Immunity:
Explorations in Self-healing and Transformation
by Tom Kenyon,
published 2006
The Story
The whole affair
began in a most unexpected manner. I was answering questions toward the end of a
Sound Healer’s Training in Seattle, Washington this last September (2005). A
woman raised her hand and said that she worked with AIDS and HIV patients in
Africa through a non-profit organization. She asked if I had any recordings or
sound patterns that would help, as the situation was getting quite dire
throughout that part of the world. I replied that I did not have anything
substantive to offer, as my psycho-immunological work up to that time had been
centered on general immunity and nothing that specific.
She then said that
she had a request, a challenge actually. I recall the moment clearly as the room
suddenly filled with a spiritual presence when she spoke. “I have a favor to ask
of you. I know you are very busy, but Africa is in distress and I know you can
help.”
The thought of
adding one more thing to the list of growing projects I had committed myself to
boggled my mind. I was about to stammer out something to this effect when I
clairvoyantly noticed a being standing off to my right. He was an African shaman
who was adding his weight to the request. And then all my guides came to me, and
the stage was suddenly very full. I heard myself say—“I will find a way to
create the time to do this.”
Mind you, I had no
idea how I would ever pull this off, given the fact that I was easily working
fourteen to sixteen hours a day on other recording and writing projects. I was
running on empty as the saying goes, plus Judi and I were in the midst of
packing for another world teaching tour.
About four days
after this encounter, I was awakened at three in the morning, by my group of
thirteen Hathors. They said that now was the time to begin working on the
Immunity program. They said it would be pure vocal sound, without the use of any
electronic frequencies, and would be channeled with the assistance of spiritual
healers from many diverse realms of consciousness. They also informed me that
most of the recording would usually take place around 3AM since this was the
time of least interference from collective thought forms—including my own. They
put me on notice, in other words, that I would not be getting much sleep for the
next few weeks.
In fact, it took
four weeks to record all thirty-two tracks, each of them consisting of a
different being channeling his or her spiritual light into audible sound. It was
an exhilarating and mind-expanding experience that kept pushing the edges of my
own personal paradigms and beliefs. The first two tracks were laid down by the
Hathors. These tracks, I was told, would be of assistance with many types of
cancer in addition to HIV/AIDS and other immunological problems. I was also told
that the final recording would address Immunity on many levels—not just
physical, but emotional and spiritual as well. How it would accomplish this feat
was not clear to me at the beginning, but as the recording process unfolded I
began to see the larger picture. Immunity is not just the physical response of
our immune systems to immunological threats. It is both the biological sense of
self and the spiritual sense of self-identity.
After the first two
tracks, the vibrational energy of the spirit healers changed considerably. An
African shaman appeared to me clairvoyantly and indicated that he wished to
offer the assistance of plant spirit medicine, meaning that he called upon the
spirits of specific plants to help alleviate physical and spiritual illness. I
knew about this type of healing and had experienced it myself on two separate
occasions from two different practitioners. This way of working with plant
spirits seems to have long traditions throughout much of North and South
America, as well as Africa. This form of medicine may have traditions in other
parts of the world as well—it’s just that I am not familiar with them.
What struck me about
this shaman/healer was that he had obviously not been in a body on Earth for a
long time since many of the plants he used for healing were no longer physically
present in Africa. They had long ago become extinct. For a moment he seemed to
be in grief and disbelief. And then I watched him traverse the stars and the
spirit worlds to find his spirit brothers and sisters (his plant medicine) in
other realms of consciousness. He then called upon them and brought their spirit
medicine back to Earth in the sounds that he sang through my voice. When I
finished that sequence, I was sobbing from the power of the energies and from
the pathos of what I had just witnessed. I stepped out of the recording booth to
find a large African male standing etherically in the studio. I recognized him
as a Masai warrior. He bowed and we communed for a few moments in silence—him
thanking me for keeping my promise, and me thanking him for his visitation.
