For centuries people have understood significance of specially designed sounds for enhanced spiritual life. Every major spiritual tradition has its own sets of special prayers and mantras. It is written in Hindu scriptures that entire universe is born out of sound (Naad). Sound is our origin that’s why we are vulnerable to sound. When used according to certain peculiarities, sound can be an amazing tool to deepen meditation practice. It can be used in various forms.
Mantras: Chanting mantra is one of the oldest methods of using sound as a first step in meditation. Particular sound is repeated over and over in certain rhythm produces specific effects on mind and body. “AUM” is considered the most holy and effective sounds in Hinduism. With slight modification it is called “AAMIN” in Islam and “Amen” in Christianity. It refers to the same sound of our source. Buddhism also has used “AUM” in their mantra; one of the most famous mantra is “AUM MANI PADME HUM”. Chanting of mantra has many health benefits along with underlined spiritual meaning. Rhythmic chanting produces certain brainwave frequency which takes you into deeper states of mind that are very useful for meditation.
Brainwave Entrainment Sounds: In last 25 years, there have been many scientific breakthroughs in field of mind and its hidden potentials. Today science has gone beyond material and objective view and adopted spiritual approach in understanding true nature of our world and self. Significance of sound and its effects on our mind and body is understood in detail. Brainwave entrainment sounds work on same fundamentals. Sound beats are recorded at certain intervals containing certain frequencies so as to induce brain to produce brainwaves of similar frequency. Lower frequency sounds help brain to reach lower states of consciousness which are very useful for meditation. There are many effective and successful brainwave entrainment programs ruling the market; some of them are Quantum Mind Power, Hemi-sync, DNA activation, BrainSync and HoloSync.
Music: Cleansing and activating chakras (energy centers) is one of the most effective techniques for fast spiritual progress. Different musical instruments and musical keys have specific effects on particular chakras. Music is the most important tool for practicing chakra meditation for beginners and experienced practitioners as well. Chakra Suite by Steven Halpern is very significant contribution in this field.
Hypnotic inductions and suggestions: There is certain commanding and dizzy feeling to hypnotic inductions. In most cases they are spoken at similar tone and tempo. Reason is to exhaust the conscious mind and activating subconscious. Hypnosis is one of the best ways to enhance meditation practice.
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