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What is Holosync®
audio technology?
Holosync® is a sophisticated form of neuro-audio technology
allowing the listener to easily enter various desirable states,
and creating many desirable mental, emotional, and spiritual
changes, through entrainment of electrical patterns in the
brain. This creates a synchronization, or balance, between brain
hemispheres, enhancing mental/emotional health and mental
functioning. In the process, new neural connections are created
between the right and left brain hemispheres, leading to what is
known as "whole brain functioning."
In addition to states such as accelerated learning ability and
enhanced creativity, Holosync® can help a listener easily enter
and benefit from states of deep meditation, until now accessible
only to long-time meditators practicing many hours a day for
many years.
Holosync® audio tones are delivered to the nervous system using
a low carrier frequency stimulus, masked by pleasant music and
environmental sounds, which drives the nervous system to
progressively higher levels of functioning. Through precise
sound patterning based on over twenty years of research,
Holosync® creates a "push" in the brain which causes the brain
to reorganize at a higher levels of awareness and functioning,
in much the same way a runner gives his or her body a physical
stimulus to cause it to reorganize at higher levels of physical
ability.
Typically, listeners show impressive improvements in emotional
health, a whole range of mental abilities, self-awareness,
ability to meditate deeply, personal motivation, sense of
spiritual connection, and a number of other areas.
Holosync® is based on research done at Mt. Sinai Medical Center,
the Meninger Clinic, and a number of other research facilities,
and is currently used by over 20,000 people in 58 countries.
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Are the recent reports of Holosync's ability to enhance
longevity and anti-aging properties true?
Yes. In 1998, Centerpointe was approached by Dr.
Vincent Giampapa, Director of the Longevity Institute
International, and one of the world¹s leading authorities on
anti-aging. He provided Centerpointe with some remarkable
findings related to Holosync¹s impact upon human physiology.
Clinical evidence shows that Holosync increases levels of DHEA
and Melatonin in the listener. These two bio-chemicals are now
known to play a crucial role in protecting the body against the
effects of aging and environmental stressors. In addition,
Holosync has been proven to lower levels of cortisol in the
bloodstream. Cortisol is capable of reducing immune function and
putting the body at risk for a number of deadly conditions. This
body of research is relatively new, and while Holosync is
receiving an enormous amount of attention from scientists and
lay-people alike who are interested in anti-aging techniques, we
expect more exciting information to come to light as we continue
our relationship with Dr. Giampapa and the Longevity Institute.
We will keep all our Participants updated as new information
becomes available.
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Do I need any special audio equipment to use Holosync?
Any stereo headphones and tape player will work fine.
Of course the better the quality of equipment, the better the
sound quality. Overall, equipment quality will not hinder the
effectiveness of the Holosync technology, so it's not necessary
to spend a lot of money on audio gear. In some of the deeper
levels of the program you may want to upgrade to equipment that
can handle the lower carrier frequencies we use, but in the
beginning any stereo tape player, including walkman-types, will
work. As you progress in the program, we will notify you when
you get to a level where better equipment is necessary.
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Do I NEED to use headphones with these tapes?
Yes. The Holosync® technology is a stereo effect in
which we place certain frequencies in each ear, targeting
certain parts of the brain. Stereo because the sound will bleed
from channel to channel. Always use stereo headphones for ANY
Centerpointe soundtrack unless we SPECIFICALLY tell you that it
is not required.
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Is Centerpointe affiliated with any religious or political
organization?
Centerpointe is not affiliated with any religious or
political organization, nor is there any philosophy or belief
system you must adopt to use our program (other than that it is
possible to be happier and more highly functioning). There is
also no poison kool-aid, no guru, we¹re not stockpiling arms and
ammunition, and we're not waiting for any comet to appear. We're
an independent, for-profit, company dedicated to providing
people around the world with a very powerful personal growth
program and the support and information necessary to get the
most benefit from it.
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Does the Centerpointe program replace conventional meditative
practices?
The End® program takes the listener to the brain wave
patterns of deep meditation in a way that creates for the
listener an accelerated meditation practice similar to that
achieved by practicing many hours each day for many years.
Participants experience the same classic developmental and
evolutionary mileposts as in a traditional meditation practice,
but in an accelerated time-frame. Many traditional meditators
are at first unwilling to believe this but after working with
the program for a short time, they are very often quite amazed
how their meditations will be deeper, richer and more
fulfilling.
