Healing Sounds

The first sense to arrive is that of hearing.  And hearing is you last sense to depart.  Even scientists will tell you that for those revived from the near death experience the last sense that they were aware of on the physical plane was sound.   These scientists will also tell you that certain studies about  near death experiences reveal  that the most frequently experienced sound that was heard by people going through what you call “the tunnel” to the other side, was that of choral music deep in vocal harmonics.   From an inter-dimensional standpoint, I can tell you that this is true.  Vocal harmonics come as close as you can to create to the singing of angels.

Hearing is an extraordinary sense–it really helps define reality.  You can shut your eyes to block sight and not breath through your nose to block smell, but it really is very difficult to block sound.  Sound is all around and through our sense of hearing our reality is helped to be created.   I would like to take this understanding one step further and tell you that  hearing is a passive activity.  Hearing is a passive activity, because many times you are not aware of the sounds which are affecting you.  The sounds may be vibrating your bodies and going into your ears and into your brain, but frequently, you are not aware of them.   Listening is a conscious activity.   Listening is an active activity.  Through learning to listen we can heighten our awareness of reality and our consciousness.

Take a moment now, after you had read this next paragraph, and close your eyes.  Close your eyes and listen to the sounds that are all around you.  What are you aware of?  Listen as alertly as you can?   Are you aware of the sounds of machines in the room or in a neighboring room.  Or from the outside.  Is there music playing?  Or birds calling?  Is the wind blowing?  Are there people talking nearby?  Are there street sounds such as cars going by?  What are you listening to?  Are you aware of  the sound of your own breathing or of your own heart beating?  Are you aware of the sound  the blood rushing through your veins or impulses moving through your nervous system?  What are the sounds you are listening to?  Take a moment and listen.  And when you have finished, take some time to note to yourself any differences you may have experienced before and after you took the time to listen.  For many people the experience of active listening opens up new realms of sound.

Simply by learning to listen,  we can dramatically heighten our perception of the world and alter our consciousness.  There are many meditation groups and spiritual paths which use sound as a means of entering the Divine.   Listening to the “Shabd”,  the Sound Current, is an extraordinary yogic discipline.    For many of these groups, the inner sounds experienced by deep listening, are among the most profound ways of traveling to higher planes.    Some spiritual masters have even charted the sounds of different planes, from the sounds of bells ringing to the sounds of ocean to the sounds of the humming of bees.  These are inner sound listening  and they are very powerful indeed.   as are the experiences of listening to outer sounds.  And then there are harmonics, which may be the bridge between the inner and the outer sounds.

My first introduction to hearing vocal harmonics came from listening to recordings  many years ago.  I heard the harmonic sounds and tried to duplicate them.  Later on, I studied with masters of the harmonic voice from many different traditions.  Yet, there are now many individuals who hear and consciously create vocal harmonics quite naturally within their own sounds during sacred sounding.  The question is why?

Harmonics, as we discussed last time, have always been around, for they are simply an aspect of the physics of vibration.  Vocal harmonics have also always occurred–particularly when individuals would sound elongated vowel sounds.  However, the awareness of these sounds is new.  They have always existed, but people have not been able to hear them until now.   Once again, we ask you why?

An answer is that harmonics are very much like the aura of a sound.  It is not a totally correct analogy, but it will do for the moment.  Auras have always existed around the physical body of individuals, yet knowledge of these auras, let alone the ability to see them, was restricted to a very select group of individuals.  Until now.   Now, it is not uncommon for people to begin to develop the ability to see auras on their own, or to learn techniques to develop this ability through reading a book or taking a workshop.  In the same way, awareness and development of the ability to create vocal harmonics is occurring.  It all has to do with the shifts in consciousness and in the vibratory rate of the planet and its occupants.

To begin with, when one develops the ability to hear vocal harmonics, it is though new connections in the brain have occurred and this is exactly what does happens.    As  one develops this ability to become aware of and hear vocal harmonics,  and then consciously learn to create them,  astounding things are experienced.

The sense of hearing is one of the most extraordinary on the planet.  One begins to develop this sense of hearing and to become aware of sound while still in utero.  In fact, the sense of hearing begins somewhere around the third month of the fetus.  Think about this.   All you who have delivered children or are thinking about it, become aware that the little being inside of you is sensitive and picking up the vibrations of  the sound around you, including your own voice.   Be aware of  what you say and how you say it, especially if you are with child.

