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Science Sound And Light

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Have you ever noticed how intimately sound and emotion are connected? Have you ever hurt yourself without saying 'ouch!' or something like it? Have you noticed how well one of the infamous 'four letter words' accompanies anger, frustration or rage? Celebrating just isn't the same without a yippee! Or hooray! And what about an 'oooooo' when pleasantly surprised, or a scream when terrified? Laughter is accompanied by all kinds of emotions, even attempts to cover up emotions. Have you ever burst into spontaneous song (or humming) when absolutely thrilled or excited?

Emotions move us. If you look at the word like this, e-motion, notice that most of word is motion. Emotion needs to move through us. But this isn't always the case. Sometimes emotions are repressed and get stuck in our bodies.

So let's take a look at the biology of emotions. Candace Pert's work gives us a clear picture of how emotions work and move in the body. In her book, "Molecules of Emotion" she states:

"The point I am making is that your brain is extremely well integrated with the rest of your body at a molecular level, so much so that the term mobile brain is an apt description of the psychosomatic network through which intelligent information travels from one system to another. Every one of the zones, or systems, of the network ' the neural, the hormonal, the gastrointestinal, and the immune ' is set up to communicate with one another, via peptides and messenger-specific peptide receptors. Every second, a massive information exchange is occurring in your body. Imagine each of these messenger systems possessing a specific tone, humming a signature tune, rising and falling, waxing and waning, binding and unbinding, and if we could hear this body music with our ears, then the sum of these sounds would be the music that we call the emotions. As we have seen, the neuropeptides and their receptors are the substrates of the emotions, and they are in constant communication with the immune system, the mechanism through which health and disease are create. My Research has shown me that when emotions are expressed ' which is to say that the biochemicals that are the substrate of emotion are flowing freely ' all systems are united and made whole. When emotions are repressed, denied, not allowed to be whatever they may be, our network pathways get blocked, stopping the flow of the vital feel-good, unifying chemicals that run both our biology and our behavior. This, I believe, is the state of unhealed feeling we want so desperately to escape from. My research has shown me that the body can and must be healed through the mind, and the mind can and must be healed through the body. Your body is your subconscious mind and you can't heal it by talk alone."

We are all familiar with the adrenaline (a peptide) charge we experience with certain situations, especially if we perceive them as threatening. As we repeat the story of this experience to ourselves (over and over) and to anybody else who will listen, we continue to experience the charge. The body does not know the difference between the real experience and the imagined one. Not only that, Ms. Pert's research also shows that maintaining a barrage of emotional (peptide) charge in the body can alter the peptide receptors. That means not only that this emotional charge becomes addictive, returning the receptors to their normal state can be challenging. The movie, "What the Bleep do we Know," has an enlightening animation of how this happens.

So we end up with our thoughts creating emotional blocks, stuck patterns and possibly disease. If you get to the stage where you decide to create a change, there is good news. Although most of this information network works at an unconscious level, we can enter it consciously at will. And it will respond. Sound, particularly your voice, and sound with visualization work at the level of mind, body and emotion simultaneously. The "story" never needs to enter the picture.

Science Sound And Light

It is common knowledge that meditation is a major tool for handling symptoms of stress. Developing a meditation practice can lower blood pressure, boost the immune system, calm the emotions and mind and connect you deeply with your inner essence or spirit. And there are many, many ways to meditate. In this article you are offered the opportunity to meditate with sound, or more specifically, the silence between the sounds.

Our sense of hearing is the most acutely tuned over a wider range than any of the other senses. Not only that, we hear with the whole body. Dr. Alfred Tomatis called our sense of hearing "a portal into the brain."

Sound (and hearing) and meditation can be a powerful combination. Studies have already shown that the combination of sound and guided meditation boosts the immune system more effectively than sound or meditation alone. Another powerful way of using sound and meditation together is the singing of mantras. An example of a well-known and loved mantra is "Om mani padme hum."

For the purpose of this article, the focus for the sound meditations below is more on the silence or space in between the sounds. There are two sound meditations offered for your exploration, a meditation with a flute track and a Tibetan sound meditation.

Flute Meditation

The first meditation is a five-minute track I recorded with my native flute. Before you begin either meditation, check in on the state of your body, mind and emotions, then check in again after the meditation to see if you notice any change. By listening to the flute meditation twice with a different focus each time, you can explore first, the sounds themselves and second, the spaces between the sounds.

To access the sound file please copy and paste the link at the end of the resource box below into your browser. The file is stored on my web site.

1. You will discover on the first listening that the sounds are unpredictable. This is intentional and offers the opportunity to exercise the inner ear and engage the mind. Another way to focus on the sounds is to just allow them to wash over you as you relax.

Make sure you check in with your body, mind and emotions before listening for the second time. This can give you valuable information to how the sound and/or your focus on the sound affect you. You might want your journal or a notepad and pen close by to take note as you explore the sound.

2. As you listen to the flute track the second time, focus on the space between the sounds. Note what happens in your body, mind and emotional state. Is it easier or more challenging than listening to the sounds? Does one way of listening need more concentration than the other? Our sense of focused listening is extremely sensitive and subtle.

Tibetan Sound Meditation

The second sound meditation is a Tibetan sound meditation. You can do this one waiting for the bus, standing in line or sitting on a park bench. Opportunities for this technique are limitless and offer a profound way to enter into emptiness. I experienced this technique at Tom Kenyon's, Sound Healer's Training. The instructions for this meditation are included in his book, "Brain States" on page 190. See below:

"The following exercise is a Tibetan Sound Meditation that brings you into a direct awareness of the space or silence from which all sound vibration emerges. It develops subtle perception and intuition and has a very calming influence on the body and mind.

1. Sit in a comfortable position and close your eyes.

2. Let your breath be slow and calm, taking about six seconds for the inhale and about six seconds for the inhale and about six seconds for the exhale. Breathe in this way for a minute or so before going on to Step 3.

3. Continuing to breathe in this calm and slow pattern, move your awareness into the sounds around you. But instead of focusing your attention on the sounds themselves, focus on the space or silence around the sound.

4. Get a sense of the spatial orientation of each sound. That is, notice if a particular sound is close or faraway, above you or below you, etc.

5. Try to get a felt sense of the space or silence around each sound you hear and of the greater space that holds all of the sounds including you. Practice this form for ten to thirty minutes, longer if you wish.

Practicing this meditation once a day for thirty days or so will generate profound benefits, including a greater sense of calm and peace as well as health benefits associated with reduced stress. In addition, the consistent practice of this meditation will give you a deep and intuitive knowledge of how sound and vibration relate to your own consciousness."

As with the flute meditation, you might want to have a journal nearby to jot down observations and insights gained in your explorations.

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