Most places I've seen that teach magic, psi, astral projection, past life regression, or anything along that lines always make some fatal flaws. They go and tell you to visualize this or that. They may tell you to take a warm bath and light candles and get comfortable first but it's all the same. A problem arises by how these instructions are read by the awake brain and then the tasks are performed with the same way as concentrating. The problem is that concentrating is something performed when the brain is awake, and its brainwaves are going very fast. These brainwaves are called beta waves, which are the normal patterns when you're physically awake. The more stress and anxiety you have, the faster these brainwaves will go.

In order to do these supernatural feats, you must be in the state between sleep and awakening. You get there by first going into a relaxed state (the brainwave frequencies are called alpha), then you continually grow relaxed until your imagination increasingly surfaces in your consciousness. When reality has mostly faded away and your mind is like it's daydreaming, this the theta brainwave state. Theta is a slow brainwave-frequency that is best at bringing your subconscious, imagination, etc. to life. Another way of looking at theta is that it connects you to the astral plane. Theta also is characteristic of the lighter stages of sleep. Theta is the best state for meditation.

The state below theta is called delta. It's present during deep sleep, and I've only heard of experienced Buddhist Monks being able to remain conscious in this state. In addition, I'm uncertain if astral-plane abilities would even be available in delta state.

Going back to the initial problem, so how do you do something such as seeing the astral plane? You can concentrate all day, but the harder you concentrate the faster your brainwaves are going to go. To bring your brainwave frequency down to theta, the old-fashioned method was meditation. Sadly, meditation took decades of practice to perform with high effectiveness, and people frustrated at failing would resort to crude physical means that I won't even mention.

Many people have more visualization ability than they think. For instance, let's suppose that you're a person who has no trouble visualizing. Someone has just made you angry that you can't retaliate upon, and you're imagining just what you would like to do to that person. That's visualizing. At another time, you're in bed, sleepy, and don't want to move, but suddenly it's cold and you desire to become warmer. With sleepiness keeping you still, rather than getting another blanket or turning on the heat, you go and run through vivid dream sequences where it feels almost like you're turning up your heater or pulling that blanket over yourself. You have visualized again.

In the case of the nighttime visualization, after the imagination has passed, you aren't any warmer and you're still cold. You haven't even made your own body generate heat (some Tibetan Monks have been known to do that--it was even shown on a TV news special a year or two ago.) Why didn't those visualizations work? The reason is they did do something. It was just not what you wanted. They created astral material for a fantasy, when you wanted to move physical matter. To make your visualizations do what you want, you have to see more with your minds eye and grow a sort of understanding of the way things work on the astral plane. The way to do that is with by relaxing and calming yourself until down to the theta brainwave state--another word for this is meditation. Although it won't allow you to move physical objects, you will be able to see the astral plane and into your subconscious.

Let's say you're working on meditating, yet you have trouble because your mind is racing, and you're stressed out this or that. Or worse yet, you live in an apartment complex and the noise of your neighbors loud TVs and booming sterio bass is flooding your apartment, while your upstairs neighbors stomp like elephants above you. In that situation, you might think that you're hopeless, but it's not because I've been through all of it and transcended these obstacles. Here's what to do. You buy good headphones that completely cover your ears and block out external sound. Avoid radio shack as their products are overpriced and they malfunction. I previously had been using Koss UR-30 and those are good heaphones but being from Koss they break down every 2 months. Plus more and more stores stop selling them. I currently have Aiwa HP-X222 and Aiwa makes two other headphones like this but I can't find any information on them. I got the HP-X222 at Best Buy and it's pretty good. It even has a flap that fits around the bottom of your ear and has a wider frequency range than the Koss brand. You'll probably also want an extention cord too so you can walk around in them. Make sure your cord is not wound. I used to have one from radio shack that like to bunch up and I'd spend twice a day stretching it out (it would never stay streched ever) and it was loose and I had to keep duct tape to hold it. But I bought a generic one (Best Buy didn't have the one I wanted so I went to COMPUSA and they had a good one). Two Koss UR-30s were broken simply because I was walking around and the cord kept bunching up and I'd walk to far and something in the earphone would break. I've opted for an extention cord over cordless because the cordless ones are quite expensive and if they break then you're out a lot of money.

The use for the headphones is not listening to music, but for altering your brainwaves. In studies during the 1960s, scientists discovered that when a person hears a beat at the same frequency as one of the many types of brainwaves, the person's brainwaves begin synchronizing to the frequency of the beat. The problem is that the frequency for theta brainwaves (4-7hz) is below the human hearing range. The solution was to create by differing frequencies of sound slightly in headphones so their difference is equal to a human brainwave frequency, which requires headphones to work. The sounds heard produced by frequency differences from headphones are called bineural beats.

