| orm of religious meditation is Christian meditation. | | | | patterns. They are the Alpha, beta, theta, and |
| This meditation is practiced as devotions. The use | | | | Delphi. The alpha state is one of being relaxed but |
| of prayers and songs is from the earliest days of | | | | awake. The deeper mediation state is the theta. |
| Christianity and is a mode of meditation. One can | | | | When one is in a condition of deeper sleep |
| concentrate on a particular verse in the bible for a | | | | without dreams that is the Delphi. |
| period of study. | | | | Entrained Theory and Practice |
| Some people particularly Catholics may meditate | | | | This method of meditation relies on the theory |
| on the wounds of Christ. A focus on his five | | | | that there is one more level of consciousness |
| wounds is a way of connecting with him and | | | | besides conscious and unconscious. It is this third |
| coming to understand why he sacrificed for | | | | consciousness that is sustained during Entrained |
| humanity. | | | | meditation. During this process the mind is awake |
| Other forms of religious meditation include: | | | | while the body is asleep. While the body is sleeping |
| Buddhist, Hindu, Zen and so forth. | | | | the mind is concentrating on this other level of |
| What is Entrained Meditation? | | | | consciousness and isn’t interrupted by |
| It is a kind of meditation involving sounds and | | | | what the body needs or wants. Also, the other |
| listening. The listener or meditator hears binaural | | | | distractions of everyday living aren’t |
| beats. They are recordings of very calming | | | | bothering this consciousness. The advocates of |
| sounds. They relax the listener as he or she | | | | Entrained meditation think it helps a person |
| practices meditation. These sounds change the | | | | understand important truths. |
| listener’s brainwave patterns and they are | | | | There has been a problem surrounding this kind of |
| different from those of the average awake | | | | meditation because it has been said that it |
| condition. People’s brainwaves always | | | | involved using drugs. Though some practitioners |
| change when the person hears a sound. H. W. | | | | use recreational drugs—the meditation is |
| Dove discovered binaural beats in 1839. Humans | | | | done without them. Some people have also |
| and some other species can hear them. When | | | | explained what this state of meditation is like by |
| two frequencies are heard under ordinary | | | | comparing it to the way one’s mind is |
| conditions it gives a direction information, where | | | | when using certain drugs. It is because of this |
| the sound is coming from. This changes when the | | | | negative “press” that Entrained |
| sounds are heard through headphones or | | | | meditation has gained a disreputable name with |
| speakers. | | | | some people. |
| There have been many clinical studies to show | | | | Still it is a kind mode of meditation that can be |
| that this form of meditation works. Entrainment | | | | and is done without the use of drugs. Some think |
| stated back in the 70’s; Dr Gerald Oster | | | | it is a much deeper level of meditation. It is a |
| found that brainwave patterns were induced | | | | mode that can be achieved through diligent |
| when someone heard binaural beat frequencies. | | | | practice and discipline. |
| There are four major kinds of brainwave | | | | |