Welcome Carlos,
To begin with as a long term hemi-sync user as opposed to mediator, I highly recommend Ronald Russell’s two books
Using the Whole Brain and
Focusing the Whole Brain (the latter book includes a H-S Cd with it) because he describes the wide uses, experiences, and research done by various individuals using hemi-sync since it was developed by Monroe.
Because I suspect that we are given indicators in our current lives which are part of our sum total of so called “past lives” through dreams, physical problems, and/or inspirations which we can use to grow or succumb, I needed a way to be able to work on these which would be handy and dependable. In other words, these indicators, at times, need to be focused and expanded on for us to know whom we truly are, to realize that we are the creators of our current reality, more than our bodies, to reduce pain, increase sleeping ability, etc. For years Hemi-sync has aided me in focusing on the areas listed above or any other topic of my choosing including the concepts discussed by Alysia at the beginning of this thread. Whether the Cd includes a voice with guidance or music overlay both with the binomial beats underneath and maybe some pink noise added-NEVER subliminal messages, it mechanically gives me altered states of consciousness or increases my concentration and teaches/entrains my brain/mind/body to reach different states. I’m listening to a concentration tape as I write this and find that words come more slowly yet are flowing and expressing the essence of what I am trying to get across with less effort. Normally I need total silence to produce papers in writing and still skip alooot of words.
Also, I especially like Monroe’s tip of putting distracting thoughts in a box (The Energy Conversion Box) in the form of symbols, which are held only till you do the exercise that releases them. Sort of slows down the fear of losing something. I tend to be a person who wants to hold on to a thought/idea/concept and look/examine it from all angles, much like I would hold a small statue, till I feel satisfied that I’ve seen all its nuances. That’s fine except when I want to focus on relaxing, getting in touch with guidance, expanding awareness, attempting to sleep, etc. and need a safe/secure place to put the “chattering monkeys”. Additionally, I’ve gotten to the point now that I am able to remember the feeling of different focus levels by recalling the various sounds of the hemi-sync Cd’s or even recall Monroe’s statement, “This is your exploration of sleep” then ZZZZonk, without listening to a tape. I suspect that because of developing this ability, through the use of the H-S tapes and Cd’s, I was able to do Bruce’s retrieval exercise successfully on my first attempt.
Meanwhile those of you who haven’t tried the tapes yet, have something to look forward to--especially if you’re receptive and allow them to do their subtle thing of synchronizing the right and left hemispheres (Wow, what a nice relaxing buzz). It’s less of an intellectual thing and more of a centered, calming sort of feeling experience. Right now as I’m still listening to
Lightfall-For Focus and Concentration while I’m typing this, I get a kick out of the way the inside center of my forehead gets a quick crack-crackle sensation much like a sinus starting to drain after a cold or sinus infection releases and continues to wake and energize me with added light tapping in the center of my forehead while the music plays. Yesterday I also listened to the
So , has a steady OM type sound over the binomial beats, which is mainly used for mediation, while I was lying down and my husband was napping next to me. I drifted for the length of the tape then put the headset on my husband to try. Then I got up to try the other Cd and felt so good that I posted on the past life thread while I listened to
Lightfall though most of my response. When my husband gets up he states that that was the best rest that he’s had in a long time. Then I have him try
Lightfall but he quickly takes it off because it’s waking him up too much even though the music over the binomial beats is low sounding and calming. I bought Lightfall for him and
So for me, but I see we need to swap Cd’s because So is mainly for meditating which I don’t do per se and the other Cd was purchased because it had some Bach and Strauss classical music which I thought he might enjoy.
Anyhow, that’s some of what I find using the hemi-sync tapes and I sure do wish that they were used more often for the
first line of defense and sometimes
only line of defense needed, as opposed to using drugs, operations, and other more obtrusive methods for treating depression, insomnia, weight problems, PTSD, etc. etc. etc. Plus they are cheap, cheap, cheap-many popular Cd’s going for under $9 from the MI at the time of this post. Check it out guys. But Hey, what do I know!
Now Alysia, I think it’s great that you haven’t done the hemi-sync tapes yet because it proves that you don’t have to use them in order to do retrievals or other explorations. You can use simple meditation or light trance methods successfully. The therapist that I did a past life with used the light trance or body asleep mind awake method as I lay back on a couch. At that time I needed another person (body) to officially guide me to be able to achieve the state of consciousness for “past” life exploration. Since then, the H-S’s tapes/Cd’s have taught me to do it for myself. I suspect that for you, listening to a H-S Cd while waking up or meditating would be like having a scoop of whipped cream on your Jello. Or if say you were experiencing your last days here, having done your Advance Directive-no tubes or machines etc. and being ushered out by your daughters like the Book of the Dead cross culture series does plus you have Alzheimer’s, which I can’t imagine for you, you might want to have them hook you up to a head set and Cd player and listen to H-S’s till you’ve moved on. Whadda’ think?

Much love to all and especially to Alysia for introducing this thread, Jean