In 1991 I had an epiphany regarding the alarm clock as an invention that needed to be improved upon. Although I appreciated the importance that the alarm clock had played in history as a quick method for someone who needed to wake-up at a certain time… I realized that there also needed to be a version to wake-up to that would be a “peaceful experience” in contrast to being an “alarming” one.

So I created a wake-up method from sleep called, “Awakening Sounds.” My idea was that of beautiful peaceful sounds that gradually increased in the sound volume from “soft to loud” within a 10 minute time period for a person to wake-up to. And as a back-up plan, a person would also have the option to set an alarm clock after that 10 minute period just in case the “Awakening Sounds” system didn’t wake them up.

In fact, throughout history people have used the concept of “Awaking Sounds” to wake up a loved one by softly whispering into their ear and then gradually increasing the volume of their voice until they awoke their loved one peacefully from their slumber.

The Greek Mathematician Pythagoras who was well known for his healing songs… would also awake his students from their sleep by gently playing his music.

Just as the name implies, the “Alarm Clock” wakes a person from sleep in an “alarming way.” This method shocks the body awake into a mental state known in the medical field as “Sleep Inertia” or “Sleep Drunkenness.” This creates a feeling of disorientation, tiredness and a loss of memory upon awakening… especially to one’s nightly dreams. And this confused state of mind upon awakening is often hard to shake off as we attempt to become totally conscious once again in our “Daily Lives.”

Here’s a powerful quote from the Vedas that warns a person of waking from sleep abruptly… “Let no one wake a man brusquely for it is a matter difficult of cure if the soul find not its way back to him.” ~ The Brihadaranyaka

So after realizing the benefit to humanity of a nicer way to wake-up to, I then sent my idea under the name of “Awakening Sounds” to the Copyright Office and got a copyright for it in 1991.

All excited to get my idea out there to the general public to help create a more peaceful world, I sent a proposition letter out to various well-known companies (Sony, Sharper Image, etc.) regarding my idea. But no company wrote back to me back interested in the idea. Yet I did get a few letters back from some companies stating… “We do not accept Unsolicited Material.”

About a year later I discovered that the company Sharper Image who I had sent a letter to had come out with an alarm clock that had the option of awakening to a “Ramp-up in Sound Volume” with nature sounds as a gradual way to awaken to.

Upon hearing this news, it seemed to me like it was more than just a “coincidence” that it was the same concept that I had sent to Sharper Image. So my initial reaction was that of being shocked (like “The Alarm Clock Effect”) that Sharper Image had used my idea without my permission to create a commercial product under their name.

But that painful feeling of most likely having my idea taken away from me for commercial purposes soon faded away. And that’s because I realized that it was also indeed a blessing that my idea was now out there and would help to make the world a more peaceful one.

So fast forwarding to today, I recently have reactivated my concept of “Awakening Sounds.” But I’m now coming with a new focus of marketing my own “Custom Sounds” to awaken people from their sleep as they use the Sound Ramp-up Apps from the internet that gradually increases in sound volume.

I’m also going to create my sounds using the frequency of 432 hz which is the original “Earth Vibration of Nature.” Sad to say, this frequency used throughout the ages as a tuning method for musical instruments was changed to the unnatural 440 hz frequency by the “Powers That Be” in the mid-20th Century as a new “Universal Tuning” to supposedly make tuning instruments easier. This was a big mistake that has only caused a greater amount of stress in society.

I hope to one day create a new “Sound Sample Machine” with Tech investors that would not only use my sound samples, but would also let anyone create their own personal “Sound Sample Loops” to awaken from their sleep.