Bineural beats can be generated by computer software (listed at the end of this document), or you can purchase highly overpriced tapes of pre-set frequencies (not recommended). If you've opted to generate them with a computer program, you will need to start in an alpha frequency to calm yourself down so that you're more receptive to a slower theta frequency, or it will take indefinitely for you to synchronize to theta. In addition, if you use bineural beats and become used to the mind-states enough to reproduce them by willpower, than you will more easily synchronize to lower frequencies like thea. In addition, since these frequencies merely guide your mind, I've read it recommended by people to first train yourself to get to a low alpha frequency easily (8-10hz) where you're relaxed, then once you can go into alpha state easily you can slowly drop down into theta. There are also pre-designed bineural beat files where it takes you from low beta down to theta over 20 minutes.

What I personally do is generate brown noise, which is like the white noise hiss, except it's with lower frequencies and sounds like a waterfall. I've learned that when I generate this, that it works best if it's at least 15 minutes in length. Creating a 30-second file and looping it hardly does anything for me, and doing it with a 3-minute file does not much.

Low-theta 4-6hz tends to produce a good inner-seeing state for me. It has taken time for me to get down there, but the more I do, the more I can see my imagination vividly and visualize more easily. My favorite frequency is 5.5hz.

Another thing is that the brain isn't typically at one frequency at any one time, so if you use these set on theta you might have part of your brain going to theta, while the rest still in beta and alpha as it lags behind. When listening to bineural beats with headphones, you may hear a helicopter sound in the middle of your head. That sound is the bineural beats entraining your brain to the frequency you've chosen. The more you work to meditate while using theta-frequency bineural beats, the better they work.

Warning: This technique I've described alters your state of consciousness. Use it at your own risk. Epileptics or persons undergoing psychiatric treatment should not use it.

Although, if you are undergoing psychiatric treatment, you should ask them about bineural beats, or EGG Biofeedback Training (it's something different than bineural beats and is explained in one of the articles linked below) since either of these methods are often more helpful for psychiatric problems than the common forms of psychiatric treatment. For instance, Attention Deficit Disorder can be treated with beta brainwave frequencies (it's as easy as getting a beta-frequency tape and cheap headphones), yet children are medicated instead. In another example, theta frequencies have been found to lower blood pressure, and treat post-traumatic stress. If you are planning to use these for something other than for aiding meditation as I've described, I recommend asking medical experts. Even if you do use it as I've described, you should read the articles I've listed at the end of this article. In addition, there are numerous articles about bineural beats that be found by a web search on the topic.

It is my hope that from this article people meditate, see the astral plane, and see their past lives. I didn't write it to give people psychic or magical powers, and I certaintly wouldn't trust virtually anyone people with those powers. This article is a resource for people who feel different because their souls are different, yet have been unable to discover precisely why. May they find the answers about themselves that they seek.

Excerpted from the public domain document, "The Measurement, Interpretation, and Use of EEG Frequency Bands, "Thomas F. Collura, Ph.D., P.E. 12/7/1997.

Delta (0.1-3 Hz):

Distribution:  generally broad or diffused, may be bilateral, widespread

Subjective feeling states:  deep, dreamless sleep, non-REM sleep, trance, unconscious

Associated tasks & behaviors:  lethargic, not moving, not attentive

Physiological correlates:  not moving, low-level of arousal

Effects of Training: can induce  drowsiness, trance, deeply relaxed states

Theta (4-7 Hz):

Distribution:  usually regional, may involve many lobes, can be lateralized or diffuse;

Subjective feeling states:  intuitive, creative, recall, fantasy, imagery, creative, dreamlike, switching thoughts, drowsy; "oneness", "knowing"

Associated tasks & behaviors:  creative, intuitive; but may also  be distracted, unfocused

Physiological correlates:  healing, integration of mind/body

Effects of Training:  If enhanced, can induce drifting, trancelike state.  If suppressed, can improve concentration, ability to focus, attention

Alpha (8-12 Hz):

Distribution:  regional, usually involves entire lobe; strong occipital w/eyes closed

Subjective feeling states:  relaxed, not agitated, but not drowsy tranquil, conscious

Associated tasks & behaviors:  meditation, no action

Physiological correlates:  relaxed, healing

Effects of Training:  can produce relaxation

Subband low alpha: 8-10: inner-awareness of self,  mind/body integration, balance

Subband high alpha: 10-12: centering, healing, mind/body connection

Beta (above 12 Hz)

The beta band has a  relatively large range, and has been defined as anything above the alpha  band.

