The
Power of Sound to Heal,
to Create New Life
by Sandra Cosentino
"The
very air seems to shiver and vibrate as a multitude of harmonic
tones reaches out into an infinite universe. The essence of your
cells -- your very being -- reacts, reorganizes, and harmonizes.
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Most of this article is based on concepts
presented by Mitch Nur and Two Horses Running at their annual Sacred
Sound Retreat in August, 2002. See http://www.nineways.org
for more information about their work. They want this knowledge
to be shared and brought out into the world.
Vibration
is the basis of life. Every
sound you ever made echoes still. Sound waves never entirely disappear.
Every part of our body has its own frequency. Resonance occurs when
frequencies come into synchronization. Different frequencies influence
genes and cells. Form is created by underlying vibration. A solid
is actually a wave, created and organized by pulse.
Sound energy can be used to heal when entities vibrating at different
frequencies come into resonance with one another. Sound can trigger
memories, release past memories, stimulate joy. Sympathetic resonance
is a healing technique in which the practitioner applies positive
intention, focus and attention to the sound healing instrument being
used. The harmonics create the shift.
Chanting is moving
energy outward by making tones. Strong internal vibrations are created
that can cleanse the chakras, rebalance energy systems. Without
intention, chanting is only for enjoyment. Chanting is the essence
of spirit becoming form in movement through matter. Singing allows
the breath to deepen, emotions to open.
Sacred
sound can help you find your inner hum in the center of your being
and let it resonate through your body.
Music mimics nature, the cells, the organs the internal workings
of the body. Ideas are sound when they ring true. We each have a
unique tone. Our body needs attunement. Our wounds must be opened
to release.
Every
word has a breathe behind it. There are degrees of intensity from
the simple inhale and exhale, to blowing which directs air to the
highest intensity which is sound which is initialized movement of
breath.
A sudden stirring of energy is called emergent
phenomena. This is the power of creation such as
occurs when lightning strikes, a meteorite enters our atmosphere,
new life spontaneously is created, or when we sing or pray out loud
from the core of our being.
Mitch says, "A morphic field is created by long term chanting
of prayers, but the tradition must have remained pure." I think
of the Hopi peoples
who have been devoutly voicing and chanting the sound waves of their
prayers into the earth and atmosphere for thousands of years. When
you enter their lands you enter the frequency field of this land
pregnant with prayers. Prayer feathers vibrate the pure intention
placed in them by the Hopi priests for the benefit of all. Thousands
upon thousands of prayers radiating from prayer feathers placed
in shrines all over the Colorado Plateau, in each home, even in
their cars and on refrigerators.
The Tibetan Buddhists
too radiate their prayers out from their prayer flags--called windhorses--and
prayer wheels and resonant chanting.
"From
ancient shamanism to modern organized religions, all cultures
have used sacred instruments, including the human voice, for prayer
and healing. But now where on earth has the intentional use of
sound for ritual, worship, and healing been developed to such
a degree as in the snow-crowned peaks and windstruck plateaus
of Tibet, origin of exquisitely resonant singing bowls, cymbals
and bells", says Debra Denker (Transformational Healing with
Sacred Tibetan Instruments)".
Debra says, "The very air seems to shiver and vibrate as
a multitude of harmonic tones reaches out into an infinite universe.
The essence of your cells -- your very being -- reacts, reorganizes,
and harmonizes. The ever-questing mind finds itself at an unfamiliar
peace, allowing the body to come into a natural healing state
of equanimity."
Drum healing ceremonies
have for over 17 years been my first hand experience with the powerful
rebalancing, life renewing results of sound healing. Somehow the
combination of pure focused intention, prayers to the powers of
the universe spoken out loud from the heart combined with the drum
vibration directly over the receptive, recumbent recipient's body
generates change. Each participant drums and becomes a living tube
of flowing universal energies, a vibrating channel for waves of
energy and sound. You receive a healing by giving as well as being
the recipient. (For more information on this, see Circles
of Power, Medicine Wheel Teaching and Healing Ceremonies). The
only thing that interferes with this is the doubting or negative
mind. Over time, I have added more sound healing instruments and
human voice chants and songs, seeing how these complement and amplify
healing effect of the drum vibrations. After my experience with
Mitch and Two Horses, I now see the power of the ancient Himalayan
singing metals when used with the impeccable, focused intent and
will be bringing this into the circle of our wheels as well.
The singing metals are sacred alchemy.
The best quality modern instruments, made in exile in Nepal and
Indian, are crafted of seven metals. Cheaper imitations, not nearly
as resonant or long lasting in their tones, only contain five metals
or bell brass. The ancient alchemical formula, according to Mitch
and Two Horses, has been lost in the past centuries due to invasion
by outside forces. The ancient vessels were "potentiated with
spontaneous occurrence by the inclusion of meteorites". Mitch
says, "The better the alchemy, the better the sound--the vibrational
science." Healing mantras and sound were "injected"
into the patient's body by the Bonpo shamans. Water is the conduit
carrying the sound which then vibrate the bones and muscles.
(Photos of these sound instruments shown below are
by Two Horses Running, except for the bowl photo which is by Mitch
Nur. They are from the 9ways Mystery School website.
You can find out more about these and other sound healing tools
there.)
Tibetan
Singing Metals
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Gongs
activate every cell in the body simultaneously and are useful
in resolving emotional and physical body are in alignment. |
| Singing
bowls are a type of resting gong that go back 18,000
years in Bonpo shamanic tradition of Tibet. Their beautiful
harmonics resonate the cells for inner healing. |
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The
shang is an upturned bowl called the wheel
of joy, with a knocker made of wood or horn. The shang is
used to very powerfully direct healing energies or break up
or extract negativities. Shangs can be used to assist Mother
Nature or for personal healing. Impeccable use of intention
is a key part of working with the shang. Mitch and Two Horses
are the only people in the U.S. who teach of the use of the
shang.
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Singing
bells and the dorje are inseparable. The feminine
bell is sounded for purification--no unwanted negativity can
live in the presence of the singing bell. The bell is the
sound of perfection and is used to clear a room or space.
The dorje is the male companion piece that represents indestructible
state of enlightenment, the thunderbolt or lightning.
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Tingshas
are symbols that are used to summon or to push or fill energy
and to diagnose energy blocks. The pure sound of the ting-shas
vibrate with a slight dissonance when passed over a disturbed
area of a person's energy field and often the sounding of the
tingshas clears the imbalance. |
Vibration + Visualization = Manifestation. Creation myths
from around the world speak of sound as the originating act of creating
life on earth. May you find your soul's song and resonate it joyfully
to all of Creation!
