"The Gong is the first and last instrument

for the human mind, there is only one thing

that can supersede and command the human mind,

the sound of the Gong. It is the first sound in the

universe, the sound that created this universe.

It's the basic creative sound. To the mind, the sound

of the gong is like a mother and father that

gave it birth. The mind has no power to resist

a gong that is well played."

Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga

The existence of the Gong dates back to the Bronze Age, around 3500 BC. Evidence suggests that the Gongs existed at this time in Mesopotamia. Myth has it that sacred gongs included pieces of meteorites that fell from the heavens. Since the time of Buddha in 600BC, all sacred Chinese gongs have been inscribed with the two Mandarin Chinese characters "Tai Loi", which means "Happiness has Arrived", sweeping the darkness by bringing in the Light. The gong ancient use was as an initiation tool for enlightenment, etheric projection and exorcism of negative spirits. It has also been used by Tibetan monks, and the Chinese, for centuries as an aid to meditation.

There are instruments and there are instruments. Among the latter is the gong, that instrument which can produce all the sounds within our hearing range. The oldest known gongs are over 5,000 years old and come from Asia Minor. In the East, this instrument has been used in many different religious contexts, for example, in yoga meditation. The West however, is only acquainted with it through its thunderous, yet seldom heard sounds in symphony orchestras.

Paiste has taken traditional gong designs of the East and made a number of important changes with regard to design, construction and tuning. These gongs have been developed over the last 35 years in Europe by the Paiste company in consultation with scientists, musicians and therapeutic practitioners. The Gongs are made of a bronze. nickel and silver alloy which has been highly condensed through a process of heating and rolling under pressure. This process brings the metal to a consistency which carries minimal internal resistance and eliminates any possibility of cracks or fissures when used correctly. Gongs are tuned to create a harmonious blend of sustained resonance.

The Gong is like a stargate from which brings in a vortex of energy which facilitates our connection with the infinite higher self. Creating a synergy effect bringing the listener to know the oneness of all effortlessly, while recharging the body and strengthening the nervous system all at once.

GONG IMMERSION

A Gong Immersion is like a very deep and lasting massage, by tuning the physical body and soul to the greatest possible resonance.

Usually laying down on your back in savasana position, receiving the sound energy of the gong as it is being

played moving through the nervous system opening, clearing and recharging the whole mind, body and spirit. Triggering a meditation, contemplation state in which we have the opportunity to relinquish control of the mind. Negativity and chaos are suspended, irregularity and resistance are cleared, and the whole being is reset to a state of synchrony and alignment.

THE GONG SPIRIT SONG

"The Gong is the spirit song.

It is the primal whisper of the soul.

It's sounds is the echo of the Original Word that created the world, the sound within all sounds.

Listen with outer and inner ears.

Feel its pulsations and let the millions of vibrations dance and flow through your senses.

You will become fearless, relaxed and awakened.

The ancients sought this experience on the tops of mountains and at the sacred places.

The voice of God would thunder in, spectacular strokes of lightning.

The clap of thunder - Bang! Shatter! Roll! Echo! - stopped all thought, stripped away pretense, shook loose the deepest fears, and rejuvenated the nervous system.

It created strength, peace and healing.

The Gong is that sound. It is the flash of inner light.

The mallet is the will of the infinite, the gong, the creation, and the sound is the spirit song, the heartbeat of the soul."

Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga

FROM SUNIAI TO SHUNIAA

By SUNIAI (Deeply Listening) the Gong brings out the sound from were we all come from. When physical and spiritual bodies are showered with these sounds, they recognize their Mother-Father Creator, the vibration-sound were we come from. Just like a little lion cub when it is grabbed by it's mother totally relaxes. This parasympathetic system kicks in providing no resistance so the mother can carry the cub with minimum effort to a secure place. In the same way we are able to let go totally and all our systems reset to the default setting of the creator (the universal sound) bringing balance and harmony; helping us to relax, see things from a neutral point of mind, the state of SHUNIAA, removing the emotional traces of recurring Karma (the universal mind). One with the Universe. The lioness and the cub, the cub and the lioness are one.

Experience SHUNIAA through the journey of the "Sotantar" which means going beyond time and space by tuning in to the frequencies of the gongs, listening, and feeling these sacred sounds vibrations.