Over the years, I
have become quite used to channeling many different types of spiritual energies
and beings in the course of my work. But I had never channeled so many diverse
types of energies in such a short space of time, and the experience was deeply
altering to my perceptions of the spirit worlds.
Some of the beings
who sang their healing from the realms of light into the world of sound were
recognizable to me—lamas from Tibet, healers from ancient Egypt, India and
Persia. Some of them were alchemists of the highest order, and some of them were
creator gods and goddesses from ancient times and places we have no names for.
About a third of the
way into the recording process a group of angels began to download their healing
codes. Each of these codes had specific geometries of light associated with
them, and as each angel sang through me, I was elevated to such heights that I
would literally stagger out of the recording booth when I was done with his or
her sequence. Some of these angelic beings I recognized from Christian and
Islamic traditions. But some of them were unknown to me. My only sense of them,
besides their majesty and power was that they had been sent forth from the heart
of the Divine to aid in the immense task of planetary healing.
I will never forget
one session, about half way through the recording, in which I witnessed the Tao
sending forth a form of pure chi (or life force) from the Formless Heaven into a
sound pattern. The sound seemed to be not of this world, but at the same time,
deeply healing. Every cell in my body was both comforted and nourished by these
primordial sounds.
During one session,
I watched as the Blue Medicine Buddha called forth an exquisite form of healing
light from the Sambhogaya (the Tibetan realm of pure light and sound). I watched
as he wove the light together and lowered its vibrational frequencies from that
of spiritual light into spiritual sound.
In one session, a
Mongolian shaman called upon the horse-headed god of healing known as Hevajra by
Tibetans. As I saw Hevajra manifest within the realms of light, I saw thousands
of wild horses running across the plains of Mongolia—a potent symbol of the
primal healing power that was being released through these sounds.
In other sessions,
Native American shamans and healers would sing and call forth healing powers
through their intention. One in particular affected me deeply—Buffalo Calf
Woman—a legendary figure of immense healing power. Her tones shook with a
potency that left me in both amazement and appreciation of the feminine power to
heal.
For twenty-eight
days, in the early hours of the morning, these extraordinary and diverse beings
joined together in one common purpose—to release to the world a form of healing
and potential at a time of desperate need. Spiritual lineages that rarely meet
and were often in conflict in this world were joining together to create a
healing power that left me stunned and speechless. Toward the end of the
recording process, both Magdalen and Yeshua added their voices to the healing
choir, and for me, this was both calming and integrative in its effects.
Throughout the
recording, I would listen to each new voice as it was added to the previous
ones. There were a few times when the sounds were too catalytic, too strong and
volatile. They left me, and those listening shaking from the release of too much
personal negativity. With the addition of Magdalen and Yeshua, the release of
negativity was still present, but with a sense of comfort and stability. A
fertile ground for healing was completed. All that was required were the seeds
of intention that each listener will sow as he or she listens to the codes. It
is now quite clear to me that this unique psycho-acoustic program is a
co-creative matrix. It is an auditory trail of spiritual light whereby the
healing intentions and energies of these spirit healers can be joined with the
intentions of those listening.
Thoughts on
Immunity, Belief and Healing
I have come to see
Immunity in a much larger context than just our physical immune response to
pathogens. From a biological perspective, our immune systems are a way to
determine self from non-self. If something invades our bodies (say a bacteria or
a virus) our immune systems quickly ascertain if they are a part of us or not.
If they are not recognized as a part of our personal biology, then our immune
systems mobilize their resources to destroy the toxic invaders.
Physical immune
response is a very complex affair—a combination of many factors including
genetics, nutrition, environmental factors, personal vitality as well as
mental/emotional patterns. This last aspect of immunity is often referred to as
psycho-immunology or psychoneuroimmunology. This field of research looks at how
our thoughts and especially emotions affect our immune systems. And while such
ephemeral things as thought and feeling are only one small part of the immune
puzzle, they are an intriguing and important aspect.