Please tune in March 10th, Wednesday, at 12 noon US Eastern Time, to www.healthylife.net when I present “The Healing Sounds Show”. My guest for this show will be me Jonathan Goldman. For this very special show, I’ll be interviewed by Andi Goldman, sound healer, psychotherapist, and my wife and partner.

The focus of this show will be dedicated to my latest book, THE DIVINE NAME: The Sound That Can Change the World, which will be released on March 15th from Hay House. Those of you who know me are aware of how very pleased and excited I am about the release of this book. For me, it represents the culmination of my over 30 year’s work in the field of sound healing. The Divine Name is a discovery I made 15 years ago, of a universal sound that was composed of vowels which when vocalized sounded amazingly like the Tetragrammaton: the ancient, personal name of God from the Old Testament. From my experiences working and teaching this sound, I’ve found that this name seems to have the ability to resonate both the physical body and subtle energy fields of anyone who intones it, irrespective of religion, tradition or belief.

I’ll be sharing the story of this discovery and its validation through scholarly research as well as discussing how THE DIVINE NAME has the power to issue in a new era of human consciousness, uniting us in healing, peace and oneness. For more information, please click on THE DIVINE NAME.

Please tune in March 10th and join Andi & I for this very special show as we explore the secrets of THE DIVINE NAME. The information and material has the potential of being life changing!

In addition, please tune in for the April 14th Healing Sounds Show featuring Russill Paul, renowned musician and author of THE YOGA OF SOUND.

If you have a question and would like to be “live” on the air with us on the Healing Sounds show, here’s the audience call in telephone number: 800 – 555 – 5453

Please tune in to this Internet Radio Show Wednesday, March 10th, at 12 noon Eastern Time to healthylife.net

Harmonically Yours,

Jonathan Goldman

Jonathan Goldmans Angelic Calling from Jeremy Pfeiffer on Vimeo.

Here’s  a Cymatic video from Jeremy Pfeiffer.

In our last conversation, we began the discussion of harmonics.  We talked about the actual physics of harmonics–their relationships as geometric multiples of vibrating strings.  We also discussed some of their uses in the esoteric traditions such as the Tibetan “Deep Voice” chanting style.  I would now like to discuss Nouvo-European Vocal Harmonics.

When I first began to study the phenomenon of vocal harmonics, I listened to many different styles of creating these sounds, including the Tibetan “One Deep” Voice and Mongolian “Hoomi”  throat singing style.   After many years of listening  to and then learning these different vocal styles, I realized there was an extraordinary difference, not only in the actual sounds of these Eastern vocal harmonics, but also in their creation and  what I and many other American and European harmonic singers were teaching.  I call the technique that I and other Westerners teach “Nouveau-European Vocal Harmonics”.

In many of the traditional styles of vocal harmonics from the East: the Tibetan “Deep Voice” and  Mongolian “Hoomi”, it takes many years of exceptional training in order to develop the voice.   The Tibetan “Deep Voice” is not one which can simply be picked up–frequently, if one tries to duplicate it the results can be disastrous–everything from strained vocal cords to loss of the voice can result.  With the Mongolian “Hoomi” techniques, the results can be equally bad.  There is a great strain on the vocal apparatus in these traditions.  Astounding harmonics are created as a result of this,  but at what price?

From an inter dimensional viewpoint, It became important to implement a different style of vocal harmonics onto the planet which could be learned easily and used as a tool for frequency shifting.   The reason for this was that the vibrational level of the Earth plane had evolved to the point where it was possible for humans to begin to develop the ability to create vocal harmonics without years of discipline and strain to the 5th seal, or chakra.  The time had come where the creation and use of harmonics as tools for self-transformation and healing could be brought to the mainstream of consciousness as opposed to being restricted to purely esoteric traditions and techniques.  And this has occurred.

One way of creating vocal harmonics through the Nouvo-European technique is simply to gently sing the vowel sounds “oo” to “oh” to “ah” to “eye” to “aye” to “eee”.   (Specific instruction as to how to create vocal harmonics through these and other sounds are found in my book book HEALING SOUNDS from Element Books  and the accompanying “Healing Sound” instructional audio from Spirit Music). These vowels sounds, interestingly enough are also  the vowel sounds that when coupled with specific pitches will indeed resonate the 2nd through 7th chakras.  The vocal harmonics that are created by singing these vowel sounds together are beautiful and ghost like and they sound like an angelic voice that is singing along with an individual.

In order to clarify the Feb. 14th time and activities of World Sound Healing Day here is a summary of the event. For more information you can always go to www.healingsounds.com

1). On Feb. 14th, at 11 AM EST, we invite you to come to healthylife.net for a very special World Sound Healing Day presentation with Jonathan Goldman & Andi Goldman.

