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The Shaolin Way October 2005 edition
The Awakened Minds Website
The First Step
In response to many inquiries from my students and friends I have accumulated some information for you to look at. Understand that in many ways I have been very frustrated over the years when I try to help people change their lives. Most times people are not quite to the point where tai chi and meditation have much of a chance of success. I have dreamed of possessing the tools to help folks jump start the process. To see fast and profound changes that would then allow them to delve deeper into the art of Shaolin-Do; or anything else for that matter.
To reach this dream I have spent many late nights reading, meditating, tinkering and researching all the possible ways to achieve this dream. To each possible avenue I have taken the skepticism and methodology of someone who has a Doctorate in classical neurobiology. I read vast amounts of materials on the topic and then synthesize and combine it all with the many ancient techniques taught me by my Shaolin-Do teachers. The results are very exciting and most times I can barely contain my enthusiasm (as I’m sure you’ve noticed). In fact, it is one of my long term dreams to combine this love of research and martial arts into a new science of human potential with 2000 year old roots.
The email I am sending today is the first step on this journey. Since I am a 6th degree black belt and a full presenting member of the International Society for Neuroscience, I feel that I am fated to do this, and two years of personal research on the topic of brain wave harmonization are coming at you in this email. The interesting part is that this is only the beginning. The worst thing you could do is think that this is some “New Age” fad and dismiss it that way. This is often the way that we protect ourselves from challenge and change. How many of your friends said that you’re “weird” for joining Kung Fu?
Imagine This….
You are working at your computer. Instead of “multi-tasking” in 5 different open windows, you work in a calm and focused way until you finish a single project. You feel serene and when you are done you notice the finished product is more creative and higher quality than anything you’ve done in years. You notice that your mind is reflective and peaceful and then you start to tackle another project with even greater momentum. Does this sound good? Read some more.
It is time to think of out the box. You have used the same old techniques and ideas for too long at your job or hobby. You need to bring something new from somewhere deep in your mind. Slowly but surely new ideas begin o surface, almost unnoticed until you realize that these are the best ideas you’ve had in some time and you feel like getting to work on them immediately. Sound like a place you want to be at?
Years of mediation can provide this type of brain wave control from one moment to the next, but it takes just that…years and years of practice. The truth is that our fast paced society actually slows our progress in mediation so that we have more trouble experiencing the benefits of personal skill. What we need is a way to get the jump on the process. A technique to get us to a level where we can see many of these benefits. From this new found level of performance, the task of meditation becomes a joy and you can truly break through many of the barriers in your way.
A quote from the Tao Te Ching
“When the wise hear the Way, they practice it diligently. When the mediocre hear of the Way, they doubt it.”
Someone handed me a couple CD’s to try out at home. I did and the above descriptions are from my own experience. I am willing and eager to try anything (that is safe and legal of course) to enhance the performance of my mind and body. Granted my years of internal training allow me to understand the changes in my mental state better than some, but if it is real, then it is real. Whether you are sensitive enough to directly detect the changes or not.
The Technology.
Years and years ago scientists described a process called “entrainment” in the mind. By presenting one frequency to one ear and a different one to the other ear, you can cause the overall EEG frequency of the brain to resonate at the difference between the two frequencies. For many years, researchers have known the exact EEG (electroencephalograph) patterns for most of our waking, sleeping, concentrating, relaxing, and meditating mental states. So by introducing these beat frequencies to the brain you can literally drive your mind to the mental state you require. The CDs sound like relaxing rainfall, but the actual working sounds are occurring out of hearing range, and the results are not subtle.
Long Term results.
The relaxation one has very good effects on your overall stress level, and the focus CDs make you feel relaxed and productive at the same time. I have found that in general my knowledge of my moment to moment mental state has deepened and my meditation skill has jump several notches in just a few months of usage.
Why Not Visit Their Website and look at the products. You have nothing to loose except your distracted and stressed-out self. I would never dream of recommending any of these things to you unless I had personally tried them (I’m using the Focus CD right now) and found them to deliver on most every promise they make.
The Awakened Minds Website
Focus CD
This one has 3 tracks
Focus – for concentrated and productive work
Envision – for brainstorming and thinking out of the box
Clarity – for relaxed concentration like reading or studying. They even suggest that work outs are more “in the zone” with this one.
Insight
3 tracks that relax, lower blood pressure, help coping with stress, aid in meditation and other altered states.
A final note
As I said above, this is just the beginning. I know that these products will begin you on a journey that may never stop. When people are committed to growth and transformation then magic happens.
Here is a webiste with a long list of articles and research about binaural beat techniology (what these CDs use)
http://brain.web-us.com/binaural.htm |
