I was quite self-conscious the first time I let a strong "Om" escape from deep in my diaphragm at a yoga class. This exercise was brand new to me and felt weird. Why was I doing this? I didn't figure out for a long time that "Om", pronounced either "ooooo-mm" or "auuuummmm," was considered to be the sound of the Universe, kind of like its central hum, like a motor whirring in the background of the factory of life. And according to this book, the one thing from which all else came - a sound that causes a vibration that "connects and coheres" everything. Hersey makes you take it for granted that everything, according to science, is vibrating - planets, the sun, even everything in you like the atoms and cells and neurons that make up your body. It is all vibrating and emitting sound. This constant "sound stream" he calls the nada, and each person has his own note that makes up who he is - his soul, feelings, and thoughts.
I found this really interesting to connect to a motivational CD I am listening to at the same time, called the "Abundance Paradigm" by Dr. Joe Vitale. In the CD he talks about the "Law of Attraction" and how things are attracted to you based on the vibrational frequency you are emitting, so if you hope to stop attracting bad things and get more of the good you need to change your body's vibration, which he then teaches you methods to cleanse and clear your subconscious of any negative mind sets in order to help do this. Listening to a chant was one way he suggested for clearing negative items out of your subconscious.
Chanting has become a fun way for me to relax my body and clear my head since there is really no room for thinking and tightening up the body when you are immersed in the activity. It really does open me up and make me feel renewed. A person doesn't have to chant in Sanskrit or some other language to get these benefits, although Hersey did recommend it because when you don't know what you are chanting then it stops your mind from creating mental images and other thoughts to attach to your chant. But I can see any kind of singing having a positive effect on your mind and body. You can belt out an uplifting song that is currently on the radio, such as Pharrell Williams' "Happy" or Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger." Or singing hymns of praise in church, and in the end it is all doing the same thing to you: creating positive energy, clearing and cleaning your mind, and making you feel good.
I found this really interesting to connect to a motivational CD I am listening to at the same time, called the "Abundance Paradigm" by Dr. Joe Vitale. In the CD he talks about the "Law of Attraction" and how things are attracted to you based on the vibrational frequency you are emitting, so if you hope to stop attracting bad things and get more of the good you need to change your body's vibration, which he then teaches you methods to cleanse and clear your subconscious of any negative mind sets in order to help do this. Listening to a chant was one way he suggested for clearing negative items out of your subconscious.
Chanting has become a fun way for me to relax my body and clear my head since there is really no room for thinking and tightening up the body when you are immersed in the activity. It really does open me up and make me feel renewed. A person doesn't have to chant in Sanskrit or some other language to get these benefits, although Hersey did recommend it because when you don't know what you are chanting then it stops your mind from creating mental images and other thoughts to attach to your chant. But I can see any kind of singing having a positive effect on your mind and body. You can belt out an uplifting song that is currently on the radio, such as Pharrell Williams' "Happy" or Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger." Or singing hymns of praise in church, and in the end it is all doing the same thing to you: creating positive energy, clearing and cleaning your mind, and making you feel good.