On a practical
level, if you wish to enhance your immune function, you need to be conscious of
and improve the quality of, your air, water and especially nutrition—the food
you eat. Regular periods of rest have also been found to be important for good
immune function. These periods of health-inducing rest are characterized by
increases in alpha and theta brain wave activity. Certain types of meditation
are ideal for generating these kinds of stress reducing brain states. Research
has shown that those who meditate twenty minutes, once or twice a day tend to
have better immune function and wellness than those who don’t. You can read
information about an easy form of meditation that works for virtually everyone
by going to our website—www.tomkenyon.com. Click on the article section and go
to “Taoist meditation.”
But the type of
immunity of which I speak is not just confined to the physical response of our
immunological systems. This larger context for immunity is an expression of what
I call our vibrational signature.
Our vibrational
signature (or tonality) is related to our emotional life—specifically what we
are feeling at any given moment, and especially habitual emotions that are an
everyday component of our own personal thinking and feeling habits.
Conceptually, I
place various feeling states into one of two categories—coherent emotions or
incoherent emotions. Coherent emotions are feelings like love, appreciation,
peace of mind, gratitude, etc. Incoherent emotions, on the other hand, are
feelings like hate, jealousy, a sense of lack, mental agitation, etc. Most
people generally prefer to experience coherent emotions because they have a
coherent effect on their bodies and minds. Incoherent emotions make us feel
uncomfortable because at a subtle energy level, they are disruptive.
There are some
fascinating studies that show how incoherent emotions (like hostility, for one)
can negatively affect our physical immune response and even heart rhythms. But
the jury is hardly in—scientifically speaking—when it comes to how and to what
extent our health is affected by our emotional lives. So I do not wish, at this
time, to get into a discussion about the psychological and physiological
mechanisms of physical immunity.
The type of Immunity
I want to focus on, at this moment, is the larger context I mentioned earlier.
From this metaphysical perspective, we are being bombarded every day by all
types of toxins and pathogens. But these toxins are not confined merely to the
physical realm, where science, by necessity is focused. This type of
contamination also includes what I call mental, emotional and even spiritual
toxicity.
When we are lied to
by someone, by a group, or by a society—this is a type of mental, emotional or
spiritual toxin. These forms of misinformation have a long history and tradition
including the types of misinformation that exist within family systems,
societies, cultural and religious dogma, not to mention misinformation
disseminated by governments and corporations. The whole idea is rather
mind-boggling so I will do my best to simplify some of the basic concepts.
Let’s take families,
to start off with. In an ideal family, which by the way does not exist, the
relationship between the parents is balanced and their children incorporate this
balance within their own psychological makeup through the process of growing up
and interacting with these two ideal parental figures. But in real life, there
is rarely a balance of power. One usually has the upper hand and wields it over
everyone else. In the fascinating kaleidoscope that is human experience, the
domineering parent might be direct or passive in his or her manipulation of
power. One might be a raging bull when he or she does not get his or her way,
scaring the you-know-what out of everyone in the family. Or he or she might be
what some have referred to as a “subtle tyrant” to get his or her way. Subtle
tyrants are passive aggressive and never meet a situation head on with honesty
and directness. Their bids for power are executed in the shadows (meaning the
unconscious—either their own unconsciousness and/or the unconsciousness of those
around them) and often with an overlay of helplessness and guilt. Some use
illness, for example, or the threat of illness as a means to get what they want.
As children growing
up in a family system, we unconsciously metabolize and accept the underlying
beliefs (thought forms) about life, relationships and the world—as well as our
place or lack of place in it. The emotional patterns we see depicted before us
as children also become incorporated as part of our being. Usually we
incorporate such emotional and thought patterns as our own, or in some cases we
rebel against those patterns and beliefs. Such a person often runs the risk of
being perceived by family members as a black sheep—the one who refuses to
conform to the family’s beliefs and expectations.
