Contents
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I. Introduction––Zen Alarm Clock Basics
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1. Uses and Benefits
4
2. Progressive Awakening
5
II. Dreamwork and the Zen Alarm Clock
9
1. The Power of Dreams
9
2. Dream Physiology
10
3. Dream Incubation & Conservation Using the Clock
12
III. Affirmations and the Zen Alarm Clock
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1. Programming Your Preconscious for a Better Life
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2. Brain Wave Physiology & Alpha Waves
17
3. Creating Your Own Affirmations & Using the Clock
19
IV. Meditation and the Zen Alarm Clock
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1. The Meditative State
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2. Using the Chime to End Your Meditation
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3. Meditating on the Chime
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V. Graceful Social Transitions and the Zen Alarm Clock
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1. Being Here Now & Being On Time
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2. Progressive Chime Applications
27
VI. The Zen Alarm Clock’s Design Principles
29
1. The Chime’s Pythagorean Tuning
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2. The Chime’s Golden Mean Progression
30
VII. Instructions and Technical Considerations
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VIII. About Now & Zen
40
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The Zen Alarm Clock
®
The Clock and Booklet were conceived, designed
and written by Steve McIntosh
Made in Shen Zhen China, exclusively for
Now & Zen, Inc.
P.O. Box 110
Boulder, Colorado
80306
The name “Zen Alarm Clock” and the phrase
“for a progressive awakening” are trademarks of
Now & Zen.
© 2004 Now & Zen, Inc.
Eighth Printing
U.S. Patent Number 390,121
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