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Can the Holosync® technology help me become smarter?
Holosync® has been known to enhance mental functioning
on a number of levels. It's ability to increase synchronous
neuro-electrical activity between the two hemispheres of the
brain, and it's ability to drive the nervous system to higher
levels of functioning over time, naturally brings with it the
potential for some rather remarkable improvements in cognitive
functioning. Learning ability, creativity, problem solving
ability, focus and concentration, memory, and intuition are
among the areas typically showing improvement.
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Is
the Holosync® technology totally safe?
Holosync®, while considered highly powerful, is totally
safe when used properly. Holosync® has been used for almost a
decade (and in more rudimentary forms for another 15 years
before that), by thousands of people around the world, and no
one has ever reported any harm whatsoever as a result of using
it. We are taking you into naturally occurring brain wave
patterns you enter everyday during each 24-hour period.
As part of the healing process stimulated by Holosync®, you may
experience some emotional upheaval from time to time. We have
found that this upheaval is generally of no greater consequence
than whatever amount of upheaval you may be already creating in
your life. Since the end result is a dramatic lessening of
conflict and upheaval in one's life, the small amount of
upheaval you may experience is well worth it.
At the same time, our belief is that it is not necessary to
suffer any upheaval while participating in the program. To this
end, we provide experienced guidance through Follow-Up Support
letters, a Telephone Hotline, periodic Special Reports, and a
bi-weekly email newsletter. If you follow the directions and
take to heart the suggestions in the support materials, your use
of Holosync® should be smooth and easy.
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Can
I listen to the tapes while I do other things?
You should listen to the soundtracks exactly as
described in the Program Instructions, which is sitting down,
eyes closed. Other use is less effective. If you wish to have a
second listening session on a given day, you could then listen
while doing some other task, but always do at least one session
exactly as the directions indicate. Since the soundtracks put
you in an altered state, never listen while driving or operating
equipment.
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How
much time do I have to spend listening?
In the enclosed Program Instructions we tell you the
optimum way to use this tool. You, then, adjust your use to fit
your lifestyle. We suggest listening one hour each day, but many
people use it more because it is so pleasurable and so
self-reinforcing and they feel so good when they are finished
that they want to do it more. And, there are some people who say
they don't have enough time and they do it less. These people,
of course, progress more slowly than those who do it more
regularly.
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What happens if I miss a day, or if I cannot use the tapes for
several days?
It is best to use the program every day, but sometimes
life does not work out in such a way that this is possible.
Missing a day is okay, and you should adjust your use of the
program to fit your life-style. Every day is best, but if you
can only do five times a week, or every other day, that is fine.
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Can I
listen to the tapes all night?
No. Listening for extended time periods can give the
brain too much input and bring too much unresolved unconscious
material to the surface, just like too much exercise can be
harmful to the body. Listening all night, or even for several
hours, can often create a state of severe overwhelm. Again, it
is best to follow the instructions closely.
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Does
it matter if I fall asleep while listening?
No, in fact, it is very common in the beginning to nod
out while listening. We are taking you into a delta brain wave
pattern, that of sleep, and your brain is also making a lot of
very relaxing neurochemicals, including endorphins. The
combination can make you fall asleep. As the brain reorganizes
you will gain the ability to remain alert throughout. So falling
asleep is really one of many signs that the brain is really
being pushed. Whether you are awake or asleep, though, the
Holosync® technology is affecting the brain and falling asleep
will not diminish effectiveness.
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If I don't have a lot of unconscious material coming up, does
that mean it's not working?
No. There are literally hundreds of possible ways the
nervous system can respond to the stimulus we are giving it.
Some people have no upheaval at all, some have a small amount,
some have a lot. Your response will be determined by the state
of your nervous system, the contents of your unconscious mind,
and your own personal predisposition to resist or not resist
whatever changes are happening in the brain. Just realize that
whatever experience you are having, it is the exact experience
your brain needed to create at that moment to make the changes
it is making.
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If I am distracted by sounds, by my body, or by my thoughts or
feelings, will it alter the effectiveness of the tapes?
No. Don't worry about your responses or the state you
seem to be in while listening. Just let whatever happens happen.
It does not matter if you attain any particular state, or if
your mind is quiet. The brain is creating various experiences as
it responds to the stimulus we are giving it, and they are all
exactly what needed to happen at any given time. There are
experiences we like better than others, but there is no "wrong"
experiences.
