Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

At this point in our development, no one has yet come up with an instrument, tape or sound that will work specifically to heal an imbalance for everyone. Certainly some people are remarkably assisted by the specific sounds from instruments created by those who believe we are all vibrating at the same frequency. We know of miraculous experiences that have occurred–wondrous healings and the like–but we also know of people who have not received help through such sounds. And the question is why?

The most likely answer is that, indeed, there are those who will vibrate to specific frequencies that are the same and those that do not. This is very simply most close to the truth as we know it.

It would seem that even in our traditional medical fields, the different pharmaceuticals that are applied do not work specifically the same for all individuals. One person will get miraculous results from one drug, while another person will not have much effect at all and another person will have what is known as an allergic reaction and become sicker from the drug than before. If we were all of the same vibrational rate, would not the drug effect all people the same way? The same thought, of course, could be applied to the concept of organ transplants. There are many variables that go into the consideration of this. Not every organ is going to work for every individual. The same approach could be applied to sound.

In Ayuvedic Medicine, for example, there are three basic different types of people and what works well for one group will not work well for the other group. Could a similar situation exist with sound and help explain why one sound may work well for one person and may not work well for another?

With astrology, which is based upon the the vibrations of the planets and their effect upon an individual, we find that every individual has a unique birth chart, due to many different factors. No one is exactly the same. Even twins born only minutes apart will have different birth charts. This is another indication of the uniqueness of the individual and our own unique vibratory rate.

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Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

There is at present on our planet, a great schism in belief regarding resonant frequency. There are those who believe that yes, we all vibrate to the same frequency, whether it is the vibrational rate of the heart chakra or the vibrational rate of the liver. And many of these are people who believe they have indeed figured out the vibrational rate of the various organs, other bodily parts and etheric fields have invented instruments, made tapes or created machines which will somehow project the correct resonant frequency back in to the body to heal what ails you. Some of these people also work with using the voice, either to determine what frequency needs to be added or as a means of creating the correct resonant frequency.

Then, there are others who believe that we are all unique vibratory beings; that the frequencies of our organs, bodily systems and chakras, may be different and are not the same. And some of these people have also invented instruments and will make tapes or create machines which will somehow determine what the correct resonant frequency for you is, and then have that sound device project this frequency. And many of these other people work specifically with the voice because they believe it is easiest and more effective at determining the correct resonant frequency and to project it into an imbalanced area.

These are two main areas of contention in your sound healing arena today. I like to say that I am in the business of “Shifting Frequencies” and that if you believe you will resonant to only one frequency, you are not giving yourself the opportunity for vibratory change. I am among those who focus on the use of the voice as an instrument of transformation and I do this for several reasons. One reason in particular is that I have found the voice to be an extremely easy vehicle for effecting change in one’s vibratory rate or in the body and field of someone else. I (and my students work reinforces this) has found that the resonant sounds for different parts of the body and the chakras change and shift depending upon many parameters.

Do you believe you resonate to more than one frequency?

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Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

In a recent blog Frequency + Intent = Healing, I discussed the concepts of “frequency” and “intent”. “Frequency” is the rate at which an object vibrated and is also a way of measuring sound. “Intent” is the energy behind any created sound. Together, these two elements create how a sound may be used–it’s effect for healing, transformation or whatever.

When the human body is in a state of health, all bodily parts and associated fields, chakras, etc. are in “tune” and vibrating in a state of harmony with self. A concept of disease is one in which a counter frequency sets in and some body part begins to vibrate out of ease or harmony. A concept of using sound to heal is simply that it is possible to project the correct resonant frequency back into the part of the body (or associated field or chakra), causing it to vibrate back into its normal rate, restoring it to health. This is the basic principle of using sound to heal.

Now, the whole concept of healing is one which deserves its own discourse and I do not wish to create confusion regarding this. However, I will suggest that while the above principle of healing with sound is true, there are other principles which also apply and will be discussed in the future. For the moment, let us concentrate on the above very simple aspect of using sound to heal–that of the resonant frequency–and let us ask you another very simple question: Do you think that everyone vibrates at the same frequency. Or put another way, do you think that everyone’s liver has the same resonant frequency? Do you think everyone’s heart chakra resonates to the same vibration?

