Man’s life on this planet can be seen as a continuum of expansion and contraction-an endless pulsation controlled by our breathing. We participate at the most gross level in an interactive system of vibration and resonance. The pinnacle of this vibration is the cosmic sound –called naada.

This naada produces space (akasha) which, in turn, produces the other elements of the manifest world (air, fire, water and earth).These elements are at the interface of the gross material world and the subtle non-material world or field. They participate in both worlds as a link.

Akasha is the element of the fifth chakra, Vishuddha (ultra pure), which is the source of speech, listening and creativity. All sound produces akasha. Depending upon the quality of the sound, akasha will be gross or more refined. Among the finest of akashas is surya akasha. The prerequisites for producing such akasha are: precise pronunciation and intonation of mantras as well as the purity of feeling for the divinity within. There are many beneficial effects of surya akasha. These include the following:

• establishes new connections among neurons
• produces a healing effect on the immune system
• aides integration of all three fields: causal, subtle and physical
• reduces breathing rate
• brings contentment to the seven chakra minds
• integrates the left and right hemispheres of the brain
• refines the early (reptilian and mammalian) brain
• aides one to take a distance from one’s thoughts, feelings and body
• aides unattached observation of phenomenal world
• facilitates meditation
• puts one in touch with pure (sattvic) energy
• stimulates opening of the sixth microchakra of the fifth chakra, the locus of the Inner Guru

InnerTuning® explores in depth the relationship between sound, akasha and silence. We learn how to create subtler frequencies of akasha so that the blockages in the microchakras (components of the chakras) dissolve.