Sotantar Suraj

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Ways to consider the selection of a Gong

to play, listen to and meditate with:

1 - One way would be intuitively for whatever feels right to you. By listening to the 11 Gongs CD and find which Planet Gong sound frequency resonates most with you.

2 - By looking at the Solar System Gongs descriptions and keywords and deciding the areas that you would like to enhance or transform.

3 - By the ruling planet of your astrological sign or consulting your astrological chart.

The Solar System Gongs, beside having the qualities of the symphonic Gongs and sounding a little bit more sweet, have a thicker construction so the can be easier to tune in to a particular frequency and are tuned in conformity with the natural harmonic series based in the orbital and cyclic properties of the Earth, Moon, Sun, and Planets, as determined by Swiss scientist Hans Cousto.  (For more information on fundamental tones, frequencies and octaves refer to the book The Cosmic Octave - Origin of Harmony by Hans Cousto)

Named for the Greek Gods, the planets also embody significant archetypal, astrological and mythological association. Additionally, Sixth century B.C. Greek philosopher, mathematician, musician and cosmologist Pythagoras developed the concept of "The Music of the Spheres", the tone of each planet in our solar system coming together as one great cosmic chord. Solar System Gongs bring the harmonic convergence of the celestial bodies as pure sound energy.

INTERESTS AND THE GONGS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

1 - For Endurance, Strenght or Courage: The SUN GONG

2 - For Communication, Clear Thinking: The MERCURY GONG

3 - For Sensuality, Love , Gain Perpective: The VENUS GONG

4 - For Sexuality or Emotional Issues: The MOON GONGS

5 - For Relaxation, Opening The Heart: The EARTH GONGS

6 - For Energy or Assertiveness: The MARS GONG

7 - For Trust or Feelings of Prosperity: The JUPITER GONG

8 - For Understanding or Concentration: The SATURN GONG

9 - For Spontaneity or Fluidity: The URANUS GONG

10 - For Vision or Inspiration: The NEPTUNE GONG

11 - For Integration, Purification, Letting Go: The PLUTO GONG

SUN GONG

Essence: I Am

Keywords: Energizing, Purifying Healing, Power of Will, Personal Power, Strength, Endurance

Enhances the perception of one’s own center, the magical and transcendental, is beyond all imagination bringing the listener into new dimensions and to a state where good and bad, shame and guilt, time and space, being and not-being are transcended.

Gong size: 38"

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Fundamental tone: 32.312.52 Hz

Gong pitch: B (126.22Hz - 8 octaves below the fundamental tone)

Chakra: Solar Plexus, Heart

Color: Yellow

Rules: Leo

Element: Fire

Character: Self

Deity: Apollo

Virtues: health, vitality, organization, power

Balances: pride, egotism, selfishness

The SUN is a star and the center of our solar system - through its gravitational field and radiance all is sustained. The frequency of the Sun is based on a limit value - the threshold between expansion and contraction, as measured between the Sun and its closest farthest planets (Mercury and Pluto).

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MERCURY GONG

Essence: I Think

Keywords: communication, intellect, clear mind, inventiveness, realism, perspective, creativity.

Enhances communication skills through speaking, reason and writing.  It is representative of intellect as well as the level of education and knowledge you are capable of attaining.

Gong size: 32"

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CD: 11 Gongs of the Solar System, $23

Gong pitch: C# (141.27Hz - 30th octave)

Orbital frequency: 87.969 days

Chakra: heart/throat

Color: Blue/green

Rules: Gemini and Virgo

Element: Air and Earth

Character: Mind

Deity: Hermes

Virtues: communication, mediation, sound judgment, diplomacy

Balances: trickery, coldness, stinginess, mental cruelty

Mercury energies enhance our ability to coalesce bits of information, connecting people and resources into new enterprises.

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VENUS GONG

Essence: I Love

Keywords: Union, art, gentleness, grace, completion, abundance, emotion, comfort, love.

Enhances ability to feel and have love and close relationships with others.  The sense of creativity and artistry, the ability to receive, share, and increase our love of pleasure, joy, harmony and self-appreciation and love.

