MIND-BODY-SPIRIT Sound Healing and the God Gene
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according to Hamer, has survival advantages, hence its presence and growth in the human gene pool. The Impact of Sound 0DQ\ SHRSOH GHVLUH WR HQKDQFH WKHLU VSLULWXDOLW\ DQG WR SURYLGH ORYHGRQHVZLWKDVSLULWXDOLQÀXHQFH7RWKDWHQGP\ZRUNZLWK6KDU - U\ (GZDUGVWKH IRXQGHU RI %LR$FRXVWLFV RQ WKH IUHTXHQFLHV IRU WKH VRGXEEHG³*RG*HQH´907DQGWKHIUHTXHQF\RIWKHDFWLYDWRUIRU this gene and its protein (that provides this gene with a head start for GHYHORSLQJVSLULWXDOTXDOLWLHV LVRQHFKDQQHO,FRPSRVHGPLQXWHV RIPXVLFDQGLQVHUWHGWKH*RGJHQHIUHTXHQFLHVWKDWLVWKHJHQHLWV activator, and protein, in every song for a delightful and uplifting ex- perience. The listener gains the reinforcement and strengthening of WKHLULQQDWHVSLULWXDOLW\SOXVPDQ\VXEWOHDQGKROLVWLFEHQH¿WVIURP the classical musical score. It is an easy and enjoyable experience. One of the tenets of healing with Sound — of expanding yourself ZLWK6RXQG²LVWKDWE\OLVWHQLQJWRDQGEHLQJLPPHUVHGLQVSHFL¿F frequencies and matrices of sounds, our bodies, our energies, even our PHQWDODQGSK\VLFDOVWDWHVFDQEHLPSDFWHGSURIRXQGO\:K\LVWKLV"
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