The Brain Evolution System

So, you might have heard of "The Brain Evolution System" of brain entrainment CDs that touts itself as 'the most power self-development technology on earth'. Is this typical marketing hyperbole or is there something to these audio technologies that claim to transform your mind and turn you into a genius? Perhaps you are considering trying this system out but want some feedback from someone who has bought it, used it and lived to tell the tale ;-) Well, tah-dah... here's my review....

^{Please Note: For those of you who have no interest in investing in something called The Brain Evolution System, and in the interests of providing some honest to goodness Hubpage value, I will include some tips on how you might accomplish similar personal development results without the high tech, high speed doodahs of this program.}

The Brain Evolution System, also known as BrainEV, is a set of 6 brain entrainment CDs that you use for a period of 6 consecutive months to completely revolutionize the way your brain or mind works.

Let's get straight down to business and explain what the heck Brain Entrainment is and what is has to do with personal development...

Wikipedia describes it this way:

Brainwave synchronization or "brainwave entrainment," is any practice that aims to cause brainwave frequency to fall into step with a periodic stimulus having a frequency corresponding to the intended brain-state (for example, to induce sleep).

Woahh there Bessie! I don't know about you but looking at that Wikipedia entry here is almost enough to induce sleep in me. Let's please try and make it simpler...

Basically brain entrainment uses pulses of sound or light to make your brainwaves function at certain rates that are associated with relaxation, creativity, genius, health and so on...

People have been experimenting with brain entrainment for years. The old ways of doing it included yogic meditation, prayer, chanting, drumming, dancing.

Feeling yourself relax and unwind as you listen to the Ocean waves is a natural form of brain entrainment. As is listening to and gazing at a crackling fire. You can't help but relax and feel good about it.

I've been into all this kind of stuff for over 20 years. I've tried shamanic drumming, Buddhist chanting, sweat lodges, deep meditations. I've experimented with floatation tanks, guided visualizations, hypnosis, light and sound machines. I've been wired up to EEG machines and all kinds of biofeedback gizmos. You could say I am a bit of a personal development slut in that I've been around!

So I know what I am talking about. I've tried Hemisync, listened to all Dane Spotts Zygon tapes, been through most of the Tools For Life catalogue, been there done that and ripped the T-shirt!

So that brings us back to The Brain Evolution System

Okay, so when you visit TheBrainEvolutionSystem.com website, you'll see they are making some big claims. Do they stand up and deliver on those claims?

CLAIM: ENJOY LIMITLESS ENERGY!

The brain entrainment CDs put you into mind states that are so deeply relaxing that you can't help but release loads of locked-up tension. All the subconscious energy that has been invested in those hidden emotional traumas gets safely and effortlessly released as you listen. That frees up huge reservoirs of natural energy for thinking better, feeling great, or being creative.

Alternative Energy Boosters - To experience increased energy without resorting to the shortcut methods of The Brain Evolution System, you could try the following alternatives:

1. Go on a detox at a spa.
2. Fast one day a week.
3. Drink more fresh water -- dehyrdation is chronic in low energy people.
4. Exercise more regularly.
5. Practice pranayama deep breathing.
6. Adjust your physiology. (Check out Dr Kilstein's PhysiologyOfExcellence website.)
7. Have a high percentage of raw food in your diet (80%).
8. Meditate on love and light.
9. Hang out with high-energy people and copy what they do (unless they do cocaine, in which case steer clear!)
10. Take supplements like CO Q19, B vitamins, bee pollen etc
11. Invest in a series of deep tissue massages like rolfing or trager.

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CLAIM: ROCKET YOUR IQ!

The Brain Evolution System trains your brain to enter peak states of mind that are ideal for learning, absorbing and processing information at high speeds with greater accuracy. I found that if I followed up a brain entrainment session with a study session I was laser concentrated and just seemed to retain the information so much easier. If I was talking about a subject, information just seemed to pop out and leave me thinking, "Where the heck did that come from?" That's pretty cool.

ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO ENHANCE YOUR IQ - Of course, there are plenty of other ways of enhancing your brain power and getting smarter. Here are some ways I recommend you think about if you don't want to try the BrainEV way...

