Sounds produced by tuning forks, gongs, crystal bowls, didgeridoo, and Tibetan brass bowls all had a particular drone quality that would help to calm the incessant chatter.
In our busy culture, it can be challenging to settle a racing mind, often discouraging a regular practice of going within. Listening to binaural beats embedded within music or sound during meditation seems to reduce distracting thoughts by neutralizing the information processing activity of the analytical part of the brain. This allows the listener to more quickly reach deeper states of awareness.
Brainwave entrainment audio recordings that contain binaural beats and other sound effects, can greatly assist in achieving a profound state of relaxation, lessening of distracting thoughts and reaching altered states of consciousness. Such recordings assist in allowing us to expand beyond our physical reality. Beginners and advanced meditators alike can enhance their experience using these sounds.
The hypnagogic state is that sweet spot, in which our awareness hovers between awake and asleep, that many have utilized as a source of creativity and insight. We are all in this state at least twice a day when we first awaken in the morning and as we fall asleep at night. Binaural beats can provide support for reaching a hypnagogic state more easily.
Sacred Acoustics provides brainwave entrainment audio tools designed to liberate consciousness, presumably by modulating a crucial circuit in the lower brainstem that evolved during the evolution of vertebrates over 300 million years ago.
For your regular practice, try listening to the Sacred Acoustics recording below.
PRACTICE
Listen to the Sacred Acoustics recording as part of your daily practice of sitting quietly. Continue to observe your breath. Notice any differences from your previous routine and record in your journal.
LISTEN
For best results, we recommend the use of headphones. DO NOT listen while driving.
RESOURCES
For further guidance on using Sacred Acoustics audio recordings: Free Training Videos
So refreshing. Will repeat again before bed
Hello All,
This is a message from France. I live in Aix en Provence, south of France, near Marseille.
I’m 68 and I’ve had a long-standing interest in NDE, through books like Raymond Moody’s, as well as Zen Buddhism, which I’ve practiced for the past five years,
and enlightenment, in the wider. I am thinking here of people like Nisargadatta Mahara, Kodo Sawaki, Dogen or, more contemporary and off the beaten track, Stephen Jourdain, Eckhart Tolle or Betty Quirion.
The first time I read your book, “The proof of paradise”, at the beginning of the reading I said to myself: “This guy seems to be very catholic” and, as I was raised in the catholic religion and that I, like many, reacted to reject this religion, like others moreover, I was a little reluctant.
But as I read, I was deeply troubled.
Your book spoke directly to my child’s heart, to this deep faith that I had and which had been disappointed, and your analysis of your return to life and consciousness was even more troubling.
A few years later, I am on the fifth reading or more of your book and your story is still going strong.
Last year, on December 4, 2022, I had a great rotational vertigo which made me spend the day in the emergency room of Aix hospital.
I did another one, 24 hours, at my home, on January 4, 2023. After 4 months of treatments and examinations and a suspicion of Ménière’s disease or vestibular hydrops,
my doctors think of an accident rather vascular. I lost more than 50% of hearing in my right ear and I will have to get fitted. It’s scheduled for early July.
I have a question about your binaural sounds: can the fact that I can’t hear well in my right ear unbalance the effect?
And, last but not least: is there a risk of triggering vertigo?
Thank you for this program, for your testimony, Eben and Karen, and for all those I read.
Good road to all in this return to our first nature. Love to all of you.
Best wishes from France.
Bernard
I can’t thank you enough. I’m working to assist my body out of decades of chronic pain. My issue is not that I don’t understand (concepts of we are energy beings interconnected, etc), but the disconnect to my body. I’m finding the sacred acoustics meditations more as positive sensations in my body. I am so very thankful to have found you. I’m excited to complete the book (Amazon kindle) and the daily lessons. Thank you!!!! ❤️
I’ll be honest, I love this music so much that I am having trouble moving on. It’s so beautiful. As soon as I turn it on and close my eyes, I can imagine that aspect of myself that is with Source and I want to continue this to see how the sensation or feeling of this unfolds. And then after reading Dr. Alexander’s first book about Om and then hearing it in the music I feel it connecting with my body/soul self from Heaven reminding me that we are always together. At the end when the heartbeat re-enters while Om is singing just makes it all come together. I love music and this piece of music really has my attention! Thank you, Tricia
I LOVED that! Started the meditation with a runny nose and headache. Finished feeling like I had a cellular cleanse! My feet heated up, my sinuses cleared, my heart felt expansive and radiant; tingling pulses lingered. Thank you for the healing session.
