How to Get the Mind of a Zen Buddhist Monk

It has been 8 weeks since I started Bill Harris'connectedness so typical of spiritual experiences.
Holosync Awakening Prologue. And I must say that IInstead of merely duplicating these brain wave
have been pleasantly surprised by the results. I waspatterns, Harris chose to view the entire Holosync
not looking for gut-wrenching changes in mymeditation process as evolutionary which means that
personality. After all I am, on the whole, quite even inthe brain is pushed by progressively stronger stimulus
temperament. Like most folks, I am happy, confidentto develop new structures and new thresholds. And
and secure most of the time.it is this search for stronger stimulus that led Harris to
What attracted me to Bill Harris' program initially wasthe use of progressively lower frequency carriers to
the fact that his promises did not carry the usualpush the brain to higher levels of organization .
sales pitch. He did not promise that all your dreamsUsing the analogy of a runner, Harris explains the
would materialize with the use of his product. Nor diduniqueness of his meditation process in this way:
he say that you would become infinitely wealthy or"Once the brain finished creating the pathways
successful or that all your desires would be madeneeded to handle the first set of frequencies we
manifest. What he did promise was thata) you wouldoriginally gave it, evolution would stop. We would be
become more happy, more tranquil;b) you wouldlike a runner who could never increase his run to two,
improve your brain power--increase in learning ability,three or more miles.
memory, intuition, creativity and concentration;c) you"In terms of the running analogy I've used, lowering
would experience remarkable improvement in spiritualthe carrier frequency is like adding more miles to your
and emotional health;d) you would ( if you followrun. On the other hand, the meditative brainwave
through with the 12 levels of the program until thepattern caused by the beat frequency the brain
end) develop the brain state of a Zen Buddhist monk.creates in reconciling the Holosync tones corresponds
It was this last promise--that I can have the mindto how fast you run. Slowing the brain wave from
and brain state of a Zen Buddhist monk-- that reallybeta to alpha to theta to delta is like running
intrigued me. So I ordered the initial program--theincreasingly faster. By allowing us to run faster and
Awakening Prologue online.farther, carrier frequency allowed us to really push
So far, 8 weeks into the program ( meditating 1 hourthe brain to change."
a day with Holosync), I have noticeda)a remarkableThe technology behind Holosync is part of a new
ability on my part to focus on my work(revolution in neuroscience which sees brain wave
writing),b)increased creativity and productivity,c)aentrainment as a means to enhanced brain power,
deep, deep sense of happiness that wells up severalhealth and longevity. Research now shows that the
times during the course of the day.endorphins released when the brain is exposed to
But what has been for me the most profoundalpha and theta binaural beat patterns enhance many
change is the ease with which I seem to enter amental functions such as learning and memory. A
meta-consciousness, an "other" me looking at myselfrecent study by Dr. Vincent Giampapa M.D. revealed
and all that happens to me in a detached, witnessingthat placing a listener in the various brain wave
manner. It's as though I am able to enter an alteredpatterns using Holosync audio technology dramatically
state that prevents me from judging or reacting withaffects three hormones related to longevity and
blind emotions. I am watching my response( whetherwell-being. He found the following changes in levels of
it be joy, anger, annoyance) as though it weremelatonin, DHEA and cortisol in 19 users of Holosync
someone else's , another reality, not mine. And thelistening 4 hours a day over a 3 day period:a)Over
benefit of this detachment is the ability not to be68% had increases in DHEA ( the hormone that acts
aroused unnecessarily by circumstance.as a buffer against stress and aging) levels with an
Well, you are probably wondering, what is Holosyncaverage increase of 43.77%.b)Cortisol, the stress
and how does it work?hormone , was down an average of 46.47%, with
In its simplest form, Holosync is meditation throughpositive changes in 68% of the people.c)Levels of
neurotechnology. It is based on the work of Dr.melatonin, the hormone associated with restful sleep,
Gerald Oster whose research into the effects ofincreased an average of 97.77% with positive
sound waves on brain wave patterns led to his usechanges detected in over 73% of the participants.
of sound to create desired electrical patterns in theThe entire process of moving through the 12 levels
brain, including those of a Zen Buddhist monk whoof Holosync would take 7 years. This is really quite
has been meditating for over 20 years. Studies haveencouraging considering that a normal Buddhist monk
shown that these monks have unusually balanced andwould take 20 years or more of intense meditation
synchronized whole brains, developed through yearsto arrive at this level. For me, the die is cast. I am
of focusing by repeating a prayer or mantra. Thecommitted to the entire program; even the 7 year
repetitive practice of meditation has created newengagement is seductive because it tells me that this
neural pathways in their brains allowing them tois not a simple exercise in magic, but a lifelong
experience the ineffable sense of oneness andcommitment to mind and spiritual development.