Sentience Divine

Sentience Divine: Sacred Sounds for Self-Care and Relaxation

REVELATION

During the process of meditation, prayers, fasting, Qi Gong, and yoga, my sensibilities are heightened into different forms of awareness. When I inquire about a solution to the daily global rat race, messages to maintain pathways to a slower, kinder pace were received.

The construct of time constraints limit the mind to perceive experiences by measuring what we do according to clocks and calendars. This way of perceiving reality allows time to over-manage our way of living by equating time with aging, money, life/death cycles, and scarcity. It is common practice for one to rush, over consume, hoard, seek convenience, and overwork, while ignoring the simple intricacies and details of life.

Slowing down begins when we feel with hypersensitivity. We deepen this habit when we practice being still, being the SELF, being intentional, and knowing our reason for being. The Oxford definition of the word being is “the nature or existence of a person” therefore being human describes the nature or existence of the primate mammal homo-sapiens species referred to as humans. Throughout its life cycles humans have constructed manufactured realities based on industrial time lines. The consequences of those time lines lead to the lessening of human connection to other periphery life forms like nature, wild life, the elements, insects, food, cells, organisms, bacteria, and more. Human intelligence when continually placed in ‘survival mode’ breeds innovation of conveniences, artificial intelligence, industrialization, robotics, hustle culture, capitalist exploitation of natural/human resources, mechanization, and attempts to “hack” the natural processes of life.

RECONSIDERATION

First, I ask those reading this document to reconsider their investments—time, energy, thoughts, actions—in this form of human being because our connection to the natural environment and ourselves is less. Byproducts from these ways of being include built environments, manufactured foods, the “for dummies”/Cliff note/YouTube- accelerated learning process, attempting quick fixes to deeply rooted problems, and fast paced culture.

Second, if we were to measure human being-ness on the concept of symbiosis, which is “the relationship between two or more different organisms where at least one organism benefits from the interaction”, human being/being human primarily benefits the human species.

REALIZATION

The Sentience Divine project and practice you are about to partake in encourages one to explore sentient and divine being.

“Sentience is the ability to experience feelings and sensations, and to have cognitive abilities like awareness and emotional reactions. It can also refer to the faculty that allows someone to perceive the external world. Sentience is an important concept in ethics, as it can help determine which entities deserve moral consideration.” – Oxford Dictionary

Divine means “of, from, or like GOD or a god.” It informally refers to “excellent or delightful.” – Oxford Dictionary

Many existential journeys challenge and encourage us to ponder our own reason for being and existing.The evolution from human being is to divine and sentient being if one is motivated enough to heighten their abilities, morality, and experiences here on earth. When our personal need for human centered existence and independence evolves into the practice of oneness—coexistence and interdependence—human being-ness will no longer provide the tools to achieve that heightened self awareness. This form of self awareness impacts the way we live, interact, think, and create. This evolved way of being can only reveal itself (the SELF) through the realization and activation of sentient and divine being-ness. Sentience Divine is the manifestation of timeless inquiries for better ways of being and living. This deep listening and feeling experience has been meticulously crafted with what I call High Fidelity Frequency Friendly Sound©— HFFFS©. Through many years of research, development, and innovation with my trademark processes, Audio Pharmacology™ and Frequency As a Pharmacy™, I decided to intersect custom designed& built acoustic instruments, custom sound designs & effects, advanced VST (Virtual Studio Technology), air synthesis, boutique analogue audio devices, pure nature field recordings, special recording techniques, and high fidelity analog/digital low distortion processing.

REDESIGN

My custom Trichord instrument that is a one sided Kotamo (koto, tanpura, monochord) is the featured instrument on every project. I requested special modifications to the Trichord that enables me to perform with it in unique ways. I created custom VST instrument sound design in conjunction with using special triggering technology to turn the Trichord into a synthesizer. I call this technique the Monochord WaveWash©. You can experience the Monochord WaveWash© on “Samadhi Dreams”, “Saucha”, and “Amani”. Another custom boutique instrument used during this recording experience was an air synthesizer that uses ultrasonic technology. You can witness it on “Feelings of Being” and “Amani”.

RESEARCH

My first introduction to the Kotamo was through the work of Fabien Maman during my research in alternative sound therapies. The surmountable science based research he provides for uses of sound, Qi Gong, medicinal music, and frequency lead me to explore harmonic, overtone, chord, and string instrument theory. Recently, I came across the monochord music album of the late Sonia Slany who I learned used the monochord in the sound score of one of my favorite films, The Lord of the Rings. I enjoy The Lord of the Rings series so much because of both the sound design of the monochord and the broader message of using coexistence and cooperation to overcome challenges.

NUMEROLOGY

After completing four powerful meditations —Feelings of Being, Samadhi Dreams, Saucha, and Amani— that are journaled into sacred sonic signatures, I realized the total program time added up to 38 minutes and 38 seconds. I started my Winter Solstice mediations on November 11th (11/11) and divinely the universe/creator signified the auspiciousness of the record through time signatures. In numerology 3+8 = 11. 38m:38s = 11:11.

If you made it this far in the liner notes make sure to read the details regarding the instrumentation on every song. Enjoy your sentience into the divine. – Shannon