What Is The David Delight Mind Machine?
The David Delight Mind Machine from Mind Alive Inc. uses light and sound to stimulate or sedate, and balance your brain’s responses, which help to achieve various states associated with everything from deep relaxation to extreme alertness. It does this via the supplied headphones and LED glasses, in conjunction with the user friendly controls on the main unit. The David Delight has been programmed with sessions specially tailored, which when tested, have shown to be an alternative therapy for ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) by helping to reduce hyperactivity, promote relaxation, and improve mood, which allows for more logical thinking.
What Does The David Delight Do?
This mind machine by Mind Alive Inc. uses the brain’s ability to become entrained to naturally guide the user’s brain to follow specific light and sound patterns (called sessions). The frequencies which are used, are the same as those which naturally occur in your own brain, which is why your mind is more inclined to respond and follow these tailored sessions.
With continued practice, these sessions aid the user to experience and understand the changes in their own brains, as they learn to follow the light and sound frequencies, in order to achieve their desired state of mind.
How Will The David Delight Help Me?
Each control unit has programmed sessions with specific light and sound frequencies. With regular use, your mind will respond to match these natural rhythms, which are associated with specific states, which then in turn, can be used to benefit your individual needs. The David Delight Mind Machine has 5 categories and each of these categories, 2 sub-sessions to suit:
- Energise
- Meditate
- Brain Booster
- Sleep
- Feeling Better
Each of these selections have 2 separate sessions, which give you a more tailored experience. Below are examples of each session and their effective uses:
Energise 1 – Energiser; this 20 minute Beta session is ideal for mornings; when you need a non-caffeine boost to start your day.
Energise 2 – Super Energiser; this 18 minute super boost session can help to give you a kick start for any form of physical activity.
Meditate 1 – Healthy Alpha Relaxer; this 30 minute session is great when you need to slow down your mind and regroup your thoughts; this works well with the HRV (Heart Rate Variability) setting switched on (please see below where HRV is explained) and you are focused on your breathing.
Meditate 2 – Schumann Resonance; this 40 minute session is brilliant when you have the time to really unwind, it also helps to guide your focus on the “here and now”.
Brain Booster 1 – SMR/Beta; this 24 minute session can be used for improved concentration and memory; a great session for students and seniors.
Brain Booster 2 – Alpha to SMR/Beta; this 30 minute session can be used to help clear your mind if you have problems with focus and mind chatter; it has been utilised to help those with ADD/ADHD.
Sleep 1 – Paradise; this is a 45 minute session, which is designed to help sooth an anxious mind and a tense body, into a more relaxed state, in preparation for sleep.
Sleep 2 – Serenity; this 40 minute session is more effective when you are already relaxed and just wish to be guided into an even more relaxed state.
Feeling Better 1 – Mood Booster; this 30 minute session is a “pick-me-up” to brighten your mood and reduce anxiety; works great in the morning in conjunction with positive visualisation techniques.
Feeling Better 2 – Meditation with Mood Booster; this 42 minute session is useful for keeping your mind alert and focused, when used in your meditation routine.
What Do You Get With A David Delight Mind Machine?
- Large Carry Bag
- White Tru-Vu Omniscreen Eyeset
- Eyeset Carry Case
- Stereo Headphones
- 3.5 mm Stereo Patch Cord
- AC Adapter
- 9 Volt Alkaline Battery
- Operators Manual
- Quickstart Guide
Other Features To Look Out For
Tru-Vu Omniscreen Eyesets – The eyesets provided with your David Delight have LEDs, which are white with a blue tint. These eyesets are designed to flash independently in order to send different light signals to the left and right side of each eye. This is a feature which standard AVEs (Audio Visual Entrainment) do not generally have and go a long way to enhance eye stimulation and entrainment.
Headphones – These sit comfortably and provide a good level of sound. They come with a 3.5mm jack lead; meaning you can use pretty much any standard earphone or earbud style for your convenience.
Isochronic Pulsed Tones, Binaural Beats, and Chime – The David Delight has tones, which are evenly spaced, of equal pitch, and are turned on and off at a specified rate. This is important to enhance the effectiveness of audio entrainment.
Sound Sync – Another big plus for me is the Sound Sync Sessions. I have always enjoyed using my own music and guided meditations. This feature allows for a more lucid experience, you activate this from the David Delight main sessions selection buttons. All you have to do is press either Relaxation, Left and Right Hemisphere, or the Extra Session button if you designed your own session. While your own audio is hooked up, it will create a randomised session to a targeted frequency, as long as your music is playing. This really gives this mind machine the edge, as it becomes more easy to explore how your mind responds to the subtle changes in these randomised sessions.
