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What
Is Sound Healing? Cultures the world
over use sound
to attune to, invoke, and transform consciousness. Sound is a
powerful
tool, because it is vibrational in nature, and we are vibrational
beings.
Indeed the most modern science shows us that all life is vibrational in
nature. This is in line with age old mystical thought of most
cultures,
which often alludes to the vibrational nature of Creation. The
Hindus
have a saying, "Nada Brahma", which means, all is sound, or all of
creation
is sound. They suggest that the primordial sound of manifest
creation is
the sound of "Aum", or Om, and that if we were to attune to the
creative spirit, we would hear this sound. The Judeo-Christian
culture
might say, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and
the Word was God (John 1:1)," thus also tieing together the nature and
power of sound with Creation. Other cultures have stories stating
that
the Creator had a thought, spoke the word of that thought, and Creation
of that
thought sprang forth from that word into manifestation. There are
numerous theorems stipulating the melodic structures of the universe,
from the
spin of the planets around the sun, to the sun around the galaxy, to
the spin
of electrons in our body, and the structure of our DNA. Our
modern music
is based upon these principals derived from Pythagoras and others. Whatever one's
beliefs, we all know
the power of the spoken word, of music, of chants and sung melodies,
can move
us into ecstatic states of rapture or deep states of despair.
There is an
inherent potency to the very nature of the sound itself, and its
emotional
content, which can be amplified or enhanced by the spoken or sung
verse.
While so much music in western culture has moved more into the secular
arenas
of entertainment, music in many cultures has historically held a deeply
sacred
space in the hearts and minds of their peoples, used as a catalyst to
deeper
insight, wisdom, transformation, or growth. Sound Healing is the
intentional
use of sound to create an environment which becomes a catalyst for
healing in
the physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual aspects of our
being. To become "healed,"
simply means to become "whole." The intentional use of sound adds power to the conduit, whether it is through the use of an instrument or voice. By surrendering to the highest good, we ourselves become that conduit, or instrument, for peace, for healing, change, or growth. By coupling our
highest and clearest integrity with our intention, we
come into
the greatest focus in the use of sound, or any healing modality. No matter
what techniques are used, sound is the current carrying the creative
potency of
unconditional love and grace from the subtle to physical dense
realms. By
attuning to and sounding these "sound currents" and coupling them
with our own clear potential, and intention, we amplify their force, or
voice,
opening to and carrying aspects of the sanctity of creation into our
being,
into our environment, into the Earth, and into the consciousness of
others. This assists others to align and move into deeper
relationship
with that which we each hold as sacred (in whatever form that speaks to
us.) By grounding and "anchoring" those energies into our body,
our consciousness, and into the Earth, we energize and charge these
vehicles of
which we are stewards (our bodies, our consciousness, the Earth.) Blessings. And,
Good
Soundings!! -Zacciah Blackburn ©
Zacciah 2005. This article may be reproduced and distributed, as
long as the following resource and contact information is intact. Zacciah
Blackburn is a sound healer trained in classical healing and shamanic
traditions, and sacred sound cultures, and is practicing in Ascutney,
VT, USA. Zacciah is
Director of Education for the New
England Sound Healing Research Institute, a world wide community of
healing
practitioners broadening the awareness of sound healing through
networking,
education, and scientific research. He
is also Co-Founder of the World Sound Healing Organization, a
non-profit
organization joining the efforts of numerous individuals and
organizations
world wide, dedicated to service to this planet, to its healing and
growth, and
to the elevation of human consciousness, embracing the use of sound as
a
healing catalyst in simple ceremony throughout the world. Contact
information:
Zacciah
Blackburn,
The PO
Box 389,
Ascutney, VT 05030 USA
Phone
and Fax: 802.674.9585
E-mail Zacciah@sunreed.com
Web
Site: www.thecenteroflight.net
Also: www.worldsoundhealing.org
, www.neshri.org , www.sunreed.com
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Rd.
Ascutney,
VT
05030
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