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BC 547 cbe 100K 10K ) 18 VDC Headphones cbe 0.1 18 VDC Headphones 220 uF LM 386 Headphones meaagpnones Electrodes 8 ohm 1:1 tive lifestyles. More worldly persons may find relief from migraines, addictions, and chronic worry. If all else fails, sleep is just around the corner. IMPORTANT: In both circuit diagrams, connect four- way intersections ONLY when a “dot” is shown. Once you have fitted all components, solder two small pieces of cop- per or tin to the junctions marked "electrodes". Now, make a peace sign with your left hand. Tape firmly, one each to the extended fingertip pads. Attach a nine-volt battery (to the circuit), and adjust the audible pitch relatively low. To avoid spurious readings, do not flex, move, or attend a live- stock auction. Sit comfortably, accentuating the out-breath, and consciously releasing all muscles in the body. With ever more calm awareness, "follow" the tone downward. If you become nervous or excited, it will rise sharply. Your spirit guide has abandoned you ... re-adjust, start again. You can prove how thoughts really influence physiology. For instance, a common first response is “Oh boy!, I'm relaxing!" This totally blows it. When the tone finally drops to nil, reset the "sensitivity" control as above, and bottom it out again. Keep repeating this sequence to enter progres- sively deeper, and more trance-like, levels of pleasure. When you get to the basement, clear out the drains with a few positive affirmations. Once the inner process is mas- tered, you can throw the gadget away, or post it to Canberra. Oh well, it only cost five bucks. By now you know, part of the barrier to relaxation is our agitating stream of thoughts ... mostly trivial, like pictures of heaven on the ceiling. They seem to acquire a momentum NEXUS #47 WHITE NOISE GENERATOR GALVANIC SKIN RESISTANCE METER RAIN ON THE ROOF AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1992