Cymatics - The Science of the Future?Is there a connection between sound, vibrations and physical reality? Do sound and vibrations have the potential to create? In this article we will see what various researchers in this field, which has been given the name of Cymatics, have concluded.
 
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The Hidden Message in Waterby Masaru Emoto"Understanding the fact that we are essentially water is the key to uncovering the mysteries of the universe..."The Hidden Messages in Water is an eye-opening theory showing how water is deeply connected to people's individual and collective consciousness. Drawing from his own research, scientific researcher, healer, and popular lecturer Dr. Masaru Emoto describes the ability of water to absorb, hold, and even retransmit human feelings and emotions. Using high-speed photography, he found that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are directed toward it. Music, visual images, words written on paper, and photographs also have an impact on the crystal structure. Emoto theorizes that since water has the ability to receive a wide range of frequencies, it can also reflect the universe in this manner. He found that water from clear springs and water exposed to loving words shows brilliant, complex, and colorful snowflake patterns, while polluted water and water exposed to negative thoughts forms incomplete, asymmetrical patterns with dull colors. Emoto believes that since people are 70 percent water, and the Earth is 70 percent water, we can heal our planet and ourselves by consciously expressing love and goodwill.

Honor Harger: A history of the universe in sound

Artist-technologist Honor Harger listens to the weird and wonderful noises of stars and planets and pulsars. In her work, she tracks the radio waves emitted by ancient celestial objects and turns them into sound, including "the oldest song you will ever hear," the sound of cosmic rays left over from the Big Bang.

Nature is alive with macro/micro harmony. Rhythms of breath and heart, DNA, stars, water, and Earth invite us into this dance of frequency.

 LET'S EXPLORE THE LATEST FINDINGS ON THE BRAIN AND MUSIC AS WELL AS PRESENT SOME MUSINGS OF THESE FINDINGS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS. ENJOY AND PLEASE PARTICIPATE!

Yes, music can heal the brain and it is free!!

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Our brains expect certain melodic, harmonic and rhythmic eventualities! This is a great demonstration of that! 

The neuroanatomy of music 

Music is experienced through the simultaneous activation of a remarkable number of brain regions. Listening to music involves two major processes--perception and emotional response. Through perception we recognize music's physical characteristics--the rhythm, harmony and tone. Our emotional response evokes feelings--sadness, happiness, relaxation and more. The two processes, perceiving and feeling, activate multiple brain regions that are interconnected through complex and vast networks. They range from the front of the brain (frontal lobes) to the back (cerebellum), from top (motor cortex) to the bottom (amygdala), and from outer surface (auditory cortex) to the inner core (nucleus accumbens and hippocampus). Creating or dancing to music activates an even greater number of brain regions. 

Importantly, perceiving and feeling music are two distinct processes. For example, there are people who are gifted at perceiving music, such as those with absolute pitch, but who are indifferent to its emotional effects. The reverse is true as well (and is more common)--there are many people who have little or no musical talent, including those who are tone-deaf, who are passionate about music. In other words, you don't need to be musical to be strongly affected by music and potentially to benefit from its therapeutic effects. 

Like other forms of yoga, kirtan is best understood through direct experience. People often say they feel bliss or “buzzed” after chanting. Justin Green, 25, a massage therapist from Lee, Massachusetts, who works at Kripalu, says, “I get so joyful…really blissfully happy, because it changes something. It opens me up. I think there is something inherently hypnotic about sharing voice, sharing breath, moving if we happen to be dancing. I think it breeds a sense of connection. It’s like praying together.” Green adds, “At first I thought, ‘what is this ridiculous stuff?’ I had a lot of resistance to it, but after the first one I was high. Then, I was hooked.”

“To someone who has not chanted before I would describe it as the very best way to become peaceful, to have a direct experience of the stillness inside,” says Paul Coggins, a movie-set designer from Boston, Massachusetts. “It simply makes you happy and that can’t be bad, eh?“

Bhavani Lorraine Nelson, who leads chanting and meditation at Kripalu Center says, “The most important thing when chanting is to have an intention, perhaps a personal intention of what you want to let go of in your life…if not, chant for the world.”

Whether it’s a sense of community, the joy of devotion, or the pure love of singing that draws you to kirtan, consider it another kind of yoga to explore this coming year. This celebratory practice allows us to go deep inside and connect to the god or goddess within us all. "

Joyful Music Helps the HeartMusic that Inspires Joy Improves Blood Vessel FunctionBy Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACCNov. 13, 2008 -- Joyful mu

Like other forms of yoga, kirtan is best understood through direct experience. People often say they feel bliss or “buzzed” after chanting. Justin Green, 25, a massage therapist from Lee, Massachusetts, who works at Kripalu, says, “I get so joyful…really blissfully happy, because it changes something. It opens me up. I think there is something inherently hypnotic about sharing voice, sharing breath, moving if we happen to be dancing. I think it breeds a sense of connection. It’s like praying together.” Green adds, “At first I thought, ‘what is this ridiculous stuff?’ I had a lot of resistance to it, but after the first one I was high. Then, I was hooked.”

“To someone who has not chanted before I would describe it as the very best way to become peaceful, to have a direct experience of the stillness inside,” says Paul Coggins, a movie-set designer from Boston, Massachusetts. “It simply makes you happy and that can’t be bad, eh?“

Bhavani Lorraine Nelson, who leads chanting and meditation at Kripalu Center says, “The most important thing when chanting is to have an intention, perhaps a personal intention of what you want to let go of in your life…if not, chant for the world.”

Whether it’s a sense of community, the joy of devotion, or the pure love of singing that draws you to kirtan, consider it another kind of yoga to explore this coming year. This celebratory practice allows us to go deep inside and connect to the god or goddess within us all. sic helps your heart, researchers find.The study comes from Michael Miller, MD, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland. Miller reported the findings at this week's annual meeting of the American Heart Association in New Orleans.Ten volunteers identified specific music that made them feel a sense of joy. While the music played, Miller and colleagues used an ultrasound device to measure how well each person's blood vessels responded to a sudden increase in blood flow (caused by release of a blood pressure cuff).When they heard joyful music, the volunteers' blood vessels dilated by 26% -- a very healthy response. It's similar in magnitude to the response seen after aerobic exercise.Laughter also improved blood flow. After listening to a comedy tape, volunteers' blood vessels dilated by 19%. That's similar to the laughter effect seen in an earlier study, in which volunteers viewed excerpts from the comic movie Kingpin.But music has a dark side, too. Listening to music that made volunteers feel anxious narrowed blood vessels by 6%."These results were music to my ears because they signal another preventive strategy that we may incorporate in our daily lives to promote heart health," Miller says in a news release.Country music made most of the volunteers feel joyful. Heavy metal music made most of them feel anxious. But Miller says what matters isn't the type of music, but an individual's emotional response to the music.Miller says that 10 different individuals might well have found different types of music joyful -- and heart healthy.Funding for the study came from the American Heart Association, the Veterans Administration, and the National Institutes of health.