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What is
the best time of day to listen?
That is up to you. Some people like to listen in the
morning just after getting up. Others like to listen right after
work to revive themselves after a hard day. Others like to
listen later in the evening, before bed. It is good, though, to
have a set time of day so your listening session becomes a
habit, like brushing your teeth.
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Can I listen lying
down?
Sitting up, in a comfortable chair, is best. People
have been meditating in a sitting position for thousands of
years because the energy travels more easily through the body in
that position. If you have back problems or some other condition
that prevents you from sitting up, you may lie down.
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I'm really pressed for time. Can I listen as I fall asleep at
night?
Again, sitting up is best, but
lying down, and/or listening as you fall asleep at night is
better than not listening at all. A better solution for people
who absolutely do not have time to do the regular hour a day
session, is to wake up one hour early, put on the headphones
while still lying in bed, listen to The Dive, change the tape to
Immersion and listen for another half hour, then get up. You
will feel better than if you had slept that last hour.
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Are there any subliminal messages on the Awakening Prologue
soundtracks?
No. All of the effects are due to
the interaction of the Holosync® sound technology, which carries
no actual "information", with your nervous system. In the custom
made levels we add silent affirmations that are chosen by you
and recorded in your own voice, but even then, the driving force
of the program is the Holosync® sound technology and the effect
it has on the brain of pushing it to reorganize at higher, more
effective levels of functioning.
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I have
hearing loss. Will the tapes work on me?
As long as you have some hearing, they will work. And,
you do not need to have equal hearing in each ear. Any hearing
in one ear will be enough. People have even reported results
when the hearing was entirely by bone conduction.
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How long
before I experience results?
Everyone is different. Some people call after one or
two days to tell us of dramatic shifts they have experienced,
but for most people things happen more gradually. This is not a
"thirty-day miracle" like many tapes and programs claim to be.
Asking "when will the results show up" is kind of like asking
your running coach "when will I show results from my daily
running?" Actually, the Holosync® sound technology will begin to
create change the first time you use it, but you may not notice
the changes for a few weeks or even a few months. It is, though,
impossible to expose yourself to this stimulus on an on-going
basis without dramatic positive changes happening, anymore than
it would be possible to jog everyday without your body changing.
So be patient. Deeply rooted conditions can take time to work
through, but if you persist, they will change.
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What
about deeper levels of the program? How
do you go to the deeper levels? How many
levels are there?
A simple way to describe the dynamics of using The End®
program would be to say that we are giving the nervous system a
stimulus of a very precise nature that it cannot handle the way
it is currently structured. The brain responds by creating a new
structure that can handle the Holosync® input stimulus, in much
the same way a runner gives his body a physical stimulus beyond
its ability to handle, pushing the body to create a new physical
structure that can handle the physical stimulus, which we call
getting in shape.
While you are listening to the Holosync® soundtracks used in the
program, your brain is creating new neural pathways between the
left and right hemispheres. After approximately four months of
practice with Awakening Prologue, the initial level of the
program, the brain will have completed its creation of the new
neural structure needed to handle the stimulus it's been
receiving. (It is the creation of this new structure that is
responsible for the positive changes in mental abilities,
emotional health, stress level, and self-awareness people
experience in the program.)
Just as a runner running a mile each day for several months
reaches the point where running that mile will no longer push
him into better condition, the Holosync® stimulus from Awakening
Prologue will no longer push the nervous system to further
changes once the brain has created the structure necessary to
handle the input it is receiving.
If, at that point, you find yourself saying, "Wow! This is
amazing, and I want to continue this process," you can choose to
move to the second level of the program, Awakening Level 1. In
Awakening Level 1 we lower the carrier frequency used to create
the alpha, theta, and delta brain wave patterns, making the
Holosync® stimulus more powerful. This creates still deeper
meditation, new positive changes, and new improvements in mental
and emotional health. (For a more complete description of the
importance of carrier frequency, see the article "How the
Holosync® technology Works" in the articles section of this
site.)
Then, after approximately six months in Awakening Level 1
(during which the brain is once again pushed to create a new and
more highly functioning system), the brain once again comes to
the point where all the changes needed to handle this increased
Holosync® stimulus have been created in the brain. At this
point, if you again feel you want to continue, you would now be
ready for Awakening Level 2.