Gong size: 24"

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CD: Venus Gong, $23

Gong pitch: A (221.23 Hz - 32nd octave)

Orbital frequency: 224.701 days

Chakra: Sacral

Color: Orange

Rules: Libra and Taurus

Element: Air and Earth

Character: Relationships

Deity: Aphrodite

Virtues: love, harmony, proportion, beauty, affection

Balances: sentimentality, immodesty, tastelessness, sexuality

Venus frequencies work toward achieving balance - establishing interconnectedness - the force that joins - creative power.

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MOON SYNODIC GONG - New Moon

Essence: I Feel

Keywords: emotional balance, enhanced intuition

Enhances a new start.  This is the time of beginnings and new directions, move toward desired goals.

Gong size: 24"

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CD: Three Moon Gongs, $23

Gong pitch: G#(210.42 Hz - the 20th Octave from

the New Moon cycle - this fundamental tone is 29.5 days.

Chakra: Sacral

Color: red/orange

Rules: Cancer

Element: Water

Character: Emotions

Deity: Isis

Virtues: sensitivity, motherliness, benevolence

Balances: moodiness, impressionability, hypersensitive, defensiveness, envy

Together, these two time cycles define the Moon's movement in relationship to the Earth. The lunar cycles influence the ebb and flow of the tides, the balance of our bodily fluids and the energetic quality of day to day life. In times past, social and living schedules were planned around the natural movement of the moon. Moon gongs bring the resonance of the lunar cycles - as an experience in sound.

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MOON SIDEREAL GONG - Full Moon

Essence:  I Feel

Keywords: emotional balance, enhanced intuition, receptivity, inner self, interaction, yin

Enhances major realizations concerning the goals established in the New Moon. This facilitates decision making through meditation and prayer, expect revelations. More energy is available for completion of goals.

Gong size: 24"

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CD: Three Moon Gongs, $23

The Full Moon - the moon's orbit around the Earth.

Fundamental tone is 27.32 days.

Gong pitch: A#(227.43Hz - the 20th octave from the fundamental)

Chakra: Solar plexus

Color: orange/yellow

Rules: Cancer

Element: Water

Character: Emotions

Deity: Isis

Virtues: sensitivity, motherliness, benevolence

Balances: moodiness, impressionability, hypersensitive, defensiveness, envy

Together, these two time cycles define the Moon's movement in relationship to the Earth. The lunar cycles influence the ebb and flow of the tides, the balance of our bodily fluids and the energetic quality of day to day life. In times past, social and living schedules were planned around the natural movement of the moon. Moon gongs bring the resonance of the lunar cycles - as an experience in sound.

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EARTH DAY SIDERIAL GONG

Essence: I Experience

Keywords: vitality, flow, freedom, energy, relaxation, calming, harmonizing, balancing

Enhances an overall well-being feeling. Gently opening on the Spiritual and Physical levels.  Letting go.  Opening the Heart.

Gong size: 28"

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CD: Earth Day Gong, Coming Soon

The frequency of an Earth Day - 23 hours 56 minutes.

Gong pitch: G (194.71 Hz - 24th octave)

Chakra: Root

Color: red

Rules: All Signs

Element: All elements

Character: I, Youth

Deity: All

Virtues: vitality, flow, freedom, energy

Balances: emotions of fear, insecurity, survival

The tone of the Sidereal Day gong (G) acts as a tonic, is stimulating, energizing and recommended for use in the morning or at the start of any activity. Can be helpful in dislodging suppressed emotions or energy blocks.

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EARTH YEAR GONG

Essence: I Experience

Keywords: Balance, strength, renewal, alignment.

The Earth Year Gong brings us into harmony with the movement of the Earth and the traditional pitch (C#) of the original symbol "OM"

Gong size: 38"

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Gong pitch: C# (136.1 Hz - 32nd octave)

Orbital frequency: 365.242 days

Chakra: Heart and Throat

Color: Blue/Green

Rules: All Signs

Element: All Elements

Character: I, Midlife

Deity: All

Virtues: relaxation, balance, renewal, alignment

Balances: tension, connection with nature, loneliness

Overall well-being feeling. Gently opening on the Spiritual and Physical levels. Letting go. Opening the Heart

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EARTH PLATONIC YEAR GONG

Essence: I Know and I Experience

Keywords: Completion, perfection, serenity.

