Does anyone have tips on brain hemisphere integration?

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I had a link to a bunch of potted Castaneda stuff in audio, but I can't find it. It's great, really changed my outlook. I'm a keep looking.

By the by; how did we get from brain hemisphere dominance to astral projection? You righties

Someone needs to make a Lucid Dreaming/Astral Travel/OOBE thread asap. I might do in the morning.

Oh yeah, and Bob Monroe is great, thanks for the tip, auntblabby.

He wrote that he actually felt pretty bad about bruising his friend. I believe he was exceptionally gifted too. Thanks for the book recommendation.

I might have that book. I believe my husband read it before he died. Thanks for sharing that and the link to the article. It's an interesting article for sure.

I apologize for writing off topic.


Hemisphere Intergration(?)/Hemisphere Dominance/Hemi-Sync/Robert Monroe/Astral Projections(OBE's)/Lucid Dreaming/etc.


That's would be great/I would greatly appreciate it if you were to create a thread on these topics.


Thank You Moog.

Ah, no worries, Taupey. Sorry. I wasn't back seat modding. Just thought it was a rather amusing divergence. Astral thread will have to wait, I'm not struck by the spirit of anything right now..

Though, I had an interesting time last night, trying to get my body super relaxed prior to attempting Lucid Dreaming/OOBE. I managed to get so relaxed that my body no longer responded to my commands. Luckily, I was able to eventually wake my body up, but it was curious. Wondered if any of y'all had ever experienced that?

i wish i could muster that degree of control over my body. in anycase, you sound well on your way to astral travelling.

I can't integrate them, but my understanding is that this is simply how ASD brains work. We process things one at a time, rather than multitasking. Brain studies also show disruption between links between top down processing (understanding the big picture) and bottom up processing (focusing on details), and I know for myself this is definitely the case - my brain simply doesn't integrate the two. I don't think it's possible to change how the Aspie/autistic brain is wired, but rather find ways to use it for your advantage.

Sleep Paralysis maybe, I don't know for sure? I do the body asleep and mind awake thing quite a bit actually and I have experienced Sleep Paralysis several times too. Once, I had it in the top of my body but not in my lower body. And NO, I didn't see an old hag/crone sitting on top of me holding me down either (so many people asked me that when I tell them about it, I thought I would just answer). But I did throw my legs to the left so I would fall off the bed. When I hit the floor, everything was working just fine.

When I practice Hemi-Sync/Gateway, I always get a vibration and a feeling of movement in my extremities even though their perfectly still and then I cannot feel them. It's called seperating the conscious (mind) from the physical (body). It's the scariest part of the whole experience.

If I want to feel them I have NO problems feeling them again. But I've gone through exercises and have practiced doing it. It's a matter of mentally pushing energy through to different areas of your body. You actually get a feeling as your forcing the energy along to your fingers and toes. That part is euphoric sometimes giving you a sense of floating until you start moving everything again, and it can also be sexually arousing (just thought I would warn ya). Have you felt or tried anything like this? I practiced this exercise long before I started the Gateway/Discovery Exercises. I'm not certain if there is a connection, but I haven't felt anything like sleep paralysis (where I could not willfully control the movement of my body) in many years.

Hey Taupey. It might have been a kind of benign sleep paralysis, which I think is a state where the body is asleep but the mind is awake? I've never experienced the dark, opressive presence, or thing on the chest either, and I don't want to have to throw myself out of bed every time. What I did was progressively woke myself up from the head, then neck and shoulders, then legs, and then arms.

I've been doing this uber relaxation for a few nights. Last night I felt some kind of weird energy in my body, some kind of pulsing or vibrating, and the beginning of something a bit weird and frightening. I think I popped out of it real quickly each time.

But now, I don't know if I'm feeling this simply because I've read about it. It's like the 'maps' of enlightenment I've seen, am I really feeling something, or am I thinking I'm feeling it, because I want it?

So far I've not felt any weird sexual energy. The 'pushing' energy thing you mention makes me think of certain 'chi' moving disciplines, and also some yogic practices. I feel quite strongly that a background in these type of arts is beneficial to anyone wanting to partake in Dream/Astral Plane explorations.

Is there any way to get a free hemi sync program, maybe for SBaGen or something? I've had a good look and didn't find anything. I might give brainwave entrainment another wee shot. But then, I have a hunch that a dedicated and skilled person wouldn't need the technology; the technology is simply a shortcut to certain states. Any opinions?

That's what I do.



Sounds like you're doing it.



When I first started doing Hemi-Sync Gateway/Discovery, the vibration was faint compared to what it is like now. I remember thinking to myself, "Is that it, is that the vibration Robert Monroe was talking about?" But it became stronger and easier to identify with time. Now I know that's it. I get the vibration and the movement which is the seperating and then I'm out of body. I clearly recognize what is happening.

If you keep doing this, you will start recognizing it with no problem as well.