After the initial level (Awakening Prologue) there are twelve
additional levels in The End® program: Awakening Levels 1,2,3 &
4; Purification Levels 1,2,3 & 4; and Flowering Levels 1,2,3 &
4. Through lower, more powerful carrier frequencies, each new
level is more powerful than the last, taking you to deeper
levels of meditation and greater positive change.
In addition to the progressively lower carrier frequencies used,
each of the 12 additional levels is custom made, with the
addition of personal affirmations, chosen by you and recorded in
your own voice. The affirmations are silently encoded onto the
soundtracks using a new patented technology called Silent
Subliminal, created by Lowery Associates Laboratories of
Norcross, Georgia.
Finally, each custom soundtrack is recorded using a new 3D
recording technology called Virtual Audio, placing the sound all
around you rather than inside your head as with traditional
stereo recordings. Virtual Audio is something that must be heard
to be believed.
We send new participants complete information about the Lowery
Silent Subliminal technology and Virtual Audio once they begin
the program, along with a free sample of each.
Here's what you get with each deeper level: 6 custom-made
soundtracks, all recorded with your own personal affirmations
recorded in your own voice, and all recorded using the Virtual
Audio 3D recording process. These 6 soundtracks include The
Dive, taking you over a 30 minute period from an alpha brain
wave pattern, down through a theta brain wave pattern, and into
a delta brain wave pattern. The Dive is followed by Immersion,
which continues to hold you in a delta brainwave pattern for an
additional 30 minutes. After several weeks, the Immersion
soundtrack is replaced first by Immersion 1.5, taking you deeper
into delta, then several weeks later by Immersion 0.5, taking
you deeper still, and finally by Immersion 0.3, taking you as
deep as we have found it is possible to go. finally, the sixth
and last soundtrack is called Floating, and is designed to be
listened to during your sleep time. All soundtracks contain your
own personal affirmations.
You will also receive continuing access to the Support Hotline,
any Special Reports we create, and a copy of Centerpointe
Director Bill Harris's book The Management of Evolutionary
Change, which expands on the information in the Follow Up
Support letters received during Awakening Prologue, and acts as
a reference book for the remainder of the program.
Cost for the deeper custom-made levels varies, but is generally
less than $300 per level. From time to time we make special
offers where for a short while the price can be significantly
lower, and there is also a way to purchase all deeper levels in
advance for a very substantial discount. We send each
participant information about this option once they have joined
the program.
Over the years we have found it is very easy for people
considering joining the program to get sidetracked about the
deeper levels of the program. If you are just beginning The End®
program, we suggest you focus on your Awakening Prologue
soundtracks. Once you have finished your time with Awakening
Prologue, you¹ll be in a better position to evaluate the value
of going on to the deeper levels of the program. Awakening
Prologue, however, is a complete, stand-alone package and you
are under no obligation to continue to deeper levels unless you
are convinced the positive changes you are experiencing are well
worth the investment.
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What are low carrier frequencies and why does Holosync use them?
While there are many tapes which use brainwave entrainment
stimulus, The End program is unique in that it uses low carrier
frequencies to stimulate growth. The carrier frequencies are the
pair of tones used to generate the third tone. Generally
speaking, the lower the carrier frequencies, the greater the
fluctuations created in the brain. These fluctuations, over
time, can create major upward shifts in personal development.
Most people who produce entrainment tapes are concerned with
"what brainwave pattern are you in." We are also concerned with
what's happening while you're in that deep brainwave pattern. If
you're using low carrier frequencies, as with Holosync, what's
happening is that your nervous system is being driven to
progressively higher levels of functioning. We think this is a
vast improvement on conventional entrainment tapes since you're
not limited to whatever the momentary experience that comes from
listening to a tape, but can experience improvements in mental
performance and emotional health as you continue to work with
the technology.
Here's an example of how lower carrier frequencies are used in
brainwave growth. In the example given earlier, we saw an alpha
state created with the following carrier frequencies:
This pair of carrier frequencies give us a 10 Hz alpha brainwave
pattern. But how could we make this 10 Hz alpha state stronger?
The answer is by lowering the pair of carrier frequencies:
Or even lower...