I ask these questions, because they are important ones, particularly in regard to sound. At this point in development on the planet, there are many different professionals, who deal with sound, and who all have different answers to these questions. And the truth of it is that on our Earth plane, no one knows what the correct answers to the above questions are. Many may think they know, but we are still in your infancy regarding sound and our knowledge is limited.

One of the great mysteries of humankind, particularly one which has manifested in the last century (though it has been in existence since the beginning) was the need for humans to qualify and quantify everything. We need to know everything and explain everything. And put everything very nicely in a box. Then we are satisfied that we have figured out the answers to the Universe. We now know the Great Mystery and we can rest easily.

We insist on putting everything into boxes and then we are happy. But the truth of the matter may be that things change. Concepts change. Ideas change. Reality changes. And because of this, by putting things into boxes we are doing ourselves a great disservice. Because sooner or later we may find that that which we have qualified and quantified has changed. And what we believe is no longer valid. We need to be fluid in your consciousness and thought. This is something that sound can teach us all.

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Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

As we approach the crossroads of our evolutionary development, which many of the various sacred traditions tell us will be occurring in the near future, we find that different models or archetypes must emerge. The current archetypes that we have dealt with in our psyche, and have manifested in the physical for many thousands of years has resulted in war and suffering. We suggest it is possible to choose a different model based upon harmony, balance, cooperation and compassion. This model exists in the various myths, legends and spiritual texts of the planet representing both strength and goodness. It is not necessary to be weak in order to be kind, although currently, we often confuse and equate these two adjectives.

The model of Tantra of Sound is one that is balanced and aligned with the harmonious integration of the masculine and feminine energies within each person. When these energies are embodied they create an egalitarian relationship with our selves and with others. This relationship is not controlling nor is it in competition with the participants involved—it is cooperative and it is compassionate. It is balanced and it is harmonious.

Despite seeming to be new to many, this archetype has existed since the beginning. Balanced relationships have manifested through many of the divine beings in different cultures who generate loving kindness, from Shiva and Shakti in the Hindu tradition to Avalokitesvara and Tara in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and to Jesus and Mary Magdalene in the Christian tradition. These energies may be understood as being divine entities and their consorts, or priest and high priestess who work together in the sacred loving unity of the Divine. These male and female energies are found within us individually, and also created through partnership. We are not talking about gender separation here, but rather about the balanced energies of the internalized masculine and feminine.

The uniting of masculine and feminine energies is found in tantra, which utilizes the symbolic male/female union within as a meditative form to assist in achieving enlightenment. A tantric practitioner concentrates on expanding all levels of consciousness in order to unveil and experience the supreme reality of God. This is done through symbolically uniting the two opposite energies of the male and female (in Sanskrit, the “Siva-Sakti” energy). Through tantra, one can overcome the “maya” or illusion of separateness, which manifest in lower levels of consciousness creating the polarity of male and female. True reality—the Absolute—is non dualistic. It encompasses unifying the masculine and feminine aspects within our selves so that we may transcend into the oneness of the Divine.

We believe that this paradigm of harmonious and balanced male/female energy is necessary for our continued journey down the evolutionary road. We have reached the place in our development where the use of our technology must be tempered with the wisdom of loving kindness.

Tantra of Sound assists in the integration of this important paradigm of relationship for the benefit of both personal and planetary acceleration.

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Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

One of the highest levels of tantric practice involves resonating and harmonizing oneself with sound! This is done in order to enhance and energize our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual essence. Both the Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist Tantra stress the power of sound. Sound, in fact, is the basis of much tantra—through working with advanced sound techniques, tantric practitioners are able to harmonize themselves in body, mind and spirit.