1. Learn to image stream for an hour a day or more. Win Wenger's brilliant pole-bridging process of describing your stream of consciousness aloud in vivid detail. Awesome results!
2. Take a course of higher study. Get that degree. Choose a course that will really demand a lot of your brain. Forgotten how to study? Get some tips here.
3. Improve your concentration. Focus on one thing exclusively for at least 30 minutes a day. Don't fidget. Become a concentration master.
4. Take up art. Learn to draw. Do cartooning to start with. Get handy with a pen. Visual communication and design thinking skills are very important. Make use of graphic software to explore and play.
5. Practice or learn a musical instrument. Develop another string to your bow. Lol!
6. Do daily brain training whether it's Dr Kawashima, crossword puzzles, chess, poker, or luminosity.com, get that thinking box working!
7. Invest in accelerated learning programs. Mostly they are in languages. The Michel Thomas Method while not strictly accelerated learning does offer a way of learning a language really quickly. Adding dimensions to your brain through your study gives you more thinking room and ability.
8. Become a genius! The ultimate IQ booster...

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CLAIM: MASTER YOUR EMOTIONS!

Using The Brain Evolution System frees you up. You release all the emotional old garbage you've been carrying around. Whether you are still bitter because you weren't picked for captain of the netball team or crushed because your first girlfriend became a lesbian after sampling earthly delights with you... you can let all that go. I personally found that as I was in this auto-meditative state, things would just bubble up into my mind and I had the perspective and inner peace to observe them and let them go... That stillnesss and calmness became pervasive in my daily life.

Alternative ways of mastering your emotions:

1. Go into psychotherapy for a few years and many thousands of dollars. I mean look what it's done for people like Woody and Babs. Eek!
2. Get yourself a copy of 'The Feel Good Handcook' by David Burns and sort your s**t out!
3. Learn about NLP at NLP.com and master your states. Or worship at the big feet of Tony Robbins.
4. Practice heart centred awareness and the inner smile technique daily.

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CLAIM: THINK FASTER AND ENJOY CREATIVE RUSHES

The Brain Evolution System adjusts your brainwaves so that your brain is tuned to perfection. You are in the zone. You are tuned in and turned on. You are buzzing at the level of the geniuses. For me, the thing I noticed most was how much more quick witted I was. This felt great. I seemed much more at ease chatting with people, staying on the ball and coming up with the funnies. I guess that's important for me. For you it might be that you can make calculations in your head real fast, or have faster reaction times in sports or something...

Alternative ways to get creative and think better...

1. Check out how to unleash your genius for some cool and whacky ideas on getting creative and becoming a stick of dynamite! I recommend his Brain Squeezers newsletter for great tips.
2. Use mind maps. Check out Tony Buzan for info on that.
3. I love Michael Michalko's book 'Thinkertoys'.
4. Get your 6 Thinking Caps on with Edward De Bono.
5. To think faster... play ping-pong. Hand-eye coordination skills boost mental processing with the possible exception of Forrest Gump!

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CLAIM: SLEEP LESS!

While The Brain Evolution System claims that you will not need to sleep so much, this seems a bit far fetched. Given the opportunity, I'm a solid 8 hours a night guy. More often than not, I sleep between 5 and 7 hours a night. That's just down to workload and late nights, early morning starts. I certainly didn't need to sleep less because I was already on limited pillow time. What I've found though, from using the CDs is that I'm sleeping deeper and waking up like a light when it's time to get up. There is no more 'grizzly bear syndrome' for the first couple of hours of the day. I just seem to be bright and peppy and full of beans. My wife isn't sure whether this is a good thing or not ;-)

Alternative ways to sleep less:

1. Steve Pavlina's polyphasic sleep experiments here. Eeurgh nightmare!
2. Do more hypnosis trance work.
3. Get into deep relaxation sessions every day.
4. Cut back on heavy foods or move to one meal a day.
5. Eat raw food.
6. Become a member of the Rolling Stones ;-)

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I guess you can see that I am psyched about my results with The Brain Evolution System and encourage you to give it's 21-day-free trial a go, if you think it's the sort of thing for you. You've got nothing to lose.  Meanwhile I think I have given you some useful alternatives to achieving the things that these brain entrainment CDs do. The BrainEv system is the shortcut route. It's low effort compared to a lot of the other methods, after all you have to do is sit or lie back and listen to a track for half an hour. Bliss!

If you want to check it out, go to:

http://www.TheBrainEvolutionSystem.com

Thanks for your time. Peace out! (Oh no, I sound like Ringo Starr! One unwanted side affect of being so chilled these days! Lol!)