1.27.11 Fine Tuning

You can tune fine tune your energy with sound in much the same way as you dial in a radio station until there is no static and you have a clear signal. Frequency is used to remove static and interference so that you energy is clean and clear. There are many sources and methods of utilizing sound for this purpose- Tibetan bowls, drumming, crystal bowls, rattles, tuning forks, gongs, toning and mantra are all fast and effective.

1.15.11 Dream Frequencies

Last week I had a most amazing dream. I was at a hot springs- there were actually two springs side by side that each had man-made rectangular entrances that made them look like small pools- about 3' by 8'. But in fact, when you went into the water it opened up underneath into larger underwater pools, big enough that you couldn't see how far they extended. The water was very clear and light blue and ten to twelve feet deep. I was in the water briefly- underwater, looking around- but then realized there were some sea creatures in there that made me nervous so I decided to get out. There were squid, small, about a foot long but they would try to attach themselves to people or suck on them and even though they were actually friendly it creeped me out. Also the people I was with were a little too "new agey" for me so I was being pretty introverted and keeping to myself.

Each "pool" had a cover that could be pulled over the entrance when everyone left for the day and it was getting close to that time. I was sitting on steps going into the pool to the left and I began toning. It was almost like an entrance into an underground chamber only it went into the spring and I was curious how the tones and overtones would resonate into the entrance and in the water. They were getting ready to cover the entrances and in fact they did. I expressed my disappointment and someone remarked "Oh now that we're getting ready to go you're suddenly interested." I said yes, that I was curious how the overtones would sound in the chamber so they opened it back up and let me tone into it. I wondered what it would be like toning into the water and how the resonance in the entrance chamber would affect the surroundings and the sea creatures.

I begin toning again. To the left of me on the bank it is fairly muddy. I am toning and creating strong overtones and as I look around me I see that there is movement in the mud bank that is clearly caused by the overtones. As I continue toning and watching this area a small girl's face begins to emerge from the mud. I go over to her, continuing to tone. She is dead. She looks like she is about 4 years old, a very beautiful face, still covered with mud but her features are visible and her body emerges from the mud revealing the rest of her as I tone. She hasn't been dead for very long. Her body has not begun to decompose. I take her in my arms and as I continue toning I see two men in suits standing a ways off to the right, 12-15 feet away. Clearly they are "bad guys", the men who have killed her, and they move closer, smirking, as the girl begins to come back to life with the sound. They are silently telling me that I cannot beat them at their game. They are each holding an oblong object in one hand- a frequency generator. Nothing but a dark oval shaped object with one red button that fits comfortably in one hand.

I am not afraid of them. I am holding her in my arms and they are now standing over us, still smirking. They each push a button on their frequency generator and it emits a single frequency which I know is intended to kill the little girl once again. She is so beautiful. I am bent over her, holding her close to me, trying to protect her with my body as well as my voice from their sound, overtoning loudly, modulating the pitch trying to find the exact tone that will negate the frequency they are generating. But it doesn't work. She is dead, again, but this time with a beautiful broad smile on her face, a look of total happiness and peace. And I know that they did not win.

1.13.11 Sound Adjustment

One morning last week Henry and I were sitting in bed having coffee. I had kind of a crick in my neck and was some what uncomfortable not having much range of motion when I turned my head to the left. For whatever reason I suddenly remembered how when I was little, about 5, that when I would get sent upstairs to take a nap I would stand on my bed with my blanket over my shoulders and shout over and over, "When can I get up? When can I get up?" I would repeat it very rhythmically and loudly and really I wasn't unhappy at all. I just didn't want to take a nap! Eventually I would tire of it and wrap my blanket all around me like a cocoon and lay down on my bed and fall asleep. I told Henry about it and began laughing and said, "That was my first chant!" I began repeating it again just like I did when I was little and suddenly my neck adjusted and I had no more pain! Once again, healed by chanting!

1.5.11 Compelling Sounds

The night before last someone came to the center for our weekly sound healing meditation. She had called me to be sure I was going to be there because she also wanted to buy a crystal bowl. She was hoping to purchase was a large A natural bowl and was coming from a fair distance.

She and her husband both came for the meditation and afterward we sat for quite a while so that she could pick out the bowl she wanted. She told me that she had come to an FSMTA (Florida State Massage Therapy Association) meeting two years ago that I had presented at. She said that when she came in to the meeting she had a headache. I started off by giving essentially a mini sound journey playing a variety of acoustic instruments so that they could experience how the different sounds affected them. The drone flute, didgeridoo and a crystal bowl were among the instruments I chose. When she left her headache was gone. The bowl I had with me was an A.

She never forgot the sound. She fell in love with it and ever since then had been waiting for the day that she could get one of her own. I was so moved by this, that a single sound could be so compelling as to never be forgotten- astounded and amazed once again by the incredible power sound has to grab our awareness and touch us so deeply that we can actually wait years for the opportunity to hear it again. And if at all possible we will find a way to keep that sound around us so that we can hear it over and over knowing we will never grow tired of it... those sounds that cause our heart to expand every time we hear them, that create a softening, a gentle melting within us... that connect us with the essence of beauty and the quality of compassion.

She ended up buying a crystal bowl and two Tibetan bowls that sounded incredibly beautiful with it. This way she could use them all together if she was at home or in her own office and if she was doing a massage at someone else's office she could just bring one of the Tibetan bowls which would be easy to travel with.

Once I was teaching a class and I was playing a C & G tuning fork, going around to each person holding up the tuning forks on either side of their head letting them listen to the two tones together. One woman instantly got tears in her eyes. When everyone had listened and were sharing their experience she said, "It felt like coming Home."

