SOUND / A New Medicine for the Millennium: Part Two
by Dr. Jeffrey D. Thompson
Brainwave Entrainment is part of a larger biological function called “Biological Sympathetic Oscillation”. Our biological “clock” sets itself to external cosmic events; day length cycles, full moon cycles and seasonal cycles to name a few. The body will set itself to the most powerful external pulse cycle it is exposed to. In this case we can create powerful sound frequencies pulsing at exact brainwave speeds and cause the brainwaves to alter themselves to match the sound frequencies – that is, entrain themselves, to the sound pulses thereby altering one’s state of consciousness.
We know from many research endeavors that certain deeply relaxed states of consciousness are associated with specific brainwave patterns on an EEG brain monitor. We also know that with brainwave entrainment we can cause brainwaves to sympathetically “lock on” to an external sound-pulse at a brainwave speed. This gives us the tools to gently guide brainwave function and states of consciousness into deeply relaxed and balanced states.
On all the soundtracks I have mentioned, all of the pulse frequencies are built into every sound you hear, including each instrument sound, voice sound, nature sound and NASA space sound on the recording. The frequencies used mostly are low Alpha and Theta brain frequencies. The brain states associated with these frequencies are peaceful relaxation, heightened visualization / images, problem solving, insight and intense creativity.
When I compose and create these musical soundtracks, the brainwave entrainment pulses built into the instrument sounds entrain my own brainwaves and state of consciousness into a state of intense creativity—that’s where the music on the CD’s is coming from.
Certain types of sound and music have a proven effect in creating states of relaxation, balance, healing and visualization. Generally these include certain types of lyrical, Flowing melodies and chord arrangements. Certain chord arrangements can create an atmosphere of peace, mystery, awe and openess.
In a clinical therapeutic setting, I usually have my patients lying on the sound therapy table (which has low frequency transducers underneath in a right / left stereo configuration), with headphones on and with light glasses from the Synetic Systems Orion l/s machine. The Orion is set to “Color Pulse” which allows the music to drive the lights directly.
Now we have:
1). The special body balancing / healing tones recorded in the person’s own voice, slowed by precise octaves for a low vibrational experience through the table.
2). Brainwave Entrainment Binaural Beats within the harmonics of this voice recording coming through the headphones, sound table and eye glasses as light pulses driven by the voice-tone.
3). The headphones cause a synchronicity of the electrical activity of the right / left temporal lobes of the brain (hearing processing centers), the sound table frequencies cause a synchronicity of the right / left brainstem areas (vibration sense processing centers) and the eye glasses driven by the same sounds cause a synchronicity of the right / left occipital areas of the cortex (visual processing centers). In addition, there is a default synchronicity of the cortex / brainstem since these centers are processing simultaneous information.
4). There is also a synchronicity of the visual / auditory / kinesthetic perceptual modes in the nervous system. These are the three major perceptual methods the body uses to perceive reality and balancing them causes core changes in the way the brain and body function.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A pioneer in acoustic vibration research, Dr. Jeffrey Thompson uses the latest developments in the science and technology of mind / body balancing, combined with a new understanding of the nature of ancient practices in the art of healing and integrating mind, body and consciousness.
In his private practice, Dr. Thompson brings together high-tech sound therapy, biomagnetics, musculo-skeletal balancing and nutritional counseling in a state-of-the-art approach to healing.
Dr. Thompson’s groundbreaking work with sound has gained him international recognition. His search for primordial sounds and vibrations led to NASA’s interest in his work. He currently has over 60 audio tapes and compact disks for resonating brainwaves and expanding consciousness distributed in 26 countries around the world. His work is sold through Barnes & Noble, Borders, Waldenbooks, Best Buy, Sam Goody’s, Tower Records, amazon.com and a host of catalogs.
Dr. Thompson teaches Master’s degree and Ph.D. level courses in Behavioral Psychoacoustics and Neuroacoustic Therapy for the Clinical Psychology Program at the California Institute for Human Science in Encinitas, California. This is also where he has his private practice, research lab and faculty offices. Dr. Thompson has worked with Louise Hay, Deepak Chopra and representatives from NASA. His work has also been part of a project at the Neuropsychiatry Division of UCLA for heroin withdrawal and funded by congress through the CSCAT program (Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies) at the University of Virginia Medical Center. His Sleep CD’s have been researched at the Royal Ottawa Hospital Sleep Research Center and he is presently being funded for researching the effects of sound in healing by the National Institute for Healing through Scripps Hospital in San Diego, California.
You can contact Dr. Thompson at: The Center for Neuroacoustic Research, California Institute of Human Science, 701 Garden View Court, Encinitas, CA, 92024. Phone: 760/942- 6749. Fax: 760/942-6768. Email: drjeff@adnc.com. Web sites: www.jeffthompson.com / www.cihs.edu
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