Writing about what you love is easy. After writing three books about the Gong, and working on my fourth, I’m passing the 100,000 word mark about this amazing instrument for healing and transformation.
Yet in some way, all that really needs to be written about the Gong has already been done by my teacher Yogi Bhajan, the Master of the Gong and Kundalini Yoga. And in only 154 words.
Enjoy – and listen!
“Yogi Bhajan with his first gong – a 28” Symphonic Paiste gong at Yoga Yoga West in Los Angeles. Original brass stand made by his students in the 1970s.”
The Sacred Gong
By Yogi Bhajan
The Gong is the spirit song.
It is the primal whisper of the soul.
Its sound is the echo of the Original Word that created the world, the sound within all sounds.
Listen with outer and inner ears.
Feel its pulsations and let the millions of vibrations dance and flow through your senses.
You will become fearless, relaxed and awakened.
The ancients sought this experience on the tops of mountains and at the sacred places.
The voice of God would thunder in, spectacular strokes of lightning.
The clap of thunder – Bang! Shatter! Roll! Echo! – stopped all thought, stripped away pretense, shook loose the deepest fears, and rejuvenated the nervous system.
It created strength, peace and healing.
The Gong is that sound. It is the flash of inner light.
The mallet is the will of the infinite, the gong, the creation, and the sound is the spirit song, the heartbeat of the soul.
Gong Yoga Vacation!
Immerse yourself in the sacred sounds of the gong in a tropical retreat in Costa Rica. The vacation begins April 13, 2019.