Level 2, First Session

[rchoates]

Wow...okay. I get now, all the posts I've read about level 2 and those damn bells, lol!! Sooo many bells. I was not expecting that kind of soundscape. Lucid Echoes is a good title. The constant trickle of water in the background, a rodent or perhaps a frog rustling in dense grass, the geese calls, and of course, the Bells!

The entrainment is wonderful, like being enveloped in a soothing vacuum of utter stillness. I don't find the bells distracting, but I could literally count each one that rings through my mind. And yet there's an odd quietness to the soundscape, like the fine particles in a mist being suspended. Very intriguing!!   

[Tiffany]

Way to go on level 2!  The bells annoy some and other find them soothing.  To each their own.  The bells serve a purpose though: to help your brain learn to deal with constant interruption and annoyances so you are better able to deal with these things and keep calm.

I like your visual description of the mist.  Very apt.

-Tiffany

[Lavender125]

I started my Level 2, session1 today and I was completely surprized by what I heard. I was expecting to hear another calming stream, or maybe a faucett drip, or water showering down on me----anything but bells! LOL  I have to admit, though, I like it, even though when they would appear I would kind of twitch a bit (yes, twitch) and my eyes would blink rapidly and my muscles jumped slightly.
But nothing takes the cake like this whisper that I heard in my left ear; it sounded like someone said, "Pow!" This may or may not have been real-since I had had a premonition during my first session with Level 1 so apparently I am opening a channel of communication within me-but this made me laugh out loud and for quite a while after my session ended.
Those damn birds that kept hollaring could have been the target for this "Pow" that came up, but again, I am not even sure if that was really.
Can't wait til the next session begins. I enjoyed your post-you are funny!
Go Level 2! (LOL)

[rchoates]

Hi Lavender,

I'm in my second week at level 2, and this audio is definitely nothing like level 1. The first cd was so "standard" (for lack of a better word), with it's bubbling water that was so easy to drift into. I would slip on the headphones and press play, and disappear into that "noise". The entrainment was a breeze to adjust to, and for the first couple of weeks, so much thinking thinking thinking was stimulated during the session, layers of thought within thought that weren't distracting in the least because the mental activity seemed to be happening outside and above me.

About the third week into level 1 is when I noticed the volume of dream activity I was recalling during sleep, and after waking. Now I've always had excellent dream recall, and lucid dreaming is no problem for me. I usually wake up in some dream, but if I don't have anything pressing to explore in my own psyche, I just let my awareness drift along without engaging, which is typically enough to slide back into that passive dream mode. But the sheer volume of dreams I've been recalling is quiet remarkable. Literally hundreds of details in one sleep period (about six to seven hours). I'm so grateful at this moment that I've never been one to journal my dreams!!

Now into level 2, that intensive recall has relaxed a bit. Level 2 has such a quietness to it, amid all those bells. The audio entrainment is from another country. It takes me deeper than level 1, but there's a delicacy to that deepness, like a fragile cocoon of stillness you have to crouch in, or you'll tear the fabric. The parade of thinking thinking thinking certainly isn't present. To me, level 2 is like entering The Mists of Avalon. The mind goes quiet, so as to part the way. I'm really liking it too.

Robert

[Lavender125]

Thank you for sharing your experience! I have had very vivid dreams and lots of 'ah-ha' moments, but as of yet, no lucid dreams.
Today is the second day for me using Level 2, and I suppose I was opening up a channel because the whisper I heard was not there this time, but I did hear a choir singing in the far right of my ear. I know it wasn't from outside.
I agree with you about the deepness of Level 2. Level 1 had me thinking a lot, also, so much that I didn't always get to enjoy the moments I had; not that I didn't though! And yes, it was more of a traditional type of meditation-at least it seems so just by the sound of it, but as we know there is a deep energy underneath that has a purpose, and I am so happy that I found this so that I can continue to seek my purpose.

Thanks again for sharing and I wish you happy sessions!

Blessed Be!

Leslie

[rchoates]

Thank you Leslie,

It sounds like BrainEv is a good match for us both. I first heard about the program two years ago, even downloaded the demo, and I really wasn't impressed. I've used audio entrainment for close to twenty years, so in that period I had used many different types of programs, and really didn't think BrainEv was something different.

But since I downloaded the demo, I received email after email from BrainEv (for two years, lol), and I would periodically read them and turn the info over in my mind.

Through my lazy investigation, I determined that BrainEv was not like Holosync. I've never tried Holosync because I don't like or agree with their concept and approach. I had about four years of traditional zen meditation under my belt, and by the time I discovered brainwave entrainment, I had become very skilled in suspending my mind for an indefinite period. Audio entrainment opened up another avenue to explore, and I eventually learned to feel out and regulate my own brainwave states.

In reading about Holosync, I was turned off by their misleading statements. Entrainment cannot fast track meditation. I know that's a popular belief, but it shows a misunderstanding as to what meditation is. Just because an audio entrainment can coax you into an alpha or theta brainwave pattern, that doesn't mean you're "meditating". Entrainment and meditation are not the same thing.

A big selling point with Holosync is their low carrier frequencies. They claim the lower carrier intensifies the entrainment. Too bad there's not a shred of scientific evidence to support that claim. A low carrier does increase a frequencies amplitude, but whether that provides a more effective and intense entrainment has yet to be quantified.

I applaud the creators of BrainEv for not stating that low carrier frequency crap!! When I studied how they utilized entrainment, I was intrigued, so naturally my curiosity grew.

