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soothing rhythm can induce calmness. A few years ago, a novel concept of fumu' was developed by the world renowned entertainment electronics company, Philips. In this, functional music was developed in such a manner that when the potential customers visited their show-rooms, they were more inclined to buy the products being displayed there due to the soothing sound. Mahapragya experienced that the incantation can augment our energy resources. Various hormonal activities can be energized by the application of hum and reverberations.
Empirically, Mahapragya has found that the echoing of the 'Tunnn...' is effective in cardiovascular ailments while the sound 'hunnn...’in the cases of liver malfunctioning. To make the chanting of these words effective, one has to synchronize the sound pulsations with the rhythm of respiration. This coordination along with the emotional resolve helps arouse the consciousness.
3.1. Incantation of 'Ar - hu- m'
If a proper rhythm is imparted, says Mahapragya that every hum can become a mantra. Arhum is one such hymn. In Preksha, its nine reverberations during the beginning of the meditation process help the practitioner to isolate himself from the environment. As thi contains three tones, it gradually acts, firstly on the thyroid glands (electricity centre), then on the frontal lobe (peace-centre) and finally entire nervous system (energy-centre).
Wide ranging experiments and the feedback received thereof is so convincing that the effects of sound-preksha have the capacity to take you to the new horizon of experience.
4. Colour Therapy
The logical next step after the study of effects of low frequency sound, Mahapragya turned towards the high frequency colour to further investigate the finer emotions of a bio, so that the personality can be studied and modified to our advantage. Whatever a bio exhibits outwardly is linked with its inner status. This relationship is manifested in the coloured aura (leshya) surrounding a bio. Halo surrounding a person divulges its true inner state - both emotional as well as biological. It is the blue-print of one's health - both temperamental as well as corporal. This radiance consists of several colours - white, red, yellow, grey, blue and black. Each colour is
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