Divine Feedback…(when the vibration coming from within connects to the source)

Divine Feedback…(when the vibration coming from within connects to the source)

I usually think of feedback as the irritating high pitched sound produced when the sound waves from the speakers make their way into the microphone and collide with themselves producing an exponential shift in wavelength and volume.

I have always been an aurally responsive person.  As a young child I used to rock myself to sleep every night as my radio played the pop/r&b hits of the early to mid-sixties.  The Jackson Five and Aretha, didn’t disturb my sleep at all; their music was my path to rest.  It would wrap me in its rhythmic tones and provide a safe place to surrender into the trance of sleep.

In pursuing a less dogmatic and more mystical journey of faith I have found immense help through the use of binaural recordings that stimulate the brain to produce wavelengths that are conducive to experiencing meditative, reflective and creative states of mind.  Other wavelengths aid my attention deficient mind to focus, read and study.  This is not a new phenomenon at all but simply an ancient one making use of new technologies.  Spiritual practice based on sound and music is found in every religion and particularly in the mystical traditions. There are Gregorian chants, the Hindu mantras, Sikh hymns, Tibetan Buddhist chanting and Hebrew Psalms. King David’s intimacy with God seems to have been strongly connected to both his connection with creation as a shepherd living in the fields and under the stars as well as the music that gave voice to His communion with creator.

Perhaps due to my Pentecostal roots I prefer my meditation to take a noisy path to solitude.  I use entrainment recordings, and am also learning to produce my own chants and intonations while being attentive to the effect of particular vibrations on my consciousness, my sense of well being and my emotional state.  At times this practice has produced profound experiences of connection and liberation that I would liken to “feedback” (when the vibration coming from within connects to the source) producing a transformation and magnification of the vibration that is beyond the self.  It is not I finding God, nor is it God coming to me from out there.  It is rather the source encountering the source in the creation and for a moment we have “divine feedback”. 

When feedback hits the auditorium all activity momentarily ceases and everyone gives full attention to the phenomenon.  Conversations stop, heads turn, people cover their ears and squeeze their eyes shut. When inner feedback is experienced the ceaseless chatter of thought is silenced and we are immersed in the great silence. For a moment the myth of separation is consumed by the critical mass of the vibration that has encountered itself in an amplified environment. The trumpet shall sound….and we shall be changed.  The mountains shall tremble at His voice and the feedback of Her almighty Marshall stacks! Rock On Great Spirit