Beautiful experience. . .As an inveterate practitioner of Transcendental Meditation, I now wonder whether the use of an internally generated sound (mantra) is intended to produce an effect different from that produced by sacred acoustic sounds introduced from an external source.
The free 20 minute download is very, very nice…. Thank you, Karen!
Hi Karen. Thank you so much for sacred acoustics. I’ve downloaded it and find the sounds to be very instrumental and helpful to connecting with myself.
Blessings.
Really enjoyed that! By the end I was lost in the vibration. I sat in a dark room with my eyes covered. At the end I suddenly became aware of a really cool visual pattern mosaic that moved and vibrates to the sound. It was beautiful. I thought my eyes were slightly opening but if I consciously closed them tight the pattern did not change. I was aware of myself but the pattern did not let up until the ocean came in and gently melted it away into the final silence. That was a strange sensation.
Om … brainwave entrainment sounds … heartbeat … ocean …
I am back in the center of the eternal Cosmic Womb to heal, to remember, to grow …
Dr. Alexander, et al, Dankeschön!
It was just the worst! Close to the end of the audio file, there is a sound – like a very active dryer, it stays behind the ocean’s wave sound as well. Maybe it’s that sound that does it. At least I feel awful when I’m done. All my left side of the face/head is a mixture of anesthesia and pain, even on top of the skull it hurts. I feel beside my self, tired and anesthetized. And it has been like that all day. I was going to work afterwards. It is exactly the same reaction I have when I have been to the dentist!
I usually meditate just before I get on my bike to work.
There was one good thing. I got a picture from Tibet, with a monk, a Tibetan monastery and mountains, it was so fine and then it started with the “tumble dryer sound”. Hope this is over tomorrow. Usually after the dentist it takes a few days.
When I woke up the next day the symptoms has gone 🙂 yeah!!
I forgot to tell about the heart-thing – it was very pleasent and I saw and felt a warm yellow/gold glowing vibration around the heart 🙂
Before I started the 33-days I listen to half of the OM, and a bit of every example, afterwards I felt dizzy and slipped into a nap, when I woke up I saw about 75 cm from my eyes a drawing of our univers with orbits of the planets and the energy of the sun coming out from each pol, and it was all drawn with a special red color so I could see it clearly even if there was wall/furniture-colors behind it. I have never seen anything like that, it was as if my eyes were an overhead projector. Fantastic 😀
I know I am very sensitive to sound and light.
I’ll change practice and listen to the sounds when I can slip into a nap afterwards.
Today 8th of april I listened to the 1-minute samples and it was fine.
Then I listened to OM without the speak, and it was very very nice. I was very observant waiting for the tumbling-sound, it wasn’t that bad, it is not my favourite but tolerable.
I were so pleased that I played it again in a more relaxed way.
When I had finished I was looking up in the ceiling and suddenly a ”happy” light passed by 1 meter from me, a round small light-ball with a tail of light in waves passing by. Elegant and happy!
I was tired afterward but in a nice relaxed way.
I’ll use that again for sure, thank you!
Thank you, thank you , thank you. Listening to this sound recording may change my life. What a gift you have given us.
Terry
Is there a way to download this particular clip? I would like to not have to get online if possible. Plus my computer dings at me every time I get an incoming message, text, email, etc. Thanks
The title “Sacred Acoustics Om” is a live link that will allow you to download the recording. Depending on your browser, you will be able to download it by right-clicking on it.
Karen,
I can’t figure out how to post a comment. I can click ‘reply’ to respond to someone but I can’t figure out how to just ‘Post’ a comment and I have things I want to say without having to leave my thoughts after someone else’s comments.
