Binaural Beats

I came across something on the web. It is called Binaural Beat

Wikipedia says:

Binaural beats reportedly influence the brain in more subtle ways through the entrainment of brainwaves and have been claimed to reduce anxiety and to provide other health benefits such as control over pain.

I tried it. I am not sure if it is snake oil. But I swear... I did get lucid dreams. Usually, I would dream but would forget seconds after waking up. But this time, it seemed so clear, so... real.

Also, at certain points just before I really went to sleep, I could see images...  Interesting.

There are free apps on iOs. You can even mask the tone with music, or sounds of waves, brooks, rain, etc.

Here is the YouTube one I tried before I downloaded it on my iPhone.

Try it. You should wear stereo headphones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_xgkv9MT8

His Plan > my dream

I Won't Hold You Back.

Currently, I am obsessed by a remix of this song by a DJ called Roger Sanchez. The Sanchez song is called "Another Chance." I particularly like the Afterlife Remix version. Anyway, he sampled it from a 1982 Toto song called I Won't Hold You Back. Interestingly enough, the original Toto's song featured the Eagle's bass player Timothy B. Schmit on backing vocals during the choruses.

I started to listen to the 80s song and got to thinking about the lyrics. And thought of the title. How noble to let somebody go because you want something better for them. Even though, you would lose them in the process.

Love!...choice...Marriage.

A student asks a teacher, “What is love?” The teacher said, “In order to answer your question, go to the padi field and choose the biggest padi and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick.” The student went to the field, went through first row, saw one big padi, but he wonders… maybe there is a bigger one later. Then he saw another bigger one… but maybe there is a even bigger one waiting for him. Later, when he finished more than half of the padi field, he starts to realize that the padi is not as big as the previous one he saw, and he knows he has missed the biggest one, and regrets. So, he ended up going back to the teacher with an empty hand. The teacher told him, “…this is love… you keep looking for a better one, but when it’s too late, you realise you have already missed the person….”

“What is marriage then?” the student asked. The teacher said, “in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick. “The student went to the corn field, and this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake; when he reaches the middle of the field, he picks one medium corn that he feels satisfied with, and goes back to the teacher. The teacher told him, “this time when you were looking for a corn…. you look for one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best one you get…. and this is marriage"