Low Beta (12-15 Hz), formerly "SMR":

Distribution:  localized by side and by lobe (frontal, occipital, etc)

Subjective feeling states:  relaxed yet focused, integrated

Associated tasks & behaviors:  low SMR can reflect "ADD", lack of focused attention

Physiological correlates:  is inhibited by motion; restraining body may increase SMR

Effects of Training:  increasing SMR can produce relaxed focus, improved attentive abilities, may remediate Attention Disorders.

Midrange Beta (15-18 Hz)

Distribution:  localized, over various areas. May be focused on one electrode.

Subjective feeling states:  thinking, aware of self & surroundings

Associated tasks & behaviors:  mental activity

Physiological correlates:  alert, active, but not agitated

Effects of Training:  can increase mental ability, focus, alertness, IQ

High Beta (above 18 Hz):

Distribution:  localized, may be very focused.

Subjective feeling states:  alertness, agitation

Associated tasks & behaviors:  mental activity, e.g. math, planning, etc.

Physiological correlates:  general activation of mind & body functions.

Effects of Training:  can induce alertness, but may also produce agitation, etc.

Gamma (40 Hz):

Distribution:  very localized

Subjective feeling states:  thinking; integrated thought

Associated tasks & behaviors:  high-level information processing, "binding"

Physiological correlates:  associated with information-rich task processing

Effects of Training:  not known

Links for Bineural Beat generator Software:

Link for CoolEdit96. This program will allow you to create bineural beats. I create a sterio 16 bit file (I use 22,050hz sample rate, but you can use higher if you want), then generate over 15 minutes of brown noise (or you can make 91 seconds and copy and paste it till it's 15 minutes 10 seconds, same thing). Then I go to the brainwave sequencer. I prefer this program to newer models because it's faster on my old machine. CoolEdit96 is extremely hard to find because they only sell CoolEdit2000. The website includes registration codes. Even if you don't download it, you should visit it to see a prime example of how to use an angelfire ad banner. I set it to the USA Flag and put in the picture of a face of evil in the bombing.

If CoolEdit is too complicated for you, you can get this program. It's specifically for bineural beat audio files. (If anyone is wondering, this program has no crack or keygen for it's current version).

Bineural Beat Information:

What Are Binaural Beats? -- Simple explanation of bineural beats. Uses four pictures and you can get a sound demonstration using java. "Binaural" is an alternative spelling of "bineural".

The Science of Audio-Based Brainwave Entrainment -- A detailed history of bineural beats

A listing of brainwave frequencies and their correspondencies. Most of the sources were from German research in the 80s. Some of the information regarding specific individual frequencies may be inaccurate.

Another listing of brainwave frequencies, but it's the only other list on the internet that isn't just an exact mirror copy of the previous link, thus making it worthy of mention. Like the previous link, some of the information regarding specific individual frequencies may be inaccurate. The most important thing here is that this says 6.26 to 6.6 hz causes confusion, anxiety, low reaction time, depression, insomnia, and the two halfs of the brain to desynchronize. So I'd avoid that range.

Issues in Creating the Sound File

Many of these issues can be resolved by reading your help file, but sometimes the help file doesn't explain it all.

Q: What intensity do I set the brown noise at?

A: I usually go around 10 to 15. The key is to have the intensity high enough so that it's random enough to blockout external noise, while keeping it low enough to prevent irritating harsh popping sounds and other harsh erratic noises that are unpleasant to the ear.

Q: What frequency (Hz), bits (8, 16, 32), sterio, etc. do I set it at?

A: Firstly sterio is required to produce bineural beats.

Secondly, the more bits you have, the better you hear low volume sounds. Bits determine how many unique volumes a in a sound file. I'd recommend at least 16 bits.

Thirdly, for the frequency, I use 22Khz since it is about the same as a cassette tape and people do buy cassette tapes with bineural beats on them to listen to. I've not had a problem with this frequency, although I hear it should be higher than this.

I have a 910 minute wav file that that is 22Khz 16bit sterio and it is 78megs. I know one person who uses 88Khz 32bit sterio and it must be huge. I originally didn't create files more than 22Khz because I had a slower processor with a slow sound card and (1) it took a long time and (2) it slowed down my computer to play. Now I have a fast processor with a very high-end sound card and I can go higher, although I haven't bothered. I like being able to mix in theta bineural beats while I play games sometimes, and not worry about the game slowing down.