What I wouldn't give for 'on demand' access to a hypnogogic state. That would mean instant geniushood. On demand geniushood--for anyone! Think of it!!!
I feel as if I am approaching that state, but I am beginning to doubt if it has anything to do with the paraliminals... Allow me to explain:
Lately, I've made some breakthrough distinctions regarding sleep. There seems to be some sort of see-saw going on between delta and theta sleep states. By getting enormous amounts of delta sleep through the Brainwave Generator meditations, I think that I am creating an imbalance. The see-saw is heavily weighted on the Delta side. The need for Delta is satiated...(I've been getting so much delta, it's coming out of my ears... or into my ears, rather) but what of the need for theta? I think that I am repressing the theta half of sleep!!! We need both. If we miss out on one type of sleep, the other type of sleep will find a way to express itself--ie, you'll feel damn tired, you'll start to hallucinate, life takes on a dreamlike quality. And, when you do finally hit the sack, the type of sleep you most need will hit you full force!
You know what else? I think that this may have been the key to Edison's genius. He was else a moron. Get this, you may know that he regarded sleep as an evolutionary remnant--aka a waste of time. No need to hide in caves anymore so we won't trip over rocks, etc. Right, so, at his own admittance, he got four hours of sleep a day. BUT, he took MAJOR naps. Whenever he got stumped in his lab, he'd go for a little 'lie down'. I propose that my situation is almost directly analagous to his!!!
With just four hours of sleep, he must have been heavily delta weighted/satiated. When he went to lie down, he therefore must have entered an instant hypnogogic state of Omniscience. PURE THETA, man. All true geniuses are visual thinkers--theta is pure visual!!! My contention is that it was Edison's depriving himself of theta sleep that led his naps to be so theta weighted--instant access to the infinite creativity and insight of the subconscious--thus leading to a gazillion original patents and... quite fittingly, the light bulb 
*deep breath*
Right, 
Have you used Cool Edit 2000 to make brain wave sessions? Also, I noticed in the BW Generator presets the binaural beat frequency. Is this setting for differentiating the L/R channel frequencies?
The bwgen is the epitome of ease. It separates the channels automatically, as does Cool Edit 2000. Cool Edit is much more difficult to use--especially for lengthy, more involved sessions. Though, some say the waves are higher quality--whatever the hell that means! BWGEN is just a point and a click--best to stick with that!
I also didn’t see a free copy other than the demo. Is that what you are using?
The demo has full functionality other than the ability to import the more divergent presets--presets for OBE's, lucid dreams, sleep reduction, chakra opening, virtual cocaine and all sorts of crazy stuff. If you are looking for a crack, it's out there, but it will take you hours to match up the right crack with the right version.
[This message has been edited by Brian649 (edited December 08, 2000).]