12.19.10 Sound, Healing and Money... What is Sacred?

Earlier this year I received a sound healing session from a friend. She didn't want any money for it. She said she had been guided by Spirit to offer these sessions free of charge. It was quite a lovely session, very powerful and beautiful. The word "transcendent" comes to mind because it really lifted me out of my body and carried me to another dimension. It didn't change my life. It did add to my experience and wonder of the ability of sound to transport us to other realms and realities and remind me again of why I so love this work. The curious element was the discussion that followed and her very strong stance that it is wrong to charge money for the sacred work of sound healing.

The day before yesterday I took my last $100, which I had been saving to buy stocking stuffers for my family and paid the electric bill at my sound healing center, which was due to get shut off. While I was out doing that the internet service was disabled for nonpayment. So, I have sound and money on my mind.

Part of what was put forth in the aforementioned discussion by the woman who gave the session was the idea of trust. Specifically she said, "What ever happened to the idea of trust? That if we do the work Spirit will take care of our needs?" Apparently for her it does. I have no idea whether she has other employment- a "day job". My day job is putting all my effort, energy and time into running a sound healing center, trusting that I am doing the right thing, and that even on what sometimes looks like the thinnest of shoe strings (like this week!) that my needs and the needs of the center will be taken care of!

I confess that I am feeling defensive right now and irritated at the implication that charging money for my sound healing sessions suggests a lack of trust. Or that money is inherently "dirty" and soils whatever (and whoever) it touches. Interestingly I spent years undoing my own belief that "money is bad". So maybe for me this whole conversation was actually reflecting that back to me, inviting me to look at that old belief again to see if I have really healed it. (Judging by my bank account, maybe I have a little more work to do!)

I have had a sound healing center in Florida for almost 6 years- the Sound Body Wholistic Health Center in St. Petersburg. I had no money when I decided to open the center. (You say "Well, you must have had some." No, I had none!) It was initiated by clear direction from Spirit and is continually supported by love, prayers of gratitude and an abundance of TRUST. Financial support and and sufficient income have been sorely lacking and every month that I am able to come up with the rent seems to be a miracle and I see the hand of Grace in all of it.

Most people love sound and music, they seek solace, comfort and healing and they want to learn simple of ways of healing themselves. Most people have music to listen to, many have instruments and we all have a voice. With a little more clarity of purpose and consciousness of how to use the tools already available to us we can greatly enhance our sense of well-being.

I provide a service. I am very clear about this. If I drove a bus- providing a service... say, to a special needs population?... no one would question that I should be paid for it. "Well of course, there's gas, there's your time, there's maintenance to keep the bus running, etc." Is driving a bus for those who need the service, for whatever reason, any less sacred than offering a sound healing session for someone in need? If we put the word "sacred" in front of the word "sound" does it preclude an energy exchange from the person receiving the treatment? Both persons in any relationship should have the opportunity to give and to receive in equal measure in whatever form is befitting, comfortable and appropriate for the situation and the people involved.

Is it less sacred to give than to receive? Is there any difference between the two? I think not. A Course in Miracles puts it like this, "To give and to receive are one in truth."

12.14.10 Sanskrit and Blogging

I have had a huge resistance to blogging ever since I first heard about it. One very simple reason- the word "blog". It is simply an ugly word and I couldn't get past it.

The Sanskrit alphabet is a series of phonemes called the "varnamala" which translates as "garland of letters". Each of these sounds has a particular vibrational quality and effect on consciousness specific to that sound. For example, "ga" removes obstacles, "a" (as in "father") is "all pervading", "sa" absolute truth, etc.- you get the idea. What are the vibrational qualities of "bla" and "ug"? Well, I don't have a copy of the varnamala in front of me so I can't actually tell you the specific esoteric energies associated with those sounds, but I do know how they feel- yucky!

So now that you know why I avoided blogging for so long and have made a decision to move past that issue I will share some more information on the Sanskrit varnamala. I found an excellent article on it this morning as well as the picture at the top of the page of the energetic breakdown of the sounds of the Gayatri Mantra.

ORIGIN OF THE VARNAMALA.

EXCERPT FROM "MANTRA & INITIATION" BY PANDIT RAJMANI TIGUNAIT

......Just as there are countless currents of energy in the cosmos, all of which are distinct from each other, so are there countless energy currents in the human body. In yogic literature these are called nadis. Of the 72,000 distinct nadis the yogis have identified, fourteen are of principal importance. Yogis have also discovered the exact nature of these major energy currents, their pathways in the body, how they interact with other energy currents, and what effect they have on the body, nervous system, biochemistry, and mind. Then, realizing that it is practically impossible to enunciate distinctly the sound that is produced from the vibrations of each nadi, yogis with extraordinary spiritual powers captured the entire range of sound produced by all these energy currents, and divided them into fifty-one parts. That is how the fifty-one letters of the Sanskrit alphabet were discovered.

The yogis have also discovered that every letter of the Sanskrit alphabet has its own color, shape, presiding force, and unique transformative quality, as well as its own seer. They have also experienced the relationship between these letters and different planets, stars, and constellations. They have discovered the approximate location of these letters in the human body and the particular pranic or psychological forces to which they correspond.

At a more subtle level, the Sanskrit phonemes relate to the energy currents which lie deep within the interior of the human body. Each of the 72,000 currents has a distinct sound, although they are too diffuse and vague to be enunciated distinctly. Moreover, the yogis have identified places in the body where two or more energy currents cross. In mantra shastra, the point where two energy currents intersect is called a sandhi, the point where three energy currents cross is called marma shthana, and the point where more than three energy currents converge is called a chakra. Here at the chakras, the vibratory patterns of energy are strong and vibrant. At the center of each chakra a distinct sound predominates, and other distinct sounds are centered around it. That is why, in kundalini yoga, each chakra is represented as having a particular letter at its center, as well as a letter on each petal........

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