Finally when I woke up in the morning this past New Year's Eve, and read yet another BrainEv email, I thought what the hell, let's give it a try. And I'm so glad I did. I really wasn't expecting much from the program, really nothing at all, so I'm somewhat beside myself by the program's overall effect. I look forward to my sessions and I'm immensely enjoying the process. It's been a wonderful start to 2012!!

Wishing you an awesome journey, Robert 

[Lavender125]

BrainEv, in its entirety, is a perfect fit with me. I had found out about Holosync about a year ago and had even ordered the sample and read the booklet, oh, about 40 times; I was very interested but scepticle as well. But what really held me back from getting it was the price.
Since that time, I have been through some many trials and tribulations that have caused me to not feel like myself. Not only had I become homeless and found myself with my children in a transitional home, but then I lost my 4 month old son due to complications with the vaccinations. So, as you can guess, I was pretty much a WRECK and needed some inner peace to help me rebuild my life.
Well, that was 3 years ago almost (March 18th this year will be three years since I lost my son), and I had since, found a wonderful HOUSE for my family, am working fulltime, and have begun school-2 years into it now. But there had still been an uneasiness within me, a notion of fears and worries and lonliness. I started to hate myself and my life and even began to blame myself for my son's death.
But then, I had a moment of 'ah-ha' and thought about Holosync. I literally tore my house up looking for this booklet and CD so that I can read it and listen again and, hopefully, purchase the product since I had finally saved up enough money to do so.
But I only found the book!
But something told me to go onto the website and check it out. And low and behold, BrainEv popped up. I actually thougth they were the same thing until I read about it after downloading the small boolklet and then watched the videos. Needless to say, I was hooked and SO very happy to have found 'it'-the one thing I was missing in my life. Sure, I have a great relationship with my Creator and I practise Yoga, meditation, chanting, and my spirtitual rituals, but I had begun to lose myself, my confidence, and my energy to do these things which has caused me to lose hope and focus for my future goals.
So then I tried the trial of BrainEv and, in my own way, became a spokeswoman for it! I told everyone I knew about this and had even held some sessions at my house last month so that my friends could join me in this jouney. I don't know if they will purchase it, but I know they all received something from it.
And this is the BEST system I have ever started; I will follow it through without faltering on my days (but even if I do, I will just pick myself back up and pick up where I left off), and become the real me I was supposed to be.
The journaling helps, the forum helps, and the ritual I have created just for my daily sessions all keep me going in the right direction.
And I am never going back to who I was becoming before I found BrainEv!
Thank you for sharing your time with me.

Have a great day.
Blessed Be!

Leslie

[rchoates]

Hi Leslie,

What you've been through, I can't even begin to imagine. To read your words and realize that an ACTUAL PERSON went through this blurs the design of my comfortable perspective, and I'm reminded of that dark space I was in so many years ago, that breaking of self I'm sure every person who lives life comes to at least once. I don't even remember what is was that kept me going, or how I eventually pulled myself out of the deep end. But my dark days were absolutely minor in comparison to what you expressed.

And you pulled yourself out. In a world where so many people cave in under less trauma, you managed yourself and your children to a better position. That's the very meaning of the word Extraordinary.

I don't think you ever have to worry about losing your way. You have a reserve of strength that's rarely witnessed in the human condition. Tragedy came forth and took you and your family in, and you held everyone together and walked out the front door, still with a willingness to embrace joy and share with others. I think that redefines Extraordinary.

Wishing you the Very Best,

Robert 

[Wookiee]

Hi Leslie,

I agree with Robert, that you have so much strength to have come through that. I lost my son at six weeks old due to rare and complex heart condition. I had to help my wife through that but that's nothing compared to what you've been through.

Best wishes

Wookiee

[Pure Bliss]

Wow, Leslie.
Your story gives me hope.
BrainEv delivered peace and calm to me  after years and years of upset and turbulence. And there are so many amazing people on the forum as well.
I consider myself blessed to be here.
May your journey continue to uplift you and inspire others. Well done!
Just reading your honest and painful and hopeful account reached right into my heart.
Thank you, Pure Bliss

[Lavender125]

Thank you all for your support. Everyday, as you could imagine, is quite a journey. I look at my boys that I have with me and only see my Preston Nigel, the one we lost. And I hate to say this but I have felt that losing him was my own fault. See, I was going through SO many emotional riffs that I started to deny being pregnant, hated to even talk about it, hated feeling him in me and hated that he was made by his father. But once I ran away he grew on me just as much as he was growing in me. And I fell in love. And when I saw him-I drowned in my tears like I am right now, and I hated myself for not ever wanting to have him. He was the most beautiful child I have ever seen, more so than his brothers, and he talked right when we faced eachother. Yeah, I know it sounds weird, but he babbled like I have never heard an infant babble!
Well, I can't see through my tears anymore; I gotta go. Thank you all SO much for your support, love, and blessings; I really need them now more than ever cuz my pain still runs deep.

Blessed Be.

[Colleen]

Leslie, you are an inspiration.  Even through all your grief, your pain and self judgement there is still that thread that holds you close to your determination to move forward.   Only someone who has closed themselves off to feeling could go through what you have and not feel to the very depths of their soul the heartache that you have suffered and I congratulate you for having the courage to feel your pain and for sharing with us, a very sad and painful part of your life that would have many in hiding and endeavouring to sweep the emotional part under the rug.  You are one amazing lady and I send my love and prayers to you that you continue with your journey allowing this to make you a stronger more empowered woman. 

[Colleen]

Robert..the 2nd level sounds fascinating - looking forward to hearing the bells..though loving the water sound right now in lvl 1