Thank you
Scroll all the way to the bottom to find the form to leave a comment.
My name is Ron I am new here just was recommended to me by my live partner Ellie Mae. I’ve tried meditating off anon for years but I never really got anywhere with it put no doubt it’s because I didn’t take it seriously enough I am kind of excited now since I’ve been reading these testimonials I am going to really try more to reach a state of meditation there’s always a first time thank all of you for your testimonies they are very Encouraging to me.
During the first five days I just felt quite inadequate at my attempts to meditate. However, on the 6th days, with the guidance and acoustic sounds, I felt a breakthrough. About 10 mins into the meditation, I felt a sensation of energy change and with it saw a swirl of green and purple colours slowly rotating clockwise. After, I felt relaxed but for some reason couldn’t sleep. Is this a normal reaction?
There are many ways that listeners respond to our recordings, and swirls of colors are among what is considered “normal.”
Thank you for an interesting meditation.
It easily and deeply relaxes and disconnects from the surrounding reality.
And what sound frequencies are used in this recording to create binaural beats?
Probably affects the location of the right and left headphones?
The carrier frequencies for our Om tones are 108, 216 and 432. The effects should be the same no matter how your headphones are positioned. You can try both ways to see if you notice a difference.
Thank you, Karen!
Thank you so much for all the information you are passing on to us beginners. Blessings to all for this chance to meditate
with such awesome people. May Gods light and love bring the flow of peace into our hearts and guide us home. Thank you Karen and Eben for all the love you have put into this Journey.
I have SACRED ACOUSTICS-HEART CENTER & HEALING CENTER
I put them both on my laptop. Some 60 years ago, I fell
madly in love with the music of Morgana King, so I placed
“Its a quiet thing” in front of the heart tracck, to cleaR MY MIND.
And I placed “Lazy Afternoon” in front of healing track, I now go
much deeper than ever. I aM 81 AND FOR THE FIRS TIME IN MY LIFE I CAN’T WAIT TO GO HOME.
That’s really lovely. Wish I was as tech savvy as you, but, I’m only 79. Used this Day 6 20 minute meditation and it took me back to the “olden” days of meditating with ohm. Hugs, Jean
Thank you for your recommendation of Lazy Afternoon…
Nona
That was a POWERFUL meditation tape. At one point I heard the message, « We are all bonded into a fighting force. » it probably referenced my involvement in the political situation in the United States with which I am very concerned. The message eased my anxiety and feeling of aloneness. Later a person appeared on the right side of the stage of a theatre dressed in brown and cream colors and bowed. I have no idea what that is saying. The meditation ended with a feeling of peace and centered ness.
I want to thank Karen for her gentle guidance and acceptance. I was having some difficulty with some of the sounds on the OM audio file. (I’ve recently had some nearby noise pollution imposed on me that has left me hyper-sensitive to some sounds and that make me feel panicky.) She referred me to other audio files that were more soothing to me. Today, though, I chose to listen to nature sounds of birds and water, which I find to be the most soothing and mind-freeing for me. I love that Karen encourages everyone to honor their own unique needs. This is a very enjoyable journey.
hi I am a Hindu from India I got too much pleasure seeing that so much people following the meditation practice through out the world OM is sacred word in our religion even if at time of dying moment if someone just say OM then he goes straight away in Heaven Lord sro krishna told this in Bhagwadgita.Our each & every mantra starts from OM Om is a sign of Hindu religion I am very proud of my religion which have the solution how mankind behave & do good noble acts leaving apart from materialism on earth so iyou get free from reincarnation cycle Though I am Hindu but I equally pray for Mother Merry & Jesus daily along with our GOD They too have given good teaching to mankind Love each other which is whole mantra of whole universal law of unconditonal love
Thank you Anil, that’s lovely. One of my dearest friends is a Hindu.
OK… I have noticed that it cuts out at different times. I also like the “let-go” it fits in with the vibes while I “chant”. I like the verbal vibes in my chest.