It was through our work at Healing Sounds, exploring various sonic practices from the Eastern traditions that we came upon the concept of TANTRA OF SOUND. We have discovered, through years of working together using sound, easy methods of achieving this harmonizing effect that the Eastern mystics described. This desired harmony and balance of body, mind and spirit can be both safely and efficiently practiced by utilizing specific techniques and exercises.

Our primary goal in sharing this work is to assist you in reaching deeper states of consciousness and self awareness; first with yourselves, and then, if appropriate, with a partner. We are currently at a crossroads in our evolutionary development. One road leads to an extraordinary new world of hopes and possibilities filled with love and compassion, caring and kindness. The other road does not. This first road offers the potential of us becoming the true, extraordinary humans that so many of the mystics and spiritual teachers throughout time have suggested that we can be. In order to do so, we must indeed be able to achieve harmony and balance within ourselves and then with each other. In order to do so, we must be willing to gaze into the window of our soul, acknowledge who and what we are, and then agree to love and honor that being.

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Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

“Tantra” is Sanskrit, the ancient language of the Hindu tradition. Like many other sacred languages such as Hebrew or Tibetan, there is frequently not simply one singular meaning that can be applied to the words which we translate. Thus “tantra” is often translated as “continuum” or “unbroken stream” and indicates a flow of consciousness from ignorance to enlightenment. The word also translates as “web” or “warp” and encompasses all that is. Tantra represents the interconnecting energies between all things in this and other planes of existence. Other words used to describe tantra are: leading principle, essential part, model, system, framework, doctrine, rule, theory, scientific work, order, chief part, rule, authority, science, mystic works, magical formulas, means, expedient, stratagem, medicine.

The etymology of “tantra” comes from the combination of two words “tattva” and “mantra”. “Tattva” is the science of cosmic principles, while “mantra” refers to the science of mystic sound and vibrations. In the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, tantra is sometimes referred to as “Secret Mantra”. This may be to distinguish it from being confused with Western concepts of neo-tantra. A definition of the meaning of Secret Mantra from the Tibetan Buddhist standpoint is as follows: `Secret’ indicates that these methods should be practiced privately. `Mantra’ means `protection for the mind’ and often utilizes sacred sound to do this. Thus, the function of Secret Mantra is to enable us to progress swiftly through the stages of the spiritual path by protecting our mind against ordinary conceptions through the use of sound.

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Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

TANTRA. The very word conjures up exciting images of incense filled rooms, full of throbbing bodies pulsating and vibrating in various degrees of orgasmic ecstasy. Indeed, if you were to do an Internet search with the word “tantra”, you would find over a million and a half websites devoted to that word. Almost all of these sites focus upon sex. Sex is huge. Sex sells. We are a sex obsessed planet. And to many people, sex and tantra mean the same thing. This, however, is simply not true.

There is great confusion today about the word tantra, and understandably so. Depending upon the culture, tradition, viewpoint, teacher and level of awareness, “tantra” can mean different things to different people. At healing sounds we’ve investigated numerous sources and were astounded by the variety of meanings that were applied to the word tantra and the teachings behind it.

Not surprisingly, here in the West, the meaning of tantra is almost always synonymous with sex and sexual yoga, taken from specific paths and teachers in the Hindu tradition. Yet, in the Buddhist tradition—particularly Tibetan Buddhism, tantra has nothing to do with sex—at least not from the physical aspect of sexual relationships.

An internet search for the word tantra, which found over a million and a half websites advertising aspects of tantra, revealed that the vast majority of these sites centered upon sex. We speculated that at least 90% – 95% of the sites we visited involved some aspect involving sexual relations—with everything from sexual aids to sexual surrogates beings advertised. Many times these sites offered techniques for improving sexual capability in sexual relationships. Many times, however, these sites were not nearly that subtle.

Yet, in our research we also discovered sources that were of seemingly pure tantric traditions, and they were almost all adamant that tantra had little or nothing to do with sex as it is currently perceived of in the West. In Fact, the word “neo-tantra” frequently emerged when talking about these newer perceptions of tantra which many authorities considered a corruption of the word. What then, is tantra?

