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My Experience With Sacred Sound

By Vernice McTigue

“One morning in the middle of last year I woke at 4am with the words and music of part of an amazing song running through my mind. I was compelled to get out of bed and somehow document the words and the music. I was given the name of the song “I Am The Universal Heart”.

I’m able to read music while singing, but have never learned to write music. I was given the words and music to the first part of the song, which is the chorus. I recorded it into my phone and wrote down the words. Over a period of the next two weeks, I was given the remainder of the song. Whenever I sat and opened the channel; it came into my consciousness. I was told this song has a purpose and would be heard all over the world. Its purpose is to open the heart and to raise the vibration of Humanity.

Why Hum?

            When my wife Andi and I decided to write a book on humming, we did so for a very simple reason.  We wanted everyone everywhere to be able to experience the power of sound for health and transformation.  We asked ourselves: what is the simplest sound that people can make?  The answer came to us immediately—the hum!

            Between Andi and myself, we’ve been involved in researching and teaching the uses of sound as therapeutic and transformative modalities for over 50 years.  We know that sound can truly assist in creating health and happiness, but our greatest challenge is often this:  many people confuse sound with music and therefore don’t pursue the vibro-acoustic and psycho-acoustic powers of sound because they think they need to be able to sing, play an instrument or have some knowledge of music.  This is simply not true. Using sound is available to everyone.  

            This is why we wrote the first professionally published book that focuses exclusively on humming.  We wanted to find a sound that everyone could make and during the process of working on The Humming Effect, we discovered that indeed the simplest sound may well be the most profound.