Do binaural beats actually work?

How can I get Binaural Beats to work?

• I've been trying to use binaural beats to induce lucid dreaming and also want it to make meditation easier and use it for imparting subliminal messages of my making on my subconscious. So far I haven't been able to get it to work. Here are the frequencies uses as I've been told. • Gamma (38-90 Hz) Highest form of lucid dreaming, heightened self awareness and insights. • Beta (12-38 Hz) Waking consciousness, alert, analytical and focused. • Alpha (8-12 Hz) Relaxation, creativity, whole brain functioning, calm. • Theta (4-8 Hz) Dreaming, lucid dreaming, deep relaxation, meditation, creative inspiration. • Delta (0.5-4 Hz) Deep sleep, unconscious mind, low blood pressure. I've used a program called adobe audition where I will generate two tones of different frequencies and play one in each ear to make the binaural frequency. I also listen with stereo headphones. I start at 15hz giving 2 minutes for my mind to tune in. Then I take 13 minutes to go down to 3 Hz with 2 breaks for my brain to catch up. Then I stay at 3 Hz for 15 minutes before taking 4 minutes to go up to 7 Hz, the frequency where I'm hoping lucid dreaming can occur. I then stay there for 40 minutes before having it gradually cut out over 2 minutes. I stopped trying with gamma frequencies hoping to get theta frequencies working first. So far it hasn't worked at all. I'm not even driven asleep and I'm not woken up when the track repeats itself starting at a waking frequency. Does anyone have any ideas on getting this working?

• Answer:

  Try jumping into the air a few times a day when nobody is around. Do this daily. After three to four weeks, if you've been consistent, you'll have a dream where you jump into the air. But in dreams, we don't just drop back to the ground, we float back down. Then you'll know you're in a dream.