Psychoacoustics of Gayatri Mantra

Psycho-acoustics is the study of the perception of sound. This includes how we listen, our psychological responses, and the physiological impact of music and sound upon the human nervous system.

Biophysicist Dr. Gerald Oster showed that when a tone is played in one ear and a slightly different tone is played in the other ear, the difference causes the brain to create a third, internal tone, called a binaural beat. The theory is that this syncs the brain waves in both hemispheres, a process dubbed “brain-wave entrainment”.

Now what are the benefits of brain wave entrainment? Depending upon the type of frequency being used in the sound wave four state of mind can be achieved, these are:-

Name	Frequency Range	Benefits
Delta	1-3 Hz.	Deep sleep, lucid dreaming, increased immune functions
Theta	4-7 Hz.	Deep relaxation, meditation, increased memory, focus
Alpha	8-12 Hz.	Light relaxation, “super learning”, positive thinking
Beta	13-25 Hz.	Normal state of alertness, stress, anxiety

Carol Moore, of Monroe Products, says, “When the brain is in synchronicity, there’s focus more. Our sleep titles help drop you into the deep delta waves. Electrical activity in the brain gets slowed down”

When one experiences and went through the above first three state of relaxation there is great possibility of vanishing physical or mental diseases. But this is a bye product only. Main product is extreme stage of relaxation and beyond sense experience. 

My today concern is to represent mantras from Hinduism have capacity to bring even more than what said above. I would like to mention here some researches on Gayatri Mantra. Gayatri Mantra is the ‘Best Divine Prayer’ Hymn in the World - Dr. Howard Steingeril, American Scientist.

Dr. Howard Steingeril, an American Scientist, collected Mantras, Hymns and Invocations from from all different religions of the world and tested their strength in his physiology laboratory. He concluded that the Hindu Vedic Gayatri Mantra is the most rewarding scientifically. That the Gayatri Mantra produced 110,000 sound waves per second. This was the highest, and found it to be the most powerful prayer hymn in the world. The combination of sound and variation in the sound waves and its particular frequency is capable of developing specific spiritual potentialities.

Every word of this great mantra has capacity to produce specific types of brain waves which would be best suited to one’s spiritual and physical growth. So, Gaytari Mantra and others mantras too have capacity to produce different brain waves in the brain. 

The Hamburg University initiated this research into the efficacy of the Gayatri Mantra both on the mental and physical plane of creation. Continuous repetition of Gayatri Mantra creates a magnetic charge to link the mind with supernatural power currents. 

Surprising fact is that - The Gayatri Mantra is now being broadcast daily for 15 minutes from 7 P.M. onwards over Radio Paramaribo, Surinam for the past four years, and also in Amsterdam, Holland for the past 3 years. But we at India are not much aware about this research work and its practical implementation. 

When this mantra is chanted in rhythmic tone with ups and downs, they create a melodious effect in the two hemispheres of the brain in human body. This effect can be defined as the Neuro-linguistic effect. Another great thing is that the “Neuro- Linguistic” effect will be possible even if you do not know the meaning of the mantra. Hence knowing the meaning of every mantra is not compulsory. What does it mean? – It means that each word of the mantra has been psycho acoustically designed to produce sound of such frequency that suited for desired brain wave results. 

Listening Gayatri mantras directly lowers blood pressure, normalizes heart beat rate, brain wave pattern, adrenalin level, even cholesterol level.

I have already explained this fact in my previous article, Sound – The Medicine of the Future. http://yogamylifeblog.blogspot.in/2017/01/sound-medicine-of-future.html