How Chanting Works In the Brain

Summary

May 20, 2022, 11 min

How OM Japa in the chakras works in the brain. Chanting into the six chakras interrupts the brain's outward projection, so consciousness rolls back up. Alternating chant and silence fills and empties the left hippocampus. Like a flicked light switch, this shorts out the inner voice and gives a deeper taste of the right brain's peace.

In this video

Teaches

OM Japa in the ChakrasChanting

Discusses

ChakrasProjectionRoll-Up of ConsciousnessLeft hippocampusMind chatterLeft and right brain

Mentions

Freeze ResponseMartial artsTranquil BreathBeing the watcherDual and non-dual

Key moments

00:00OM Japa in the chakras and what chanting does in the brain 00:59Chakras join brain and nervous system through projection 01:36Martial artists, the Hara and the third chakra's fear 02:15Disrupting the outward flow of projection 02:55OM into all six chakras, from the bottom up 03:49The roll-up of consciousness, like an old roller shade 04:41A student's vision: the chant fills the left hippocampus cup 05:40OM and pause: filling and emptying the cup 06:42The light switch: shorting out the left brain 08:09Attend to chant and non-chant to reach right-brain silence 09:13Freeze response, tranquil breath, roll-up, then the witness