INTRODUCTION TO CHANTING INTRO-11.TXT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANTING IS DEFINED IN A DICTIONARY LOCATED HERE AS: A SIMPLE MELODY, ESPECIALLY ONE IN WHICH SEVERAL SYLLABLES ARE INTONED. TO SING OR UTTER IN A CHANT. TO CELEBRATE IN SONG. CHANTING IS ANOTHER "GROWTH METHOD" GIVEN TO SEEKERS OF TRUTH, KNOWLEDGE, GROWTH, AND OR ENLIGHTENMENT BY TEACHERS FROM THE EAST. IT OFTEN CONSISTS OF INTONING A GROUP OF SELECTED TONES, SYLLABLES, OR GROUP OF WORDS, REPETITIOUSLY FOR PERIODS OF TIME ALOUD. THE TEACHERS STATE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN SOUNDS, COMBINATIONS OF SOUNDS, AND COMBINATIONS OF WORDS, THAT PRODUCE PERMANENT CHANGES IN THE HUMAN PERSONALITY/PSYCHE IF UTTERED OFTEN ENOUGH. THAT EACH SOUND CAUSES A CERTAIN PART OF THE HUMAN BRAIN TO BE "STIMULATED" AND CREATES A "PSYCHIC VIBRATION" TO OCCUR INTERNALLY IN THE HUMAN SYSTEMS (SOUL/MIND/BODY) AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS. CHANTING PURIFIES THE MIND. [IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT MAN, FROM PRIMITIVE TIMES TO THE HERE AND NOW USES SONG/CHANTS/DANCE IN THE WORSHIP OF GOD, AND TO BRING ONE CLOSER TO GOD] [ALSO NOTE THAT CURRENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS SHOWING THAT EACH SOUND A HUMAN HEARS ACTIVATES A CERTAIN SPECIFIC LOCATION IN THE BRAIN-SEE THE LAST ISSUE OF OMNI MAG FOR AN ARTICLE ON THIS "NEW" DISCOVERY AND THE EQUIPMENT USED TO LOCATE THE LOCATIONS OF THE PARTS OF BRAIN A SOUND ACTIVATES]