If a belief or power
manipulation in the family runs counter to the authentic nature of one of its
members, this creates immense psychological and even physiological conflict in
the one who is out of step or not with the program. In some families, mild
rebellion is tolerated—up to a point. In some families, however, everyone has to
hold to a very rigid standard of mental and emotional life. For instance,
cutting or not cutting one’s hair can be a big issue in some families. Dating or
even having friends with someone from another religion, cultural group or race
can be met with hostility in others. And some children have found themselves
disowned because they chose a different career than what was expected of them.
My point in all of
this is that our beliefs (thought forms) and emotions become a part of us
through a process of mental and emotive metabolization. In other words, our
thoughts and emotions become part of our very flesh. The constitution of our
bodies is not just formed from the food we eat and what we drink—but also
through what we think and feel.
The coercion to make
us think or feel in certain ways is, I believe, one of the greatest detriments
to our spiritual, mental and cultural evolution. Whether it shows up in our
families, with friends, at work, in our places of worship, in how we contemplate
or hold the divine within our minds, or in our political institutions, the
mechanism of toxicity is the same.
When we are forced
or expected to think and feel in certain ways—against our nature and our own
best interest—this can become a form of mental or emotional toxicity. For some
of us such toxicity can be worked out, but for others it festers and creates
either physical illness, or in some cases what I call spiritual illness (meaning
that the vitality of our spirit has been dampened, suppressed or depleted).
I believe that in
the next few decades science will have a lot to say about this process of mental
emotive metabolization—or how our thoughts and feelings become physical—but for
now such concepts are on the fringe—to be sure. But then, to be frank, so is
this entire Immunity recording.
For some, the idea
that spirit beings could come through someone’s voice and sing healing codes
that will actually help a person must seem preposterous. For others it just
makes sense. It all depends on where you are coming from in terms of your own
beliefs about reality and what is possible—not to mention your own life
experience.
I had to continually
expand my own perceptual box while working with these spirit healers because,
quite frankly, my perception of reality was violated on several occasions. But
what I was left with more often than not was a deep sense of gratitude at what
they were orchestrating on our (humanity’s) behalf. I was also deeply impressed
by the vibrational quality of each of them. After listening I was almost always
left with deeply coherent emotions—feelings like love, gratitude and a deep
sense of inner peace and healing. On every occasion after recording them, I was
touched and moved by the upliftment and the power that was communicated through
their voices.
But it also became
clear to me that their high spiritual vibrations were having a catalytic effect
on me, as well. One of the principles of vibrational healing is that a higher
vibration will either drive out or transform a lower vibration. Thus after
listening to the recordings of these beings, I would often become aware of my
own lower thought forms (meaning thought forms that limit freedom of expression
and evolution). Sometimes I would actually recall incidents from my past that
were responsible for these thoughts and beliefs, while other times I simply felt
them leaving me without any content or memory.
Thus, I have come to
think of this recording as a potent form of spiritual purification. And that may
actually be the main source of its power. Through their singing to us, these
spirit healers have managed to bring spiritual light into audible sound. And
these sounds act as a kind of spiritual transformer. They draw out mental,
emotional and spiritual negativity (toxicity) and create a space within us for
our own innate spiritual light to anchor more deeply and to manifest more
clearly. Through this process I believe, our inherent self-healing abilities may
also be enhanced.
The World Immunity
Project
Because the request
for this Immunity recording came out of Africa, we have decided to honor this by
creating a Program whereby you can donate money to pay for CDs to be directly
shipped, at low cost, to this part of the world through non-profit organizations
and individuals. We have conceptually expanded the program to include other
economically disadvantaged countries as well.
The Program will be
administered by the Sound Healing Foundation (see page for an update on the
Foundation’s activities). If you would like to make a donation to this fund, you
can go to the Foundation’s website, www.soundhealingfoundation.org and make your
donation on-line, or you can send a check payable to the Sound Healing
Foundation with World Immunity Project written on the subject line, mailed to PO
Box 220, Orcas, WA 98280. Due to administrative and book keeping charges on
checks, the minimum contribution needs to be $100. Please note on your check
that your donation is for the Immunity Project.
