A dear friend, Bridgitte Lytton-Minor, wrote this poem after experiencing
the Gong at Sohan Jalaiai -
Thundering Waves
Break
On the shores of my mind
Scattering words with surf and spray
Sounds and colours
Echoing in the caverns of my Being
My ship floats away
Gently tossed on the Great Deep
Into the land of dreams
From distant Galaxies
The Hand of Creation
Brings intonations of Eternity
And the Song of God
Sings in my Soul
Alpha - Omega
Aum - Om
“The
gong is the sound of Creativity itself. One who plays the gong plays
the Universe.
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.” Yogi
Bhajan
“The
gong
is really an engine of power more than a musical instrument. The energy
that comes through the gong is
not just a fundamental tone,
but all the tones combined to create a wall of sound - rather like
a tsunami, a great wave. It is really like a delivering of pranic healing
...... The
universal gong sound is based upon the musical principle that all tones
of equal amplitude keep resonating, adding to themselves,
to produce cumulative offspring, so to speak. This phenomenon is unique
to gongs and replicates exactly what happens in the building of the human
physical, mental emotional and spiritual bodies.” Don
Conreaux
“Gong
therapy relieves stress and has a profound, revitalising effect on
the immune and nervous
systems. When you bathe in the healing
tones of the sacred gong the wave
of total sound is both heard with the ears and felt as a powerful vibration
sweeping over and penetrating deeply into the body - cleansing, releasing,
healing and harmonising on all levels.” Guru
Ram Kaur
The
Gong is frequently played as part of deep relaxation in the Kundalini
Yoga classes.It
also forms part of the special Healing Circle
Meditation
events which are held regularly at Sohan Jalaiai. Here
are some comments from people who have attended some of these events:
"Thank you for
a lovely evening which was very enjoyable in every way. The gong meditation
was wonderful and I could feel the sound waves in as well as around
my body. A powerful experience. The healing meditation circle certainly
generated a lot of heat within the body the people surrounding me
also
felt the same as well as good calm feelings and loving thoughts.
The food was delicious and the company was great. How time flies when
you
enjoy yourselves!"
"I
just wanted to send this e-mail to say a massive THANK YOU for the
wonderful healing meditation
evening and the delicious dinner that you and John provided.
The evening was truly an amazing experience and I felt extremely
peaceful and content during and after the evening. I am already looking
forward
to the next one!"
"The healing evening was really
lovely. The power of the gong is really quite extraordinary with the
vibrations
moving
right through your whole body. Thank you for sending the Mung Beans
recipe which is proving to be very popular!"
"Thank you so much for last
night - everything was wonderful and I was inspired by your cooking to
buy
both mung beans
and quinoa today. I was also impressed by how the vibration of the
gong relaxes the body..."
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