Once again I'm being sent on a journey of learning.
This time it's about sound and what a powerful effect it has on us.
I have no idea where it's all leading but it's sure been a fascinating journey so far.
Typically the way sound affects us is thought about in terms of how loud sounds, such as machinery, engines, and music, can destroy our hearing.
But the effects of sound are much more complex and broader than that.
Here's a few examples:

• The core frequency of a cat's purr is 45hz.
  This is the same frequency as that of Delta brainwave state.
  Your brain is in Delta when you're in deep sleep or a deep hypnotic trance.
  As you listen to a cat purring, it entrains your body and your brain to this deeply relaxed state.
  
• In a recent finding, vibrations of specific tuning forks when struck near tomato plants caused them to release their pollen.
  This is being considered useful for hand-pollination of plants.
  
• There are three bones in the ear that are automatically closed when nearby sounds are too loud.
  This is to protect the little hairs that vibrate and thus allow you to hear.
  When disagreeable sounds, such as loud machinery, are heard constantly these bones become stuck in closed position, causing partial hearing disabilities.
  
• Leading edge biomolecular research scientists have discovered that they can repair DNA with the frequency of the Solfeggio note, MI (528hz).
  
• The vagus nerve is connected to the eardrum and goes directly to every organ in the body except the spleen.
  The vibration of sound and music when heard is sent to every major organ in the body, and has either a beneficial or detrimental affect on those organs.
  
• Sounds bypass the brain and directly affect the body.
  When someone is talking to you, the words are going into your logical, reasoning brain, but their sounds are hitting every cell and organ in your body.
  This is one of the reasons why vocal tones are as important, if not more important than the actual words used.
  

The original language of humans consisted solely of vowel sounds.
The closest language to it these days is the Hawaiian language.
At some point consonants were introduced, which have the effect of stopping the sounds.
To understand this concept, try to hum a consonant such as T or K or D.
Those who study the origins of our language say that the use of only the vowels connected us to our spirituality.
To support this theory, consider that the ancient Hebrew language uses only consonants, in the belief that the use of vowels was too sacred for mere mortals to use.
This is one of the reasons there's so much controversy about the interpretations of ancient Hebrew texts.
Without the correct vowels, the meanings of the words are changeable.
The words you use in your everyday language affect your health and well-being.
Not just because of their meaning, but because of their frequency and the subsequent affect on your body.
Words like "soothe" and "calm" are soft words and when you hear them they have a calming, soothing affect on you.
Certain words cause you to feel discomfort when you hear them...
words like "fear", which ends in the growling sound of rrrrrrrrr, and "hate" which begins with the outbreath commonly used in martial arts and ends in a hard T.
Just for a day notice how you feel as you listen to others - and to yourself.
Listen to the sounds of words you're hearing.
Notice how you feel - emotionally as well as physical.