Mitch

I have finished reading it and have reread it a second time so I could take notes. Part of my problem I think was that I held the view that I was supposed to "dissolve" the ego. Naturally, I thought that I should slowly identify with fewer things until there was nothing to identify with. I never once thought that I could go the opposite direction and include more things in my sense of self. As I was reading it initially and reflecting on it, I felt some resistance to even fathoming expanding my sense of self. It was weird, almost like shiver ran through my body. This could be a trick by the ego due to my expectation of learning something from this article, but the feeling certainly did happen. Very powerful, thank you for sharing.

@Isle of View Thanks a ton, this looks at first glance to be extremely helpful. I'll be in the process of reading that blog post. I happened to just come up with the idea of using the Sedona Method for the ego this morning after watching how it was applied to emotions and wondered if it could be directly applied here. By letting go of ego, I mean to completely let go, not just one part of it. How I think of ego is as a sense of self and identity, which is something that enlightenment says should be dissolved. I will have to take a look at Dwoskin's book. Thanks again.

Recently I decided to do some research on brainwave entrainment. If you don't know what this is, here's a guide I found last night that seems to be fairly accurate. Initially, I was wondering if the supposed effects actually worked beyond placebo, which was one factor that caused me to doubt and eventually stop using them when I first encountered binaural beats over a year ago while researching about how to increase concentratration while studying. As it turns out, a majority of the pages I looked at stated that there was a beneficial effect to using entrainment and the most negative pages just happened to be about not particularly being fond of binaural beats, not that they didn't work. Leo has said here that they do indeed work. So, on to the subject of this thread. I was wondering if there was a most effective way to use brainwave entrainment to maximize gains. As I use them right now, I use delta frequencies at night just before I go to bed to have sound sleep. In the morning when I wake up, it makes sense for me to use alpha frequencies, which are associated with relaxation, consciousness, and meditation. Usually an hour or so after I wake up is when I schedule my meditation session. I'm curious about the effects of using entrainment while meditating. Right now, I'm unsure whether or not this seems like a good idea or not. My personal take on it right now says that meditation will become too easy at this point, so I should avoid using them at the same time as meditating. Those of you that have experience with this sort of thing, what are your thoughts on it? Additionally, I was wondering how long entrainment tends to influence mood after no longer actively listening to the frequencies before the effects become negligible. I'd like to be able to be as sharp as I am in the morning at night, so knowing how long the influence lasts would be good so I can properly wind down before going to bed.