I will share more on the meaning of tantra in my next post.

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Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

“FREQUENCY + INTENT = HEALING”.   Frequency of course, is the actual sound used.  Healing was a term used to describe the process of putting something into its healthy resonance.  Today I use the term “Frequency Shifting”.   Intent, in this formula, is the important ingredient.  Intent is the energy  behind the sound.  It is the consciousness that is encoded into the sound.  Intent is very important.

I began to realize that it might be possible for two people to make the same sound and have a very different response, depending upon the energy that was put into the sound.   Have you ever had someone you were not particularly fond of see you at a party and say in a snake-like tone “Good to see you” and felt as though you immediately wanted to leave the party.  While the words (or the frequency) may have been one thing, the intention (or energy behind the words) said quite another.  And the effect was not one of welcoming, but rather something very different.  This is an illustration of how intentionality affects the outcome of the sound.

I found that even specific mantras would resonate different chakras, depending upon the intentionality of the person giving them.  The “Om” might resonate the heart chakra, or the belly chakra or the third eye–it all depended upon what  a spiritual master might be teaching to a person.  As I began to realize the importance of intention, I began to spend considerable time in my teachings stressing the important of this.  And at the time, it was necessary to do this.  However, I admit that I went a little overboard.  Initially I began by talking with scientists and medical doctors who were so interested in examining only the frequency of the sound that the idea of intention was a new (and somewhat ridiculous idea to them).  Nevertheless, I continued sharing the importance of intention in my workshops, lectures and writing.  And as usual, things got a little out of alignment.  People began to think “Well, it doesn’t matter what sound I make as long as my intention is there”.

On one level, this is true.  On another level, it is not.  The formula which I was given was “FREQUENCY + INTENT = HEALING”.   This formula was created for the 3rd Dimensional Earth plane as it is currently evolved in your time and space.  While it is true that in higher dimensionalities, Intent (and consciousness) does create all, very few beings on this planet have reached the level of development,  where the actual sound they create is unimportant and the intention is everything.

Now undoubtedly, there are spiritual masters on this planet who can belch or create any such sound and produce miraculous results.  However, a majority of you (while you may perceive you are spiritual masters, and you may be) have not reached the state of development where you can do this.    I illustrate this point by saying that if you wish to calm someone down with a sound and then you shout in their ear, the result will be that your shouting will undoubtedly produce severe reactions of agitation in the individuals.  Their heart beat, respiration and brain waves will all escalate and they will probably not enjoy your shouting in their ear, regardless of your intent.  So I say that until you can levitate or dematerialize or do any of a number of frequency shifting exercises that you will ultimately be able to do, we urge you to pay attention to the frequencies that you are using.  As well as the intentionality that you are putting into these frequencies.

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Many new spiritual scientists, discoverers and therapists are working with the concept of resonant frequency healing to create balance.  Many are successful.   They have developed different instruments, machines, tapes and other sound devices which project the healthy resonant frequency of a body part, (or, for the matter, of the chakras) into a person.

While some of these devices may be very effective for restoring resonance back to that which is vibrating out of harmony, you all have within yourselves the most powerful, effective and wondrous device for healing that you can imagine.  It is free, extremely efficient and it does not require batteries or electricity.  It is your own voice.  Your own, if we may, God given instrument for sound healing.  It requires only a little training to use,  does not require another operator to be applied, and it allows you to find the exact frequencies for resonance.  This does not happen with many of sound healing devices which are “locked into” specific sounds for specific parts.  This does not allow for frequency shifting, which is the change of the vibratory rate of either a part of the body, or the whole body and its associated energy centers as well.

Hospitals and medical centers are full of many devices that project sound and other vibrations.  We now have catalogs full of devices that you can use in your home to induce meditation and what not.  Many of new researchers have developed sound devices that project different frequencies into you for different effects.  They are useful and sometimes very fun and we encourage them.  However, it is important to realize that they are merely tools producing an effect.  And this effect can be achieved without them if you are interested in doing a little work on yourself.  What is most interesting, however,  is that while many of these sound devices and recordings do create positive change, the actual frequencies or notes that they use are not the same.

