Fields of listening, perception of sound....

[Sippedeje]

The search for high quality listening material has been a part of my life for many years. I use the sound as a mental carrier wave or a medium for meditating and doing Obe´s or "twilight traveling". Some where down the line i enjoyed the delicious sound of Pink Floyd, some of their work is very suitable for meditating and awake dreaming. I also stumbled over some avantgarde guys with a very experimental approach to the making of soundscapes. Jan Gabarek was one of them, Jean Michel Jarre another more main stream, and of course Vangelis. I also use the NASA recordings from the Voyager space traveling device, especially "Sound of earth", samples can be found at the NASA space sound web page. And now i recently found the various artist´s on Atmoworks. This is brilliant.
And there is also the thing called: Brain Wave entrainment, the coarse manipulation of the brains EEG pattern by exposing the listener to different frequency sound waves embedded in nature sounds or the like. Some of the other available sound tracks make my head ache or i simply pass out. The brain are forced to change the vibration pattern to a lower frequency, thus establishing a brain wave frequency similar to that of persons in deep mediation. A mediation short cut or "instant meditating" turning a regular house wife in to a deep Zen meditating munk by the push of a button.
In my experience i have noticed that a certain "sound picture" can have a similar effect, the sound heard in the forehead or in the back of the skull can have different effects on the state of mind. The sound in the front should be distinct and the sound in the back more dreamlike and foggy, this will engage the frontal lobes in processing the defined sound (locking up logic and analysis) and leave the back part of the brain to experiencing the dreamy part, giving access to the foggy and vague inner pictures and allowing them to reach the normal mind level of perception. In this way the brain will function at the normal Beta level and at Alpha or deeper levels simultaneously (or i will be able to be aware of what is going on at all levels). This effect is also created by chanting a mantra, the repeating of the mantra engages the normal inner perception and awareness of the logic and analytical part of the brain setting the mind free to explore the dreaming parts (which normally are drowned or overruled by the daytime consciousness).

[Sippedeje]

Hi Vladimir: So it is, funny things happens when you move your focus point of consciousness up or down the frequency range...

[Vladimir Kozlov]

I think all our existance - is sine wave of different frequencies and overtones...

[Sippedeje]

Hi Steve; so it is. We are beings of sound or vibration and the very core of our existence is a deep humming, the sound of planet earth, and further on, the sound of this universe. This deeply sensed vibration only audible for the inner ear and even deeper, the bodily sensed vibration, a feeling of sound waves, the very act of creation, the tone of God, so soothing, so healing, so comforting for those who pays attention. Looking forward to read your writings.
Take Care
Lars.

[Steve Brand]

Sippedeje, very interesting material! Thanks for blogging it! I would take this idea further and say that more than just our brain or ears, we receive/perceive sound with our entire body. Our entire body is a sense organ for sound! Different areas of the body, different aspects of BEing are effected by different sounds, different frequencies. Each cell in our body has an awareness that equals and surpasses that of the brain. Each chakra has a key associated with it. (I'm sure you know this.) Sound, for us Humans, is simply vibrating air, but to take things further still, our bodies are vibrating in sympathy/empathy/entrainment with sound, whatever that sound is. We ARE "sound," vibration, or some would say, coagulated thought, coagulated light. When we entrain with certain frequencies, certain notes, especially with sacred sounds, we create, inhabit, and become one with those sacred frequencies. I've been meaning to write more on this, but tones, clusters of tones, frequencies, notes, colors, and just as important, rhythms connect us with various aspects of being, some beyond our normal awareness. Experiencing certain rhythms, especially those that mimic or echo natural rhythms that we experience consciously and unconsciously in our bodies and in the world at-large, all bring us into touch with those rhythms. Thanks, Sippedeje!