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Originally posted by DesertSphinx:
Playing an affirmation tape/cd/mp3 in the background when we are not paying much attention to it makes it work faster. How about playing it (softly) when we go to bed? As our minds go from beta to alpha to theta, our own affirmation (let's say 30-45 mins tape) will help us even more as it is our own voice. Comments?
Generally speaking, unless you have a great deal of difficulty getting to sleep, your mind enters the alpha area within a minute or so of putting head on the pillow. As we drift to sleep, the alpha stage lasts approximately 5 minutes and the theta stage last generally 10 to 15 minutes, deepening to upper delta. So creating a CD with audible suggestions or affirmations to be played at bedtime, there is not much sense in creating something longer than 20 to 25 minutes (because after that you are in delta).
Put some nice relaxing music (include gongs, rain, waterfalls, ocean waves, etc.) for the first 2 to 3 minutes, and gently move the voice into place. Audible suggestions in your own voice actually work more powerfully than subliminal, as there is some question as to whether or not there is actual "inner" hearing of these once we reach delta.
If you create a CD that is to be re-played continually during the night, suggest that you put another 25 to 30 minutes of just soft sound, connecting back to the original sound when it begins replay, and then you more than likely will hit the sleep cyles as they cyle through the theta and back into delta throughout the night.
If you notice, the CD's that Paul does are rarely more than 25 minutes long. What I've noticed using the "sleep" track at night is that as I cycle in and out of sleep, sometimes I do hear the message, and sometimes I'm just not there for it - and occasionally drift back into it part of the way through. That's where I've picked up on how how long to create the homemade CD.
Cheers!
Unis 
