Hemi-Sync: The Gateway Experience

Hemi-Sync: The Gateway Experience from 'The Monroe Institute' is a collection of six albums called 'Waves of Change'. The purpose of the audio is to develop expanded states of awareness. It uses a process called Hemi-Sync which is short for Hemisphere Synchronization. The audio sends seperate sound pulses to each ear and creates a third sound called the 'Binaural Beat'. It is never an actual sound, but an electrical signal created by both brain hemispheres acting and working together.

Last week upon recieving Wave 1 - Discovery I have been listening to it almost everyday. I've currently replaced it with my meditation sessions and have had some good results.

First I had no recall of my dreams since using it except for today where I managed to remember brief fragments. I'm currently on track 3 'Advanced Focus 10' which is from Robert Monroe's phasing model and is the mind awake/body asleep state.

So far I have felt tingling sensations that at times feel like sparks of electricity around my toes and hands. When listening to 'Advanced Focus 10' I feel an intense pressure at the top of my head. I have felt these pressures before sometimes during meditation but they were milder. Something seems to trickle down from the left side of my temple and makes my cheek feel very weird - I think I'm consciously getting into the sleep paralysis state which is obviously the mind awake/body asleep state.

When I do feel that trickling down the cheek sensation I get the urge to stop it because it feels very uncomfortable. I guess with time and practice I should be able to overcome this. I plan to get back to meditating 15 mins a day as well as listening to Gateway Experience every night.