Theta Binaural Beats Last Night

So... I have just registered here so apologies if this is in the wrong area.

I have lucid dreamed for as long as I can remember, I have 3 dreams I remember from childhood and the lucidity keeps getting greater and greater. I have never kept a dream journal or used anything other than music to create a space within sleep.

Last night I downloaded a load of binaural beats in the Theta range, put them on my ipod, plugged in and dozed off. The effect was quite the opposite of what I expected...

I woke within my dream in a lucid state but with the Theta tone still playing in my head. I removed the headphones so the tone would stop but it kept going. I then went about some other unusual things to try to stop the tone but this did not work. After a while I realised I was in a dream, went into a self induced sleep paralysis then woke with the tones playing in the real world.

My question is, has anyone else had a similar experience of a semi lucid state on the Binaural beats or has anyone had a very positive experience?

Yage

what was the app, or where did you get these tones? I would love to try them.
Never experienced this, but I would sure like to test it out xD

Man I can never fall asleep with those things on, would you mind posting your results from falling asleep with them some other night?

I find them to be a great help with increasing the vividness of dreams, and making them easier to remember, but the sound never transfers into my dream. I suggest you do some research into isochronic tones as well, I find them both more pleasant to listen to and more effective than binaural beats.

Perhaps run an hour long theta wave track just once so it stops at the end...?

I'm thinking that this might have something to do with the fact the volume might be too high. I find if the volume is too high then I can't sleep at all. I usually set the volume at a semi-audible level.

Thanks for the replies.

This is where I got some of the downloads Download Free Binaural Beat MP3 Files

wyoung348 - That is great advice how just an hour could work really well at the beginning. Unfortunately it tends to take hours for me to get to sleep as I have far too much racing through my head when trying to get to sleep. I suppose I could set a timer but then risk that waking me up!

quantiq - awesome, I will try this tonight. I have not done this in ages now and I have a free week so testing this out will be ideal.

The other thing is I find wearing headphones uncomfortable in bed but I suppose I cant change that as they heed to be in headphones and not on speakers. Unless anyone has any bright ideas?? :)

Will post tomorrow hopefully... fingers crossed for results!

yage

Wich Hz is best for lucid dreaming induction off the Download Free Binaural Beat MP3 Files page? there are a few to chose from, does it matter?

This didn't work for me at all. I put it in repeat and listened to it for like 30 minutes straight and nothing happened. :(

I've tried listening to binaural mp3's to induce lucid dreaming, too. I woke up from a non-lucid dream in the middle of the night, plugged my headphones in, and played a 45-minute-long lucid-dreaming binaural mp3. It brought on a state similar to daydreaming. I was able to spin a dream-like narrative in my mind, and even feel physical sensations every now and then, but I was most definitely awake the entire time, as confirmed by my ZEO sleep manager. The track contained music that I found too distracting. It was a pretty frustrating experience.

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Wich Hz is best for lucid dreaming induction off the Download Free Binaural Beat MP3 Files page? there are a few to chose from, does it matter?

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All a tone will do is bring your dominant brainwaves to a certain frequency. Researchers have found that different parts of the brain exhibit certain frequencies when one is lucid dreaming or having an OBE. Recreating these physiological states in the brain is virtually impossible by using a binaural beat.

As with many other people, i cant fall asleep with these things on. :/ maybe thats how it should be? i always end up subconsciously taking them off

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All a tone will do is bring your dominant brainwaves to a certain frequency. Researchers have found that different parts of the brain exhibit certain frequencies when one is lucid dreaming or having an OBE. Recreating these physiological states in the brain is virtually impossible by using a binaural beat.

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Are you saying, that binaural beats don't work? I'm genuinly interested in the answer, because it's so wide spread, all these tunes for LDing, healing, ... Would you say that iso-tunes work better? Thank you.

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Originally Posted by gab

Are you saying, that binaural beats don't work? I'm genuinly interested in the answer, because it's so wide spread, all these tunes for LDing, healing, ... Would you say that iso-tunes work better? Thank you.

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Binaural beats work. But for inducing lucid dreams in general - no. A theory I have of how to get them to work is here http://www.dreamviews.com/f44/thirty...8/#post1863045

that's suprising that it actually worked for some one. I prefer listening the sprinklers.