I guess that most people do not realize how important sound (& frequencies & vibrations) is to this experience here on Earth. Not until you actually sit down and think about the ramifications of it.
The most noticeable and obvious effect of sound can be seen through music. Pick something like Heavy Metal or Rap and you will feel yourself filled up with lots of different emotions. Like a drug, Heavy Metal makes you feel powerful inside (well, temporarily) or angry, or full of rage. Dance tunes makes you want to jump up and well……….dance. Classical music like BACH makes you feel at peace, full of Love, harmony, which unleashes the creative spirit in mankind………which is sadly not taught to the younger generations anymore.
The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. —J.S. Bach
If classical music as described by BACH was for the refreshment of the soul, then what is all the main-stream music we hear these days for? It certainly doesn’t make anyone feel better. A few decades ago, I remember studies done where classical music played inside a greenhouse helped the flowers to grow………….whereas Rock Music slowly killed them. I can’t prove this……….but I do remember the stories.
So one of the ways to get away from depression……………would obviously to stop listening to harsh music……………and start listening to music that vibrates well with your soul. I can only imagine the damage being done to teenagers while they are blasting their eardrums with some of the worst music society has come up with. The same tones, same keys on the chart…………..which create such a harsh vibration within our bodies. Perhaps there is a purpose to it all? & why the saying “I sold my soul for Rock N Roll came from?”
It doesn’t stop at sound though. Think of vibrations. Human beings are here on this planet (disconnected from God) for this experience……….but the rest of this creation isn’t. How do birds with the size of a pea for a brain know what to do? Because they are still connected to the creator. They don’t need to store tons of information……….they just “know”. It’s in their DNA. When my wife and I were watching the movie “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”……….one of the points of the whole movie was whether farm bred Salmon would swim upstream. Finally, the lead actor decided they would………..because it’s in their DNA. God created them to swim upstream.
Anyway, back to the point. Trees are still connected to God…………and trees are very peaceful (like nature). They are just happy being trees. Sitting around soaking up all the sun they can get. They go to sleep in the fall, and wake up in the spring. The thing about trees is that they can’t stand the chaotic vibrations that humans let off. We are so full of conflict……………(everyman is at war with himself).
The American Indians say that every person has a wolf and a Lamb (or similar) inside them. The one that thrives is the one that you feed. The Bible teaches us that we are all empty vessels and will be filled with something. Either the Holy Spirit (Love and Compassion) or something else. How many times do you see people become enraged over things…………..road rage, people get angry with each other and lash out trying to hurt everyone around them so they feel better, people explode at work from the stress (Business…….or Busy-ness to get people distracted from their connection to the Lord, and to keep them from searching for the Lord, which is within)……….
Well, now try going into the middle of a forest, or garden……………………and see how peaceful you feel. When we went to Hawaii for our Honeymoon, my wife and I went to Alderton Gardens on Kuaia and it was the most peaceful spot i’ve ever been to. You literally could feel it. In fact, there was one water feature there, that was designed to beat in harmony with our bodies. The water falls down a cascading feature at exactly 60 or 70 beats/minute (or something like that)………..that your body actually adjusts to it. They have brought people there with heart conditions (heart rates in the 100′s), who become better after just sitting there listening to the water feature for a few minutes………….as their heart rate slows down and becomes in synch with the harmony of the water. Medical communities have been studying it, and realizing they can design therapies around sound and the vibrations to help people with hypertension, heart problems…………etc…..
Trees don’t like the chaotic nature of humans (which we tend to emit chaotic vibrations)…………but rather trees emit their own vibrations, and since there are so many……….they calm you down………and bring you back into harmony & peace. That’s another natural cure for depression & stress. Take your shoes off and go walk inside a garden, go walk on the grass……..smell the flowers……….catch some sunshine. A nice walk in nature is a huge stress reliever……….as your body tends to adjust to the vibrations from God’s creation……..which is still connected and in harmony with the Lord. Compare that to the concrete jungles that man has built………completely disconnecting him from nature (& therefore God).
Look at all the chaos that takes place inside cities. In the Watchmen movie, there was a comment by one of the heros flying over Manhattan. “I don’t see buildings, I see tombstones”. Mankind has built these huge monstrosities, which disconnect them from the Lord even more. Instead of feeling nature all around, and the natural vibrations that would calm everyone………………we stick ourselves in buildings and keep those vibrations out. Is it any wonder why people feel more “alive” and at peace when they are out in the countryside, or close to nature and God?
Years ago, I had a friend who was very agitated inside. She was very jumpy, anxious, nervous. Well, she had a dog…………and what do you think happened to the dog? It was nervous, jumpy, anxious around people………………she would always warn that her dog was jumpy………..and couldn’t stand people. Until I went to her apartment one day to help her move a piece of furniture. I walked into the apartment, saw the dog and realized it wasnt’ the dog. It was her. The dog was just picking up her vibration and adapted to it…………if she was jumpy, the dog was jumpy. I calmly walked inside, sat down…………and slowly the dog adapted to me. Within minutes it was calm, at peace and laid down at my feet allowing me to scratch it’s head. My friend was in shock……….she didn’t understand that the dog was just a reflection of what was going on inside her.
