Meditation for the mind

Since you mentioned wanting to improve mental abilities as your main personal growth goal, here's Centerpointe Director, Bill Harris explaining briefly how (and why) Holosync audio technology creates some very amazing improvements in mental abilities.

When you listen to Centerpointe soundtracks containing Holosync audio technology, the two sides of the brain are receiving slightly different audio signals of a very precise nature. These two signals affect opposite sides of the brain (these are NOT spoken messages, by the way, but rather sine wave audio tones of specific frequencies). In order to reconcile these two signals a part of the brain called the olivary nucleus creates a composite signal within the brain (often called a "binaural beat"). To accomplish this, the left and right sides of the brain must communicate in a new way, and to facilitate this communication new neural pathways are created linking the two sides of the brain.

This leads to what scientists call "whole brain thinking" or "whole brain functioning" -- where the two sides of the brain are working together in a synchronized manner, rather than one hemisphere at a time.

One of the observed effects of this type of sound-induced brain synchronization is increased learning ability. What is now known as "super-learning" began in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the work of Bulgarian psychiatrist Georgi Lozanov. Lozanov used deep relaxation combined with synchronized rhythms in the brain to cause students to produce alpha waves. In this state, he found that students learned over five times as much information in less time per day, with greater retention. In some cases, as much as thirty times as much was learned. With Holosync it is possible to create these same brain wave patterns more precisely and much more easily.

One researcher, speech-language pathologist Suzanne Evans Morris, Ph.D., extensively describes the relationship between different brain wave patterns and learning, as well as other related states such as concentration, problem solving, receptivity, and
creativity:

"Receptivity for learning is related to specific states of consciousness. Predominant brain wave patterns are associated with different states of consciousness or awareness. For example, beta frequencies ranging from 13-26 Hz are associated with concentration, and alert problem solving; alpha frequencies (8-13
Hz) occur when the eyes are closed and a state of alert relaxation is present; theta (4-7 Hz) is associated with deep relaxation with a high receptivity for new experiences and learning..."

Morris also describes how cassette tapes containing binaural beat signals can be used to "create the ability to sustain this theta period of openness for learning."

Morris goes on to say that "[t]he introduction of theta signals...into the learning environment theoretically allows for a broader and deeper processing of the information provided by the teacher" and "increases...focus of attention and creates a mental set of open receptivity."

She also notes that in the use of such binaural beat signals in a classroom setting, children exhibited "improved focus of attention" and "a greater openness and enthusiasm for learning".

Morris further describes what happens in the brain that makes this type of accelerated learning so effective:

"The presence of theta patterns (4-7 Hz) in the brain has been associated with states of increased receptivity for learning and reduced filtering of information by the left hemisphere. This state of awareness is available for relatively brief periods as the individual enters a state of reverie or passes in and out of the deep sleep phase of the 90 minute sleep cycle.

"Binaural beat signals [such as those created by Holosync audio technology, however, can facilitate a prolonged state of theta to produce a relaxed receptivity for learning. These signals create a state of coherence in the brain. This creates an internal physiological environment for learning which involves the whole brain.

"The linear, sequential style of problem solving preferred by the left hemisphere is brought into balance with the global, intuitive style of the right hemisphere and limbic system (subcortex). This allows the learner to have greater access to internal and external knowledge and provides a milieu for expanding intuition in problem solving. One of the by-products of hemispheric synchronization appears to be a highly focused state of attending. The ability to reduce 'mind chatter' and focus the attention is critical for efficient learning."

Neurotechnology and biofeedback researcher Thomas Budzynski has done extensive research on learning and suggestion when the brain is in a theta state, easily access with Holosync audio technology. Theta, Budzynski suggested, is the state in which "superlearning" takes place -- when in theta, people are able to learn new languages, accept suggestions for changes in behavior and attitudes, or memorize large amounts of information. He says:
"We take advantage of the fact that the hypnagogic [theta] state, the twilight state...has these properties of uncritical acceptance of verbal material, or almost any material it can process." In this state, Budzynski says, "a lot of work gets done very quickly."

Budzynski and psychobiologist Dr. James McGaugh of the University of California at Irvine have both found that information is also more easily processed and recalled in a theta state. Noted researchers Elmer and Alyce Green of the Meninger Foundation have also studied this phenomena, finding that memories experienced in a theta state "were not like going through a memory in one's mind but rather like an experience, a reliving." Those producing theta waves also had "new and valid ideas or synthesis of ideas, not primarily by deduction but springing by intuition from unconscious sources."

In their seminal book Beyond Biofeedback, the Greens further discussed many remarkable effects of the theta brain wave state.
They found that those producing theta waves became highly creative. They had life-altering insights, what the Greens called "integrative experiences leading to feelings of psychological well-being". On psychological tests, subjects scored as being "psychologically healthier, had more social poise, were less rigid and conforming, and were more self-accepting and creative".
Another remarkable effect was that these subjects became very healthy. Emotionally, these people had "improved relationships with other people as well as greater tolerance, understanding, and love of oneself and of one's world."

You can read the full article from which the above is taken by clicking here ---> http://www.meditate.com.au/articles/research.htm

To simplify things, there are really two ways the Centerpointe program affects mental abilities. First, while listening and for a short while thereafter, the brain is in the optimum state for enhanced learning, creativity, problem solving, and intuitive thinking, as described above.

Then, as you continue with the program, the brain develops the ability to automatically access the proper state for whatever mental task is desired. A kind of "plasticity" develops in which you are able to access the desired state intentionally, created the ability to focus, concentrate, learn, remember, create, and problem solve at a level much higher than normal.

Here is a typical comment from someone currently using the Centerpointe program:

"After a year using Holosync I've experienced a great number of improvements to my life. My brain feels sharp as a tack.
I handle complex accounting procedures every day. We have a computer that checks error rates on all manual computations.
Over the last six months my error rate has dropped from 8% to under 3% which is the best in the whole company." - Kevin, by Email

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