VOWEL SOUNDS AND WELL-BEINGNESS

Kingsley Idiagbor, F.R.C.

Spoken words are combinations of vowel sounds by which we express our thoughts and ideas. These sounds are not used to mean the same things because of the diversity of languages among mankind. From research, students of Linguistics have found that there are basic sounds and words present in all languages. These identical words however, may have different shades of meanings in different tribes but they abound in all cultures and languages. Can you imagine how this world would have been like without words or indeed vowel sounds? Is it any wonder therefore, that sounds play a major role not only in communication of our moods and thoughts but also our entire psyche.

God created the world – physical and abstract realm – using the sacred Logos. This is now hidden in the plurality of beings, objects and the elements in what the Rosicrucians would call the Lost Word. Ever since, mystics, philosophers and alchemists have been in search of this Lost Word. Through its graded study, the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC have gradually in a step-by-step manner revealed this word to the students with thorough explanation of the proper pronunciation and usage in affecting and commanding nature and improving their general situations in Life.

In this article, we are not going to dwell on how to begin the search for the Lost Word but to introduce its elements in form of useful vowel sounds. It has been found that when these vowel sounds are chanted, they have effects on both the chanter and those within hearing. They also create and raise the vibrations of the environment in which they are chanted. This explains why their usage was suggested and recommended in my article on Meditation. We are now going to look at four vowel sounds and how regular chanting of these sounds could and do raise our vibrations and contribute to our general well-being.

RA…MA
Regular chanting of this combination of vowel sounds (RA and MA) will put you in tune with the powerful and protective forces of the Cosmic. Each time you do so, chant in full voice or mentally extending it to four or five syllables. Thus: RRRRRAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAaa MMMMMMMMMAAAAAAaaaaaAAAAA. As you carry out this intonation, visualize a giant torch atop the chair where you are seating very comfortably, pointing a full beam of white light which totally surrounds and encircles you. With practice and full concentration, you will find that there comes increased feeling of protective presence and vibratory influence about you. Many practitioners of this vowel sound have testified to the efficacy. Try studying the various Christian and other religious hymns and you will no doubt find that RA and MA features one way or the other in the words and the lyrics.

OM
The OM is chanted with the sound O as in home. Silently or in a soft audible voice, intone a prolonged O sound, and then add the M sound. Thus OOOOOooooooMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmm. This sound equally reinforces the protective influence of the OMniscient, OMnipotent, and OMnipresent God and could be combined with the RA and MA vowel sounds before your daily meditation in the morning and in the evening before you sleep. This sound tunes you with the cosmic forces and emphasizes God’s presence in our lives. We are healthy not only physically but spiritually by regularly chanting this sound. This is because it tends to bridge the communication gap that seems to exist between our various selves resulting in their harmonization.

EH
This vowel sound has effect on fluids and this has been proved by experiments conducted in Rose Croix University in San Jose. You will easily recall that we are filled with all sorts of fluids in our body – blood, lymph, hormones and various secretions. This sound is chanted on any note convenient to you but EH is pronounced as in let and in a prolonged manner. Thus, EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Chant this sound regularly, incorporate it into your praise songs or accentuate it where already present in your religious hymns. When used daily especially when you wake up or after your meals, it builds up your blood, increases antibody production and thus boosts your immune response and encourages the assimilation of useful nutrients from your meals.

KHEI
Our final vowel sound for experimentation, for now, is KHEI pronounced KAY (as in the name Kate) then join EEEEE (as in the letter E). Thus KAYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee. It is suggested that you rest for a while after each intonation. Intone this vowel sound regularly especially to aid self healing. When you find that you are feeling low in energy or in a depressed mood, try chanting KHEI three times (or multiples of three, i.e. 6 times or 9 times and so on).

Chant each vowel sound or set of vowel sounds three times

In conclusion, it is important to point out that when you try your vowel sound exercises that you do not expect too much at first. Simply do them with the aim of really being good at them. It is important to get into a routine and begin to build up just like it is done in sports. Do not be deterred, as you would find in the beginning, by laziness. This is a great obstacle to students of mysticism not only in the use of vowel sounds but in the application of several other useful principles. Do not procrastinate to use these four vowel sounds and others that you may garner from other mystical or Rosicrucian sources even when you do not feel like it. Form the habit. Get into the routine. Soon you will find a connection as thousands of others have done between vowel sounds and well-beingness.

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