I really need to study and practice chi and yoga. I'm embarassed to say I know little to nothing about either one.



The Gateway Experience Program isn't cheap. I really don't know what they have, I'll call TMI on Monday and see if they have a sample of The Gateway Experience/Waves I - VI Discovery Program. When you become a member, they send you different samples of music and other Hemi-Sync Programs that are available for purchase.

There are also some videos about this on YouTube. Just type in Hemi-Sync and/or Robert Monroe in the search and they should come up. I only watched one or two of them so I'm not sure what they have on there.

I apologize, I'm not sure what SBaGen is? And, I'm not familar with the Brainwave Entertainment either.

Yes, it's a short cut for sure. It is amazing how fast it speeds up the whole process.

I also believe that someone determined enough would be able to do this on their own.

Maybe we will be able to visit each other sometime in the near future, without even leaving our homes.

Hey Taupey, thanks for the encouragement. Was too tired and it was too late last night to have another crack at it, but I had lots of dreams though. I wonder if one can integrate lucid dream training with OOBE training, or if they are best practiced separately? I've been mostly interested in Lucid dreaming and dream yoga, until this thread turned up.

I know very little about tai chi, or yoga. I've dabbled in the shallow ends of both. Yoga is a massive subject, especially when you start getting into all the various 'limbs'. Concentration meditation has always been my thing, and I think that's given me a good foundation for exploring this stuff.

I don't think there's any reason to be ashamed of what you don't know. Willful ignorance is another matter.

Brainwave entrainment, as I understand it, is a process where two slightly different tones are played into each ear to create a third tone in the brain, which then causes the brain to 'fall into step' with the rhythm of that frequency. I'm fairly sure that Hemi Sync uses this principle (wikipedia says it does).

SBaGen is a free program that can output entrainment programs, and can also be used to program your own. I'm not sure if Hemi Sync does something very specific in this regard, I can't find the secret recipe listed anywhere, so far I had a list of tones and their effects once, but I'm not really sure enough of what I'm doing to program my own. That would require some research.

I'm the kind of person that seems to 'like' doing things the hard way, anyway, so I'll keep trying things out for myself before I put money down.

It would be very interesting to see if we could meet There's a few people I've promised to go hang out with now. I'm going to be busy

There is a supplement out there : Acetyl-L-Carnitine

This has proven in trials to allow a better flow transfer of interhemispheric communication across the corpus callosum, even in unimpaired subjects.

I would take 500mg 3x daily in divided doses.

Subjectively it works for me , and it is very subtle , but cognitively I 'get things' at a quicker pace.

Its Basic M.O. is that it facilitates the transport of fats across the mitochondrial membrane in cells thereby making more energy.

As far as brain dominance goes, I test equal equal using online testing and without anything^, but my I.Q is left side dominant , as there is an 17 point difference between verbal and non verbal.

In my experience, lucid dreaming happens if I allow myself to fall asleep while doing The Gateway/Discovery Exercises. For some reason, I'm not sure why, maybe because in my mind I'm thinking that I need to stay awake to do the exercises. But I'm too tired to do that and fall asleep or semi-asleep instead. While my mind is somewhere between being awake and being asleep, I find myself in a lucid Dream.

In Wave I of The Gateway Experience has exercises in sleep exploration/other states of consciousness. TMI might have Hemi-Sync Exercises specifically for Lucid Dreaming.

You know some people don't need to buy the complete course to have a controlled OBE/OOBE but some people do. If you are already doing things on your own like you are, you might only need to get past Focus 10, The Ten State, physical body asleep, conscious mind awake.

Since I am on a number of medications, I called TMI and asked them what they knew about these medications and would they prevent me from being able to successfully use The Gateway Experience Program. I spoke with a RN who told me there was one Rx she wasn't sure about because it was so new. She said, if I was able to get past Focus 10, I would be able to do the rest of the course with no problem. The first three CD's that make up Discovery Wave I of The Gateway Experience Program is Focus 10. That's the same as you're doing right now.

Brainwave Entrainment does sound like Hemi-Sync. SBaGen sounds fascinating. It would be great to be able to create your own program because we're all so different and could use more of this and less of that.

I don't blame you for wanting to try things out before you put your money down. I had read Robert Monroe's books and had heard a lot of wonderful things about TMI Gateway Program besides speaking with the RN, before I bought Wave I. I'm very happy I did.

Tauper

Thank You Mdyar! It sounds interesting and I'm gonna check it out right now.

Hey Tapuey, you talked about Focus 10 and whatnot, and I remembered that SBaGen comes with a bunch of presets called very similar things; so I looked at the documentation and they are apparently tones reconstructed from old Hemi Sync tapes, or something! So anyone looking for Hemi Sync on a budget might like to go download SBaGen. I've not tried them yet so can't vouch for their quality or usefulness.

And I think that makes us nearly on topic once more.

Really, I have to check that out. Thanks Moog.