This month our Freedom Friday blogs will be focusing on the Spiritual faculty of Power and today we will be saying YES! to the Power of our Voice.
Today’s Scripture comes from St. John 1:1 “In the beginning was the word and word was Sound”
In the universe, everything has its own unique sound, whether animal vegetable or mineral, even silence has a sound. From time immemorial and from every corner of life, from the prophets of Israel, to the shaman of Africa, the medicine men of native America, to the elders and ancestors of our families they have all experienced the music of the universe and sung it back to us in ways that expressed a sacred unity with nature and have the power to heal us body, mind, and soul.
According to soulvoice.net, “the human voice is a mirror of our inner universe? Our voice reveals our moods, fears, intentions, thoughts, desires and reflects who we truly are. The sound of our voice can tell us more about a person than words can ever communicate. When we release suppressed emotions, which are stored in our bones, muscles, tissues and organs, we are in fact facilitating our own self-healing. When we allow ourselves to sigh, cry, groan or moan we feel a sense of freedom because we are bypassing our control mechanism, our conscious mind our ego that controls our speech and our voice.”
Think about it. There are times when we may experience a bout with laryngitis or a sore throat. Louis Hay in the book, You Can Heal Your Life, says that “it is because your voice is somehow being repressed. It can be the result of Holding in angry words. Either you are too mad to speak, or you have a fear of speaking up. Feeling unable to express the self.”
Not using our voice to effectively communicate can damage relationships with others. Doing this allows our egos to rule our behaviors perpetuating misunderstandings and judgment. Or, the limiting belief that we are sparing someone’s feelings or protecting ourselves from accusations and condemnation.
When in actuality using our voice and more specifically, the sound of our voice to honestly, intentionally and respectfully express our emotions helps us to trust ourselves to speak more authentically from a place of truth, and honors the listener to receive the message openly, mindfully and without judgment. It actually allows for a greater alignment and connection with those we are conversing with. Thereby healing our relationships.
According to Karina, an international sound practitioner “everything that has happened to you in your life culminates in the tone and the pitch of your voice and 80 percent of what we say is delivered by the tone of the voice.”
Many women have reported that the sound of their voice changes after pregnancy and childbirth. You will often note a change in a singer’s voice after giving birth. Showing us that monumental events in our lives like bringing a child into the world not only alter how we perceive and live our lives but can also change the voice and the sound that we give it.
The tone of our voice communicates more than the words we use. Words can easily be misinterpreted, but our tone of voice reveals our true intention. The voice is often the mirror of our character and personality. Our voice remembers those painful memories and experiences that what we have chosen to forget consciously or unconsciously.
The universe is shaped by the vibration and frequency of sound, and quantum physics tells us that the universe is a vast energy field. As a matter of fact. We each have our own energy signature. And that is the key thing to remember in all of this.
Just as John F Kennedy, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill used their outer voice as gifted orators that moved millions to action even war, so did Gandhi, MLK, Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama used their inner voice of Spiritual strength that inspired millions to peaceful protests that moved seemingly immovable mountains of injustice and oppression and made way for a more just, peaceful and loving world. We all have the ability to shape our own universe with the sound of our voice.
First, use your inner voice to connect you to the Divine song of the universe. Feel your energy signature as it harmonizes with the melody of Divine Mind.
Second, use your voice to declare the intention, purpose, and direction of your life. Remember, what comes from the inside out, from the root of your tongue, the vibrations of your throat go out into the universe with your energy and will come back to you blessed and multiplied for your highest and greatest good.
Third, use your voice to support, inspire, and encourage others. If you reach but one person, you have done enough.
And finally, use your voice to express gratitude for everything you have received, are receiving and will receive in the future and you will want for nothing.
Today’s Affirmation is:
“I Use the Power of my Voice to Shape this World for my Highest and Greatest Good.“
~ Rev. Drea
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