Natural Resonance – The Key to Ancient Knowledge
Applications in Color, Music, Chakras, and Key

by Michael Sandborn

The secret of ancient knowledge is that it is not secret. It has been right in front of us the entire time, but we failed to see it. Simply put, the ancients had one thing that we do not—unification. When they discussed spirituality they were also discussing mathematics, or music, or physics, or color theory, or philosophy, or biology, or any one of the natural disciplines. How is such a thing possible? The answer can only be that they were aware of a single energy structure underneath every natural energy system in the universe, a sort of “one ring to bind them all.” (Plato referenced it when he mentioned the music of the spheres).

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Of course, the next question will be, “How did they discover this so-called ring of knowledge?” There are many possibilities ranging from the extreme to the simple, but one thing we do know, is that once the path is discovered, it is hard to miss the explosion of knowledge emanating from it. What the ancients figured out is that perception is the singular entity capable of uniting all the elements of the universe; and to understand perception they logically turned to the senses.

Each sense has a “hard-wired” structure tuned to a particular manifestation of energy. By uniting similar concepts in each sense such as closeness or distance, a common pattern of energy evolves until a complete and perfect harmonic structure is obtained. This structure can then be used to translate meaning between all fields of study such as between color and music, or color and numbers, or any other pair of disciplines. But, for the ancients, the most important perspective was that the reference structure defined the essence of spirituality, and thus defined the relationship between the spiritual and all perspectives of the physical.

Today we call the path of perceptual unification the study of Natural Resonance. It is a long story, in fact, without end, but we can take a look at some of its simple elements and basic practical applications.

Let's begin with the current method for relating colors and musical tones (commonly employed in healing and meditation) where the color spectrum is layed over the sound spectrum as shown below.

Is this method correct? Natural Resonance says no. A, E and B are closely related tones in music, but their color matches (yellow-orange, violet, and yellow-green) aren't close at all, and in fact are nearly exact opposites.

How did this unnatural musical tone to color relationship come about? Through lack of attention to perception. If we simply do as the ancients did, and consider that unity is achieved through perception, then all we have to do is connect what is perceived to be close in one system to what is perceived to be close in another. The diagram below shows the natural perceptual match between color and music.

We can get a better feel for the nature of this system by viewing it in its circular form.

We see that D, A, and E which are closely related tones are also closely related colors; and we see that the tones A and D sharp, and A and A sharp, which are distantly related tones, are also distantly related colors.

Of course, Natural Resonance takes the simple structure of 12 energy centers a lot further because it can bring in so many different perspectives. Without getting caught up in the details, we can take a simple look at the resonant structure of key, which underlies the 7 core chakras.

Natural Resonance shows that key is formed by taking two opposing energy centers (male and female) and uniting them over one half of the energy circle.

Once the half-circle of key is formed, it then reorganizes into competing male and female symmetry energy centers.

The final step is to unify the male and female into a non-competing structure. This is accomplished by moving either the male or the female to a minor key configuration.

Now, let's take a look at the chakra key. Natural Resonance defines that the only stable existence of 7 energy centers is within the confines of key, where the 7 energy centers form a system of simple resonance (perceived closeness). Do the current chakra color patterns accurately reflect the construction of stable color key? No. Below is an example chakra pattern currently in use. The colors red and green create destructive interference as do the color pairs blue and orange, and violet and yellow.

Use of such a color pattern suggests that the body is naturally filled with harmonic death which we all know is not the case.

Stable key, on the other hand, is formed from a male and female pair of opposites which unite to form a system of harmonically resonant energy points.

The simple versions of the Natural Resonance chakra key patterns shown above are only the beginning. Every natural system has the same key structure. Take the 12 energy centers of astrology for example. There is a reference key structure to the planet, but there are also resonant key structures for each person which define that persons system of relationships. Thus the chakra color pattern will be unique for each astrological position.

One might logically ask, “Doesn't this invalidate current methods of color healing?” The answer is not necessarily. The fact is that where there is a lack of harmonic knowledge, color can simply act as an abstract naming system used by the healer to guide and focus energy. What makes the correct version more powerful is that it allows the healer to study the complete or perfect version of the natural energy structure, learn how to manipulate or control it, and thus learn how to more effectively move the patient's energy system towards the perfect state. And, if the healer is using non-destructive color patterns then the healing effort is likely to be enhanced. Clearly this knowledge can also be applied internally for self healing and spiritual growth, as the ancients well knew.

The best thing about Natural Resonance is that its core existence is simple and easy to understand, which means that everyone can participate at some level. But for those of us who never seem to be satisifed, Natural Resonance will forever lead us deeper and deeper into what the ancients described as the Mind of God.

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