Back Light Function – The ability to see the control buttons in a darkened room is a great feature; especially when using your mind machine for relaxation. I have used other mind machines and without this feature, you will find yourself feeling for the right buttons when it is dark; this little attribute is a dream.
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) – The David Delight also includes HRV. The mind machine creates a steady “heartbeat”, which helps to pace your breathing, which over time, will help to guide your breathing to become more relaxed and focused. The mind machine uses a “breath cycle”, approximately 8 seconds at the beginning, which will increase to 10 seconds as you progress. I find that it helps me to discipline my focus and reduce mental chatter.
Soft Off – This feature makes sure your session will fade gently to finish. It has been shown that if a session is stopped suddenly before returning to a normal conscious state, a mild case of somatic shock can result; leaving the user feeling disoriented, nauseous, or experiencing a mild headache. The soft off feature helps to reduce or prevent this from happening.
How Long Will It Take To See Results With A David Delight Mind Machine?
As with all mind machines, entrainment takes time and practice to be effective. Every brain responds differently and at different rates, so never beat yourself up about your progress. Also keep in mind that this is a tool to guide your brain to follow and match the frequencies of the session. The mind machines themselves won’t make you smarter or sleep better but if your mind syncs to these frequencies, it has been shown that you will be at a place where your mind and body can respond more effectively.
That being said, the research Mind Alive Inc. has put into improving the process of entrainment can’t be overstated. In EEG testing, it has shown that changes in brain activity can take up to 6 minutes as your brain syncs to the session. Also the way the eyesets work is very innovative, as each side of each eye can be stimulated independently, which helps to achieve the desired brain responses for each session.
What Research Has Been Done With The David Delight Mind Machine?
The sessions included with your David Delight have been specially designed after the combined research and development of David Siever of Mind Alive Inc. and Michael Joyce of Personal Resource Strategies.
This has led to a better understanding of the benefits that arise, due to the inclusion of AVE to improve the brain’s functioning.
Michael Joyce has completed 2 studies using the DAVID systems to treat ADD/ADHD. His first study involved 30 primary school children from 2 schools (which was published in the Journal of Neurotherapy) and his second study included 204 children from 7 schools, which he completed while he was the Director of Neurotechnology at A Chance to Grow; a special-needs charter school in Minneapolis.
Both studies showed that ADD behaviours were reduced significantly and reading improved with AVE. Michael used the DAVID’s unique patented field stimulation ability to generate a different frequency in each hemisphere of the brain. With this technique and a Symptom Survey Checklist developed by Michael, he was able to create DAVID sessions that could stimulate or calm the left, right, or both hemispheres; depending on the symptoms checked off by the child’s parents (with certain David models there is a sample Symptom Survey Checklist), which will help you to pick the settings that are most relevant to your situation).
If you wish to read more about this research and others, please visit Mind Alive Inc. through this link —HERE—-
Additional Eyesets For The David Delight
Mind Alive Inc. have also developed a range of eyesets for the David Delight, which can be used to further enhance your entrainment experience (of note; some of the glasses are not compatible with certain Smart Devices, so always check your PAL model first before considering an upgrade).
Multi-Color Tru-Vu Omniscreen Eyeset
Also available to buy seperately are the Multi-Color Tru-Vu Omniscreen Eyesets. These eyesets do the same as the Tru-Vu above but now include 6 other colours, in addition to the original white LEDs. These colours are; blue, cyan, green, yellow, red, and magenta. This really enhances your experience and allows you to tailor your sessions to include colour therapy, in addition to entrainment.
View Hole Glasses
View Hole Glasses are another style of glasses, which can be used. These add a more functional element to entrainment; as instead of experiencing your David Delight from a sitting or lying position, you can now use it on the move. This has to be done with real understanding of your session and extreme caution must be used; as AVE produces dissociation effects and although there are huge benefits to using these glasses, I’d heed every common sense precaution when attempting to use these eyesets.
Is The David Delight Worth Buying?
In my view YES! It is a very robust and functional mind machine. It is very much built for purpose and functionality. This is a new breed of mind machine, in that; its sessions have been cleverly crafted to aid with specific mind sets and have been shown to encourage the entrainment process it has been designed for. It is easy to use and has 10 of Mind Alives most popular and effective sessions at the least expensive in the David Delight range.
Mind Machine Afterthoughts
In looking at the future of mind machines, I am happy to see that more attention is being placed on the benefits and practicalities of using AVE as a modality for promoting change for more specific purposes, rather than a novel way to relax or stimulate your brain. The use of entrainment is becoming more important as technology improves to map and see the brain in action, for example; EEG and QEEG scans. We begin to understand more of how the brain functions and can test how it responds through stimulation, rather than just with pharmaceuticals and therapy.
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