Two things… 1) cut out at 10:48 for me and it took a good 5 minutes to for it to resume. 2) I like the unguided version better. This one screws up my timing
Wow! What a wonderful, amazing experience. Thank you so much for sharing this material and helping us to connect. I, too, struggle with sitting still. I have made it to the 10 minute mark but not easily. I find that I am grabbing a minute throughout my day to stop and be, letting go of everything and just watching my breathe. Today, the 20 minutes went by in a flash.
This opportunity, along with the book and other teachings are reminding me to return to who I am and not get caught up in the world of fear. I am listening to Living in a Mindful Universe for the second time. I am grateful for your experiences and sharing.
First let me express my gratitude for Karen and Eben for their generous offer.
I had transformational spiritual experience myself, not NDE because I was not dying. It was a spontaneous encounter with the Divine Love while I was driving on a hwy. I experienced all the characteristics of the Oneness experience. I am researching the experiences leading to a TSE as well as the signature principles and possibilities of re-experience it. This is how I ended up here.
I like the OM sound track especially how it is structured with mantras and heart beats. I have been listening to a few Holosinc recording years ago. Althaough the purpose is the same in Sacred Acoustic and Holosinc there are differences as well. I found Holosinc is easier to listen to in a sense that their masking the binaural beats more effectively with natural sounds. However, the OM recording while more robust convey a sense of primordial origin, while Holosinc takes one to Theta with-out even realizing it.
I listened to OM a few times, so far I still dealing with thoughts appearing on and off. I also listened to the sample recordings, my big time favorite is the Spiral. It lifts me up, having a sensation as going up and up getting lighter each round up, as if my vibration and energy level would increase.
I am looking forward to the upcoming lessons. Thank you so much.
What’s a TSE
I believe that Elizabeth may have meant to write STE, which represents Spiritually Transformative Experience.
The sacred acoustics helped me to meditate immensely! I stayed focused with the om and was able to do the 20 minutes. I did only 10 minutes for the first 5 days. Thank you Karen and Eben for this great experience.
I highly recommend that you get a pair of Bose Noise Reduction headphones. I initially bought them to protect my hearing while traveling on airplanes. I also was a pilot of small planes and they are a must – like seatbelts in cars! Also, the audio quality is as good as any studio headphones I’ve used. Then I got the idea to use them when meditating. I would find a quiet place in the house and put the headphones on and flip the “on” switch. I could achieve almost total silence. It was wonderful. While listening to Karen ‘s audio, I was distracted by thoughts of musical instruments and synthesizers. (I am a musician – and I don’t work for Bose!) But -and using the headphones – after the audio ended, the silence was very profound. So what I do is listen to the audio as a “pre-mediation” for 20 minutes and then total silence for another 20 minutes for mediation. Try it!
‘In any given moment you have two options; to step forward into growth or to step back into safety’ (Abraham Maslow) ; now is the time to move forward, remember that a ship is safe in the harbour, but that’s not what ships were built for!
At this stage on Day 6 I’m having a bit of hesitation. “Om” as we know is reverence of the Hindu gods. Are we going down a path of Hindu worship, reincarnation and such? Hinduism says we leap in and out of this dimension recycled in different bodies over multiple lifetimes. As a Christian this is not what I pursue, we make one leap out of this world into the next one time only and having originally come from that other dimension. It is a one time reckoning, still eternity but as heaven or hell, and through not individual enlightenment alone until we “get it right”.
Our inclusion of Om is not necessarily a reflection of Hinduism. If you read Eben’s story, you may recall Om is the sound he heard during the deepest part of his experience and was so striking that he referred to the loving deity he encountered there as Om. It is also a sound that has been found to activate a person’s energy field, especially when vocalized. It can be challenging, but avoid attachment of preconceived notions. We do not intend to lead anyone down a particular path of worship and wish to be accessible to those of any religion.
