Life Hacking Tips: What Is Binaural Meditation?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 18:36In this modern age, we have numerous tools available to “hack” our lives to improve productivity, maximize time, and find greater happiness. By using the natural processing capabilities of the brain, we make the most of our minds. So, what is binaural meditation?
It utilizes a strange sound effect called binaural beats. They are a kind of auditory illusion created with certain kinds of closely related sounds. Sounds that are close to each other in frequency will be filtered by the audio processing portions of the brain. This creates a sound with a repeating beat. This can be conceptualized as like similar filtering effects seen with polarization, like when polarized sunglasses filter out glare and reflections.
H. W. Dove discovered the phenomena in the 1830s. He was completely fascinated with it, but did not convince others to pay much attention to binaural beats. The binaural effect was almost forgotten until the late twentieth century. A very popular explanation of it was published and it seized the public imagination. Numerous scholars have done countless studies since then.
The main reason for the growing interest lies in the brainwave synchronization effect. Pulsing sounds and light have a powerful impact on the mind. With a steady frequency, the waves that operate the brain will begin to sync up with the pulsation.
The brain operates at different speeds, depending on what it is doing. People in sleep and deep meditation have a much slower pattern than someone in the middle of a stressed out work day. Using brainwave synchronization, binaural meditation uses certain patterns and speeds of beats to adjust the operating speed of the brain.
A lot of people trying meditation are distracted by a constant stream of images, ideas, feelings, and internal conversations. This is a very common difficulty for those first learning to meditate. Binaural rhythms significantly reduce this problem as they move the brainwave rates into the meditation range.
Take great care in choosing quality products for binaural sounds. The proper oscillation rate and sequencing of beats is essential for maximum effectiveness. Fortunately, there are some excellent pre-recorded binaural beats meditations available on the market for you to choose – check the links below for some of the best available.