The tone of the Platonic Year (F) has a cheering and clarifying effect on the spirit. In Ancient China, it was the fundamental tone used for music and education - so as to be 'in accordance with the laws of nature".

Gong size: 30"

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CD:  Earth Platonic Year, Coming Soon

The frequency of the Earth's cycle through all signs of the

Zodiac ­ 25,920 years.

Gong pitch: F (172.06Hz - 47th octave)

Chakra: Crown

Color: Purple

Rules: All Signs

Element: All Elements

Character: I, Wisdom, Experience

Deity: All

Virtues: completion, perfection, serenity

Balances: our connection with the unknown

Clarifying effect on the spirit. to be in accordance with the laws of nature

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MARS GONG

Essence: I Will

Keywords: Motivates strength, desire, action, restless, decisive, initiative, resolve, desire, excitement, energy, courage.

Gong size: 32"

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CD: Mars Gong, $23

Gong pitch: D (144.72Hz - 33rd octave)

Orbital frequency: 686.98 days

Chakra: Brow

Color: Blue

Rules: Aries

Element: Fire

Character: Passion

Deity: Aries

Virtues: assertiveness, vitality, energy, determination, passion

Balances: impulsiveness, ruthlessness, destructiveness

Motivates strength, desire, action. Listening will enhance strength and desire. Will motivate action, bringing out decisions making abilities, gives courage, strengthens sexual nature, and drive to self mastery.

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JUPITER GONG

Essence: I Trust 

Keywords: trust, openness, good fortune, opening, affirming, patriarchal, fearless, faith, grace. ease. expansion.

Jupiter can be equated with the spiritual master, who is said to give back nine or tenfold what he is given.

Gong size: 28"

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CD:   11 Gongs of the Solar System, $23

Gong pitch: F# (183.58Hz - 36th octave)

Orbital frequency: 4332.588days

Chakra: Crown

Color: Violet

Rules: Sagittarius

Element: Fire

Character: Evolution

Deity: Zeus

Virtues: trust, fairness, expansion, fearless

Balances: vanity, materialism, self-indulgent

Trust, Openness, Good Fortune, Growth

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SATURN GONG

Essence: I Do

Keywords: Understanding, Concentration, Discipline

Enhances concentration, focus and the process of becoming aware of consciousness.  As well to be disciplined and persistent, and setting events with our self and others.  Helps to be more structured and organized, taking responsibility and completing any tasks.

Gong size: 32"

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CD:  Saturn Gong, $23

Gong pitch: D (147.85 Hz - 37th octave)

Orbital frequency: 10759.21days

Chakra: Brow

Color: Blue

Rules: Capricorn

Element: Earth

Character: Discipline

Deity: Kronos

Virtues: discipline, sincerity, humility, acceptance

Balances: melancholy, distrust, crankiness, inflesxibility

Understanding, Concentration, Discipline Enhances concentration, focus and the process of becoming aware of consciousness. As well to be disciplined and persistent, and setting events with our self and others. Helps to be more structured and organized, taking responsibility and completing any tasks

Saturn is process, goals and perseverance - the wisdom gained from experience.

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URANUS GONG

Essence: I Know

Keywords: spontaneity, insight, life changes, freedom, revolution, clarity, creative focus, freedom, originality, adventure.

Uranus is the planet of progress through ~ sudden realization, insight, ideas, discovery - adopting new perspectives.

Gong size: 24"

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Gong pitch: G# (207.36Hz - 39th octave)

Orbital frequency: 30685.93 days

Chakra: Root/Sacral

Color: red/orange

Rules: Aquarius

Element: Air

Character: Change

Deity: Uranus

Virtues: revolution, clarity, originality, adventure

Balances: stagnation, fluidity, acceptance to change

Spontaneity, Insight, Life Changes, Freedom

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NEPTUNE GONG

Essence:  I Create

Keywords: imagination, mystical creativity, imagination, compassion, heightened awareness. idealism, mystical, movement, waves, spirituality and realization.

Associated largely with artists and visionaries, Neptune agitates and animates the creative process - the sense of divine brilliance flowing through us.