To illustrate this, let us discuss your chakras for the moment.  They are these spinning discs  that feed energy into what becomes the physical body.    When I was first researching this area many years ago, I came across a simple system that worked with the 7 chakras using the seven notes of the C major scale.  In this system, your root chakra was vibrating to the note “C”.  The next chakra resonated to the note “D”.  The next chakra to the note “E” and so on,  with the crown chakra vibrating to the note “B”.  It was a very easy system and I was quite pleased to find this.  However, as I continued with my investigation into this, I found many other systems that worked with many different notes besides these.

The variety of different notes that was used was quite extraordinary.  And none of them was in agreement.  This caused me some perplexity as he could not understand how all the different systems were not in agreement with each other and yet all of them seemed to work to some degree.  Then I developed a formula which he first put forth in his book HEALING SOUNDS.

The formula is this: FREQUENCY + INTENT = HEALING.

In my next post I will talk more about this formula.

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Harmonics are there and yet not there, tangible and yet not tangible.  They are present and yet not noticed, until the shift begins to occur.  First our hearing changes – we can perceive things that are hidden.  Next, our voices change – we can create sounds that were not previously there.  Then, our consciousness changes and other realities come into our awareness.

Sound healing focuses on the ability of harmonics to create vibrational changes.  These changes may occur in the physical body or in the mental, emotional and etheric bodies.  When these changes occur, they initiate transformation and healing.

Harmonics display universal principles and are a constant in the various traditions and societies that use sound for healing and self -transformation.  Through experiencing harmonics, we can learn a great deal about ourselves and the worlds around us.  I trust they will awaken something in you.  They can be sacred, magical and truly transformational.  I trust that in time you will ‘read between the lines’ and see the possibilities are described in this book.  I trust you will discover the other potentials yourself.

Harmonics have been and always will be a great inspiration to me.  It is now apparent that many others also share this interest.  Since the completion of this book, there continues to be a tremendous reawakening of interest in sound as a healing and transformative modality.  In particular, a large portion of this interest has focused upon harmonics.  Awareness and use of harmonics are truly expanding.  This would not have occurred without the openness of the masters of vocal harmonics:  the Tibetans, Mongolians and Tuvans.

Members of the different Tibetan monasteries have toured throughout the United States and Europe, sharing their sacred chants and much of their knowledge of Tibetian overtone chanting.

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From Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

We are living in extraordinary times — times of enormous shifts in awareness, times of great change in culture and society, times of planetary evolution. Some would say that vibrational modulations are occurring. Others would say that it is earth changes. And yet others would say that it is the end of the millennium blues. I like to talk about frequency shifts and their relationship to people and the planet. For many different reasons, we are waking up, becoming aware — about ourselves, about human potential, about creating a better world, about changing reality. Sound plays a key role in these times, for sound is helping us adjust to the frequency shifts that are occurring on so many levels.

Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

Every object has a natural vibratory rate. This is called its resonance. One of the basis principles of using sound as a transformative and healing modality is to understand the idea that part of the body is in a state of vibration. Every organ, every bone, every tissue, every system–all are in a state of vibration. Now, when we are in a state of health, the body puts out an overall harmonic of health. However, when a frequency that is counter to our health sets itself up in some portion of the body, it creates a disharmony that we call dis-ease. This is very simple to understand, yes?

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Now, if we were somehow able to create the correct resonant frequency for something that was vibrating out of harmony, say for example, the liver, and we were able to project this frequency into that area, one could conceivably create a condition of healing by restoring the imbalanced area back to its own resonant frequency. It is as though your body and all its parts are like some wondrous orchestra that is playing some sort of “Symphony of the Self” when we are healthy. But what happens when the third violin player from the end looses their sheet music? Soon this player begins
to play out of harmony and rhythm. They are not only playing the wrong notes and the wrong timing, they begin to affect the whole string section. Pretty soon the entire orchestra begins to sound badly. This is what happens when a counter frequency sets into the body.

