Binaural beats are audio recordings that use slight differences in frequency played to each ear to alter the listener's brainwave patterns and induce various mental states like deep meditation. By changing brainwave patterns, binaural beats can impact mood, healing, and personal development. Listeners can experience profound emotional and mental changes as past memories surface and neural pathways are restructured during deep meditative states accessed through binaural beats. While some report negative effects, most research shows binaural beats to be a safe and effective method for relaxation, stress relief, and self-improvement.

1. Binaural Beats – The Holy Grail Of Self
Improvement
This article is designed to give you some insight into the relatively new technology of
Binaural Beats. Binaural Beats are specific frequencies that can bring you into a profoundly
deep state of meditation within minutes using the latest innovations in sound technology.
They utilize a specific audio mixing technique designed to alter the listener’s brain wave
activity. By sitting or lying down in a quiet environment and wearing headphones these beats
can be used to create Alpha, Theta, and Delta brainwave patterns.
When brainwave patterns change it has been documented that there is also a change in
chemical reactions within the body which can have a profound effect on your entire physical
structure. In effect, these beats have the same impact and benefits of a deep meditative
state akin to hypnogogic trance or transcendental mediation. Now very few people can enter
such deep states of hypnosis and transcendental meditation takes a lifetime to perfect. So
the immediate benefits of using binaural beats are apparent.
An added benefit of using such technology is that the states it creates allow you to access
the subconscious parts of the mind. Those parts are subliminal and just below the conscious
threshold. Binaural beats can be used with many other self-improvement tools (such as
subliminal recordings, affirmations or visualization, etc.) to increase your personal
development dramatically as it creates deep states of relaxation and can put you into Alpha
and Theta states. Therefore they can be used as an aid to alter beliefs, heal emotional
issues or create behavior changes. They can even be used for a quick energy boost. It is
believed that by using binaural beats you can:
1. Create deep states of meditation.
2. Boost your intelligence and creativity.
3. Slow aging.
4. Create remarkable emotional changes at a very deep level.
5. Eliminate Stress & anxiety.
The beauty of binaural beats is that they can be used to induce these states and create
these changes with no effort on the part of the listener. You just wear a set of headphones
and let the sound technology do the rest.
The discovery of binaural technology is mostly accredited to Dr. Gerald Oster. Oster first
published research about binaural beats in 1973 in Scientific American after he had
conducted extensive studies.

2. However, this is not as well known, binaural beats were first discovered as far back as 1839
by an Associate Professor, at the University of Berlin, called Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. Dove
accidentally discovered that when two similar sounds, that are only slightly shifted in
frequency, are given separately to the left and right ear they cause a pulsation or beat-type
effect within the brain.
However, it was Dr. Oster who uncovered the full benefits of using this new technology when
he discovered the effects that binaural beats have on the mind and body.
There are many producers of binaural beat technology competing in the market today. It is
possible to create your own with the proper software. However, an in-depth knowledge of
brainwave patterns and their effect on the mind and body is advisable before ever trying to
create your own. Many forum threads on the web claim binaural beats have had a negative
or even damaging effect on certain listeners. For that reason, I believe it is safer to stick to
the tried and tested pre-made recordings that are available for a reasonable fee. You can
purchase separate binaural beat recordings to induce almost any emotional state, or you can
even enroll in a binaural beat program for self-improvement that takes several years to
complete.
I, myself, have had no experience of any damaging effects due to the use of binaural beats.
However, if you are using binaural beats for personal development purposes, their use can
be uncomfortable. All my experiences have been extremely positive, although not always
pleasurable. Let me explain.
ECC machines have been used in the past to monitor the brain activity of life-long
meditators. While in a deep meditative state, these meditational experts, displayed alpha,
theta, and delta brainwave patterns. These are the very states that binaural beats create.
Alpha wave patterns in the brain occur in a relaxed state, and during this time we are very
susceptible to suggestion. This is the state that you enter during hypnosis. Theta brainwaves
allow for the absorption of huge amounts of information while Delta brainwaves are most
apparent when you enter a state of deep but dreamless sleep. It is the Delta state that is the
main aim of such practices as transcendental meditation. Although for many entering the
delta state while fully conscious can be very relaxing, for most it is not, for it is during such
brain activity that internal change occurs.
By bringing the listener into this extremely deep state of meditation, binaural technology can
activate major positive changes in your emotional, mental and physical makeup. Now, this
can be a profoundly life-altering experience. You will find past buried memories resurface as
the beats direct your brain to restructure its neural network and raise your “comfort level” to a
new high. After several listening sessions, you find yourself less stressed out than before
and your reaction to situations, that in the past would have sent you screaming around the
halls, is much more composed. The technology literally eliminates negative emotional,
mental, and physical patterns. The discomfort I spoke of earlier comes from the restructuring
of your brain's neural network as old buried uncomfortable memories are triggered in the
brain before the connecting emotional response is wiped away. You are still left with the
memory of the event but you no longer have any emotional attachment to it. Don't worry, for
some reason, it doesn't affect positive memories! It may be due to the natural state of the

3. mind and body, for this system of mind/body is always seeking equilibrium and harmony,
which tends to lead to feelings of joy and happiness.
Binaural beats is a proven technology that can create brainwave changes that alter your
mood and changes the chemical reactions in your body to encourage faster healing and
harmonious interaction between cells. However, there is currently research being conducted
to determine if these beats can actually direct the brain to reformat DNA encoding. If this is
possible the possibilities are almost limitless – a decrease in illness, genetic disorders, a
reversal of aging, etc.
If personal development and self-improvement aren't your main aim for investigating binaural
beats (and don't want to get younger) then the single recordings designed to induce specific
mind/body changes are enough. You can get recordings for an energy boost, meditation, to
spark the creative areas of the brain, induce deep sleep, and even one that acts like a digital
drug!
All these changes happen effortlessly and easily. All you need is a pair of stereo headphones
and a comfortable chair. The recording does the rest.