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Permalink Reply by AMBA, on November 27, 2010 at 7:23am

Admin TeamPermalink Reply by Acyutananda on November 27, 2010 at 3:36pm

I've been studying the science of mantra for a few years now and can tell you some things with confidence.
I've also a keen interest in sound & diatonic ratios, etc :)

I'll get back to you in this thread soon... or pm me.

Permalink Reply by PopTop Firebird Galactica Rising on November 27, 2010 at 9:22pm

Steven Halpern is one of many favorites of mine, my favorite work from him is Crystal Bowl Healing.
This album is highly 6th dimensional, has a powerful effect on the Pineal gland and balancing the
Brains left and right hemisphere's. Also check out the Gordon Brother's and Schiller-Prologue, this
album is very Galactic-like and it will take to far away place's! Prologue might be up on You Tube.
I'll see if I can dig for more Artist and Titles and pass them on to you, look forward to hearing about
what you find. Cheers : )

Permalink Reply by Corynder Sarah on November 27, 2010 at 9:35pm

Hi :)

I do want to find what others do too, don't get me wrong, but if anyone has anything on how I can use my own voice... :) (And instruments.)

Permalink Reply by MangaDoll on November 28, 2010 at 1:06am

I loved this ! for some reason i really enjoy listening to wind chimes i find it soothing ...



AMBA-ANGEL STAR ROSE said:

Permalink Reply by StarSon on November 28, 2010 at 3:02am

Hi Corynder,

Check out this guy...

http://www.chrisjames.net/workshop.html

He is an Aussie and trains people to use voice and sound for healing. There are regular workshops held for varying lengths at reasonable rates.

I did a weekend sound workshop a few years ago with a guy that was trained by him and it was incredible. Suss out anything you can on harmonic singing, i.e. David Hyke, Tuvan Throat Singing, Tibetan Chanting etc etc.

I think it's the pure tones that seem to be the most effective. I have a friend who recently did a workshop by Emilie Conrad called Continuum Movement which was profoundly transformative.

I have yet to talk in greater depth with her about it, but the things she has already told me about are incredible. Some of what they did was chant certain frequencies, in harmony with Gaia's own vibration (Schumann Resonance). There is a kind of linking to the fluid system that occurs, the waters within the body and to the planet, connecting organisms and environment and onwards to ascension.

Here is a brief video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt89pcfrvns&feature=watch_response

I'll let you know more as I find out about it.

The key is to trust your own intuition. Ask for instruction and inspiration of your soul and your internal guidance system. Most of all start experimenting with sound, both playfully and scientifically. See what happens when you use certain sounds, tones, frequencies, vibrations, vowels, volumes, vibratos etc. Be your own experiment and trust the outcome!

Permalink Reply by aaron j boney on December 6, 2010 at 9:44pm

i have been practicing mantras for quite some time and found them to be essential in my awakening process. As a matter of fact after each and every energy increase our solar system has gone through, the physical effects of performing mantras increased dramaticly. For example when performing the mantra OM TAT SAT, OM TAT SAT, OM - the physica effectsl i underwent for approx a month were quite dramatic, it felt as if a drill was drilling into my forehead at approx the area of my 3rd eye chakra. So difinitly practice mantras for in my opinion they not only open but heal and strengthen the chakras involved in teleconference, telepathy, intuitiveness and past lives. I will start posting specific mantras and thier effect on certain areas this week......light & love

Permalink Reply by Gretchonian on December 28, 2010 at 4:55am

Slokas And Mantras

I Am That | Vedanta Spiritual Library

Some Simple Mantras, If You Are Just Starting Out

Aum, Om, Pranava and Nada, Meaning and Symbolic Significance

 

These are awesome..... all have given me invaluable results.

 

For Enlightentment...said to include all other mantras and addresses the universe as a whole. Everything included

YouTube - Gayatri Mantra V2

YouTube - Science Of Gayathri Mantra [Must]

 

Healing

YouTube - Green Tara Mantra

YouTube - Mahamrityunjaya Mantra PART - 1 (WITH MEANING/SUBTITLE)by...

 

Protection

YouTube - Shri Hanuman Mantra

 

PRONOUNCIATION - (I have an Indian gentleman that works at my local 711 giving me lessons - I was struggling quite a bit in my studies so I went out on a random limb and asked him for help and he enthusiastically said yes. Apparently he used to be really involved with Yogis and the Mystic arts and was quite an adept. What a great resource and teacher! And right underneath my nose for years, working at the 711 I go to everyday. keep your heart open and eyes peeled! and listen listen listen...)

Sanskrit Pronunciation: Booklet and Audio

The Online Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide

Sanskrit and Tamil Dictionaries

Monier Williams Online Dictionary

 

YouTube - Learn to read Sanskrit - lesson 1

YouTube - Learn to read Sanskrit - lesson 2

YouTube - Learn to read Sanskrit - lesson 3

 

FONTS, etc

Sanskrit Fonts, Sanskrit Texts, Typography, etc.

Omkarananda Ashram Himalayas

 

Happy Chanting! ; ) 

 

Permalink Reply by Gretchonian on December 28, 2010 at 5:20am

Karla SM said:

I too am very very interested in this topic as I recently learned that in past lives I used my voice to heal, not exactly sure how but this is something I must figure out.

