What is the NXTLynk^TM light and sound machine?
The NXTLynk^TM machines use blue L.E.D.s (light emitting diodes) and binaural beats (sounds) that pulse at specified frequencies. Each of our NXTLynk^TM systems gently guide the user from the wide awake state into the best state for learning. Each session leads the user's mind from normal waking consciousness to a variety of altered states of consciousness. The process is very similar to a cycle of sleep that you would enter into each night.
Each NXTLynk^TM system is a mini computer, which stores and serves sessions to the user. The NXTLynk^TM system is specifically encoded to play only that user's information. If your NXTLynk^TM system is damaged it is easy for the NewReality staff to reassign all of your purchased sessions to your new machine. Your data is always available at your NewReality personal web page.


Can I play my NewReality files on other MP3 players?
The NXTLynk^TM uses a patent pending encoding and encryption process. Although these files play like MP3 files, they are actually NXT files. Your computer does not have the software to play these files. The NXT Software is part of the NXTLynk^TM system and is how each session is programmed to trigger the light and sound process as it relates to each specific session.


What are the different states and how do they differ from being awake?
Our brains operate in four primary frequency ranges. I have listed them here with the mental states they are associated with:
Beta - 13-30 Hz: I like to call this the state of your reactionary mind. This is where you spend most of your waking life. This is also where your strongest filtering system is. It is called the critical factor. This is also the level of your mind where fears, frustrations and negative emotions are processed. The key reason to use the NXTLynk^TM system is train your mind to get out of this state where stress rules and into the more relaxed states in order to flow.
Alpha - 8-13 Hz: I call this the intuitive mind. This is because this is the place most associated with creativity and flow. It is also the brain state associated with relaxation, tranquility and daydreaming. It is in this state that you can experience flow thinking and a state of "inward awareness.? It is also known as a super-learning state.
Theta - 4-8 Hz: I call this the breakthrough state where you can reinvent your life. It is the borderline sleep state; a meditation state with access to your other-than-conscious mind where you have higher levels of creativity, learning, inspiration. It is also the state the NXTLynk^TM is designed to help you visualize in.
Delta - 1-4 Hz: This is a deep, dreamless sleep. The NXTLynk^TM is designed to keep you from falling into this state of sleep. That is why the light and sound patterns of the NXTLynk^TM system continue to change throughout the session.


Who can benefit from using the NXTLynk^TM technology?
Anyone who is not sensitive to flashing light and would like the benefits of stress reduction. The NXTLynk^TM in combination with Creative Visualization & Relaxation (CVR) create a powerful tool to focus the power of the mind and keep one focused on results in their life.


What happens when I have a CVR session?
With special glasses - which look like sunglasses - over your closed eyes and headphones over your ears, you are immersed in a perfect mixture of cool blue light through closed eyelids. Some people experience colorful geometric patterns. Your eyes will be treated with specially designed frequencies and your ears with specially designed music to enhance your experience and invite a higher degree of alpha brainwave activity. The light and sound pulse rate shifts from wide-awake beta to a dreaming drowsy state of theta as the session progresses. Using the science of frequency following response (FFR), your brain wave activity will follow the pulse rate of the NXTLynk^TM system and fall into synch with the changes. At the same time, your conscious mind learns to rehearse the changes or improvements you desire.


Can you give another explanation of how CVR works?
One of the best definitions of CVR came from a satisfied client, who said, "CVR is like this: my body is asleep, but my mind is awake." CVR is a natural state, very much like sleep. In CVR, you are going to be given information that you want to apply when you are awake. This is called a post-CVR suggestion. It works like a sticky note. You write yourself a little note and post it somewhere as a reminder. Most people really want to make a change. They have all the best intentions in the world, but they never rehearse the change. What we are going to do through CVR is rehearse new behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs and plant post-CVR suggestions into your mind, so that when you encounter old triggers, you're simply going to "forget to remember by remembering to forget." Through CVR, you will have programmed new behavioral responses to these triggers. As your new responses take hold, you are going to be convinced that you can be tobacco-free, or lose weight, or reprogram any negative behavior. It's that easy. Isn't that something you would like to do?


What are some of the outcomes achieved by using the NXTLynk^TM system?
The majority of users of the NXTLynk^TM family of machines have reported stress relief through deep relaxation, falling asleep easier, improved memory, improved learning skills such as concentration and recall of information, emotional stability, a sense of being calm, increased focus, lucid dreaming, and increased physical energy. We are always researching these benefits with our users and partners in the field. The NXTLynk^TM machines are designed to help you reach your full potential; however, we cannot guarantee your results with the use of the NXTLynk^TM system.  Please understand that results will vary from person to person.


How important is the music & sound?
The entrainment mechanism is both visual and auditory. Environmental sounds and music have been used for centuries in many cultures to create an altered state of consciousness. Tribes would use drums, chants, and environmental sounds like wind and rain to provide strong mental pictures and associations - the same way people find it relaxing to go sit by the ocean and listen to waves crashing to shore, or to listen to a river flowing over rocks. These pleasant sounds are much more enjoyable and relaxing than one-note beeps or tones such as those used by other machines. NewReality incorporates the most sophisticated sound generation circuitry of any light/sound device, using a patent pending encryption process to employ digitally synthesized sound. Each session is fully synchronized with the light and audio program to ensure that the session starts and stops with precise timing.


What are "binaural beats?"
Binaural beat generation is a sound feature on all NXTLynk^TM systems. Using two sound synthesizers during the recording and encryption process and by specifying slightly different sound frequencies for the left and right channels, it is possible to induce a third frequency which is the difference between the left and right in the mind of the user. This is known as binaural beat frequency generation. The perceived beat frequency is how the NXTLynk^TM system trains your mind to be in sync with the paired pulsing lights.


Why are blue LEDs used instead of incandescent lights?
Light emitting diodes -- LED's -- are state of the art solid-state devices that convert small amounts of safe electrical energy into light. They can be switched on and off much faster than incandescent lights, producing the crisp strobe-like pulses which have been shown to be most effective at inducing the frequency following response needed to guide the user through the brainwave states. The blue LED was picked for its very pure cool color. Our operational research showed that users prefer the blue effect through closed eyes better than any other LED available. It is important to note that a person who is prone to seizures should not use the light portion of the NXTLynk^TM system.


Is the NXTLynk^TM effective without the use of the glasses?
Yes. Although the best benefits can be reached by using the complete system including the LEDs and binaural beats, music therapy and guided imagery processes alone have been effective forms of relaxation long before the invention of the computer chip which makes the NXTLynk^TM possible.

What changes am I supposed to be making?
It?s different for everyone. Most people see results after their first visit. Some results are going to be slower than others. Remember to pace yourself and not try to do everything at once. Just take it little by little.