I also appreciate the phrase that you suggested Karen, of… “let”… “go”… this has great physical, emotional, mental and spiritual release and the repetition of it also aids in bringing the busy mind back to this simple action and words. The “om” was also very peaceful and the repetition of it was grounding. I have also found actions of repetition to help with freeing up the mind. I recall years ago visiting a monastery in Thailand and watching the lovely Budhist nuns in their white robes, walking quietly and every so slowly up and down the long columns under the trellised area out in the open. It was so peaceful.
Think that what Karens says not coorect. Eben says Om “associated” with that loving omnipresent, omnipotent and unconditionally loving God, BUT that ANY descriptive word, falls short. Like the word OM itself which is only, like any other word, a descriptive word.
So it wasnt “word” that Eben heard, it was what he associated in some way.
Given that there are a zillion of different ways of even saying the word OM, and most of them are inadequate in their represetation of anything connected to the Divine or the Infinite. One wasy they are inadequate is that we only pronouce most Om sounds on the exhalation, but as half of our life is spent inhaling any sound that was representing “omnipresent” would have to be at least inclusive of the inhalation, the exhalation and the natural pauses that occur for a healthy person. Just to give one reason why OM doesnt represnt or connect with the real Divine or unconditional Love
Yes, you are correct – Eben identified the “god presence” as Om because that is the sound associated with it. He describes it as the “resonance one might expect in an infinite dimensional cavity throughout all eternity.” And yet, to describe it to others, he is forced to select a word in our language that represents that powerful vibrational force.
Thanks Karen, But I still dont get how a physical sound at all, which is at best, because it is on the exhalation, only hlaf of the eternal moment, has anything to do with what Eben was describing.
Forgive my ignorance but I thought that he said the whole purpose of life was to know the divine and I was assuming that the practices over the 30 days would be focussed in that specific direction.
I am confused
The meaning of the word Om, and specifics on its pronunciation, is just a part of the practice. Practicing with vocalizing Om, and listening to the sound recording, are meant to encourage awareness of the vibrations in your body. Vocalizing or chanting any number of vowel sounds at various pitches can produce varying effects. The brainwave entrainment frequencies embedded in the provided recording assist (for many) with quieting distracting thoughts and release of emotional blockages. Achieving a calmer, more focused state of awareness can be used as a foundation for further exploration and is meant to be a first step towards the goal of knowing the divine. It should make more sense as you move through the process, but please continue to ask questions, as needed.
Thanks Karen but it still makes no sense. I can see how there might be a resonating vibration in the mind/body/brain, but Eben made it clear that what he experienced was not his brain. I can understand how “vibrating” at a particular frequency might be beneficial, though I am not sure that we can be sure without longl term and extensive research of it is actually benificial othen than in a perceived way, given that Neurology knows tha most of what we think os real is nothing other than an illusion that we create. As Anil Seth says, we are all hallucinating and what we call reality is when we share a similar hallucination. But as no one would deny that feeling good is preferealbe to not feeling good, even if it an illusion that it is beneficial that couldnt be coonsidered a bad thing.
But we are considering Consiousness and if it is not real then it isnt conscioussness, it wouuld only be an awareness of a different type of illusion.
The only criteria as Eben has said is to know the Divinity. That must be the reference point. Divinity has no speicific vibration, it is not on or off, it cannot be portrayed by any physical manifestation. So I dont understand in that context how a sound, whehter it shares the same name as Eben used has any connections with consciousness. What would have happened if he had the experince that it was associated with the sound of some other description. It must be considered as only a description and the word itself has no actual relevance.
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful meditation.
I began using this healing modality about 6 or 7 years ago on and off, but I use it more regularly now in conjunction with EMDR therapy.
I look forward to exploring your work/ recordings more. Just wonderful!
Thank you for sharing all of your insights about life and your NDE.
I listened to the CD’s of Proof of Heaven in my car recently, and I have told over 20 people about your awe inspiring life journey! I felt so validated on a deep level. I have had a NDE under hypnosis and went through the light and felt the beautiful ever present love.
I will continue to sing praises about both of your bodies of work!
Many thanks for all of the knowledge shared in this 33 day journey.
I look forward to reading this book soon!
Happy New Year!
