San Franscisco Medical Research Foundation
Presents
The Human Ecology Program
A Comprehensive Health Maintenance and Rejuvenation Program

SOUND AND LIGHT:

PARTNERS IN HEALING AND

TRANSFORMATION

Light, the Universal Substance of all Life, manifests itself as color, sound, form and movement. Sound (music) is the rhythm, harmony, and melody of the Universe...the Dance of Life.

The I-Ching (the Chinese Book of Wisdom) declares that "Music has the power to ease tension within the heart, and to lessen and loosen obscure emo­tions. From time immemorial the inspiring effects of the invisible sound that moves all hearts and draws them together has mystified mankind."

Inspired music, the expression of Universal Intelli­gence, has the power to heal and enlighten us. The power of music to heal has become increasingly well documented. Inspired music, like beautiful art, con­veys and transmits the energy and message of love itself. Love, the universal healing power, frees the mind of negative thoughts and emotions. Listening and absorbing inspired music has a direct and positive effect on the creative super-subconscious Mind.

The super-subconscious Mind is receptive to sug­gestion and responsible for the overall health and maintenance of the body. By listening to transcenden­tal music, you fill your Heart and Mind with beauty.

The same is true with color. You only need to walk in nature, experience a rainbow, a flower, a brilliant sunset or a Gothic cathedral with its magnificent art and stained glass windows to realize the power that art possesses to transform your life. Through sensitivity to nature and the creative genius of humanity, we can come to appreciate the greater life with which we are intimately connected.

The Science Of Light And Sound

A direct innate relationship exists between the seven colors of the spectrum, the seven notes of the musical scale and the seven glandular systems of the body. Each color and note has a unique vibratory pattern which stimulates in a corresponding manner the energy centers of the mind and the body.

Light from the sun enters the body through the optic nerves of the eyes and directly stimulates the pineal gland. The pineal gland is the photo-reactive organ responsible for the production of neurohormonal agents.

The pineal gland is connected to the hypothalamus. The hypothalamus, a neuroendocrine gland, subcon­sciously mediates from moment to moment all the vital processes of the body via its direct and immediate connections to the pituitary gland and automatic nerv­ous system, the immune system and the association cortex of the brain. The hypothalamus is filled with chromophillic cells which convert the electromagnetic signal of light into neurochemical impulses which are then carried directly to the pituitary gland.

The pituitary gland in turn secretes hormones which stimulate the secretion of other hormones within the body, thereby maintaining homeostasis.

By exposing the subconscious mind to pure vibra­tion, either pure color or pure sound, the neuroendo­crine and immune systems are purified. Pure color and sound also stimulate the ecstasy center of the brain by triggering the secretion of endorphins, power­ful natural opiates. In this way, music and color cre­ate the experience of healing.

Effect Of Music And Color On The Immune System

Music and color via the hypothalamus have a direct effect on the thymus gland. This is the explanation for the beneficial effects music and color have for reducing unaccomodated stress. Unaccomodated stress suppresses the thymus gland and reduces your life en­ergy. The thymus gland is responsible for:

• Immunological surveillance and the production of special T-cells. The availability of a sufficient num­ber of T-cells determines whether you are resistant to disease.

• The strengthening of muscular contractions.

• The flow of lymph throughout the body which is the body's cellular cleaning fluid.

• Regulating the life force that is flowing in and through your body moment by moment.

The thymus gland is the center of your life energy. A healthy, active thymus gland creates vibrant and positive health. (John Diamond, M.D., Your Body Doesn't Lie)

Thus, music and color can stimulate and enhance the proper functioning of the thymus gland. It is from this understanding that one may realize the immense power music and color have on integrating and ex­panding the mind and thus affect healing of the mind- body complex. True healing constitutes a positive, permanent transformation of mind with a result­ant change in attitude, feeling and behavior.

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Once you are aware of the immense power music and color have in reducing unaccommodated stress, you can use them to bring joy and happiness into your life.

Through the miracle of modern technology, every­one now has the opportunity of being exposed to an extraordinary array of the world's greatest art. As a research physician and artist, I have done extensive research on the healing effects of music and color upon the human organism. I have been deeply im­pressed with the effect New Age music has in the healing process. New Age music is unique in tone, feeling, message, composition and structure.