2). Then, on Feb. 14 at 12 noon, EST (U.S. Eastern Standard Time / New York Time) , please go to Temple of Sacred Sound to tone the heart sound “Ah” as a Sonic Valentine for Mother Earth for 5 minutes or more, joining thousands of others throughout the planet on this award winning interactive website.

3). If you are not near a computer or can not join us at the 12 noon event, please know that on Feb. 14th, anytime, anywhere (wherever you are, whatever time it is), take at least 5 minutes out of your day and project the heart sound “Ah” filled with Light & Love to Mother Earth, as a Sonic Valentine for Global Harmonization. If possible, please gather with others in a group to collectively tone together for this event.

We trust this is helpful. We’re really looking forward to resonating together with you this Feb. 14 for World Sound Healing Day!

Blessings of Light & Love through Sound

Jonathan Goldman & Andi Goldman
Sound Healers Association

Please tune in February 10th, Wednesday, at 12 noon US Eastern Time, to www.healthylife.net when I present “The Healing Sounds Show”. My guest for this show will be Amrita Cottrell.

Amrita Cottrell is the Founding Director of The Healing Music Organization and the Co-Director of The Crystal Sound Institute. Her work in sound and healing music came from her own amazing recovery from a life threatening illness in 1999 using her own sounds.

Amrita has a degree in the Health Arts and Sciences and is an inspiring teacher and public speaker. She is an accomplished musician and singer. Her music artfully blends her playing of crystal singing bowls with her high, clear singing. She has shared her healing story and her work with the crystal bowls at the United Nations, as well as the NY Times and CBS News.

Amrita publishes a bi-weekly online subscription newsletter called the Sound News Chronicle. She monitors the news media and compiles news articles, scientific research, recent publications, recordings and events in the field of sound healing and music therapy into an easy access newsletter. She is founder and director of The Healing Music Organization.

A truly heart felt person, who is very knowledgeable in the arena of sound healing, Amrita will share numerous areas of interest with us. Please tune in February 10th for this extraordinary show. It’s sure to be a wonderful and deeply resonating experience.

In addition, please tune in to www.healthylife.net for our special World Sound Healing Day show at 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST–New York Time) on February 14th. This show will be leading up to the “Sound Heard Around the World” at 12 noon EST when people throughout the world will meet at the Temple of Sacred Sound in order to send a sonic Valentine to Gaia, our Mother Earth. This show will be co-hosted by my wife, Andi Goldman, a noted psycho-therapist and sound healer.

If you have a question and would like to be “live” on the air with us on the Healing Sounds show, here’s the audience call in telephone number: 800 – 555 – 5453

Please tune in to this Internet Radio Show Wednesday, February 10th, at 12 noon Eastern Time to healthylife.net

Harmonically Yours,

Jonathan Goldman

Jonathan Goldman was recently on the Blog Talk Radio show Visionary Culture.   You can listen to the show right here at the Healing Sounds blog by clicking on the play button above.  We wish the audio quality was better.  The information shared is well worth listening to.

Visionary Culture Show Notes:

How does Sound Healing relate to Consciousness Awakening and Sacred Geometry?  Join Visionary Culture Radio with host Laura Fox with three sound healing superheros to examine the state of the worlds: our inner world of personal growth, and transformation, and our outer world of community, activation and living our highest destiny path. Featuring conscious, world-service oriented musicians, artists, scientists, leading edge social thinkers and social, visionaries,and people making a difference, Visionary Culture Radio is your portalway to activating ‘possibilities’ into manifestation.

Jonathan Goldman leads a group at the Solstice Center in Boulder on February 14, 2009 for an hour of toning the heart chakra sound AHHHH…

How can you participate in World Sound Healing Day 2010?

Dear Friends,

World Sound Healing Day is an event which happens on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.  At 12 noon Eastern Standard Time (EST–New York Time), people throughout the planet sound forth for 5 minutes with the “AH”, created and projected with the energy of compassion and love, sending a sonic valentine to Gaia, our Mother Earth. At that time, please go to templeofsacredsound.org to enhance the vibratory effect as we sound together for planetary peace and harmony. Please visit this link: healingsounds.com for more information.   Thanks so much for your support of this important event.  Through our Light, our Love & our Sound, we can really make a different. Please pass this event on to anyone you think would be able to participate.

