Gazing at a fire is mesmerizing and trance inducing. When we gaze at a flickering flame, our brain begins to shift out of beta brainwave state, which is associated with thinking and alertness, into alpha brainwave state, which corresponds to a relaxed and creative state of mind.When we join gazing with rhythmic breathing ,we enter a trance like state that takes us even deeper than alpha brainwaves down to the theta brainwave ,which is almost dreamlike state of mind but with control ,that allows us to mentally journey to other realms and worlds .Always remember ,it isn’t the fire we gaze into but the illumination and flicker that entrances the mind