Currently, our medical approach to dealing with this problem is simply to either give the poor string player enough drugs so they collapse and are no longer in the orchestra–either that or to cut the head of this player off with a broad sword. This does alleviate the initial problem. The string player is no longer playing the wrong notes. In fact, they are no longer playing period. But what if it were possible to somehow give this player back their sheet music. What if it were possible to somehow encode and project the correct resonant frequency back into the organ and get it vibrate to its proper frequency? This is the basis of using sound for healing; to restore back to harmony some portion of the body that is vibrating “out of tune”.  Is your orchestra in tune?

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Guest post from Jonathan Goldman, author and sound healing musician: The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing & Holy Harmony

Everything is vibration. From the chair that you may be sitting in to the computer you are reading this on, everything is in a state of vibration. This is not a new idea. Our ancient mystics have known this for many a millennium, but now our scientists are beginning to understand this and agree with this. It is a wonderful start.

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From the electrons spinning around the nucleus of an atom, to the planets spinning around suns in the galaxy, everything is in movement. Everything is in vibration. And if it is in vibration, it is putting out a sound.

Now, whether or not we can hear this sound is a different matter. Sound travels as a wave form. First, let us say that one way of measuring sound is how fast or slow this wave form is moving. These waves are measured as cycles and sound is measured in cycles per second. This is called its frequency. Very slow waves make very low sounds. Very fast waves make very high sounds. The lowest note on a piano is about 24 cycles per second. The highest note on a piano is about 4,000 cycles per second.

Now, we hear from around 16 to about 16,000 cycles per second. Yet just because we can’t hear something does not mean it is not vibrating, nor creating a sound. Dolphins can project and receive information upwards of 180,000 cycles per second, more than 10 times that of humans. And this to them is sound. Do not let the notion that if you can not hear an object it is not vibrating or making a sound. There–we have solved the old Zen Koen asking about a tree falling in the forest.

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Sound/vibration has been used for centuries to affect change and create healing in our bodies and has been used by many cultures to produce “altered states” of consciousness. The coming together of spirituality, quantum physics and science is opening up a whole new widow of exploration and is helping us to bridge the gap in our awareness of its power and usefulness in modern medicine. Through advanced technology, we now have the ability to record the images produced by sound/vibration. To actually “See” sound moving and creating changes in the subtle and cellular worlds is an amazing sight and is even being used in the creation of art.

*Picture* Sound As Art~ Recorded Vibrations from a Bass Guitar ~

We are in the midst of one of the most significant paradigm shifts mankind has ever encountered. We are seeing the end of Newton’s mechanical world-view, which is being replaced by a new one that tells us that we are interconnected consciousness, and that matter is nothing more than a form of energy, as is sound. Quantum theory has changed everything, because what was once a mechanical, external universe has now become an internal web of intelligence.

We are all awakening to the recognition that we are not just an inert physical body, but are made up entirely of energy, which can now be recorded. We are able to take a picture of a fetus in the womb and see the “energy body” that will become the physical expression of the soul as it evolves into time and space. Science can also detect the body’s meridian system, which are the “grid lines” that acupuncturists use as a guidance system in their healing practices. By directing certain sound/vibrations through these meridians, healing can occur.

The Matrix Weaver’s resident sound expert, Jonathan Goldman, is a writer, musician and teacher. He is an authority on sound healing and a pioneer in the field of harmonics. Jonathan is the author of HEALING SOUNDS: THE POWER OF HARMONICS (Inner Traditions), SHIFTING FREQUENCIES (Light Technology) THE LOST CHORD (Spirit Music) and TANTRA OF SOUND (Hampton Road), co-authored with his wife Andi. He has studied with masters of sound from both the scientific and spiritual traditions, including the Dalai Lama’s Chanting Gyuto and Gyume Monks and has been empowered by the Chant Master of the Drepung Loseling Monastery to teach Tibetan Overtone Chanting. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Film Making from Boston University and a Master’s Degree in the Independent Study on Sound Healing from Lesley College. He is a lecturing member of the International Society for Music and Medicine.