For now, I have an idea and I have been practicing a bit but not yet enough.

Are you familiar with the Solfeggio frequencies? I am trying to imitate those with my voice though the higher ones are not possible because the frequency is too high, but at least the first ones.

Here is an example:

Frequency 528 is middle C on a piano. Be careful electric and synth pianos have different programmed frequencies that range in the area of 528 (i.e. 526.45 hz) and vary. You want an exact match.

A good ole acoustic piano that is tuned will always give you frequency 528 when you play middle C.

Different speakers may alter the frequency as well depending on electrical design as well as the distance travelled from the initial sound source.

I found you can make super cheap (less than a dollar) High Def. speakers yourself (and put together an incredible surround sound system) to avoid these problems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m8fbnShPcw&feature=channel

Admin TeamPermalink Reply by Acyutananda on December 28, 2010 at 5:23am

From near the beginning of my spiritual quest I have known and used various mantras and invocations, usually for protection and purification.
Among those have been violet flame decrees, psalms, affirmations, Hebrew chants, pagan and gregorian.
I unknowingly chanted Sanskrit mantras when listening to certain music, such as The Prodigy's 'narayan', John Lennon's 'across the universe', James Asher's 'tigers of the raj', etc.
The first time I ate food that had been blessed by vedic priests using mantras, I stopped 'searching' and 'came home' within myself for the first time this life, although it felt like I'd never left.
I went back for seconds =}
At this point, an enthusiastic friend (bless his departed spirit) introduced me to the maha-mantra those priests used. He gave me a card with the written invocation: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, and told me that in the core of my heart it's being chanted, and if I externally chanted it often, I would awaken to union with Source.
It was a hefty claim I took with a pinch of salt, considering the apparent dualistic nature of mantras, having a beginning, end and separate syllables. How could a dualistic activity result in union with a Source I thought to be completely non-dual in nature?
Nevertheless, his enthusiasm (and my curiosity) inspired me and I chanted this mantra often, whenever I remembered; while walking around, when dancing, at work, for protection. If the food those priests cooked could produce that feeling, I imagined what the mantra could do...
When chanting, I felt a sense of protection, of moving forward, my thoughts and interactions with people became more harmonic, I felt much less worried about anything, peaceful, centered and unnatached from the general throng of sensory input. But none of those things even seemed to matter anymore, I was chanting the mantra for its own sake, and felt that it was doing something deeper and altogether much more subtle. It was barely perceptible, but a part of myself registered it, and I continued to chant.
Little did I know that a short year later I'd be living in a temple, wearing orange robes, have a shaved head with ponytail, waking at 4am to chant, pray and dance, and collect alms on the street. =)
The moral of the story is; be careful what you chant. You may get more than you bargain for!

Permalink Reply by Ariel Feather on January 10, 2011 at 1:53pm

Hy star sister,Kelly Howell has some preety nice meditation,healing and rejuvenating sounds.i ve found the torrent on google,it s free and has amazing music.try that :) Ariel

Permalink Reply by Ariel Feather on January 11, 2011 at 3:38pm

:))) dear friend! this is such an enchanting story! i have two years now since i wish i could live some buddhist life :p lol..i don t think it "could" fit me but certanly i would like it.at least for a while...i love mantras also but now u made me carefull with what i repeat :)) Bless you and wish you love,Ariel
Acyutananda said:

From near the beginning of my spiritual quest I have known and used various mantras and invocations, usually for protection and purification.
Among those have been violet flame decrees, psalms, affirmations, Hebrew chants, pagan and gregorian.
I unknowingly chanted Sanskrit mantras when listening to certain music, such as The Prodigy's 'narayan', John Lennon's 'across the universe', James Asher's 'tigers of the raj', etc.
The first time I ate food that had been blessed by vedic priests using mantras, I stopped 'searching' and 'came home' within myself for the first time this life, although it felt like I'd never left.
I went back for seconds =}
At this point, an enthusiastic friend (bless his departed spirit) introduced me to the maha-mantra those priests used. He gave me a card with the written invocation: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, and told me that in the core of my heart it's being chanted, and if I externally chanted it often, I would awaken to union with Source.
It was a hefty claim I took with a pinch of salt, considering the apparent dualistic nature of mantras, having a beginning, end and separate syllables. How could a dualistic activity result in union with a Source I thought to be completely non-dual in nature?
Nevertheless, his enthusiasm (and my curiosity) inspired me and I chanted this mantra often, whenever I remembered; while walking around, when dancing, at work, for protection. If the food those priests cooked could produce that feeling, I imagined what the mantra could do...
When chanting, I felt a sense of protection, of moving forward, my thoughts and interactions with people became more harmonic, I felt much less worried about anything, peaceful, centered and unnatached from the general throng of sensory input. But none of those things even seemed to matter anymore, I was chanting the mantra for its own sake, and felt that it was doing something deeper and altogether much more subtle. It was barely perceptible, but a part of myself registered it, and I continued to chant.
Little did I know that a short year later I'd be living in a temple, wearing orange robes, have a shaved head with ponytail, waking at 4am to chant, pray and dance, and collect alms on the street. =)
The moral of the story is; be careful what you chant. You may get more than you bargain for!

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