AN INDUSTRY CONFUSED - “DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE” Public Enemy
The colour of the bowl, the note of the bowl and bowls sitting on your head, are just a a few of the vast misconceptions of this practice.
Understanding Sound and Vibration as a holistic modality takes training, practice, commitment, self regulation, cultural integrity and research. Sound as “Healing” should not be used on others if it is to make yourself feel better.
With so many people offering this practice i ask you:
WHY DO YOU WANT TO LEARN/USE THIS?
WHAT IS IT YOU ARE SEEKING?
WHY DO YOU NEED TO GO TO RISHIKESH, INDIA OR NEPAL TO FIND THIS SPIRITUAL CONNECTION?
WHAT ARE YOU BUYING INTO AND WHY?
For most of us its for genuine reasons and it is absolutely acceptable to seek peace in your life and find purpose in offering that peace to others, but somewhere in that process you are required to do the work on yourself. a 50 HR online course will not prepare you for the real work that needs to be done, it just wont.
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We need to respect that this is a practice of cultural significance and more instruments will not create more “healing”, wearing the clothes, reading from a scriptures of spiritual philosophy, travelling to India and Nepal will not provide you with the truth, in fact it will most likely mislead you further into a direction of contradiction, spiritual malady and spiritual bypassing.
It is however, somewhere to start and i respect that everyone is on their own journey and has the right to believe in whatever feels true to them.
Lets be clear, my introduction, post working in the music industry, came from a deep need to heal, to find help, but i did that work well before i started offering this practice to others.
We all hold the energetic capacity to help others heal and heal ourselves but the manner in which we go about this should be considered carefully.
Respect for the land on which you dwell. Learning about the ritual and cultural history and significance of the practice.
Respect and truth around who you are and what you offer should be mindfully considered. Espousing philosophy that you have not practiced yourself is irresponsible and is creating an industry of fraudulent nonsense.
SOUND AND VIBRATION are incredibly powerful tools, using them without these considerations and doing the internal and practical work will ultimately be felt. Authenticity is required, and by Authenticity i mean, TRUTH, OWNING YOUR OWN POSITION ON YOUR PATH, SHARING HONESTLY for others, not for yourself. In that process you will absolutely find healing in yourself, but it is the healing that comes from being truthful, owning your own position on the path, speaking from your heart, not the book.
It also calls you to honor yourself, weather that be in shambles, or perfectly grounded, that is all fine and normal and should not stop you from offering this practice, but, OWN IT.
Im so happy that this practice has spread and yes, the money i earn from it sustains my business, but i will never, sell my soul to be something i am not. I will not share unless it is something i have learned from authentic teachers or experienced myself, I will welcome all people wherever they are on their journey, i will allow myself to make mistakes and i will own them, but i will not allow myself to engage in a practice of fantasy and escapism.
I love what i do and am so grateful to do it, but this needed to be said.
Becc x