There is something inherently powerful in the act of chanting. This is evident by the number of various traditions throughout the world utilizing the process of chanting to obtain particular results.
Here the voice is the instrument and indeed a powerful one. Through the action of chanting with the voice and the creation of sound, vibrations are produced.
It is through the practice of chanting that the voice has the potential to transform.
But from where does this power to transform derive?
Depending on the tradition performing the chanting and the objectives there will be different processes taking place.
However what is common in all forms of chanting is that of vibration. Through the act of chanting, sound is produced and this is of course vibration.
It is this vibration which has the power to change the form of matter.
The research of Hans Jenny’s Cymatics or Masaru Emoto’s water research is scientific evidence of this. Their research shows that emiting a sound creates a change in the form – be it water, clay or silt. And the shape that the matter takes depends on the sound that is produced.
In fact Emoto’s water research has shown that if a “negative” word is spoken, the shape that is produced in the water is not geometric. Whereas if a positive word is spoken, a beautiful geometric shape is produced.
Indeed vibration has the ability to literally change matter. The research examples above are just two examples of this.
There are many more vibrational processes at work when chanting is practiced. However vibration is not the only process that has the power to transform within a chanting practice.
More on this to come.