My Sacred Acoustics CDs have a much more important role in my days activities after attending Eben and Karen’s lecture and seminar in London recently. The personal contacts add a heightened quality to a teaching. It was a real privilege being part or your seminar.
I use the Sound Journeys from ‘Seeking Heaven’ for some months. When I put on the 1. OM-Journey for the first time my Canariebirds started to sing too. I like it to sing the OM in diffrent hights combined with overtone-singing. At the beginning I thought – that’s it. After some weeks my brain seams to get used to it and starts talking again. So I changed. When I get up very erly, between 5 and 6 in the morning I prefere Silence, when I get up later I use ‘Seeking Heaven’ or indisch ‘Healing Ragas’ or a Reiki-Mantra, or just the word Reiki es a Mantra and try to combine with this energy. For me changing the method is helpful. What I never do is meditation before I go to sleep because I wouldn’t be able to sleep for hours.
Day 6, I sat at my desk and listened, while saying the word OM the vibration from my lips was kind of annoying, I did it for a while. I was thanking God and Jesus and feeling so much gratitude for all the blessings I have received and all the blessings I have yet to receive… I was seeing green, pink, purple at different times. I just let myself go and experience…
Thank you from Germany.
It was a good help to calm down and
feel a connection to the universe.
Nice day!!!
I’m curious about Eben and Karen’s long-term experience with binaural technology (having used it briefly myself), as opposed to short-term use. This question arose recently after listening to an interview with Dr. Patrick Flanagan (allegedly the reincarnation of Nikola Tesla) on GAIA T.V. Dr. Flanagan’s decades of extensive research, resulting in numerous patents, led him to conclude that, while binaural technology might enhance our abilities initially, it would become detrimental to us down the road. He advocates the use of sound, but doesn’t endorse binaural systems. Have either of you (Eben or Karen) listened to that GAIA interview with Dr. Flanagan (conducted by Regina Meredith) and, if so, has it caused you to take another look at whether binaural systems are healthy and helpful over time?
Neither Eben nor myself has viewed the GAIA interview with Dr. Flanagan so we cannot comment on that specifically. Our general approach is to realize that everyone is unique and will have different responses, making it difficult to make broad generalizations about either long-term or short-term use. For me, binaural beats have been an incredibly useful tool for learning how to achieve expanded states of awareness but I find I can enter those states without their use much of the time, making them somewhat like “training wheels” when learning to ride a bicycle. It is also useful to practice a variety of techniques and not only one method. Each of us must determine for ourselves, based on our unique responses, what length of time is ideal for any particular practice.
I have used binaural beats for decades since 1989, manufactured by Zygon, but I think Karen did a better job with Sacred Acoustics. Also, like Karen, I’ve taken my training wheels off and use the sounds primarily when I take a cat nap during the day, and wish to contact those in the astral plane and have amazing “dreams”. Also, if I need to contemplate solving a challenging problem, I find the beats exceptionally helpful in drawing out suggestions from my observers on the outside looking in. Thanks for the amazing sounds Karen!
Good Morning! As I prepare to step onto Eben and Karen’s aural elevator, I want to express a heart full of gratitude for the following: the gift of life flowing through me and all of us, and the supreme gift of consciousness itself; I’m grateful for the Sacred Name of the Creator, shown to me for free by Prem Rawat so very many years ago. I’m grateful to my wife Bella who prepares the most wonderful Vitamix smoothie for me (daily like clockwork). I’m grateful for the Miracle Mineral Supplement that Jim Humble developed which, knock on wood, has kept a lot of infections at bay in my body, also free or ridiculously inexpensive. I’m grateful for Christian Science, which in Mary Eddy’s words, ‘glints from the church-dome, glances into the prison-cell, glides into the sick-chamber, and blesses the earth.’ Of course I’m grateful for Eben’s book and Eben and Karen and all the cool people posting on this page. Last but far from least is Doctor Pollack’s gift of, ta-da, the Fourth Phase of water, which takes H20 all the way to H3O2 and apparently will be a key factor in the planetary reset we are all desperately praying for. Also ridiculously inexpensive. OK, I’m done.