Jonathan is the director of the Sound Healers Association; the original organization dedicated to the education and awareness of sound and music for healing. He is also president of Spirit Music, which produces music for meditation, relaxation and self-transformation. Jonathan has created numerous cutting edge recordings including: “Dolphin Dreams“, “Sacred Gateways: Drumming and Chanting“, “Trance Tara“, “Ultimate Om“, “Holy Harmony” and “Medicine Buddha“; created for H.H., the Dalai Lama’s teachings in Northern California this May, 2001. His overtone chanting is heard on Kitaro’s 2001 Grammy Award winning album. Jonathan’s best selling release “Chakra Chants” won the 1999 Visionary Awards for “Best Healing-Meditation Album” and “Album of the Year”. Jonathan’s highly acclaimed albums: “The Lost Chord“, “The Divine Name” (co-created with Gregg Braden) and “ChakraDance” also won as the Visionary Awards. His latest album are “The Tantra of Sound Harmonizer” and “Reiki Chants“. His collaboration with Tibetan Chant Master Lama Tashi “Tibetan Master Chants” was been nominated for a 2006 Grammy Award for “Best Traditional World Music”.

Jonathan has written numerous articles on the therapeutic and transformational uses of sound and music, which have appeared in many national publications. He has also contributed chapters and interviews to many books, including: MUSICMEDICINE, SONIC ALCHEMY, MUSIC: PHYSICIANS FOR TIMES TO COME and HEALING SPIRITS. Jonathan’s work has been cited in many books, including Julia Cameron’s VEINS OF GOLD. The McGraw-Hill college text, MUSIC IN OUR WORLD, has a chapter on Jonathan’s recording of “Dolphin Dreams“. In DAVINCI DECODED, Jonathan’s CD “Chakra Chants” is listed as the #1 Selection for “Top Ten Spiritual Playlist”.

An internationally acknowledge Master Teacher, Jonathan facilitates Healing Sounds Seminars at universities, hospitals, holistic health centers and expos throughout the United States and Europe. He has appeared on national television and radio, including Art Bell’s “Coast to Coast AM” and has been featured in national periodicals including “USA Today” and “The New York Times”. His annual Healing Sounds Intensive attracts participants from throughout the world.

If you desire to check out Jonathan’s Wonderful Cd collection, just click on the banner below~

Sound has the ability to unite us as One Being in our own healing and the healing of our Planet.~

Enjoy In-Joy,

Makasha “The Matrix Weaver”

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I just got turned on to Ingrid Michaelson and her new single, “Be OK”.  I like Ingrid’s simple style…and she’s playing an UKULELE!!  :0)  Makes me nostalgic for my sweet Kauai…

Not only is the song great, as a bonus Ingrid chose Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) as her charity of choice for proceeds from this song and the same titled CD.  Go Ingrid!  Way to make a difference…and give us the opportunity to do the same.  :0)

Ingrid asked her fans to send her photos of themselves with “Be OK” painted on their faces.  The response was so overwhelming that she decided to make a video montage with all the pictures.  This video is so new…exclusively at Border’s at the moment that I couldn’t post it here today.  …watch for it…

Here’s the news story around the song…hot off the press!

Renowned indie-folk sensation Ingrid Michaelson announced today the release of her new album, Be OK, as part of AmieStreet.com’s ongoing ”Download To Make A Difference” campaign.

Ms. Michaelson, whose music rose to prominence on television shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, has made her new album available for just $5 to benefit Stand Up To Cancer, a new initiative to raise philanthropic dollars for accelerating ground-breaking research.

“Stand Up To Cancer is bringing together the best and the brightest minds in cancer research, and I’m thrilled to be able to help support their mission through Amie Street’s Download To Make A Difference campaign,” said Ingrid Michaelson.

Starting today, fans can go to http://amiestreet.com/artist/ingrid-michaelson to download the album at the discounted $5 price, with Amie Street.com making a matching donation for each album purchased to support Stand Up To Cancer.

