Tracks: 01 Blissful Cognition02 Blissful Cognition part 203 Cognitive Bliss I sat up to meditate with the iAwake Gamma 4 tracks this morning without investigating where “Gamma” fit in the frequency world of brainwave meditation. For some reason I assumed it was deeper and more intense than the others, perhaps because I was less familiar with […]
By Michael Ericson In this essay, I will be focusing on one major difference between early and middle era Buddhism: the shift from a focus on attaining Nirvana for oneself to a focus on saving sentient beings and bringing Nirvana to others. The Bodhisattva school, especially as expressed in Shantideva’s “The Way of the Bodhisattva”, […]
Beginner’s Mind Reviewby Michael Ericson I listened to this tape on a cold and cloudy Saturday in January. I was very interested in these tracks because they’re supposed to be designed to affect your brainwaves in specific ways. For those unfamiliar, brainwaves are the frequencies formed by the firing of neurons, and certain ranges of […]
By Michael Ericson The Dhammapada is a guide for how to live an ideal life and reach Nibbana, which is total freedom from attachment to the world. It speaks a lot on themes of self-control (of one’s words, actions, and thoughts), doing good and refraining from evil, keeping good company, avoiding attachment and the pain […]
Recording Rundown: Time: 30 minutes, 30 minutes Brainwave: “Schumann Resonance” Sound: Digital Effect: equanimity, liquidity Style: varies Frequency: 3 – 60Hz Review submitted by a reader. I just learned a tiny bit of what the Schumann resonance is today. Interestingly, the resonance was predicted in 1952 by Winfried Otto Schumann, a mathematician, decades before […]