Chanting has been an integral part of all religions through the ages. Sound is a form of energy. Each sound has a discrete energy pattern associated with it. Chanting creates energy patterns that soothe and purify the nervous system.

Our minds chatter constantly. It is not so bad to have thoughts, but each thought has a pattern of emotions associated with it. Some we like; some we don't like. A pattern of aversion and resistance arises. The more a thought is resisted, the more it persists. Each persistent thought becomes a worry. Singing helps to eliminates such thoughts.

Singing allows all the other senses to dissolve into one, and in so doing, it allows the mind to sink into itself.

A wonderful meditation exercise is creating a circle and sing all together, improvising without caring about singing "wrong or off key" there is no such a thing, any sound we are producing is a valid energy and comes directly from our 5th Chackra!

As we sit together in one place, we all have different thoughts running through our heads. Find an appropriate place, where everyone can feel free of express him/herself and start with an introductory exercise like laughing all-together very loud... force it as a start, then let it groove! As we start to sing, there is but one thought, one rhythm, in all our minds. All minds become one. This oneness creates a profound energy that purifies and enlivens us, for the whole creation is connected and we are all but one.

When singing, become fully immersed in the singing. If you feel like dancing or moving, get up and dance, movements helps the sound taking shapes and meaning!

As the singing stops, a deep silence dawns. Sink into the silence, and you will hear the music of silence. This is an eternal sound that has been with us through life and death.

The purpose of music is to return to the music of silence... to return to the self.

One of the best example of the power of chanting and moving accordingly comes from the tibetan Mantras, and soon it will be possible to follow a seminar focused on this in Lugano.

Thusday, April 29, 2004 @Studio Dominique Hort, Via Tesserete 51, 6900 Lugano. From 8PM, CHF 50.-- RSVP 079-6512353 snowlionclub@hotmail.com (more info clicking on the title of this blog)

I strongly recommend to participate to this exceptional event with Dechen. I had the chance of discovering her the last time she came to Lugano, last November, please read the appropriate blogs under the Tibet House Switzerland Foundation's chapter.

Massimo D'Onofrio

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