There is a show on TV called the “Dog Whisperer” where this dog trainer goes and listens to people with problem dogs. The thing is that a lot of times he is not there to fix the dog………..but rather the owners (ok, just about every time). He listens to the people and realizes that the people are creating the confusion. The dogs are just picking up on it and coming in synch with the people. Another time the dog trainer was having a really difficult time with a dog……the dog was stressing him out. The trainer was adapting to the vibrations of the dog……..the internal rage that was in the dog.
He literally had to step back, realize that “THIS WASN”T ABOUT HIM”, meditated for a minute, calmed himself down and went back to work. He didn’t take anything the dog did personally, it was just a conflicted dog that needed help. The dog was agitated, full of rage…………….but eventually the dog adapted and adjusted to the trainer………….and was back at peace. Isn’t that exactly what is going on down here as well? Humans beings are chaotic, full of internal rage…………………….and they lash out, at everyone around them. Because of what is inside of them. If you realize this, instead of lashing back at them…..(how is that going to help?)………..and realize this isn’t about you………..it’s about the person that is full of rage (instead of the Holy Spirit)………you can remain calm and actually help them. Because no matter what you think, this life isn’t about you anyway…………..this is the Lord’s play. You can be a benefit and help others……………or you can be part of the problem.
If powerful men and women could remain centered in the TAO (Holy Spirit), all things would be in harmony.
The world would become a paradise. All people would be at peace, and the law would be written in their hearts. Tao Te Ching 32 (Book of the Holy Spirit)
The thing is that you cannot take what was going on personally. It’s tough……real tough, but you have to sit back and understand that “It’s not about you”…………they don’t even realize what they are doing or saying. The same advice that Jesus gives in the Bible. If I took every comment about me when I worked in banking personally, I would be finished and would be full of rage, anger, lashing out at those around me. Instead, you just stay calm………understand that what people are saying about you isn’t personal……………..realize it comes with the position that the Lord assigned to you……..and stay calm and those around you will come to your vibration. It isn’t easy, but it works. {Now don’t think I’m some saint where it didn’t effect me……….because it did………….but I’m trying to make a point here.}
The gentlest thing in the world, overcomes the hardest thing in the world………Tao Te Ching 43
The same thing happens when I teach scuba diving now. Female students like me because I am calm. A lot of students are very nervous when they enter the water with dive gear on (females especially…….not all mind you, some take to it naturally)………………and I tend to calm them down. So they are more relaxed and comfortable in the water. Other instructors lash out sometimes. I also never return hostile comments anymore, while I’m at work (I’m no saint……I still am a pain around my family…I assure you)………………….the reason is that you are adding to the problem. Now I just smile back, and say nothing. It drives people around you crazy……………but eventually those around you calm down. They tend to adapt to your calm state, then rather continue to try and cause conflict. Just remember it is what they know………….creating conflict is what they probably grew up around…………so they are now conflicted……………and spread that around them.
It has been said that if you are part of the Lord’s you do the Lord’s work. You may not even know that you are doing it. Just being somewhere helps. Just be being you, the Lord can use you and send out vibrations to those around to heal them. You don’t even know what you are doing, but the Lord is working through you. Your voice, your body………..just vibrates……….it just heals. However, you have to be centered in the Holy Spirit. Otherwise, you will be part of the problem.
You can see it on this blog. When I’m in tune…….items can “Flow” through me……….stuff that heals or helps. Other times, I am just like the world…………spreading fear and the usual doom and gloom drivel that the media and everyone likes to thrive on. It is why the Bible tells you to stay centered on the Lord. Because when the Lord, the Holy Spirit, are your focus……………..then anything is possible, and you are protected. Stray from it, and you can wander around……………..getting nowhere, and helping no one.
She who is centered in the Tao can go where she wishes, without danger. She perceives the universal harmony, even amid great pain,
because she has found peace in her heart. Tao Te Ching 35
Then again, maybe I’m just lazy. I heard Earl Campbell make this comment on TV the other day:
“It is hard and takes a lot of effort to be mean to other people. It is easy to be nice” – Earl Campbell
How about food? God didn’t make junk……however, man perfected it (soda, twinkies, McDonalds………foods full of sugar, preservatives, well…….junk). Try drinking stuff that is natural (like water) and natural foods that your body was designed to process. I bet you will sleep a lot better. I know when I drink any soda late at night, I toss and turn in bed badly. Drinking water has the opposite effect. Our entire Western Way of eating must be having a very disasterous effects on everyone. It winds everyone up……………………and it effects your weight, health, sleeping patterns. Perhaps it’s meant to. Remember who runs this place, and what his goal is. Anyway, if you effect sleeping patterns………it effects your soul. I always felt that sleep is the time when you go to recharge by re-connecting to the Lord. Like a battery, you need to recharge at night. If we were just machines, you could just eat (provide energy) and then go act. Why would you need to sleep? Well, the alpha waves, or REM sleep sends out vibrations…..etc….healing vibrations. If you’ve ever seen those that suffer from sleep depridation…………..well, you understand the importance of those vibrations for the human body……….but also the soul and sanity. It is also why brainwashing (military, Pre-Med, etc..) uses sleep depridation so much.
