| For a person beginning with meditation one may | | | | and distractions. Brainwave entrainment simply |
| find it difficult to properly master. This is because | | | | involves putting on a pair of headphone's and |
| it can take years of practice to fully understand | | | | listening to some specially produced music that |
| how to enter deep meditative states at will. | | | | synchronizes the brainwaves. Simply using |
| However using a fairly modern technology, called | | | | headphones to momentarily shut off the outside |
| brainwave entrainment, you can begin to enter | | | | world can help to focus the mind tremendously. |
| deeper states of meditation in a relatively short | | | | The most common form brainwave entrainment |
| space of time. | | | | is with binaural beats. These use two similar |
| Brainwave entrainment is a process whereby the | | | | frequency tones, one in each ear. For example if |
| brain is synchronized with a very low frequency | | | | one ear was played 500Hz then the other may |
| waveform, usually in the range of around 10Hz | | | | be played 510Hz. The brain would perceive the |
| and below. The brain is synchronized in this | | | | difference between the two as 10Hz and begin to |
| manner because studies have shown the brain | | | | synchronize itself with the resulting waveform. |
| generates its own waveforms dependent on | | | | By gradually changing the tones a person can be |
| what activity it is doing. | | | | brought down into a lower state and begin to |
| Activities such as meditation, hypnosis and even | | | | enter deep states of meditation quite quickly. |
| deep sleep all result in a brainwave in the ranges | | | | Of course a person can not just sit back and |
| below 7Hz, in states called Theta (4Hz to 7Hz) | | | | expect this to happen for them. There has to be |
| and Delta (0.5Hz to 4Hz). By synchronizing the | | | | a conscious decision to follow the tones and it is |
| brain with these frequencies a person can (often | | | | advisable to be as comfortable as possible, and to |
| within minutes) enter a deep meditative state. | | | | also regulate the breathing, just as you would with |
| When a person meditates in the normal manner | | | | normal meditation. |
| they are more susceptible to outside influences | | | | |