Blessings of Love & Light through Sound,
Jonathan Goldman

Please share this information with all your friends.  Join our World Sound Healing Day Facebook event and share your plans for participation or visit Healing Sounds for more information.

Also for an in depth look coherence and the significance of World Sound Healing Day read: World Sound Healing Day & The Coherence Factor

If you will be in Boulder, CO on Feb. 14th we are holding a special event:

Come celebrate “The Sound Heard Around the World”– Join Andi & Jonathan Goldman and Friends from 5:00 – 6:00 PM , Feb. 14, 2010 at  Solstice, 302 Pearl St., Boulder.  Send a sonic valentine to Mother Earth as we sound together for planetary peace & healing.

Thanks to Jonathan Machen of Haiku Times for creating this video!

Join thousands throughout the planet for the 8th Annual World Sound Healing Day on Sunday, February 14, 2010.  At 12 noon Eastern Standard Time (EST—New York Time), sound forth for 5 minutes with the “AH” created and projected with the energy of compassion and love—sent as a sonic valentine to Gaia, our Mother Earth.  At that time, please go to www.templeofsacredsound.org to enhance the vibratory effect as we sound together for planetary peace and harmony.  Please visitwww.healingsounds.com for more information.

Sound coupled with consciousness creates an extraordinarily powerful vehicle for change. This topic has been covered in numerous writings including many articles on the www.healingsounds.com website. For this article, I’m going to focus on a topic that has received relatively little attention with regard to sound and consciousness—that of the subject of coherence.

Few people question why it is the “AH” sound that is suggested to be utilized on this day—especially after information is provided about the “AH” being the sound of the heart as well as being a universal sound of love and compassion. The “AH” is a sound that everyone can relate to as a sound to create together.

However, the specifics of the time being 12 noon EST seems to be more questionable. In truth, as we note in our detailed announcement, on one level it really doesn’t matter what time during Feb. 14th that sound is made. Any sacred sound created any time during that day is a good sound because any sacred sound that is ever created is always a good sound.  In addition, certain traditions consider that space and time are just be illusions of our consciousness, and time and space do not matter.

This perspective is acknowledged. Nevertheless, it seems that when creating an energy such as the  global wave of intentionalized sound we produce on World Sound Healing Day, having this sound occur at the same time throughout the planet may be a key to the optimal effect that results. Why is this?

This may be because of the vibratory phenomenon known as coherence. Scientifically, when two waves are in coherence, they are described as each having the same frequency as the other and both being in phase. The sound energy they create is multiplied. Coherence strengthens the power of the waves that are created.

Coherence occurs through nature and in particular, is most important in terms of its effect on our brain and body. In particular, if we examine the relationship of the brain and the heart, we find that when the heart and the brain are in coherence together (what sound people might call being in “resonance” together), both are locked into the same rhythms and oscillating at the same frequency. When this occurs, the electro-magnetic field created by the heart can be 5,000 times great than that of the brain and the synergistic field that is creating is extraordinary. When they’re out of sync, this does not occur and this field does not manifest to such a powerful degree.

Manifesting a coherent waveform of sound through creating the same sound at the same time—such as the AH sound at noon EST for World Sound Healing Day—really helps makes this waveform of intentionalized sound an extraordinary force of positive energy. The optimal power of this sonic wave is, no doubt, due in part to the phenomenon of coherence. When people gather together with agreement a sound to make and a time to make it, it really is more effective than when the sound is less coherent.  When different sounds at different times are made, the energy created becomes much more diffuse than the coherent waveform.

The website: www.templeofsacredsound.org was created as a Sacred Sound Temple in cyberspace which people throughout the planet can utilize in order to assist focusing their intentionalized sound. It’s been especially effect for events such as World Sound Healing Day.

There are instructions on www.templeofsacredsound.org to assist the person making the sound in achieving a personal state of coherence between their heart and their brain. This is a relatively simple process involving breath and visualization. It’s something anyone can do. This process of creating coherence within ourselves seems to strengthen the field we create, as well as the energy and the effect of the sound we’re making.

It may not possible to gather everyone throughout the planet to sound together at the same time. And. as noted, any sacred sound created at any time during that day is a good sound.  Nevertheless, the manifestation of www.templeofsacredsound.org has made it much easier for people to gather and sound together at the same time, assisting the process of Global Harmonization: creating harmony and peace on the Earth.  Thus, we ask that for optimum effect, in order to create the most focused and coherent waveform for planetary healing, that you please join us at 12 noon Eastern Standard Time at: www.templeofsacredsound.org.