As long as the difference between the two carriers is 10, we
still have a 10 Hz alpha state. But by using these lower
carriers we have created a stronger version of that alpha state;
a version which saturates the nervous system with stimulus
which, in turn, produces improved functioning. This process,
loosely called "neural driving" is the key to the Centerpointe
program. Through this unique ability to drive your nervous
system to higher levels of functioning, it's possible to
experience a wide range of significant enhancements to mental
and emotional health.
Each time a participant in The End program moves from one deeper
level to the next, we lower the carrier frequencies, making that
level stronger than the last. This unique feature of The End
program makes it possible to continue experiencing powerful
core-level changes through years of use.
If you're working with neuro-audio technologies that don't drive
your nervous system, you will be amazed at what working with
Holosync can do for you.
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Please explain the four main brainwave patterns to which you
often refer.
The human brain operates neuro-electrically. Brain
activity appears as a series of micro-voltage firings between
neurons (brain cells), or more precisely, through networks of
neurons. With the use of an electroencephalograph machine (EEG)
these firings or pulses can be detected and measured. These
neuro-electrical impulses are categorized in terms of a
frequency range of four major brainwave patterns (Hz = Hertz =
cycles/pulses per second):
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Beta
(13-30+Hz)
Beta is the state of normal, wakeful consciousness. As we are
working, driving, talking, etc., we are likely in Beta. On the
higher extremes, Beta is sometimes associated with anxiety,
panic or stress.
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Alpha
(8-12.9 Hz)
Alpha is a state of light relaxation. Not a sleep state, but
usually reflective of a calm, focused mind. Alpha is sometimes
called the "superlearning state" because the brain seems to be
more receptive and open to new information. Alpha is also
considered ideal for creative brain storming. Most meditation
occurs in this state.
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Theta (4-7.9
Hz)
Theta is a state of deep relaxation. Sometimes a sleep state,
sometimes not, theta reflects a state of dreamlike awareness.
Dreams and a deep, meditative state of consciousness are
common characteristics of theta.
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Delta
(0.1-3.9 Hz)
Delta, the deepest of the brainwave patterns, is a state of
deep sleep, or trance-like consciousness. Maintaining
awareness into delta can result in opening access to the
unconscious portion of our consciousness.
In the course of an average day, most of us spend some amount of
time in all of these states of consciousness.
As you go from the higher frequency beta pattern, down through
alpha, through theta, and into delta, the electrical
fluctuations in the brain increase. Coupled with the creation of
these increased fluctuations in such a way that they occur in a
synchronous manner throughout the brain (as happens with
Holosync®), the brain is pushed to create new neural pathways,
changing patterns of perception and information transfer in the
brain, thereby creating new ways of experiencing yourself and
your world.
This same process happens in traditional meditation, which
creates the same electric fluctuations through a process of
focusing, whether on a mantra, the breath, a prayer, or some
other point of focus. However, with traditional methods, even
after twenty or more years of practice, it is only possible to
create fluctuations in the alpha and theta range. This is one of
the reasons for the tremendous acceleration Centerpointe program
participants experience through their use of Holosync®
soundtracks for meditation.
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A
Very, Very Brief History of Brainwave Entrainment
Several scientists had noticed the effect of pulsating
light and sound stimuli on brainwave patterns as early as 1910.
But it wasn't until the early 1970's that neuroscientists
confirmed that with the use of sound it is possible to stimulate
the brain to move to or through any of the four main brainwave
states.
In 1973, Dr. Gerald Oster of Mt. Sinai Medical Center published
a paper called "Auditory Beats in the Brain" identifying a
characteristic of the brain in which the brain would resonate to
the frequency difference between two tones presented to opposite
ears. Because the hemispheres are not entirely separate, but
connected, they actually respond to these two tones by producing
a third tone representing the difference between the two
original tones. Here's an example:
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Tone of 230
Hz played to right ear
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Tone of 240
Hz played to left ear
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Difference =
10 Hz. (Alpha State)
So by using the above two tones a calm alpha brainwave state can
be created for the listener.
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How long should I listen to my Holosync program tapes each day?
We suggest listening one hour per day, although many
people use listen more than that because they find the state
created so pleasurable. There are also those people who do it
less due to time constraints; they will progress a little more
slowly. Each individual should adjust their daily use to fit
their lifestyle. We often receive feedback from participants
that this is the first meditation discipline they have been able
to practice regularly. Because the experience is so pleasant,
people look forward to doing it each day.
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