What are your thoughts on binaural beats?

[astrophlakes]

Ive been using Binaurals for at least 5 or 6 years and I love them.  They are great for meditation too.  But Ive never had an OBE WHILE listening to them.  For me what works the best is finding a powerful binaural and I like one with some good background music/sound that will put you in a decent trance and a positive mood, and only listen for like 15 minutes before going to bed, but don't leave the headphones in, take them out just like you would normally go to bed.  This should relax your body enough to fall asleep, but stimulate your mind to stay awake.  Body asleep + Mind awake = vibes.  Vibes can turn into OBE.  This has worked for me many times to get the vibes, but so does reading a stimulating book right before bed and staying up late so my body is tired but mind active and the vibes come all on there own with these methods.  Then all you have to do is hold the vibes for a couple minutes and you lift out of your body!  I wish it were that easy!

Ive gotten vibes many times but it wasn't until last night that I kept calm and collected and held the vibes for about a minute and sure enough, I floated right out and through my bedroom window!  Its weird I know people have said it before but it seems like the more I try to have OBEs the harder it is, then when I'm least expecting it, like last night i was tired and just going straight to bed, but I was in a great mood and could tell my mind was more awake than it should be, that's when I get the vibes au natural!  So I agree that trying too much, like listening to a binaural for an hour and a half, might not be the best for OBE.  Its great meditation, but for OBE you have to be right on that edge of losing consciousness, body already asleep, mind just wondering into pictures and colors, then out of nowhere, bam! vibes hit!  And Ive never gotten there with headphones in, but it could be that I don't like laying on my back for that long.  I'm almost always on my side, where I sleep most comfortably, when I get deep trance/vibes, and earbuds don't work well with lying on your side... 

[twilighter]

And Ive never gotten there with headphones in, but it could be that I don't like laying on my back for that long.  I'm almost always on my side, where I sleep most comfortably, when I get deep trance/vibes, and earbuds don't work well with lying on your side... 

I'm the same way, in that I am much more comfortable laying on my side rather than on my back. And while I have had more OBE's on my back. There have been a couple of times, where I gave up after trying on my back, and have rolled over to go to sleep instead, and BAM...a strong surge of vibrations would hit, and off I went. I also never have headphones on when attempting an AP, but I will listen to them off headphones, on my computer prior to an obe attempt, but I still feel it's effective.

[justin35ll]

i sleep and am more comfortable on my sides as well, but when using binaural beats or hemi sync i do it laying on my back because of the headphones. I've never got obe while using them, usually only in the morning after sleep when aying on my sides or stomach

[twilighter]

i sleep and am more comfortable on my sides as well, but when using binaural beats or hemi sync i do it laying on my back because of the headphones. I've never got obe while using them, usually only in the morning after sleep when aying on my sides or stomach

Yes, while obe's might be more common while laying on the back, it's clearly not necessary to lie in that position to achieve one.