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Holosync FAQs What is Holosync audio technology? Holosync is a sophisticated form of neuro-audio technology allowing the listener to easily enter various desirable states, and creating many desirable mental, emotional, and spiritual changes, through entrainment of electrical patterns in the brain. This creates a synchronization, or balance, between brain hemispheres, enhancing mental/emotional health and mental functioning. In the process, new neural connections are created between the right and left brain hemispheres, leading to what is known as "whole brain functioning." In addition to states such as accelerated learning ability and enhanced creativity, Holosync can help a listener easily enter and benefit from states of deep meditation, until now accessible only to long-time meditators practicing many hours a day for many years. Holosync audio tones are delivered to the nervous system using a low carrier frequency stimulus, masked by pleasant music and environmental sounds, which drives the nervous system to progressively higher levels of functioning. Through precise sound patterning based on over twenty years of research, Holosync creates a "push" in the brain which causes the brain to reorganize at a higher levels of awareness and functioning, in much the same way a runner gives his or her body a physical stimulus to cause it to reorganize at higher levels of physical ability. Typically, listeners show impressive improvements in emotional health, a whole range of mental abilities, self-awareness, ability to meditate deeply, personal motivation, sense of spiritual connection, and a number of other areas. Holosync is based on research done at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, the Meninger Clinic, and a number of other research facilities, and is currently used by over 160,000 people in 172 countries. Do I need any special audio equipment to use Holosync? Any stereo headphones and CD player will work fine. You can even use an iPod or MP3 Player, but it's critical you follow our 'Ripping instructions' explained later in these FAQ. Of course, the better the quality of equipment, the better the sound quality, however, equipment quality will not hinder the effectiveness of the Holosync technology. It's not necessary to spend a lot of money on audio gear. In some of the deeper levels of the program you may want to upgrade to equipment that can handle the lower carrier frequencies we use, but in the beginning any stereo CD player, including walkman-types, will work. As you progress in the program, we will notify you when you get to a level where better equipment is necessary. Do I NEED to use headphones with these CDs? Yes. The Holosync technology is a stereo effect in which we place certain frequencies in each ear, targeting certain parts of the brain. Stereo because the sound will bleed from channel to channel. Always use stereo headphones for ANY Centerpointe soundtrack unless we SPECIFICALLY tell you that it is not required. We do sell several grades of good-quality Sony headphones as shown in the recommended products list. Can I listen to the Holosync soundtracks on my iPod or MP3 Player? - RIPPING INSTRUCTIONS - Absolutely, one of the extra great conveniences iPods and MP3 players offer is portability. You can listen to, relax, and meditate any place that feels comfortable and calm. You become a mobile meditator. It’s important to remember to never listen to Holosync soundtracks while driving, or operating machinery of any kind. Transferring your Holosync soundtracks to an iPod or any other digital music player without care can result in the removal of the Holosync technology from the recordings. What this means is that you may inadvertently remove the Holosync from the soundtracks, rendering them useless. An iPod or any other digital music player will by default compress the Holosync soundtracks prior to transferring them to your player. The compressed digital audio formats used by these players interfere with the technology by removing the very sound frequencies in which the Holosync and Autofonix technologies reside. USING THESE FORMATS WILL RENDER YOUR HOLOSYNC SOUNDTRACKS USELESS: MP3, WMA lossless and lossy, Apple lossless, and AAC. Here's the key to ripping the soundtracks to your iPod or MP3 player - The only way to transfer your Holosync, or other binaural beat technology, soundtracks to a portable digital music player without removing the Holosync technology is by converting them to an UNCOMPRESSED digital audio format, such as WAV or AIFF. The resulting files will store the soundtracks uncompressed and so will retain the quality and the effectiveness of the original recordings. Again, to avoid removing the Holosync technology from the soundtracks, you must use an UNCOMPRESSED audio format, such as WAV or AIFF. Contact us if you have questions. Can the Holosync technology help me become smarter? Holosync has been known to enhance mental functioning on a number of levels. It's ability to increase synchronous neuro-electrical activity between the two hemispheres of the brain, and it's ability to drive the nervous system to higher levels of functioning over time, naturally brings with it the potential for some rather remarkable improvements in cognitive functioning. Learning ability, creativity, problem solving ability, focus and concentration, memory, and intuition are among the areas typically showing improvement. Is the Holosync