Gong size: 24"

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Gong pitch:

G# (211.45 Hz - 40th octave)

Orbital frequency: 60187.64 days

Chakra: root/sacral

Color: red/orange

Rules: Pisces

Element: Water

Character: Creativity/Bliss

Deity: Poseidon

Virtues: imagination, vision, inspiration, mystical

Balances: delusions, illusions, deceptions

Imagination, Mystical Creativity

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PLUTO GONG

Essence: I Let Go

Keywords: Purging Darkness by Bringing the Light, Dissolving the Ego, Rebirth, Polarity, depth, potential, archetype, compulsion, catharsis.

Enhances healing through the purging of darkness, constantly dissolving the ego, dying to the

old - redefining ourselves, bringing the light.

Gong size: 36"

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Gong pitch: C# (140.25 Hz - 40th octave)

Orbital frequency: 90737.2 days

Chakra: Heart

Color: Blue/green

Rules: Scorpio

Element: Water

Character: Transformation

Deity: Hades

Virtues: integration, purification, renovating

Balances: attachement to the past, letting go

Dismantling that which is outgrown and false to fact, and restoring that which is actual and true

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Each Sound Creation Gong captures in sound a portion of the Universal Gong. As the universal Gong represents Totality as a Sound Experience, each Sound Creation Gong represents a portion of that Totality, and is therefore best understood in an associative way. Sound Creation Gongs enhance our awareness of basic elemental and emotional polarities and can be used to create balance in a reflective or additive manner. The Paiste Sound Creation Series consists of the following gongs and
associative characteristics:

Sound Creation SUN

(mornings/inhale/yang)
Sound description: The Sun Gong is a bell-style gong, it has a clear, resonant and long lasting tone which is free if splash or wash effect. Sound Character: Vital, radiant and warm - the tone of the Sun Gong is naturally uplifting to the spirit. Reflector of the outer light.

Sound Creation MOON

(evenings/exhale/yin)

Gong Size: 24"

The Moon Gong, like its counterpart the Sun, is a bell gong. It is complex and other-worldly in its harmonic makeup, with a mystical ring that can be described as "calm and knowing".
Sound Character: Deep, dark, feminine, enveloping, shielding. confident. forgiving.
receptive, unconscious, Reflector of the inner light.

Gong size: 24"

Sound Creation EARTH Element

Gong sizes: 26",32",38"
Sound Description: The Earth Gong is alive and multi-layered. peaceful and wide with coarsely structured lows, swelling highs and a dissolving fade.
Sound Character: Mysterious. knowing, remembering, strengthening, unfathomable, deep.

Gong size: 26"

CD: Sound Creation Earth Element Gong, $23
 

Sound Creation FIRE

(aggression J rest)

Gong Size 20"
Sound Description: The Fire Gong has within it 2 opposing sounds - burning and cooling.
Sound Character: Alive, active, heated and rising up I subdued, calm, cooled and resolved.

Sound Creation WATER

(renewal)

Gong size: 24"

Sound Description: Like its counterpart the Fire Gong, the Water Gong presents the polar extremities of water as a sound experience. from bell-like stillness to waves of harmonic wash. Sound Character: Unmoving, soft, quiet, soothing I flowing. swirling, bubbling, cleansing.

Sound Creation FIGHT

(duality)

Gong size: 22"
Sound Description: Dynamic and responsive with a complex and exotic, raw tonality .
Sound Character: Blending of complimentary parts within which there exists a dual character: conflict and resolve, excitement and calm, dark and light, male and female.

Sound Creation PEACE

(unity)

Gong size: 22"
Sound Description: Soft, understated. focused - round and full with a harmonious tonality.

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The Symphonic Gongs are tuned to themselves, they have a thinner construction than the Planet Gongs, creating a mysterious, expanding and harmonious blend of resonating tones.

The Symphonic Gongs embody the fifth element: the ethers.

Keywords:  mysterious, powerful, pure, cosmic, radiating, impenetrable, kindly and wise.

Gong Size: 24"

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Gong Size: 26"

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Gong Size: 28"

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Gong Size: 32"

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Gong Size: 34"

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Gong Size: 36"

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Gong Size: 38"

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