recommend it enough,
for persons who are already music lovers, and for those who
already practice meditation and visualization
enjoy ---
