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trip1
USA
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 Posted - Oct 21 2005 : 4:53:11 PM
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I started using the Hemi-Sync Gateway system about a month before I found the AYP lessons. A week after starting my meditation practices, I felt I was subjecting myself to too much at once, and decided to put the Gateway system on the back burner for the time being.
I only completed the first wave (out of seven), but I'm pretty sure that this alone greatly helped me find the relaxed state needed to achieve quality meditation. A kickstart of sorts. The later waves claim to achieve expanded awareness, energization, OBE's and much more. According to their website, all of this can be accomplished on a six-day Gatway retreat at their center (utilizing the same system that I was using). I thought that seemed a bit too quick, hence my spending a month on the first wave alone.
I was wondering if anyone else has used this system and where they think it could fit (if at all) on the path towards enlightenment. Also when used alongside a program such as the AYP Lessons, is there a chance that they could compliment each other or would it just be too much?
I found this excerpt from the Monroe Institute's Website (taken from a New York Times article) to be especially interesting :
"One Gateway alumnus, the head of a Zen Buddhist Temple...believes that Gateway students can reach meditation states in a week that took him years of sitting."
Thanks and I'll be looking forward to your insights.
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Yoda
USA
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Posted - Oct 31 2005 : 10:48:11 AM
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While I've not used the Hemi-synch, I've used several other brainwave entrainment tapes such as the Robert Monroe tapes and machines. They do offer an instant meditation experience, which is fun.
I think they have value esp. to people who don't want to "meditate" but just want to relax, play better in sports, manage pain, heal a condition, etc.
Some forms of meditation are simply too difficult for some people to learn, so the tapes would be an advantage.
Inner mantra meditation like AYP or TM releases tension from the nervous system which the tapes don't. Also, inner mantra is fairly easy to learn and get benefits from right from the start unlike many other techniques. |
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Richard
United Kingdom
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Posted - Oct 31 2005 : 11:52:25 AM
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I was wondering if anyone else has used this system and where they think it could fit (if at all) on the path towards enlightenment. Also when used alongside a program such as the AYP Lessons, is there a chance that they could compliment each other or would it just be too much?
Hello there
I have had the Hemi-Sync Gateway tapes for some years now. I found the system wonderful for deep relaxation. I got as far as being able to bring the relaxed state about by just using the key word and I sometimes do this before i start my practices if I feel a bit tense, so yes it does have its uses. Its mainly for OBEs though and that does not fit in with AYP.
Blessings
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trip1
USA
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Posted - Nov 01 2005 : 11:35:52 AM
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| Thanks for the replies, they are greatly appreciated. |
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