I used to train in the martial arts years ago, and 1 of the drills we did was to close your eyes and stand in the middle of a big circle. You had to try and sense when others were approaching to attack you. When you close your eyes, you other senses took over. Eventually you could “feel” when those around you moved. It was like opening up an entire new world. You could actually feel their vibrations & intentions heading towards you. The same with Balance. We would do grappling drills, but they were so much more effective when you closed your eyes………..it was like cheating. It was hard to see what the person was doing anyway, but close your eyes and let your other “senses” take over…………………and you can actually feel where the person’s balance was in their body. You could feel if they were weak backwards, on their left leg, etc………….you could then attack their “balance” by moving them where their body didn’t want to go. Instead of acting by sight, you would act by what is all around you……………..martial arts are very big in “Flow” or “Chi” that flows through all living things……………..
Another far out example I use for vibrations is the old Star Trek Series. Do you notice how all the items in those shows tend to exist now? Like flip phones. Well, there was 1 episode where Kirk, Spock…….beamed down to a city…….but no one was there. All they heard was ringing in their ears. It ended up that the people all vibrated at such a fast frequency that they could not see each other. So they changed their frequencies and could then see/interact with the population. But disappeared from our own reality. It makes sense when you realize that man can only see 5% of the visible spectrum……….then what about frequencies? Flies have a completely different frequency and only exist here for days/weeks. Dogs age much faster than humans……………….10-15 years is a full life. Makes you wonder what is all around us………..different dimensions may only be occupying the same space but at a much different frequency that we are not in tune with……………………….like a different channel on a radio.
Look at what mankind does with frequencies now. We broadcast TV shows, voice over the phones, movies over the internet, cell phones calls hundreds and thousands of miles. What about the frequencies given off by electrical towers? No one wants to live near them…………due to the adverse health effects. Wonder what those frequencies are doing to our bodies? The waves from cell phones can fry an egg………..what are they doing to our brains?
The military and police forces have been/have developed sound weapons to disperse crowds. Sound waves break glass. Sound waves can weaken structures. Whales use songs to communicate, people use speech to communicate. Yet we take it all for granted, and don’t understand it.
It is said that if we could speak the actual Lord’s name……………an entire universe would pop into existence.
I stopped listening to Rock music years ago. I now pop in a classical music CD in my car when I’m driving. I don’t even think I can go back to listening to Rock anymore, as it now sounds very…………crude. Every once in awhile I listen to the radio while driving, but I end up flipping the station constantly because I have a hard time getting through the songs. They are all the same cookie cutter tunes. All pre-molded, song lengths, and fluff produced by Hollywood. Yet some of the classical pieces are amazing………………..just listen to the prelude to Bach’s cello suite no. 1……………and tell me if anything rock music has produced has come anywhere close to that….
Well, get filled with the Tao, Holy Spirit and it brings you…………….Peace………………….otherwise those vibrations inside you from anger, stress, modern societies music, etc…….will cause you all sorts of havoc.
The problem with Human being is that we are very “sight” oriented. If we can’t see something, or touch it, then we don’t think these things exist or are important. Yet all around you are things you can’t see that do exist (air, radio waves, sound, infrared spectrum, etc…). If you stop using your sight for awhile and try to “Feel” the Lord you would know he exists………Inside…………
I use an ultrasound unit (MendMeShop.com………highly recommended) to heal ligament damage on my knee. Over time my knee got much, much better. From the use of sound & vibrations.
I’ll finish this post on an interesting point. There was a movie called “The Sphere” with Dustin Hoffman………years ago. Basically mankind found a big, golden globe at the bottom of the ocean. Whatever they thought came true. The problem with the cast around the sphere, was that no one could control their thoughts. They were full of rage, anger, paranoia…………and all created Monsters, chaos, terror………….or amplified everyone’s fears. Eventually all hell broke loose. Mankind wasn’t ready for something like that.
If you think about it, and we were created in God’s image……….then our thoughts are powerful. Extremely powerful. We are built with the same vibrations, sounds…….etc………….that can help or cause chaos.
So we need to be “cured” or fixed while we are down on earth…………….before we get to Heaven. Because if you go back home, in the present state we are in (and everyone is a mess……no exceptions…………some just more-so than others) you would cause havoc.
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. Proverbs 29:11
It is the reason that no fear is allowed in the Kingdom of Heaven. Like the movie the Sphere, you would ruin everything. Just be calm, and at peace.
” The only way out is the way through”
