P.S. 1st class, Normal? Power of the Gong!

[Guest guest]

Diane,

On my way home I thought about your experience and one thought rang

out.

 

"There is no defense or resistance to the Gong".

Read on.............

 

The Use and Science of the Gong

 

The most sublime instrument of the Yogi is the Gong. It is a musical

instrument, a healing tool for the nervous system and a cauldron in

which you can create alchemical blends of qualities that open and

develop the Inner Self. Yogi Bhajan has asked that each ashram and yoga

center have a gong and play it regularly. He said it would help repair

the ravages of drugs in the nervous system. The sound of the gong

creates deep relaxation, releases you from the torrent of thoughts and

stimulates the glandular system to a higher level of functioning. Each

student of kundalini yoga is encouraged to become familiar with the

basic idea, use and experience of the gong.

 

 

When asked to explain the effects of gong meditation and its uses, Yogi

Bhajan responded:

 

"The gong is very simple. It is an inter-vibratory system. It is the

sound of Creativity itself. The gong is nothing more, nothing less. One

who plays the gong plays the universe. The gong is not an ordinary thing

to play. Out of it come all music, all sounds, and all words. The sound

of the gong is the nucleus of the Word

 

Today I played Har Hari on the gong. It was perfect. I enjoyed it. It

was a multiple projective sound. The way I play, it is my pleasure. The

gong is not a musical instrument, nor a drum. The gong is God. So it is

said; so it is.

 

The gong is a beautiful reinforced vibration. It is like a multitude of

strings, as if you played with a million strings. The gong is the only

tool with which you can produce this combination of space vibrations."

(Women in Training - 1984, 7/5/84)

 

The master player of the gong links himself and attunes his mind to the

power of the original sound current.

 

One of the significant features of the gong is the interactive nature of

the sounds it produces. The gong produces a note projected against a

background spectrum of notes. Each note interacts with the background.

They alter each other. This creates a complex, non-linear pattern that

interweaves the sense of the whole with the sense of the part. You can

feel this in your body when you listen to the gong. The entire body

vibrates and changes as specific areas of the body are pressed and

stimulated by the waves of the gong. Whatever the relationship was

between your body parts and the whole of the body, it is challenged and

transformed by a good gong session. The chakras usually act in concert,

functioning in pairs and trios not alone and singular. The gong helps

the chakras to interrelate and coordinate. They are freed from emotional

patterns that lessen their fluidity and responsiveness.

 

Emotional Transformations during Gong Meditation

 

The gong impacts the body and its meridians. It releases blocks, reduces

tension and stimulates circulation. The result of this is a

reorganization of the emotional energy and feelings that are tied into

the body structure.

 

We hold attitudes toward our bodies and ourselves. These attitudes are

recorded by habitual body postures. If the energy changes or the posture

changes, there is an often an intense useful emotional flow in the body.

During a gong meditation or during the relaxation afterwards some people

may cry, feel weightless or laugh uncontrollably. Relax. The release of

feelings is a normal process in Gong meditation. Play a meditation tape

and have some water, have a little conversation.

 

The gong changes the feelings that are blocked by cutting the thoughts

that sustain and recreate the feelings. As a person comes back to

normal, they notice a great difference between their current bodily

feelings and the ones they are used to. This can be frightening,

arousing, exciting or delightful. That will depend on the individual.