How To Use Sound To Make Your Life 10X Better, From A Neurologist

The word biofield was officially coined in 1992 when the Office of Alternative Medicine at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) convened an ad hoc committee of complementary and alternative practitioners and researchers to discuss their work.

The biofield reincorporates the ancient concept of the human body as a system of energy fields. The formal definition for biofield given at that time was “a massless field (not necessarily electromagnetic) that surrounds and permeates living bodies and affects the body." Beverly Rubik, Ph.D., the biophysicist who instituted the term aptly describes it as “nature’s original wireless communication system."

Ancient medical systems embrace the vibrational nature of life and therefore have a deeper understanding of using vibrations, such as sound and light, as medical tools. In Western medicine, we mainly use inaudible frequencies for some limited uses, such as the case with ultrasound and lithotripsy. But there is much more that can be done with both audible and inaudible sound frequencies to benefit humanity.

With the emergence of biofield science, we will be able to explore sound and other vibrational technologies as important medical tools.

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The mantra practice that I most commonly prescribe for my patients is the chakra mantra meditation (an audio version is also available online): 

Step 1: Chant the following mantra orally for 5 minutes for 3 days; then 10 minutes for 3 days; then 15 minutes for 3 days; then 20 minutes each day thereafter: Eventually chant it silently once it becomes familiar:

Hari Om

Nam, Lam

Mam, Vam

Sim, Ram

Vam, Yam

Yam, Ham

Shiva Om

Swaha

 Step 2: Focus on the following chakras as you are chanting the mantra:

Hari Om

Nam, Lam (Root Chakra)

Mam, Vam (Sacral Chakra)

Sim, Ram (Solar Plexus)                                                    

Vam, Yam (Heart Chakra)

Yam, Ham (Throat Chakra)

Shiva Om (Third Eye)

Swaha

The basic principle behind this practice is that mantras are primordial sounds from nature and they carry a specific frequency that connects us to a more expanded part of ourselves that is often hidden within the white noise of our hurried lives. These mantras quiet our noisy minds by reconnecting us to a higher internal frequency.

When we generate these special sounds, they create a resonance frequency that is translated into a specific biochemical response in our cells. This creates a shift in our biochemistry, which creates greater balance in our mind and body. Nature knows how to create a state of natural homeostasis. With mantras, we are using the same intelligence within nature to bring our internal environment of the body and mind back into balance. 

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I was even surprised, during my research of sound medicine, to discover that sound is an actual technology—one that is almost unknown in much of the modern world. It is like discovering electricity for the first time and realizing the different ways in which it can be used to benefit our lives.

Because sound is such a common part of our life, we assume we understand all of its uses, but that is not the case at all. We are blinded, just like a fish in water, by the fact that we are swimming in a sea of audible frequencies used daily for simple things like communication and entertainment. But there is so much more we can do with sound as a tool and only as our science catches up to the vibrational nature of the human body will we begin to embrace sound as an important technology in life.

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