I read about Robert Monroe using binaural beats and other sound effects in his work at the Monroe Institute. Listening to the recording was a very powerful experience. Thank you!
Thanks for the Sounds. I listen to a variety of Cds in my practice: binaural beats of course and also dolphin and whale sounds. I discovered this by avant-garde composer La Monte Young which is basically 40 minutes of a note played on a trumpet, I think, which I’ve found very effective!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtMnDo7NItU
This is the first “OM” recording that I have heard which relaxed me totally! I found the deep voice repeating “OM” sounding like God would sound. I too prefer sounds rather than words in my relaxation tapes. Right now am saving to buy some sleep-type earphones in order to listen to these tapes at night when our brain absorbs the most I am told. I would love to download this particular “OM”, so will give it a try. Thank you for presenting this recording for us, Karen and Eben.
I, too, felt pulled back out of it when with the words going on. Loved the ending!
The Sacred Acoustic audios are such a refreshing interlude to the days activities.Listening, for me, creates such a level of coherence. Thank you
I meditate regularly with binnual beats and different hz. I listen to the various om downloads depending which area I need to work on. I also use these when I do my reiki healing. This was very nice, loved the ocean effect and saw many beautiful things. I saw a very very sharp green grasses, plants on the ground, so many things. Thank you.
I’ve been listening to Hemi-sync audios for a few weeks consistently. I’ve also used other binaurel beat audios. This from Sacred Acoustics took me deeper than any of the others. I was immediately lifted beyond the areas of familiar struggle and witnessed from the outside a hereditary kind of demonic hell that lives in my body (my grandmother’s family were all killed in the holocaust). I’ve often had vague images of being tortured and I’ve never been comfortable in my body. This came today at an auspicious time – the new moon, Jewish new year, and after listening to Stan Grof and Rick Tarnas about archetypal astrology. I had the sense of a grand harmony beyond my normal normal meditative practice that enabled me to “let go” of the patterns that have always held sway in this current life.
I read Richard Tarnas’s book Cosmos and Psyche; it’s brilliant, loved it!
Just yesterday listened to an incredible podcast from SoundsTrue.com where Tami Simon interviewed Mark Wolynn on his work with patients. It’s called Becoming Aware of Inherited Family Trauma and goes into the chemical changes that occur. Mark Wolynn studied with German psychotherapist Bert Hellinger, who is known for his pioneering work with Family Constellations. According to Hellinger, one way we can express our loyalty to our family lineage is by unconsciously carrying the pain of previous generations so that it might have a chance to heal through us. Hellinger calls these relationships “bonds of loyalty.”
What is so remarkable is the scientific evidence for inherited trauma; he especially talked about the children of holocaust survivors. It appears that we carry in us traumas suffered by our ancestors at least three generations in the past. I believe the name of his book was It Didn’t Start with You.
God… life seems to going at a much faster pace than the conscious part of me. I am on day 6 when everyone is on day 6 and it’s hard to cope with the tragic life events that are going on in the world. Tonight I will put on my headphones and utilize my sacred acoustic meditation time as a prayer for those most in need.
I have been listening to the Sacred Acoustics stuff for years, albeit on-and-off. It really does relax me, although I admit I fast-forward through the “talking portion”, as it is too jarring for me. Otherwise, they do make me more peaceful, especially at night before bed.
I’m having the right foot surgery today (the 20) at 11:00 am Pacific Time. I was a little worried because yesterday the Hospital called me and the first question they asked was weather or not I have a living will. That put some unpleasant ideas into my head. While listening to the OM recording yesterday evening I decided to ask my guides about the outcome of the surgery. I was shown a slightly opened door with a round golden knob on it. The moment I realized it’s a door the door closed very fast. I slept very well last night.
I have utilized brain entrainment music with my meditations for many years, mostly Hemi-Sync and to a lesser extent, Dr. Jeffrey Thompson. I am new to Sacred Acoustics but enjoyed the “Om” meditation very much. The addition of the heartbeat and ocean waves was lovely. I got into a very deep altered state in a few minutes, and was able to get back into it relatively easily when my dogs created a panic, jolting me from my deep space. After some time, I began hearing other voices chiming in above the “a” note, I believe it is, of the Om. Then I began to hear a higher voice chanting an octave above, then a third above. Rich and very soothing. Thank you.