technology totally safe? Holosync, while considered highly powerful, is totally safe when used properly. Holosync has been used for almost a decade (and in more rudimentary forms for another 15 years before that), by thousands of people around the world, and no one has ever reported any harm whatsoever as a result of using it. We are taking you into naturally occurring brain wave patterns you enter everyday during each 24-hour period. As part of the healing process stimulated by Holosync, you may experience some emotional upheaval from time to time. We have found that this upheaval is generally of no greater consequence than whatever amount of upheaval you may be already creating in your life. Since the end result is a dramatic lessening of conflict and upheaval in one's life, the small amount of upheaval you may experience is well worth it. At the same time, our belief is that it is not necessary to suffer any upheaval while participating in the program. To this end, we provide experienced guidance through Follow-Up Support letters, a Telephone Hotline, periodic Special Reports, and a monthly email newsletter. If you follow the directions and take to heart the suggestions in the support materials, your use of Holosync should be smooth and easy. How long before I experience results? Everyone is different. Some people call after one or two days to tell us of dramatic shifts they have experienced, but for most people things happen more gradually. This is not a "thirty-day miracle" like many programs claim to be. Asking "when will the results show up" is kind of like asking your running coach "when will I show results from my daily running?" Actually, the Holosync sound technology will begin to create change the first time you use it, but you may not notice the changes for a few weeks or even a few months. It is, though, impossible to expose yourself to this stimulus on an on-going basis without dramatic positive changes happening, anymore than it would be possible to jog everyday without your body changing. So be patient. Deeply rooted conditions can take time to work through, but if you persist, they will change. Please explain the four main brainwave patterns to which you often refer. The human brain operates neuro-electrically. Brain activity appears as a series of micro-voltage firings between neurons (brain cells), or more precisely, through networks of neurons. With the use of an electroencephalograph machine (EEG) these firings or pulses can be detected and measured. These neuro-electrical impulses are categorized in terms of a frequency range of four major brainwave patterns (Hz = Hertz = cycles/pulses per second): Alpha (8-12.9 Hz) Alpha is a state of light relaxation. Not a sleep state, but usually reflective of a calm, focused mind. Alpha is sometimes called the "superlearning state" because the brain seems to be more receptive and open to new information. Alpha is also considered ideal for creative brain storming. Most meditation occurs in this state. Delta (0.1-3.9 Hz) Delta, the deepest of the brainwave patterns, is a state of deep sleep, or trance-like consciousness. Maintaining awareness into delta can result in opening access to the unconscious portion of our consciousness. In the course of an average day, most of us spend some amount of time in all of these states of consciousness. As you go from the higher frequency beta pattern, down through alpha, through theta, and into delta, the electrical fluctuations in the brain increase. Coupled with the creation of these increased fluctuations in such a way that they occur in a synchronous manner throughout the brain (as happens with Holosync), the brain is pushed to create new neural pathways, changing patterns of perception and information transfer in the brain, thereby creating new ways of experiencing yourself and your world. This same process happens in traditional meditation, which creates the same electric fluctuations through a process of focusing, whether on a mantra, the breath, a prayer, or some other point of focus. However, with traditional methods, even after twenty or more years of practice, it is only possible to create fluctuations in the alpha and theta range. This is one of the reasons for the tremendous acceleration Centerpointe program participants experience through their use of Holosync soundtracks for meditation. Several scientists had noticed the effect of pulsating light and sound stimuli on brainwave patterns as early as 1910. But it wasn't until the early 1970's that neuroscientists confirmed that with the use of sound it is possible to stimulate the brain to move to or through any of the four main brainwave states. In 1973, Dr. Gerald Oster of Mt. Sinai Medical Center published a paper called "Auditory Beats in the Brain" identifying a characteristic of the brain in which the brain would resonate to the frequency difference between two tones presented to opposite ears. Because the hemispheres are not entirely separate, but connected, they actually respond to these two tones by producing a third tone representing the difference between the two original tones. Here's an example:
