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Gamma 4 by iAwake Review

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 […]

Bodhisattvas: Striving to be a Savior

Asia Buddha Meditation Buddhism

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”, […]

Beginners Mind by iAwake

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 […]