Is there anyway to download the Sacred Acoustics Om listed above?
I have just made the audio file for today’s practice downloadable – you may click the downward pointing arrow to download the file.
Hi Karen,
I don’t see the downward pointing arrow to download the OM meditation. Can you help?
Thank you
Joe
It seems the display of the download icon is not consistent between browsers. So, for those who can’t see it, I have made the title of the track, Sacred Acoustics Om, a live link that can be used to download. Again, that depends on your browser, but generally a right click on the link will bring up a download option. Keep in mind, you can also listen from a device like a cell phone or tablet by coming to this page from a browser on your device. We are allowing unlimited streaming.
Thanks for making this available for downloading Karen – greetings from the UK!
have to get used to the strange and unfamiliar sound and sounds!
Concentrate and try harder!!
Thank you!!
What a journey! Here some pictures: Getting out of time and space. Like being part of an pointillism picture. Seeing the sound. My body- no body, melting with the sound as the sound is me. Flying over the mountains. Not Austria, somewhere like Tibet. Feeling love trembling as a resonance in continuum. Breathing the air, as being the air. Bathing in warm Gold- vibrating that Gold and landing in the eternity of the ocean as the water diffuses into the sky, while I am flying not a bird, not a body. Just a particle of all this particles out of different ingredients in One.
Thank you all and thank’s so much Karen Newel and Eben Alexander!
Each of the Sacred Sounds recordings provides its own unique mix of relaxation and/or creative illumination opportunities. Selecting the one or ones that fit you best will enable you to get the most down the road out of your meditations/contemplations on whatever subject you choose or opt for.
Dear Karen, is it possible to receive this sample as an MP3 so that I may have this playing at night on my phone, not my computer? Hopeful.
I have just made the audio file for today’s practice downloadable – you may click the downward pointing arrow to download the file.
A suggestion for people who might struggle with the sounds is to set the volume quite low, so you almost can’t hear it. Entrainment only works when you let go and go with the flow.
Anyone wishing to post replies on Days 4 and 5 may now do so. We have reactivated that capability.
Very alert, acute awareness. Body vibrating just under the skin, fast at first generating a lot of heat then slow and smooth. Body blending with surroundings. Rejuvenating energy.
Yes, I was fine with the initial sound , and actually had hopes that it was going to be useful, but then another sound was added intermittently that was intrusive and actually creeped me out- sounded like some futuristic machines take over the world horror film sound. A disappointed “No Thanks” from me.
Hi, I’ve been listening to this audio for a month, sine I’ve got free demo.
I wondered if it really works and yes. I’m writing my blog while listening and I’m doing it with ease. I feel more relaxed and focused even though it’s late in the night.
Yesterday I was listening to some conversation on youtube about Father Pio and I felt very tired afterwards, completely different state of mind. There are some scary things happening in Poland now and I try to stay calm. This music helps a lot, thank you.
I suggest less reading Gazeta Wyborcza. 🙂 LOL
Hello All, I do not resonate very well with this kind of sound. I have tried it on and off over the years, but my preference is lapping water, the breeze wafting through trees, gentle waterfalls, sacred music. Being out in Nature herself, listening to birds and the wind in the trees. Three years ago I attended a weekend event in the depths of Oxfordshire at Quaker headquarters. After supper, on the first day we joined together and I was unaware that we were going to chant. This started and within a few minutes I heard other voices chanting, singing literally above our heads. It was far superior to even the best of choirs I have ever heard and the sound seemed to flow over us like, well, it is difficult to find the words except perhaps Love. At the end of our chanting, I began to sob, tried hard to quieten it, not to spoil the after effect. A lady from Canada soothed me by stroking my hand and I did eventually calm. Heavenly praise, I think, are the apt words. Much Love, Margaret.