So by using the above two tones a calm alpha brainwave state can be created for the listener. What are low carrier frequencies and why does Holosync use them? While there are many programs which use brainwave entrainment stimulus, The Holosync Solution is unique in that it uses low carrier frequencies to stimulate growth. The carrier frequencies are the pair of tones used to generate the third tone. Generally speaking, the lower the carrier frequencies, the greater the fluctuations created in the brain. These fluctuations, over time, can create major upward shifts in personal development. Most people who produce entrainment soundtracks are concerned with "what brainwave pattern are you in." We are also concerned with what's happening while you're in that deep brainwave pattern. If you're using low carrier frequencies, as with Holosync, what's happening is that your nervous system is being driven to progressively higher levels of functioning. We think this is a vast improvement on conventional entrainment soundtracks since you're not limited to whatever the momentary experience that comes from listening to a CD, but can experience improvements in mental performance and emotional health as you continue to work with the technology. Here's an example of how lower carrier frequencies are used in brainwave growth. In the example given earlier, we saw an alpha state created with the following carrier frequencies:
Each time a participant in The Holosync Solution moves from one deeper level to the next, we lower the carrier frequencies, making that level stronger than the last. This unique feature of the program makes it possible to continue experiencing powerful core-level changes through years of use. If you're working with neuro-audio technologies that don't drive your nervous system, you will be amazed at what working with Holosync can do for you.What do I do about the mind chatter? Mind chatter is the sometimes bothersome mental "talk" that floods the awareness of the meditator. Although advanced meditators don't experience as much mind chatter as less experienced meditators, anyone at anytime is subject to having a busy mind dominate their attempts to relax into a peaceful state of mind. We usually suggest a simple "witnessing" approach; observe the thoughts as they arise, but don't emotionally attach to them. Allow the thoughts to surface, and allow them to move on. Thoughts in meditation represent stresses in the nervous system bubbling to the surface, taking the form of random thoughts as they break the surface of the conscious mind. Actually, mind chatter is no big deal, especially when meditating with Holosync. In traditional meditation, if you let your thoughts carry you away you are no longer focusing and therefore no longer meditating. For this reason, traditional techniques tell you to immediately go back to your point of focus as soon as you notice you have been distracted by your thoughts (or anything else, for that matter). With Holosync, the technology will keep the brain in the proper state and push it to change whether you become lost in your thoughts or not. What if I don't feel like I'm going deep? You actually cannot subjectively tell if you are "deep" or not. Sometimes deep means a certain trance-like altered-state experience, and sometimes it means your mind is going a million miles an hour as stresses deep in the nervous system are triggered and brought to the surface, taking the form of random thoughts as they break the surface of the conscious mind. Brain wave EEG studies have shown that the subjective experience of "deep" does not necessarily correspond with deeper brain wave patterns. The best policy is to realize that the Holosync stimulus will do whatever it needs to do, and the responses you create along the way are immaterial to the long-term results. There is no way you can stimulate your brain with Holosync and not get results, any more than you can exercise without getting results. When the stimulus, whether Holosync or exercise, is applied, the results will happen. You wouldn't think your exercise wasn't working if you weren't having a certain experience while exercising, and you shouldn't fall into the trap of thinking you need to be having a certain experience while listening to Holosync. While we like certain altered state experiences that can happen while listening to Holosync, just let whatever happens be okay and adopt the position of being the watcher of whatever happens.Is Centerpointe affiliated with any religious or political organization? Centerpointe is not affiliated with any religious or political organization, nor is there any philosophy or belief system you must adopt to use our program (other than that it is possible to be happier and more highly functioning). There is also no poison kool-aid, no guru, we¹re not stockpiling arms and ammunition, and we're not waiting for any comet to appear. We're an independent, for-profit, company dedicated to providing people around the world with a very powerful personal growth program and the support and information necessary to get the most benefit from it. Does the Centerpointe program replace conventional meditative practices? The Holosync Solution™ takes the listener to the brain wave patterns of deep meditation in a way that creates for the listener an accelerated meditation practice similar to that achieved by practicing many hours each day for many years. Participants experience the same classic developmental and evolutionary mileposts as in a traditional meditation practice, but in an accelerated time-frame. Many traditional meditators are at first unwilling to believe this but after working with the program for a short time, they are very often quite amazed how their meditations will be deeper, richer and more fulfilling. |
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