Sounds or silence?

[Captainchaos]

Hi all
I’m a complete novice here and I’m at the very beginning of my journey.
I’ve been exploring on my own and finding things out for myself as well as reading this excellent forum.
I just wanted to ask other people’s thoughts.

So to start off with my first few experiences were a little overwhelming.
To be honest I just wasn’t really sure if it was something I was going to enjoy.
My more recent experiences have been equally overwhelming but only in an extremely positive way!
One thing I found for me made a huge difference was better preparation.
Making sure that I was comfortable and relaxed with no o some Alpha wavedistractions.
Up until this point I had found any background noise including music very distracting and emersion braking.
On this occasion I had been meditating for a few minutes before, and I had been listening to some alpha waves that I use to meditate.
I decided to leave the alpha waves playing.

This for me was a complete new experience rather than being a destination this sound did something I can’t describe with language.
It was kind of like I dissolved into the sound.

Has anyone else got any experience with alpha waves?
Dose anyone else have a similar experience or do you prefer silence?

The alpha waves I listen to are

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[universecannon]

Awesome! I can relate. Acoustic resonance has been a foundational element of psychedelic/spiritual techniques for millenia and seems to pull the experience/brainwaves into far greater coherence, especially with practice. I can imagine that one you're using works quite well. I like some high frequency choir music (on semi decent speakers, not headphones) while playing a large quartz singing bowl, but a lot of different sounds help, even just a 2 or 300hz sine wave tone makes a significant difference.