Harmonic Sounds for the Soul

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Harmonic Sounds for the Soul

by Viki Sky

Harmonics are inherent within all sounds. Anything that vibrates in air produces

sound and creates harmonics: the pop of champagne cork, the roar of a jet engine or

the sound of our voice. In fact, harmonics are responsible for our individual and

unique speaking voices. Also known as overtones, harmonics are mathematically

interrelated ratios or intervals that are created when striking any fundamental note

(e.g. F, F#, G, G#, A, etc.)

Regularly listening to harmonics, and especially if we create them with our own

voice, as in chanting or toning, can alter our states of consciousness and shift our

perception of "reality". This is because sound has a frequency it vibrates, dissipates

and permeates other sounds. It also shapes matter and can influence the operation of

the total human system.

Dr. Hans Jenny, a Swiss scientist, demonstrated how sound shapes matter. He placed

sand granules on to a metal plate and then played a few notes from great composers

such as Mozart and Bach. The sand granules formed constant shapes to the vibration

of the sound, and extraordinary patterns were observed. He also described the

biological effect of sound on the human body, as every cell of our body has its own

vibrational frequency. Human cells are composed of atoms and molecules that

resonate according to their mutual harmonies. Many cells together form tissues and

organs that are part of a biological system. This system then vibrates according to new

harmonies.

There are four states of consciousness, defined by brainwave activity and frequency.

Beta, the logical, stress-oriented state, allows us to use verbal language. Alpha, the

conceptual, highly creative and meditative state, allows us to grasp concepts. Theta is

the activity of deep sleep or deep meditative state, and delta is super-conscious,

beyond the pain threshold. When we are listening to harmonics, the brain shifts from

beta to alpha (as it is in alpha that our brain processes music) and even to theta states,

in those who regularly meditate.

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All the neuro-chemical processes in our body are controlled by our states of

consciousness. Specific sound frequencies can be used as a healing modality to

balance energetic blocks or misalignments in our mind-body system. In terms of

frequencies, our auditory system has an audible range of 20 HZ 20,000 HZ (cycles

per second) and can resolve remarkably small temporal differences in music. It also

locates us in space and can be thought of as a central switchboard for our sense of

space and time. The semicircular canal in the inner ear is the most important of our

receptors for balance but it also regulates all other receptors distributed throughout

our body. It is the only receptor that can measure angular velocity, allowing us to

know the angle at which we are lying, even when we are still half-asleep.

When we meditate with sound and enter a low alpha brain wave state, we can actually

"become one with the sound". It is also possible to achieve the deeper, theta state of

consciousness, where profound healing takes place. This can be promoted if we

regularly listen to harmonics especially those created in metaphysical/trance music

and harmonic choirs. We can then "become one with the harmonics" and travel to

their source. Such a state of listening is not always experienced. However, regular

meditation particularly utilising a Sanskrit mantra can take us to that level.

Sanskrit is a perfect language; it is more copious than Greek and more grammatically

perfect than Latin. It is melodious and its vibrations are believed by Ayurvedic

practitioners to be healing to our mind-body system.

According to quantum physics, all matter at the subatomic level is in a state of

constant flux. Matter is energy pulsating at different rates of vibration or frequencies

and it is the rate of vibration that distinguishes one form of matter from another. It has

been proven that an atom is both a particle and a wave matter and energy are

intertwined and interchangeable. This understanding takes us to the origin of the

universe. "In the beginning was the word and the word was sound.

The formation of sound came out of the void or, as Deepak Chopra calls it, "The

Unified Field". Through silence, we allow our mind to transcend everyday chatter and

the frenetic Western pace of high-tech living and access the unified field, which

contains all answers and all possibilities.

The origin of sound reveals the origin of all creation. The Hindu belief is that the

"soundless sound" is the subtlest element. It is beyond the speed of light, contains all

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universal knowledge and is the cohesive source of all that is. Listening to harmonics

may also have great healing effects on our total body (including bone and muscle

tissue). Healing whether emotional, psychological, spiritual or physical is an act of

re-creation. It is the process of re-organising a created being toward its intended state

of dynamic equilibrium a state of change in which the fluctuations remain within a

healthy range for us.

Kay Gardner, author of Sounding the Inner Landscape: Music as Medicine, has

identified nine elements that demonstrate the healing effects of music.

1. Drone healing music should have a constant tone that drones behind a simple

melody.

2. Repetition short musical phrases, vocal and instrumental, should be repeated

over and over which produce a calming effect.

3. Harmonics long sustained tones produce harmonic overtones, which balance the

entire physical body at the cellular level.

4. Rhythm rhythm duplicates many pulses in the human body and via entrainment,

move the pulses into harmonious pattern

5. Harmony affects the emotions. Various keys (minor or major evoke feelings of

joyfulness, sadness or calmness.

6. Melody the mind becomes enchanted with melody and ceases to engage in its

continuous mental chit-chat.

7.Instrumental colours each instrument has its own unique vibration. (playing the

note of C on the piano would sound very different to the same note on a violin)

8. Form. pieces that have many changes in tempo will affect stimulate us and

steady pieces will calm us.

9. Intention music played with a focused intention of healing would contain that

intention in its frequency.

Rudolf Steiner believed that people understand each other in reference to rhythm. He

attributed rhythm to will and associated melody with feeling. Through melody, our

conscious mind opens up to feelings and this forms a head-heart connection, by which

relating to oneself and to the world becomes a more dynamic and complete

experience. Our feelings are orchestrated by harmony.

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Harmonics as a healing modality

Resonance, entrainment (two or more frequencies pulsating in unison) and

synchronicity (analogously, two pendulum clocks mounted side by side on a wall will

swing together in perfect synchronicity) are universal in nature and can be explained

in terms of rhythm. Rhythm is "harmony in time". Rhythm and harmony complement

each other. That is, the inclination toward rhythm includes the inclination toward

harmony.

Rudolph Haase demonstrated that the rhythms of the human organism the

frequencies of pulse, breathing, blood circulation, etc. function according to

harmonic principles. He also pointed out that, if these rhythms are interrupted, the

resultant disharmonious rhythms cause dis-ease to develop in the human body. This is

apparent in cancer cases, where there is total irregularity of all rhythms, because the

cancer cells do not vibrate according to the harmonious rhythms of healthy cells.

Tuning forks comprise a sound modality that can align the seven chakras (energy

centres) and correlate with fundamental notes. (base chakra is C, pelvic chakra is D,

solar plexus is E, heart chakra is F, throat chakra is G, brow chakra is A and crown

chakra is B.) By placing the tuning forks on or over the chakras (the appropriate

location and procedure having been determined by muscle-checking the client) the

optimal vibrational rate of the chakras is realigned by resonance with the tuning fork.

Tuning forks can also be used to re-align cranial bones, balance auric fields, and to

introduce frequencies that the body needs for optimal healing. The same respective

chakras are treated in the Ayurvedic system utilising high-pitched humming of the

following sounds: Vum, Lum, Rum, Yum, Hum, Ka Shun and Aum. These are just

simple sound modalities that we can all do by ourselves to achieve balance and

harmony.

We feel good when our bodies are in harmony. Disease sets in when the human body

loses its optimal rhythm. As harmonics can shift our awareness and our states of

consciousness, allowing us to perceive our world differently, in so doing, our mind-

body system begins to resonate with more energising, life-promoting frequencies.

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