Stand Up To Cancer is founded on the belief that now, more than ever, there is sufficient knowledge of the basic science of cancer, and that the technologies are finally available to translate this knowledge into real advances in treatment and prevention. Today’s cancer scientists are on the verge of life-saving discoveries. But what they desperately need are the funds required to mount an all-out assault. Stand Up To Cancer is dedicated to providing this much-needed new source of cancer research funding.

Ms. Michaelson is the latest artist to release an album as part of Download to Make A Difference.  Earlier this year, indie group The Walkmen raised tens of thousands of dollars for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center through paid downloads of their album on AmieStreet.com.

*source:  glidemagazine.com

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LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Todd Rundgren - 1977

Name your price,
A ticket to paradise
I can't stay here anymore

And I've looked high and low
I've been from shore to shore to shore
If there's a shortcut, I'd have found it
But there's no easy way around it.

CHORUS
Light of the world, shine on me
Love is the answer
Shine on us all, set us free
Love is the answer.

Who knows why,
Someday we all must die
We're all homeless boys and girls

And we are never heard,
It's such a lonely, lonely, lonely world.
People turn their heads and walk on by
Tell me is it worth just another try ?

CHORUS

Tell me, are we alive or a just a dying planet ?
What are the chances ?
Ask the man in your heart for the answers.

And when you feel afraid, love one another
When you've lost your way, love one another
And when you're all alone, love one another
And when you're far from home, love one another.
And when you're down and out, love one another
And when your hope runs out, love one another
And when you need a friend, love one another
And when you're near the end, love
We got to love
We got to love one another.

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SOUNDTRACKS Journey through THETA REALMS with five unforgettable sixty minute Brainwave Sound Journeys that go beyond the normal and into the deep theta awareness mind states that will leave you wanting more.

This Is A Four Directions Call

Date: Sept. 21. The International Day of Peace ; and the Fall Equinox.

Where: Online at the Temple of Sacred Sound, designed by world sound healer Jonathan Goldman, or wherever you are.

When: Noon New York City time (12 PM EDT).

Who: Any and all.

How: One minute of silence at noon to honor the International Day of Peace’s moment of silence. At 12:01 p.m. we will start the toning, until 12:05 or longer if you want.

What: We’ll sound the “AH”–the universal sound of love and appreciation–or “MA,” the sound of Mother Earth–in order to assist the creation of peace and healing to the planet.

Our intentions–our feelings, visualizations and beliefs–are encoded upon the sounds we make. Sound has the power to focus and amplify our thoughts, prayers and meditations. When we project the energy of love and appreciation while sounding the “AH” on Sept. 21, we will be able to shift and raise consciousness and awareness on a global scale. –Jonathan Goldman

Have you ever considered how music could not only effect, but positively support your creativity?

Have you considered that the type of music you listen to while creating could either enhance your creative flow…or distract from it?

What if you were introduced to the harmonics of music in such a way that would increase the vibrational frequency of the creativity you’re creating in?
How might your work be heightened if you were listening to harmonics that actually release obstacles or blocks and throw the gates of infinite flow wide open for you to create from the deepest, most authentic places in your being?
The Sounds of Jonathan Goldman extend beyond the realms of music as most of us realize it.  Jonathan’s music touches that place deep inside, awakening the energy of creation, decoding the mystery of sacred sound, unlocking the truest potential for creation within each of us.

A well-known visionary artist, living in Boulder, CO recently shared his experience of listening to Jonathan’s music.  He said that the music inspires him to levels he hasn’t experienced with any other musical artist. Numerous other artists have also shared similar stories with us about the powerful effect this music has upon their creativity. Jonathan’s music enhances his process and helps with his creative flow.

Invite Jonathan Goldman’s music into your life experience today and let it transform the mundane…transcend to greater heights of receptivity and creative expression!

Please visit www.healingsounds.com to begin your creative journey with Jonathan Goldman’s music today!  (listen to clips, purchase CD’s, etc.)