Schumann Biofeedback Concept

[BigAl]

Hello All,

I am new to Mind Place and the Kasina. Before the concept, an intro.

I a 53 years old (Canadian) and I have been meditating for around 3 years. I work is a high stress setting and have some additional challenges in my family life that add to stress. I turned to meditation to change my life, live in the moment, and most of all, become a better person. I enjoy all things physics related, researching various spiritual practices and in particular enjoy seeing the commonalities between science and spirituality. I don’t follow any particular doctrine but like to stay open to all ideas which is where meditation come in. Meditation has saved my life without a doubt and my trek has opened my mind to all kinds of parallels in religion and science. I love exploring this.

I have experimented with various binaural beats and find them to be very effective. in My “research”, I have read Itzhak Bentov,s book, Stalking the Wild Pendulum (rather listen to the book in Audible) I have a surface level knowlege of Schumann Frequency and good understanding of vibrations from my background. BTW that book is awesome - must read.

The book points out that the heat beat creates a pressure pulse that can resonate in the aorta when the breath and heart beat are aligned (various details omitted here as the word aligned gets the point across for discussion). The resonance creates a measurable electromagnetic field in our brain that appears to be in the same range as the average Schumann frequency. There are many who belief this is by design (fitness / evolution) as well as in a metaphysical context. This is a key concept that is very well presented in the Bentov book.

I have a concept that needs some development and I thought MindPlace might be a good place to float the idea. If anyone is interested, I do not have the time / resources or know how to develop?. Here is the concept:

Measure local Schumann frequency. Establish binaural beat with a carrier frequency + 1/2 measured
shumann frequency in one ear and carrier frequency - 1/2 measured shumann frequency. (This can be expanded to light as well). Depending on processing speed this will produce a live modulating binaural beat that is slightly out of phase (lagging) the measured Schumann frequency. It will still reasonate but the resonance will not generate the maximum possible amplitude unless the measured signal is translated into a beat signal instantaneously. the processing speed would need to be compared to the frequencies to be sure…or test it.

In addition, one meditation practice which I’m sure many are familiar with, is resonant tuning or using OM (AUM) as in various spiritual practices. I thought that if you used a harmonic pure tone of the measured Schumann frequency (in both ears) along with the binaural beats that you could encourage resonance in the body. For example, if the measured Shumann frequency is 5.2Hz , the lowest audible harmonic might be the 5th or 6th harmonic at say 26Hz or 31.2 Hz. Using harmonics would not result in full resonance but I think it would get the job done. I have noted that the when I practise resonant tuning, it tend to feel the resonance with the particular beat frequency that I’m using. Or, the pitch of my voice changes with frequency of the beat (or maybe the carrier frequency or maybe it’s the carrier freuency…I’m not sure. In any case I thought tuning to Schumann would sync mind, body and environment through electro magnetic resonance.

I thought that if you could tune into the frequency it might help deepen the connection to the earth weather that is physically meaningful or not, I’m not sure. I’m all about experience and so it’s a try and see thing (I’m sure there is a lot of research on such things which might help prove the concept or if a prototype might be something that would insight more research. Either way I’m hoping that someone has feedback or even would like to take the concept for R&D. I’m not interested in gaining from this but I think the idea might have merit. I thought this could be integrated with MindPlace systems and produce a biofeedback type modulating experience. Who knows….

I have used AI to develop the concept and will share with anyone who wants it with one caveat. If you build it I get one, and I have the opportunity to provide feedback (no cost ) I don’t care about gaining financially but have no problem is someone else takes it to that level.

[JoeV]

Without a doubt, the most significant frequency for brainwave entrainment is the Schumann Resonance 7.83 Hz. This is the frequency of the Earth’s atmosphere. What many people don’t know is that this frequency varies by ?2 Hz depending on lightning and sunspot activity.

At one point, I considered finding a device that measures Schumann Resonance in real time. There are websites that display the current exact frequency, but it varies by location. A local device for measuring SR was too expensive for my use. I don’t know if entrainment at the exact SR would make much difference. Audiovisual stimulation will elevate the target frequency, and the frequencies adjacent to it. I have made sessions that cycles through the possible frequencies, alternated the frequencies every 2 min, and randomized the frequencies. I made a session using a harmonic box x. I did not notice any improvement over using 7.83 Hz. I did not test with an EEG or HRV monitor, there might be slight advantages, I’m pretty sure of it.

If you’re into binaural beats, read Gerald Oster’s Auditory Beats Of The Brain. He states that binaural beats do not impact the brain at the frequency presented because the wave depth is not sufficient to produce a cortical response. Binaural beats do affect the brain and can lead to altered states of consciousness, but this is more hypnotic that entrainment. If you want to learn how light and sound can help conditions, read The Clinical Use Of Light And Sound.

I have been using AI to summarize the PDF’s and books on my website, that’s about the length of it. I’d love to learn more on A

You can email me at [email protected] if better than posting here, although I’m sure the community would be interested in your research. You might be interested in taking my course. https://www.allaboutave.website/ there you will find all the publications on AVS and BWE I have come across.

[BigAl]

Hey Joe,

Thanks for the response. I as mentioned in my email to you, but summarized here for the forum, I have looked into the antennae required to track the Schumann Resonance Field and it is probably not practical. I thought about your response as well and felt it was worth presenting some thoughts here as I found these discussions really do promote creative ideas.

As you mentioned, your experience with experimenting with small variations of 7.83Hz average SR to see what, if any, effect would be felt. As you mentioned in your experience, the variations presented little of any notable changes. I thought about this, and I had some thought on why that might might be. In my initial concept, I noted that slightly out of phase shits in the measured carrier frequency would result in excitation of the electromagnetic field produced by the brain, just not the full potential excitation. I think your experimentation demonstrates how little this variation really has on generating syncronic vibrations with the SR.

Your feedback has been great and I?m very keen on your reading list was well. Many interesting articles. I would encourage anyone reading this post and who is interested in learning to develop your own meditation experience to be augmented with your MindPlace Product, to visit Joe?s pages listed in his response to the original post.

Thanks to all who are taking the time to read this post. I would very much like to hear any other thoughts on the subject.