By Ruslana Remennikova, M.S. and Bernard Beitman, M.D.

In a previous post, we introduced the idea that frequency and synchronicity can be meaningfully connected. This post explores rhythm as an emerging language for the fundamental interconnectedness among synchronicity, awareness, our physical condition, and frequency.

Rhythm is the symphonic pattern of all life and the basis of biological evolution. Frequencies, timbres, and the passage of beats through time and space form rhythms, the carrier of life information that governs a variety of neurobiological functions, biochemical interactions, and the way we “hear” sound with our whole body. The notion of the intimate relationship between sound and neurobiology is echoed in the words of the Sufi musician, healer, and mystic, Hazrat Inaya Khan:

A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of his body. It permeates the entire being, and according to its particular influence either slows or quickens the rhythm of the blood circulation; it either wakens or soothes the nervous system. It arouses a person to greater passions or it calms him by bringing him peace. According to the sound and its influence a certain effect is produced. Sound becomes visible in the form of radiance. This shows that the same energy which goes into the form of sound before being visible is absorbed by the physical body. In that way the physical body recuperates and becomes charged with new magnetism.1

Mindfulness meditation creates awareness that forms from intentionally paying attention to the present moment without judgment. Currently a highly practiced and popular form of wellness, mindfulness meditation increases the volume of the gray matter in the posterior cingulate cortex, supramarginal gyrus, and hippocampus and decreases amygdala volume.2 Through long-term practice, meditation reduces internal perceptual noise and increases one’s perceptual sensitivity to meaningful stimuli.

Religious chanting can become a form of mindful meditation through attention to breathing, and prayer, which holistically integrates the complex and multi-faceted tiers of consciousness and........

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